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Community College System Official to Speak at VGCC Summer Graduation

August 4, 2008 | by VGCC Staff
Linda H. Weiner, Special Assistant to the President for Engagement and Economic Development at the North Carolina Community College System, will be the principal commencement speaker for Vance-Granville Community College’s summer graduation exercises on Thursday, Aug. 7. Stacey C. Smith of Raleigh will serve as the student speaker. Ceremonies are set to begin at 6 … Read More

Father and Son study Biotechnology together at VGCC

August 4, 2008 | by VGCC Staff
Many people associate going to college with leaving home and being away from their parents, their children, or other relatives. But a father and son from Oxford have been studying together at Vance-Granville Community College. Manny Melendez and his son, Jason Melendez, are more than half-way through their simultaneous effort to earn associate degrees in … Read More

Newly Certified Welders Bring VGCC Total to 565

August 1, 2008 | by VGCC Staff
Seven Welding Technology students at Vance-Granville Community College recently earned their national certification through the American Welding Society, bringing to 565 the total number of certified welders produced by VGCC since the college started its program in 1972. The newly certified welders include Keith Brownson, Lee Hawley, James Hawkins, Darryl Marrow and Matt Pendergrass, all … Read More

VGCC Instructor Explores Education and Wildlife in Africa

August 1, 2008 | by VGCC Staff
For the fourth consecutive summer, Vance-Granville Community College sent an instructor overseas in 2008. In June, Biology instructor Nikole Jorgensen Zidar of Zebulon traveled to the west African nation of Senegal. She was one of 35 educators on an expedition organized by World View , an international program for educators based at UNC-Chapel Hill. So … Read More

VGCC Board Approves Budget for Athletic Programs at College

July 30, 2008 | by VGCC Staff
The Vance-Granville Community College Board of Trustees held its bimonthly meeting on Monday, July 21 at the college’s Henderson campus. Ninth District Superior Court Judge Henry W. Hight swore in retired businessman Donald C. Seifert, Sr. and retired business manager Sara C. Wester, both of Henderson, to serve another four-year term on the VGCC Board … Read More

At age 88, Oxford woman Goes to College

July 30, 2008 | by VGCC Staff
As a diverse group of students at Vance-Granville Community College began registering for their fall classes on July 21, Dorothy Rogers of Oxford — 88 years young — stood out from the rest. “I’ve always loved to learn,” an enthusiastic Rogers said. “I’ve never felt anybody got too old to learn.” Growing up during the … Read More

VGCC Leads State in awarding Career Readiness Certificates

July 30, 2008 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College was recently recognized for issuing the Career Readiness Certificate (CRC) to more people than any other college in the state between January 2007 and May 2008. Pamela Gobel, director of Career Readiness Certification for the North Carolina Community College System, presented an award of excellence to VGCC on June 20 at a … Read More

VGCC Offers Computer Class for Beginners

July 28, 2008 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College will offer a six-week course on the college’s main campus in Vance County, designed for people who have little or no experience using computers or the Internet. The course will be held on Wednesdays, Aug. 13 through Sept. 17, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. In the “Beginner’s Guide to Computers & … Read More

VGCC Propelled High School Student to College Success

July 28, 2008 | by VGCC Staff
One May, Vance Harrell (pictured above), then a 16-year-old student at J.F. Webb High School in Oxford, and his father read a letter from Vance-Granville Community College inviting Vance to take college courses while he was still in high school – a program called Dual Enrollment. They decided to give it a try. That decision … Read More

VGCC sees Growth in Online Distance Education

July 22, 2008 | by VGCC Staff
Ten years after Vance-Granville Community College first began offering classes online, the college is witnessing dramatic growth in the availability, quality and popularity of its distance education program. In the summer of 1998, VGCC took a small but significant technological step forward with the beginning of the college’s first Web-based distance learning course — “Introduction … Read More