VHCC Governor's School

Application Deadline June 2, 2025

If you are an academically motivated junior or senior at Abingdon, Holston, John Battle, Patrick Henry, Chilhowie, Northwood, or Virginia High Schools, you could be eligible to earn FREE college credits by participating in VHCC’s Governor’s School!

There are limited spaces in the program, so apply now! Competitive admission is based on academic performance and a selection process by the high school principals and guidance counselors.

CST 130 (3 CREDITS)

Participants will learn the principles of drama by getting acquainted to various types of theatre presentations, developing theatre productions, participating in acting and improvisation workshops, and visiting Barter Theatre to take in a play and get a behind-the-scenes to look at the various aspects of a live theater production.

HLT 105, HLT 140, NUR 135 (4 CREDITS)

Participants will receive training in coordinated mouth-to-mouth artificial ventilation and chest compression, choking, life-threatening emergencies and sudden illness with the opportunity to earn certification from AHA in BLS for health care providers (CPR and AED); Explore the interrelated roles and functions of various members of the health team; Focus on medication dosage calculation for adult and pediatric clients; and Focuses on apothecary, metric, household conversion in medication dosage calculation for adult and pediatric clients. Provides a practical approach to learning to calculate and prepare medications and solutions. Includes calculating intravenous flow rates.

Students will earn college credit in each of the following courses:

• HLT 105 (1 Credit) - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
  Provides training in coordinated mouth-to-mouth artificial ventilation and chest compression, choking, life-threatening emergencies and sudden illness.
   
• HLT 140 (1 Credit) - Orientation to Health Professions
  Explores the interrelated roles and functions of various members of the
  health team.
   
• NUR 135 (2 Credit) - Drug Dosage Calculations
  Focuses on apothecary, metric, household conversion in medication
  dosage calculation for adult and pediatric clients. Provides a practical
  approach to learning to calculate and prepare medications and solutions.
  Includes calculating intravenous flow rates.

The forms below will need to be completed and uploaded with the application.