Sometimes small is better. The entrance to the Alberta Campus That's how it is at Southside Virginia Community College. You'll never be lost in the crowd or treated like a number on a computer printout. What you will find are faculty, staff and administrators who do their best for students of all ages to provide a quality educational program for transfer to four-year colleges and universities and an occupational-technical program to educate, train and retrain workers for Southside business and industry.Our small size allows us to provide:Individual attention in the classroom and laboratory.One-to-one counseling during the day and evening.Instruction by a full-time staff of professionals who have master's or doctoral degrees in their fields and part-time faculty that include lawyers, bankers, accountants, nurses, computer programmers and electricians.Career and placement opportunities strengthened by contact with SVCC alumni employed in area business and industry.