Virginia Peninsula Community College announced this week that it will change the name of Griffin and Wythe halls, which are connected and function as one building, to Kecoughtan Hall.
The college’s board chose the name to be “more inclusive,” acknowledging the original indigenous cultures of the Peninsula, the announcement stated. The Kecoughtan tribe were the early settlers of the land where the college’s Hampton campus is located.
“We will be working to change over the signage and other refe...