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MPMC Guild Gift Gallery endows VGCC Scholarship

Volunteers from the Guild at Maria Parham Medical Center recently presented a gift of $25,000 to the Vance-Granville Community College Endowment Fund that will create the Guild Gift Gallery at MPMC Presidential Scholar Award. The gift was made possible by the work of Guild Gift Gallery volunteers, coordinated for the past 18 years by Gean  Read More

VGCC dominates Louisburg College JV in fourth straight win

Vance-Granville Community College’s men’s basketball team made it 2-0 against the junior-varsity squad of nearby rival Louisburg College with a 101-73 win at home on Feb. 21. In November, the Vanguards started the regular season with a 77-64 win over the JV Hurricanes at Louisburg. VGCC head coach Avery Wilson called the victory “our best  Read More

VGCC offers Yoga at Main Campus

Vance-Granville Community College will offer a six-week Yoga class on Thursday evenings, March 20 through April 24, from 6 until 7 p.m. Classes will be held in the Building 8 conference room on the college’s main campus in Vance County. Kathy Larmon, who has taught yoga at the Henderson YMCA for about nine years, will  Read More

VGCC South Campus offers Conversational Spanish

Vance-Granville Community College will offer a Conversational Spanish course at its South Campus in Granville County this spring. Classes will be held on Monday and Wednesday evenings, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., March 17 – May 26. South Campus is located on N.C. 56 between Creedmoor and Butner. This course will serve as an  Read More

Nurse Aide I Class Scheduled at VGCC South Campus

Vance-Granville Community College will offer a Nurse Aide (CNA) I course at the college’s South Campus in Granville County, starting March 3. Classes will be held from 8 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. (or 7:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. for clinical training), Mondays and Tuesdays, through July 2. The Nurse Aide I program is designed to  Read More

VGCC comes away with win at JCC

Vance-Granville Community College’s men’s basketball team racked up its third victory in a row by defeating Johnston Community College on the road, 109-89, on Feb. 18. The VGCC Vanguards (10-4) and the JCC team kept it close in the first half, with the home team going into halftime with a 42-41 lead. But the VGCC  Read More

VGCC Offers Tax Tips Seminar

Vance-Granville Community College’s Small Business Center will present a free seminar, “Tax Tips,” for small businesses on Tuesday, March 11. The seminar will be held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Building 7 on the college’s main campus in Vance County. Jess McLamb of Raleigh, president of the Roper Group, will present a variety  Read More

VGCC Vanguards stop skid with back-to-back wins

The Vance-Granville Community College Vanguards men’s basketball team was looking to return to its winning ways, and it did so with two victories in as many days. VGCC (9-4) snapped its 4-game losing streak with a thrilling home victory over Central Carolina Community College that went down to the wire Feb. 12. The lead went  Read More

VGCC offers Welding course at Warren Campus

Sparks will fly soon when Vance-Granville Community College’s Warren County Campus in Warrenton holds a Basic Welding course. Classes are offered on Thursdays, Feb. 28 through May 1, from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Students will learn various aspects of welding, including safety, oxyacetylene welding, electric welding, cutting operations and arc welding. This hands-on course  Read More

Statewide TV Program visits VGCC; Community Invited to Observe

NC SPIN, considered the state’s leading public affairs television program, will return to Vance-Granville Community College on Tuesday, Feb. 26. In 2006, Vance-Granville became the first community college to host the show. A mock presentation of the panel discussion program will begin at 7 p.m. in the Civic Center on the college’s main campus in  Read More