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Who's on the board of Virginia's taxpayer-funded New College Institute?

By PATRICK WILSON AND BILL WYATT The Martinsville Bulletin
Nov 16, 2022
Nov 16, 2022 Updated May 17, 2023
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The board of New College Institute, a struggling higher education center in Martinsville, will meet Friday for a retreat in what is the board’s first gathering since late June.

INSIDE - DAY ONE — The Baldwin Building, home of Martinsville’s New College Institute, was shown Oct. 18.
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DOMINANT - DAY TWO — New College Institute Interim Executive Director Christina Reed listens during an interview in Martinsville on Oct. 18. The state-funded center is tasked with helping people in the distressed community earn college degrees and get job training.
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INSIDE - DAY TWO — New College Institute Interim Executive Director Christina Reed listens as state Sen. Bill Stanley, R-Glade Hill, answers questions during an interview. He is chairman of the program's board.
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SECONDARY - DAY ONE — The $1 million Academic Coater is shown at the New College Institute in Martinsville on Oct. 18. The $1 million machine was intended to train students in the advanced film industry.
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SECONDARY - DAY ONE — Christina Reed, interim executive director of New College Institute, listens as state Sen. Bill Stanley, R-Glade Hill, answers questions at the New College Institute in Martinsville on Oct. 18. Stanley is chair of the New College Institute Board of Directors.
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INSIDE - DAY ONE — Christina Reed, interim executive director of New College Institute, listens during an interview on Oct. 18 at the school. NCI launched in 2006.
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INSIDE - DAY ONE — Christina Reed is shown at the New College Institute in Martinsville on Oct. 18. She is interim executive director of the organization.
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INSIDE - DAY TWO — Christina Reed and Bill Stanley are interviewed at the New College Institute in Martinsville on Oct. 18. Reed is interim director and Stanley, a state senator, is chairman of the board.
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INSIDE - DAY ONE — State Sen. Bill Stanley
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INSIDE - DAY TWO — Christina Reed and Bill Stanley are interviewed at the New College Institute in Martinsville on Oct. 18. Reed is interim director and Stanley, a state senator, is chairman of the board.
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20221114_MET_NEWCOLLEGE2 — Christina Reed, interim executive director, answers questions as Sen. Bill Stanley, board chair, listens on Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at New College Institute in Martinsville, Virginia.
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20221114_MET_NEWCOLLEGE2 — Christina Reed, interim executive director, listens as as Sen. Bill Stanley, board chair, answers questions on Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at New College Institute in Martinsville, Virginia.
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SECONDARY - DAY TWO — A tour of the New College Institute is held at Oct. 18. Some training through the Martinsville program hasn't progressed as planned.
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20221115_MET_NEWCOLLEGE3 — Evan Kissel, advanced manufacturing trainer and instructor, gives a tour of the advanced manufacturing department as Sen. Bill Stanley, center, listens on Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at New College Institute in Martinsville, Virginia.
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INSIDE - DAY THREE — Clifford House, quality assurance instructor, discusses machinery on Oct. 18 at the New College Institute in Martinsville, Virginia.
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INSIDE - DAY THREE — Giving a tour of the New College Institute in Martinsville on Oct. 18 are, left, Erica McDaniel, event and administrative program coordinator, and Christina Reed, interim executive director.
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DOMINANT - DAY THREE — Evan Kissel, advanced manufacturing trainer and instructor, makes his way through the Advanced Manufacturing Department at New College Institute in Martinsville on Oct. 18. Officials who run the institute say they’re not getting the help they need from a foundation set up to support the organization.
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INSIDE - DAY ONE — The Baldwin Building, home of Martinsville’s New College Institute, was shown Oct. 18.
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SECONDARY - DAY TWO — Evan Kissel, advanced manufacturing trainer and instructor, prepares a racing simulator at New College Institute in Martinsville.
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INSIDE - DAY TWO — John Maxwell, coordinator of health and human services, talks about the telehealth certification program on at the New College Institute in Martinsville.
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SECONDARY - DAY THREE — Erica McDaniel, event and administrative program coordinator, gives a tour of the New College Institute in Martinsville on Oct. 18.
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20221115_MET_NEWCOLLEGE3 — Christina Reed, interim executive director, gives a tour on Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at New College Institute in Martinsville, Virginia.
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20221115_MET_NEWCOLLEGE3 — Christina Reed, interim executive director, touches a brick from a business of Dr. Sam Baldwin on Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at New College Institute in Martinsville, Virginia.
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DOMINANT - DAY ONE — The Baldwin Building, home of New College Institute in Martinsville, Virginia, is seen on Oct. 18. Virginia has invested more than $17 million in the school since 2017.
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20221115_MET_NEWCOLLEGE3 — Evan Kissel, advanced manufacturing trainer and instructor, gives a tour of the advanced manufacturing department on Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at New College Institute in Martinsville, Virginia.
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20150809_MET_WAMPp2 — William C. Wampler Jr. and Leanna Blevins, interim executive director of New College Institute, stand in front of film manufacturing equipment in 2015.
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