This issue of the "VCCA Journal" contains the following articles: (1) "Dear Andrei--Dear Patricia: International Education in English Composition I," by Robert Kilmer; (2) "The Cultivation of Critical Thinking: Some Tools and Techniques," by Russell Crescimanno; (3) "Assessment Partnership: A Model for Two-Year and Four-Year College Collaboration in Student Outcomes Assessment," by David Hanson and Steve Culver; (4) "It's OK for Students To Be Hot," by Christy Simpkins, Joyce Taylor, and Bonnie Wynn; (5) "Organizing Classified Employees To Promote Themselves and Their College," by Tamyra Kennedy; (6) "A Report on Project International Emphasis: Internationalizing Our Campus," by Celeste S. Makrevis; (7) "Longitudinal Analysis of Student Progress: The Status among Virginia's Community Colleges," by Charles Sieracki; (8) "Virginians for Virginia: The Partnership between SwVCC (Southwest Virginia Community College) and the Virginia Army National Guard for Economic Development," by Charles R. King and Pat Bussard; (9) "Teaching Methods That Impact on Student Retention," by Eric Hibbison, Gayle Childers, Susan Wood, and Barbara Glenn; (10) "An American Visits the European Community," by Sallie D. Branscom; and (11) "Harrington's Corner: Beefing Up the Funding Effort," by Dick Harrington. Three poems are also included in this issue. (JMC)