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VGCC Golf Tournament Raises $23,000 for Scholarships

July 8, 2008 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College’s 24th annual Endowment Fund Benefit Golf Tournament generated $23,000 from entry fees and from sponsors to help fund scholarships for deserving students at the college. A total of 131 players on 33 teams played in either the morning or the afternoon round on Tuesday, May 13 at Henderson Country Club. “We appreciated … Read More

VGCC Students Awarded full Scholarships to ETSU

July 8, 2008 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College students Noah K. Wall of Oxford (pictured above, right) and Amber B. Adcock of Creedmoor (above, left) have both received the Midway Honors Scholars Program scholarship from East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, where they will start classes this August. The scholarship will pay for all of their tuition and fees, … Read More

VGCC Offers Workplace Communication Class

July 7, 2008 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College will offer a free course, “Communication for the Workplace,” for non-native-English speakers at the college’s main campus in Vance County, this summer and again this fall. The first session will be held on Saturdays, July 19 through Sept. 20, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. The second session will also be on … Read More

VGCC Scholarship will honor retiring Economic Development director

July 7, 2008 | by VGCC Staff
Members of the Granville Industrial and Business Club have endowed a new scholarship at Vance-Granville Community College in honor of Leon Turner, the retiring executive director of the Granville County Economic Development Commission. VGCC President Randy Parker surprised Turner with news of the scholarship’s creation at a June 20 reception in honor of Turner’s retirement … Read More

VGCC Board Approves Intercollegiate Athletics for College

July 7, 2008 | by VGCC Staff
The Vance-Granville Community College Board of Trustees held its bimonthly meeting on Monday, May 19 at the college’s Henderson campus. During that meeting, the Board approved intercollegiate athletics for the 2008-2009 season, voted to increase Day Care fees, approved the 2008-2009 meeting calendar and heard about the success of the Teacher Associate Program at the … Read More

Students Complete first Basic Welding course at VGCC Warren Campus

July 7, 2008 | by VGCC Staff
Fourteen students participated in the Basic Welding class held at Vance-Granville Community College’s Warren County Campus from March 28 through May 3. It was the first course of its kind offered at the Warrenton campus. Students in the six-week introductory course learned acetylene and oxygen, or torch, welding techniques. Armed with goggles, torches and brazing … Read More

VGCC Computer Class Helps Educators

June 17, 2008 | by VGCC Staff
While they are on summer break, area teachers and teacher assistants can take advantage of an upcoming Vance-Granville Community College course specifically designed to help them use computers with their students. “The Computerized Classroom for Teachers & Assistants” will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., July 8 through Aug. … Read More

VGCC Honors Graduates of CNA Programs

June 17, 2008 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College honored 52 graduates of the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) I and CNA II programs with a graduation and pinning ceremony on June 5. The ceremony included class speakers from each of the four classes, as well as a candle-lighting ceremony to honor a nursing tradition of “passing the torch.” Each graduate received … Read More

Few Seats Still Open in New VGCC Health Unit Coordinator Program

June 10, 2008 | by VGCC Staff
Anyone interested in working as a Health Unit Coordinator should act quickly to enroll in Vance-Granville Community College’s new four-month certificate program on the college’s main campus in Vance County. There is room for a few more students, according to VGCC coordinator Laura Peace. Classes begin June 16 and will be held on Monday and … Read More

VGCC Franklin Campus Class Buys Animals

June 6, 2008 | by VGCC Staff
An Environmental Biology class at Vance-Granville Community College’s Franklin County Campus in Louisburg recently used a class project to help a needy family on another continent. “My students have been learning about sustainable living and comparing life in developed countries with life in developing countries,” VGCC instructor Nikole Zidar recalled. Zidar learned about Heifer International … Read More