ThomasDenton 79 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 If you haven't heard, it's pretty much a done deal that Virginia Intermont College of Bristol, VA (my alma mater) will be closing down soon. This is likely the final semester (and maybe a short summer semester) for the school. VIC has been in trouble for years now and more recently lost accreditation, but tried to merge with a school in Florida to stay open. However, that deal fell through for unknown reasons. VI has also announced that this is the final athletics season. This is really sad for any VIC alumni and for the fact that the athletic teams (which were terrible a while back) are pretty good now and getting better...not to mention a yearly nationally ranked equestrian program. The school is currently trying to find new homes for its students and athletes and the AAC has waived the transfer rules so VI's athletes don't have to sit out if they transfer. Some faculty have turned in their resignation as well. There's always the hope for a last minute miracle, but the merger would have been just that...and it fell through. Sad to see the school go. I just wonder what'll happen to everyone there and to the school itself. Also, there's a lot of articles on tricities.com about the situation if anyone wants more info (for some reason I can't paste links on here anymore). Nil Sine Numine: Nothing Without Guidance,. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Sad to hear that. Sounds like the same thing that happened to Mountain State University in Beckley, WV...they ended up merging with the University of Charleston (WV) and the school is now known as UC-Beckley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Account 5,203 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 VIC was severely mismanaged over the last decade. Complete failure of leadership. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasDenton 79 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 I really wish the merger would have gone through and it's really annoying everyone that they won't give any details as to why the merger failed (after the school had been so transparent on all the SACS processes). With this merger, as I understood, VI would keep it's name and pretty much still be VI. They would get to piggyback the FL school's accreditation as well. This school also merged with a school in NC (I think) that was very similar to VI (small private college strong in teacher studies, equine studies, art and photography) and that school is doing well. The FL school believes that all small private schools should join together in one way or another to keep their doors open and keep their identities. Sad that this fell through. The governor, Kilgore, the mayor and some others in local and state government said they'll look into what they can do for VI, but I believe it'll be too little too late. Teachers, staff, and students have either already jumped ship or are preparing the lifeboats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasDenton 79 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 It really was. The last president before Dr. Phillips (can't remember his name even.....which is bad) was almost never seen on campus and was never at school events, like games and such. His solution to fixing VI's money problems was to cut everything (tennis and soccer teams went out the window along with some academic programs) and when he saw that it would take more than that, he bailed and took some of our top people with him. We were lucky to get the president VI has now and the people she brought in. She was ALWAYS seen on campus and attended pretty much everything. She and her board brought in a lot of money for the school, got a lot of renovations done that were desperately needed, and brought life back to the campus. However, years of extremely poor management doomed the school and with all her efforts it just wasn't enough. There's still some hope for a last second miracle, but if this is really the end then at least the last few years were great for the students and staff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasDenton 79 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 For some reason, the site won't let me quote people......or maybe it's just not showing up on my computer. Anyone else having this problem? My last post was supposed to quote UVAObserver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtiger 1,740 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 I cant cut and paste. Idk if its connected Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasDenton 79 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 It won't let me do that either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtiger 1,740 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 I just tried, cant quote either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSocko 136 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 I just tried, cant quote eitherYou can on a laptop but maybe not a mobile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMan 3,569 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 For some reason, the site won't let me quote people......or maybe it's just not showing up on my computer. Anyone else having this problem? My last post was supposed to quote UVAObserver. I cant cut and paste. Idk if its connected It won't let me do that either. I just tried, cant quote either You can on a laptop but maybe not a mobile. I can quote just fine from my home computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Account 5,203 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 You can on a laptop but maybe not a mobile. Just did this from the iPhone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtiger 1,740 Report Share Posted April 21, 2014 I cant on my laptop. Must be something on my end, any ideas guys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasDenton 79 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2014 I'm on a laptop too (brand new) and can't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtiger 1,740 Report Share Posted April 21, 2014 Mines not new, a couple years old. Worked fine for over a year and then wouldn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Account 5,203 Report Share Posted April 21, 2014 I'm on a laptop too (brand new) and can't. This laptop is a piece of junk, and it does its job. Maybe it's a cookies issue or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtiger 1,740 Report Share Posted April 21, 2014 . MrSocko 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSocko 136 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 .Speechless? redtiger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan4VT 4,552 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 haha I changed a couple of things and tried to quote someone, it didn't work. Thanks for flaunting your quoting ability ..........;) redtiger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtiger 1,740 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Idk where that post went Ryan, but anyway you can all kiss my ass! MrSocko 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan4VT 4,552 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 Idk where that post went Ryan, but anyway you can all kiss my ass! Hahahaha. Had to do it man. I hope you get that fixed up. It must be something wit the cookies or something of that nature. redtiger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtiger 1,740 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 yeah me to and I really have no idea what to do. It really sucks retyping web addresses for links haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1inStripes 932 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 Maybe a browser issue since it looks like mobile has been ruled out as the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtiger 1,740 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 Maybe a browser issue since it looks like mobile has been ruled out as the problem? well lo and behold it works when I use chrome but not explorer. Guess I will be using chrome from now on oh, btw sorry to hijack the thread Thomas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasDenton 79 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 No problem...actually, I think I'm the one who really started it, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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