Central Virginia Community College broke ground Thursday on its new culinary arts building, Seven Hills Hall, a $2.4 million facility that will open to students next fall.

Central Virginia Community College will break ground on its new culinary arts school Nov. 5, a $2.4 million project aimed at meeting Lynchburg’s growing need for trained chefs and food service managers.

Five Central Virginia colleges are sponsoring a free how-to workshop on the college application process Saturday at the Florence Elston Inn & Conference Center on Sweet Briar College’s campus.

The 32 teams of students wore evidence of their artistry on their hands, feet, clothes and even their faces Friday morning.

While Liberty University’s commencement on May 9 is the earliest of major colleges in the area this year, the school is the last to announce a speaker.

After eight years cultivating Central Virginia Community College as a hub for training students for local careers, Stan Shoun will move on to become president of Ranken Technical College in St. Louis, Mo.

Central Virginia Community College now has one less satellite location.

Training for court-appointed advocates serving abused and neglected foster children will start Jan. 12.

Plans for $43 million in improvements to the Central Virginia Training Center are on a roller-coaster ride, the president of a group representing parents said Friday.

Local microbiologist David Vaughan will be director of Central Virginia Community College’s new Amherst Center, the school announced Thursday.

After several years in the making, Central Virginia Community College’s satellite center in Amherst will open Dec. 15 with a ribbon cutting ceremony.

Central Virginia Community College recently was honored for its “Grow Your Own” nuclear technologies program when it received the 2008 Exemplary Workforce Program Award from the National Council for Continuing Education and Training.