CHESTER and MIDLOTHIAN, Va. – The community is invited to join John Tyler Community College’s faculty, staff and students as they honor past and present members of the armed services during the College’s annual Veterans Day ceremony on November 11, 2015. The ceremony will begin at 11:00 a.m. in Hamel Hall, room H109, at the Midlothian Campus, located at 800 Charter Colony Parkway.
This year’s ceremony will include a keynote address by U. S. Marine veteran, Tyler alumnus, Tyler adjunct faculty member, and civil engineer Christopher Zabrosky. Zabrosky, who grew up in Chesterfield County, served in the United States Marine Corps on active duty from 1997-2001 and was briefly recalled in 2003, achieving the rank of corporal. While in the Marines, he served as a landing support specialist and as a military police officer, and he served in combat support operations during the Kosovo campaign. Zabrosky graduated from John Tyler Community College in 2003 with an Associate of Applied Science in Architectural Engineering Technology and then joined the workforce for a few years before deciding to continue his education. He enrolled at Old Dominion University (ODU), and in 2013, he graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science in Civil Engineering Technology and was awarded ODU’s Faculty Award in Civil Engineering Technology. He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in engineering management at ODU. Zabrosky works as a civil/structural engineer at CB & I, which has a cooperative engineering group with Honeywell in Hopewell. He also works as an adjunct faculty member at John Tyler, teaching geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.
During Tyler’s Veterans Day Ceremony, Zabrosky plans to talk about his experience as a student veteran. The ceremony also will include recognition of Tyler’s faculty, staff and student veterans and a memorial tree planting.
For directions to Tyler’s Midlothian Campus, visit www.jtcc.edu/locations. For more information about John Tyler Community College’s Veterans Day Ceremony, contact Lisa Kendrick, office and events specialist, at lkendrick@jtcc.edu or 804-594-1527.
John Tyler Community College is the fifth largest of the 23 community colleges in Virginia. With campuses in Chester and Midlothian and off-campus classrooms throughout the area, John Tyler offers quality and economical opportunities for students who want to earn a degree or certificate, transfer to a four-year college or university, train for the workforce, or switch careers. The College, which served nearly 13,800 students during the 2014-15 academic year, offers 20 associate degrees, six certificates, and 38 career studies certificates. The institution also serves more than 13,000 non-credit trainees and over 1,000 companies and government agencies annually through the Community College Workforce Alliance.