News Release
For Immediate Release September 25, 2009*
Primary Media Contact:
Holly Walker
Public Relations and Marketing Specialist
804-594-1530
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Secondary Media Contact:
Joanne Horton
Director of College Relations
804-594-1569
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Author and Speaker Symposium Offers a Day of History *
CHESTER and MIDLOTHIAN, Va. - John Tyler Community College, in
partnership with the Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia,
invites the community to Revisit: Our History, an author and speaker
symposium. The symposium, which will explore historical figures such as
Thomas Jefferson and George Washington, and will feature a discussion on
19th century music, will take place from
9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. on October 10, 2009 at the College's Chester
Campus, located at 13101 Jefferson Davis Highway. The day's speakers
include Jon Kukla - *Mr. Jefferson's Women*; William G. Clotworthy -
*George Washington in the West*; and John Robison of Southern Horizons -
*History of the Banjo & 19th Century Period Music*. Admission to
Revisit: Our History is free. For additional information, visit
www.jtcc.edu/revisit <outbind://10/www.jtcc.edu/revisit> or
<outbind://10/www.chesterfieldhistory.com> www.chesterfieldhistory.com
<http://www.chesterfieldhistory.com.John> .
John Tyler Community College is a two-year, public institution of higher
education and is the fifth largest of the 23 community colleges in
Virginia.
With campuses in Chester and Midlothian and off-campus classrooms
throughout the area, John Tyler offers quality and economical
opportunities for students who want to earn a degree or certificate,
transfer to a four-year college or university, train for the workforce,
or switch careers. The College, which served more than 12,600 students
during the 2008 - 09 academic year, offers 18 associate degrees, six
certificates and 36 career studies certificates. The institution also
serves 22,000 non-credit students and more than 800 companies and
government agencies annually through the Community College Workforce
Alliance. John Tyler Community College is accredited by the Commission
on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
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