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LFCC Educational Foundation Inc.
173 Skirmisher Lane
Middletown, VA 22645-1745Phone: 540-868-4077
Fax: 540-868-4081
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The Lord Fairfax Community College Educational Foundation Inc. is an independent, not-for-profit entity dedicated to assisting the College in meeting its current and future needs. Its purpose is to generate support and resources for the College beyond those provided by the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Incorporated in 1978, the Foundation is committed to raising funds for academic programs, facility upgrades, equipment, student scholarships and professional development for employees. Private contributions ensure that the College is able to keep its promise and pledge of providing increasing academic excellence and expanding business and industry services.
The Foundation is a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization. All gifts are tax deductible as allowed by law. For income tax purposes, the federal identification number for the Foundation is 51-0247624. Its fiscal year is Jan. 1 through Dec. 31.
Budget Cuts
Greetings! As you may have recently heard in the news, all state-supported agencies are required to submit a 5-percent budget reduction plan to the Office of the Governor for fiscal year 2007-08. Because LFCC is a state-supported institution of higher education, we too are required to submit such a plan. To learn more about the economic trends that led to this requirement, please read Gov. Timothy M. Kaine’s remarks to the Senate Finance, House Finance and House Appropriations Committees: http://www.governor.virginia.gov/MediaRelations/NewsReleases/viewRelease.cfm?id=481.
LFCC is committed to preserving the resources necessary to accomplish its core mission of educating the community. Our most important resources are our employees. Currently filled positions are not included in our budget cut recommendations. In addition, we will continue recruiting for many of the various vacant full-time positions that are currently being advertised.
As funding from the state continues to dwindle, the role of the LFCC Educational Foundation Inc. is more important today than ever before. The Foundation’s mission is simple: to generate and manage private support for unfunded projects that support the College’s mission. Because of the generosity of donors like you, the Foundation provides much-needed monies to support and supplement College programs, services and initiatives. We hope we can continue to count on your financial support and investment in our community.
Despite these budget challenges, the year ahead is a promising one for LFCC. We are confident we will weather this challenge and emerge a stronger and healthier institution. In addition, it is important to note that progress on the Science and Health Professions Building and the Corron Community Development Center will continue due to already committed state and private funds.
If you have any questions, please contact Linnie Carter, vice president of college advancement, at (540) 868-4077 or lcarter@lfcc.edu or John J. “Ski” Sygielski, LFCC’s president, at (540) 868-7101 or johnski@lfcc.edu.
Thank you for your continued commitment to our favorite community college!
Cast Your Vote!
It’s time for one of the most important elections of the year—voting for the new Lord Fairfax Community College Web site design!
Please visit this Web page to view the Web site designs:
http://www.lfcc.edu/SiteDesigns/
Please note that all of the profile, spotlight, feature and “promo” images and text contained within the designs are strictly intended to be placeholders and do not necessarily reflect the actual content of the final LFCC Web site.
Please vote for the design that you think would be the best fit for the new LFCC Web site. Please vote only once and do so by Sept. 21. We will announce the winning design in late September!
By the way, the new Web site will debut in 2008. Stay tuned for more information…. Thank you!
Quality Enhancement Plan
The College is in the process of reaffirming its accreditation through the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. As part of the reaffirmation process, LFCC has submitted a five-year Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) on the topic of critical thinking.
Critical thinking is a set of habits, involving such attributes as using creativity to find solutions; evaluating and justifying claims; and reflecting on our own thinking. The goal of the QEP is to help individuals who come in contact with LFCC to explore their thinking and find ways to improve it, both inside and outside the classroom.
For more information about the QEP topic, the various activities supporting the QEP and the reaffirmation process, you can visit the College’s Web site at http://www.lfcc.edu/SACS/.
