Free kickoff dinner featuring BBQ, live entertainment, gathering spaces, and prize drawings for students. The main quad will be transformed with fire pits and gathering spaces as we celebrate our 60th anniversary. Chicken BBQ will be available as long as supplies last.
All are welcome! Students should register for prize drawings and must be present to win.
Ridgecat Rally
Friday Evening October 23rd 5:30-8:30 pm
(Free Event – No Registration Required)
Free Community Kickoff Event
First Annual Ridgecat Rally
Delicious Chicken BBQ by Chef Mena and the CVCC Culinary Department
Live Entertainment by the Ridgecat Ramblers
Long Community Farm Tables under Twinkling Lights
Fire Pits and Gathering Places
Gift Cards Drawings for Students – must be present to win!
Saturday, October 24
This free community event will feature an experiential showcase of academic, workforce, and career pathways. We invite the community to celebrate with us, meet our partners, hear from faculty, and enjoy time on our quad with family-friendly features. Food will be available for purchase at several local food trucks on campus.
Education that Moves the World Expo
Saturday Expo October 24th 11:00 – 2:00 pm
(Free Event – No Registration Required)
Education that Moves the World Expo
Experiential showcase of academic, workforce, career pathways, and CVCC partners
Immersive Paramedic Room
Try your hand at a Welding Simulators
Test out Heavy Equipment Operation Simulators
Watch Robots Play in a Rock Band
Kids Corner
Disney Villains
Time with CVCC’s Mascot Blu
Soccer Clinic
Anamotage Table
Touch – a – truck
Presentations on AI, the Future of CVCC– overview of upcoming renovations, Early College
Food Trucks
So much more!
Family-friendly community event on the main quad, weather permitting, with food trucks and showcase of CVCC’s programs and partnerships.
All are welcome! No registration is necessary.
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Join fellow alumni for a special gathering celebrating CVCC’s history with live music, photos through the years, and Virginia wine and beer tastings. If you have ever taken classes at CVCC, you are an alum, and your guests are welcome, too! Registration is free, but space is limited, so call your friends and secure your spot early. All registered alumni will receive a special-edition alumni wine glass.
Alumni Social
Saturday Afternoon October 24th 4:00 – 6:00 pm
(Free Event – Registration Required – Space is Limited)
Reunite!
Memorabilia through the years
Gallery of ‘Faces of CVCC’
Virginia Wine & Beer Tasting
Harpist – with a twist!
Commemorative CVCC 60th Anniversary ‘Reunite’ Wine Tumbler
Hors d’oeuvres & Charcuterie
For 60 years, Central Virginia Community College has been a place of opportunity, growth, and transformation. Join our Anniversary Celebration with friends, family, faculty, staff, and community members on our main quad, weather permitting. Dinner, cash bar, formal program and entertainment to be provided. Elevated attire and outdoor–friendly footwear recommended.
Anniversary Celebration
Saturday Evening October 24th 6:00 – 10:00 pm
(Ticketed Event – Registration Required)
Elegant outdoor event under a large tent
Cocktail hour and Jazz
Wine & Beer Bar
Formal Program
Testimonials
Dinner to include beef tenderloin, salmon, harvest salad, root vegetables & potatoes
Live Music Through the Decades with musician Phineas Robert & band
Elevated Attire with comfortable shoes (we’ll keep an eye on the weather)Ticketed dinner celebration under the stars with program, testimonials, and live entertainment.