Woodbridge campus of Northern Virginia Community College will host a Military Appreciation Day on Oct. 31. Get details about various educational, retraining, scholarship and vocational rehabilitation programs and services for active duty military, veterans, retirees and their dependents.

Dr. Roger A. Ramsammy has been named provost for NOVA’s Manassas VA campus. He comes to Manassas from Palm Beach State College, Lake Worth, Fla., where he worked for 20 years, most recently as dean of academic affairs.

With areas of expertise ranging from health and physical education to teacher education, psychology, economics, biotechnology and biology, new professors have joined the teaching staff at the Manassas campus of Northern Virginia Community College. Most live in northern Virginia, two in Prince William County.

After a brief evacuation as a precaution, the Prince William County Fire Department has given Vaughan Elementary School students and staff the "all-clear" to reenter the school building in Woodbridge.

Parents whose teens attend Stonewall Jackson High School In Manassas VA can meet the principal and some staff, sign up for the "parent portal" internet access and learn about school clubs and activities, at a back to school family celebration at the school on Rixlew Lane in Manassas. The hoopla begins at 6:30 p.m. and is for parents and students.

Amanda Wilder, a former special education teacher in Prince William County VA and an assistant principal in Fauquier County VA, will begin Aug. 20 as principal at Haydon Elementary School in the city of Manassas VA.

Interactive digital textbooks in economics and personal finance to help Virginia high school students earn a now-required diploma credit in these subjects have been developed by the Virginia Department of Education. The economics-personal finance credit requirement became effective for students who began high school in the 2011-12 school year.

Admission representatives will show how private colleges in Virginia can be affordable for families of all income levels during a special week for prospective students and parents visit July 30-Aug. 3. As a bonus, students who visit at least three participating Virginia colleges during the week will be allowed to apply at no charge to any three of the colleges. High school guidance counselors and college consultants also can earn three application fee waivers for their students by visiting three of the colleges, a news release said.