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VGCC Business Student receives Fluor scholarship

June 29, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
Adam D. Blanton, a Vance-Granville Community College Business Administration student and a student at Kittrell Job Corps Center, is one of a select few from across the country who recently received a $5,000 renewable scholarship from the Fluor Foundation.   Blanton (pictured above in the VGCC open computer lab), 23, is originally from Fayetteville, N.C. … Read More

VGCC honors graduates of Basic Law Enforcement Training night class

June 27, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
Three Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) cadets at Vance-Granville Community College graduated on June 18 after having completed the program at night and on the weekends over a ten-month period. Members of what was the first night BLET class held since 2001 were honored in a ceremony in the auditorium on VGCC’s main campus in … Read More

VGCC offers new Sustainability certificates to boost green jobs

June 21, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College will offer new opportunities for area residents to prepare for “green” careers when the fall semester begins on Aug. 16. Four certificates have been added to the college’s curriculum offerings to help develop a workforce for today’s economy, in which environmental sustainability and energy efficiency are increasingly important.   The new Sustainability … Read More

Family establishes memorial scholarship for VGCC Nurse Aide Students

June 20, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
The family of the late Kathryn Bentley Watson of Oxford (pictured above) — including her two daughters, Robbie W. Worley of Oxford and Karen W. Speed of Asheville, her son-in-law, Dr. James K. Speed of Asheville, and her two grandsons, Jordan C. Speed of Asheville and Brad Worley (and wife, Erin Worley) of Raleigh — … Read More

VGCC Basic Skills department goes beyond the “basics”

June 20, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
The Basic Skills department at Vance-Granville Community College focuses on helping area adults to improve their reading, writing and math skills and to complete their high school diplomas, but college staff also want to go above and beyond to meet students’ needs.   Deborah W. Allison, relationship banker from the Henderson branch of BB&T, recently … Read More

New local attorney gives credit to VGCC

June 16, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
One of the newest additions to the Franklin County legal community has a story to tell of how attending Vance-Granville Community College laid the foundation for her later success.   Paris Branch-Ramadan (pictured above) moved from Minnesota to Henderson in 2001 to help out her aging parents and grandparents. “Although I had a relatively good … Read More

VGCC and Oxford Housing Authority partner to give residents new work opportunities

June 16, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
Several Oxford residents recently celebrated their completion of a training course offered through a partnership between Vance-Granville Community College and the Oxford Housing Authority. Eleven adults completed the five-week “Employability, Motivation and Retention” program conducted by instructor Caroline Jones from VGCC’s Human Resources Development (HRD) department.   Since 2009, VGCC and the housing authority have … Read More

VGCC Day Care Students Graduate, Share their Ambitions

June 15, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
Ten graduates of the Vance-Granville Community College Day Care Center on Main Campus were honored in ceremonies on June 3 as they prepared to leave and enter kindergarten this fall.   The Class of 2011 included Jaden Alyssa Billings, Charles Lester Cease, Andrew Zachariah Myrick, Mia Jane Satterwhite and Samuel Talyn Stone, all of Henderson; … Read More

VGCC Logistics program produces first graduates

June 7, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
At Vance-Granville Community College’s commencement exercises in May, the class of 2011 included the first three graduates of the Global Logistics Technology degree program in the college’s history. Rodney L. Davis, Jr. of Oxford, Timothy M. Thompson of Garner and Sam Tim Woolard, III of Winterville all completed the program, which started in the fall … Read More

VGCC Community Band performs at historic outdoor movie theater

June 7, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
The Vance-Granville Community Band performed its first-ever Memorial Day weekend concert on May 28 at the Raleigh Road Outdoor Theatre in Henderson. The ensemble played on the “Moon-Glo Stage” (pictured above) in front of the movie screen before the evening’s double feature. In keeping with the holiday, the band presented several marches and patriotic numbers … Read More