1. The Southern Virginia Higher Education Center Revitalizing Southern VA through educational access & innovation

3. Early community recognition of nexus b/t education & economic development

4. 2001 move to new facility, financed & equipped with no state monies

5. 2006 state agency designation

7. Facilities, technology, support services

8. Nine educational partners

9. From GED to PhD

10. 2009 unduplicated headcount of 3124

11. Students from 16 VA counties & 4 cities

13. Advanced manufacturing labs configured in smart factory approach

14. 21-station design-industry standard digital MAC lab

15. Southern Virginia Educational Network (SVEN)

17. Modeled after VCU’s da Vinci Center & Georgia Institute of Technology

18. Focused on Knowledge Economy creative & collaborative skills

19. Holistic, project-based

20. 2+2+2 educational pathway

21. National juried competitions

23. Big “D” little “R”

24. CCAM & RR tie-in

25. Smart Factory approach

26. Blacksburg “toy”

27. Wine barrel

29. Questions? Dr. Betty H. Adams Executive Director bettyadams@svhed.org