Despite having success, a meeting was needed in order to determine the future of the extension center. While it served its purpose, it did not do enough for the other population of the community. The Advisory Council for the Northern Virginia Center,…
In 1954, the Advisory Council for the Northern Virginia Center was formed to advise the University on the operation of the center and to explore possibilities of its expansion to a branch of the University of Virginia. Due to a change in rules…
Instead of creating a full-fledged branch college of NOVA, an extension center was established with the emphasis on adult education and college-level instruction. It was fought for and approved in 1949, with organized classes beginning in 1950. By…
A call between the president of the University of Virginia, Colgate Darden Jr. and Charles Mann Jr. calling for the creation of a new higher education institution in Northern Virginia. Darden asked Mann to head a committee to explore the feasibility…
The quad as it sits today, no longer a clean grass field, but an assortment of bushes, chairs and pathways with a sealed entrance way where a staircase still remains.