Germanna President To Retire

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(Locust Grove)- Germanna Community College President David Sam says he will retire on June 30, 2017 after a decade in which he guided GCC through a period of rapid enrollment growth that coincided with a series of state budget cuts and recovery from a major earthquake.

During Sam’s time as president, Germanna’s total headcount has increased 61 percent, the number of degrees and credentials awarded has soared and the college has expanded its Fredericksburg Campus in Spotsylvania, christened the Daniel Technology Center in Culpeper and added centers in Stafford and Caroline counties.

The number of awards –total degrees and certificates — earned by Germanna students has increased by 183.3 percent during his presidency.

He and his his wife Linda lived in Culpeper for the first nine years of his tenure before building a house at Lake of the Woods this year where they will reside after his retirement.

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