United Way of Southwest Virginia Partners with CodeVA and the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
10 June, 2020
United Way of Southwest Virginia announced today a partnership with CodeVA. Regionally, the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center manages CodeVA programs in Southwest Virginia as its institutional training and program partner. We’re excited to join United Way of Southwest Virginia to help the region lead the way for the rest of Virginia.
“This partnership will allow our organization to work interactively with United Way of Southwest Virginia to coordinate and ensure our services align, and that together we increase student engagement in computer science-related content study and career attainment,” stated David Matlock, Executive Director of the Southwest Higher Education Center and Managing Director of CodeVA in Southwest Virginia.
According to Travis Staton, President and CEO of United Way of Southwest Virginia, “This new partnership with CodeVA will allow us to provide the workforce of tomorrow with the support needed to integrate computer science studies and career exploration into our region’s school systems. Implementing these new economic development initiatives are vitally important to the long-term success of Southwest Virginia.”
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