Students can continue to register for Spring 2010 classes over winter break.  The registration process is online and payment is deferred until January 11, 2010.  If payment is not received by that date, classes are dropped and students must re-register.  Financial aid recipients should check with the Financial Aid Office at 540-674-3615 well before classes [...]

Christmas and Hanukkah are major holidays in the United States but they are certainly not the only celebrations that appear on calendars during the winter months. Christians prepare for Christmas by observing Advent beginning on December 1st and many continue the Christmas tradition for the twelve days of Christmas or Epiphany. This ends on January [...]

New River Community College uses NRCC Alert to contact you immediately for a college closing or other emergency. NRCC Alert delivers important emergency alerts, notifications, and updates to you on all your devices: E-mail account (work, home, other) Cell phone Pager Smartphone/PDA (BlackBerry, Treo & other handhelds) When a college closing, incident, or emergency occurs, [...]

The Fiddle, Banjo and Dance Club at New River Community College will host a free Christmas concert on Saturday, December 12. The concert will showcase performances from Christiansburg bluegrass artist, Danny O’Brien, along with Whitetop Mountain, an old-time band from Grayson County. A special performance from local gospel singers, Partners in Faith, featuring Digger O’Dell, [...]

The cold hard truth has been there since you first laid eyes on that syllabus back in August. Final exams in December seemed so far away during those first weeks of class, when the tan was still glowing and shorts and tank tops were the wardrobe of choice. The cold mountain wind is blowing now [...]

Many children and elderly residents of the New River Valley will have  presents under the tree this year with the help of angels from New River Community College.  Student Government Vice President Felicia Hoston is arranging the placement of an Angel Tree at the college for her semester project.  The tree will be covered with [...]

Many adults in America remember November from their childhood as a time to make paper turkeys and learn about some strangely dressed people called Pilgrims.  Celebrating Thanksgiving meant time off from school, parades on television and endless lessons in history class about a distant day of feasting and cooperation among the Native Americans and Pilgrims [...]

The volleyball team competed against Virginia Western Community College on November 5.   It was a close game in all four matches. Game 1: NRCC dominated. Game 2: VWCC picked up. Game 3:  After a hard battle, VWCC took over by a  22-25 win.  Game 4: The team kept the fans interested with a  4 [...]

It is not written anywhere that Thanksgiving means you have to cook all day, eat yourself silly and then lay around and watch TV until bedtime.  There are lots of things to do on a nice (or cold and rainy) Thursday in late November.  Very few stores close for Thanksgiving these days and many parks [...]

Online registration for all Spring 2010 classes begins at 12am on Tuesday, December 1.  Credit classes and Workforce Development offerings are listed online only and are accessible from the New River Main Page. It is important that students see their advisors or the Admissions department if they have any questions about registering for classes.  Tuition [...]