VWU/TCC/VBED Partnership Center, The Hive, Hosts Grand Opening After a year of planning, space designing and construction, and program implementation the long-awaited grand opening of The Hive in Virginia Beach Town Center was held Wednesday night.
Dignitaries from throughout the City joined partners—Virginia Beach Economic Development, Tidewater Community College, and Virginia Wesleyan University—to showcase the new facility to the business community. Mayor Bobby Dyer and several City Council members provided comments as well as Taylor Adams, Deputy City Manager and Director of Economic Development for the City of Virginia Beach.
The VWU/VB Economic Development partnership has been significant this year. Over 1,500 learners have enrolled in VWU non-credit programs for Virginia Beach residents displaced by the pandemic. Additionally, infrastructure upgrades to Clarke Hall have come from private support facilitated through this partnership.
Deirdre Gonsalves-Jackson, Dean of VWU Global Campus; Marion Hibbler, Director of Lifelong Learning, VWU Global Campus; and Larry Belcher, Director of Enrollment, VWU Global Campus, joined me for the Grand Opening celebration.
The compliments that we received were tremendous and the pledges of financial support to this program and our main campus will continue. I thank Deirdre, Marion, and Larry for their leadership on this partnership. |