Jubilation has given way to determination a week after Virginia Intermont College officials learned the school’s two-year probation has been lifted. The June 25 notification that accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges remains intact gives Virginia Intermont a new lease on life, and plans are in the works to shore up the school’s future, President Michael Puglisi said.

Virginia Intermont College in Bristol has been removed from probation by its accreditation agency. The college was given unqualified accreditation yesterday by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Michael J. Puglisi, VIC’s president, said the college successfully addressed the commission’s concerns about its financial stability.