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  • Diya posing at graduation with Holly Walker, Director of Communications and Public Relations.

    Next Up: Surgeon-Scientist 

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    • student-success
    • transfer
    Published: August 19, 2024

    For Diya Chhabra, a 2024 Brightpoint graduate, one career is not enough. Her vision is to merge two roles: scientist and surgeon.

  • Aneitra Viney Standing

    Next Up: Making Medicines More Affordable 

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    • career services
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    • skilled trades
    • student supports
    • student-success
    Published: July 26, 2024

    Aneitra Viney, a former patient care associate, wanted a career where she could give back. Thanks to Brightpoint, she connected with a profession that does just that: pharmaceutical manufacturing.

  • clarissa perry

    Next Up: Certified Welding Inspector 

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    Published: December 05, 2023

    Although she had a bachelor’s degree in hand, Clarissa Perry was unsure about her career path. A soul-searching six months of hiking the Appalachian Trail connected her with tradespeople who sparked her next move: learning how to weld.

  • Heilie Sheppard at Amsted Rail machine shop

    Next Up: Machinist 

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    • student supports
    • student-success
    Published: October 04, 2023

    At Brightpoint, Heilie Sheppard positioned herself for a job she loves in machining and career advancement in mechanical engineering.

  • khiem tran on a yellow background

    Next Up: A Career and a Cause 

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    Published: September 18, 2023

    After high school, Khiem Tran spent a gap year working and saving — to achieve his dream of earning a bachelor’s degree. At Brightpoint, he discovered a lasting desire to give back and took advantage of the college’s guaranteed transfer agreement with Virginia Commonwealth University.

  • Brightpoint Community College Announces its Summer 2023 Honors and Dean’s List Students 

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    • student-success
    Published: September 12, 2023

    More than 400 students were named to the lists.

  • John Karlsen with a blue background behind him

    Next Up: Nurse Researcher 

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    • health
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    • student-success
    • transfer
    Published: August 28, 2023

    When John Karlsen dual enrolled at Brightpoint as a high school senior, he wanted to explore different healthcare careers before deciding on his bachelor’s degree major. His associate degree in health sciences and EMT certification at Brightpoint gave him patient-care experience and a pathway for his future.

  • Brightpoint Community College’s Fall Semester Includes New Opportunities for Students 

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    • student-success
    Published: August 08, 2023

    The college's Fall 2023 schedule includes a new class session and a new pathway that allow students to focus on fewer classes at one time.

  • Brittany Woolridge in the Midlothian Library at Brightpoint.

    Next Up: Therapist 

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    • student-success
    • transfer
    Published: August 03, 2023

    To Brittany Woolridge, Great Expectations is not just the title of a novel by Charles Dickens. It’s the name of a Brightpoint program that has supported her on the way to “where God placed me to be,” she says. “Helping others, whether adults or kids, I feel like that’s where I’m supposed to be.”

  • Brightpoint Community College Announces its Spring 2023 Honors and Dean’s List Students 

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    • student-success
    Published: June 27, 2023

    More than 1400 students were named to the lists.

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