Virginia Intermont: Where You Find Your Voice
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Virginia Intermont College has an enrollment of about 600 students from 30 states and 4 countries, with a strong focus on academic excellence and personal relationships between students and faculty. The college offers various programs, including honors courses, equestrian training, and international business, and provides numerous extracurricular activities for student engagement. Graduates report that the intimate learning environment and hands-on experiences have prepared them well for their careers in diverse fields.
Virginia Intermont: Where You Find Your Voice
- 3. Virginia IntermontCampusTraditional and Evening & Weekend College enrollment is about 600, with students representing 30 states and 4 countries. More than half are residents of Virginia.
- 8. The outdoor amphitheater is a great place for plays or even classes
- 9. VI StudentsStudent to teacher ratio: 12:1
- 10. More than 90 percent of VI students receive financial aid.
- 11. VIActivities
- 16. VIFaculty and ClassesProfessor Jay Phyfer Photography Program Coordinator
- 18. David Hite, Business Professor, has studied business in over 12 Countries throughout the world and has over 14 years of experience with Fortune 500 businesses.
- 20. Our campus lends itself to an immediate appreciation of our charm and history (founded in 1884). Our place high on a hill, our signature Bell Tower pointing skyward and an overlook of majestic mountains combine for a stunning Dr. Robert Rainwater Acting President
- 21. We tend to bring out the best in students through a focus on academic excellence, encouragement of critical thinking, unique learning and service experiences and programs, and highly accessible and caring instructors and staff Dr. Robert Rainwater Acting President
- 22. Honors ProgramThe Honors Program offers enhanced academic and co-curricular experiences for inquisitive and intellectually curious students. It is an opportunity to broaden your outlook, push the limits of your thinking and demonstrate leadership
- 23. Studies AbroadThe Worrell Honors Program for Studies Abroad constitutes a distinctive educational experience in terms of quality, sensitivity to global issues and unique structure, and culminates with a May Term study sequence in Germany.
- 24. Studies AbroadI spent the spring semester preparing for the three-week program, which focuses on environmental law political science in a uniquely German, yet simultaneously international, context.Sarah Tollie
- 25. Germany Trip
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- 28. Business @ VI:Preparing you for the REAL world!Incorporating new social web technologies into our marketing and business coursesPartnering with many local businesses to help them grow their eBusiness, improve employee productivity, and market using the InternetJust starting the planning phase for an International Travel Abroad trip (to Europe) for our studentsBringing in excellent guest speakers from large and small businesses to speak in our classesHaving the students develop an interactive recruiting video for CD, YouTube, and other online marketing channelsTeaching students how to start their own business from scratch
- 29. We teach you how to use cool stuff for businessSocial Networking MarketingPresenting and FacilitatingEconomicsBuilding an online businessOrganizational Behavior and Consumer BehaviorWeb Technologies for Business
- 30. Equestrian Virginia Intermonts Equestrian team brings in riders from all over the world. The team has 13 National Championships to add to the resume with the last one coming in 2007. Enthusiastic professors, state of the art facilities,uniqueresearch opportunities, along withexceptional hands-onexperience for students make for a well rounded educational program for anyone looking to further their knowledge in the Equine world.
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- 33. PhotographyIn most university art programs, Photo I is taken your junior year! You will start at VI your first semester. This effectively gives you twice the experience. Why wait? Its what you came for.We offer 30 specialized courses. You will leave VI prepared for work in commercial, fine art, and digital areas of the wide ranging field of photography. But were not trade school-youll also leave with a complete liberal arts education.
- 34. PhotographyI photograph and work on images everyday, even starting out as a freshman, I spent five days a week in the darkroom Bryan tributes his success to, dedicated faculty, and course and workshop experiences, ranging from NASCARs hottest ticket Bristol Motor Speedway to some of the best landscape and scenery in the world. Brian Coryell
- 37. TheatreThis year Virginia Intermonts Department of Theatre presented Little Women: The Musical on campus.
- 38. VI Intercollegiate SportsBaseballSoftballMens BasketballWomens BasketballVolleyballMens SoccerGolfEquestrian TeamsCheerleading
- 43. Student ActivitiesSAC offers many opportunities both on and off campus for students to get involved in. Activities range from poker night in the student center, movie night at Tinseltown Cinemas, Spring fling, and white water rafting trips. Activities are student driven and focused on the soul purpose of getting involved and having fun!
- 44. Spring Fling
- 46. OurGraduates
- 47. Student Name: Ismalel R.Home: Uganda, AfricaMajor at VI: Major was International Business. Favorite classes: Business Law, International Finance, International Logistics, E commerce, and all Computer classes.Company working for: Boston, MA. Working for State Street Corporation as Client Trade Support.Current Work Tasks: Projects, Research work and Presentations prepared me for my work. I do Presentation to Company Clients and Research Reports.How did VI prepare you for the work world? Being from a foreign Country with a different cultural background,VI prepared me on how to deal with the Corporate world esp in US. how to handle stress situation while dealing with family and so on.
- 48. Student Name: Erin I.Home: Eads, TNMajor at VI: Business Management and Equine StudiesCompany working for: Self-employed entrepreneur teaching horseback riding to children with special needs.How did VI prepare you for the work world? I think the small setting, and being able to develop a relationship with your teachers really helped. Teachers were able to build a relationship with you and help to prepare you not only for the work world in general, but to help you in preparing for your specific line of work, by placing you in internships and extracurricular that they felt would really help prepare you for whatever your passion was.
- 49. Student Name: Amanda M.Home: Honaker, VAMajor at VI: Business Administration, ManagementCompany working for: Owns her own small bookekeeping business, Musick Bookkeeping Service, LLCHow did VI prepare you for the work world? working for VI really prepared me for my careerI feel very fortunate to attend an institution where my class size was never over 15 people. I feel like this allowed me to get all the one on one experience and I can never remember a time when I needed help, that it wasn't received right away!
- 50. Student Name: Shawn P.Home: Statesville, NCMajor at VI: Business and Photography (currently working on his MBA)Company working for: Team Crum Racing (TCR) Current Job Title: PR DirectorHow did VI prepare you for the work world? Psychology courses taught me how to read situations and to predict behavior. Photography/Graphic Design courses allowed me to start a business while still in school. Business courses taught me how to effectively market my services and move up the ladder and into the Motorsports PR world.Working together with classmates on creative projects and group discussions helped to prepare me for real-world projects, such as collective bargaining and contract negotiations. I also learned quite a bit about business research, which is essential to what I am doing now.
- 51. Student Name: Gabriel R.Home: Lima, PeruMajor at VI: Business AdministrationCompany working for: Iberamericana de Plasticos in Lima, PeruCurrent Job Responsibilities: Manager of selling plastics, preparing and conducting speeches, public relationsHow did VI prepare you for the work world? My experience at VI was priceless! I was by myself when I first moved to VI. I had the opportunity to transfer to a bigger school but I didn卒t. I was picked to play for the VI golf team after playing for the soccer team so that was important for me as well, If I consider myself to be something that is "competitive" so I choose to stay at VI.
- 52. Student Name: Predreg B.
- 54. Major at VI: Business Administration
- 55. Company working for: a small private company in Serbia
- 56. Current Job Responsibilities: technical support/sales manager I do great deal of work with international suppliers and international clients.
- 57. What did you enjoy most about VI? Enthusiasm of many teachers and especially friends were a great motivation and driver to always ask for more and better. Focusing on a school work, I believe class projects were great simulation for work situations. I am proud of being a part of such a great group of people, experience, and society.The Bristol Community