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VGCC golfer places sixth at Regional Championship

May 5, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
A Vance-Granville Community College student had a strong showing at the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region X Championship Golf tournament, which was held on April 24-26 at Eagle Ridge Golf Club in Raleigh.   Derek Jones of Henderson (pictured above), a student in the Associate in Arts (College Transfer) program at VGCC, shot … Read More

Community College System Vice President to speak at VGCC Graduation

May 4, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
Dr. Saundra Wall Williams, Senior Vice President and Chief of Technology and Workforce Development for the North Carolina Community College System, will be the principal commencement speaker for Vance-Granville Community College’s graduation exercises on Friday, May 13. Lynwood Roberts, II of Oxford, who recently graduated from the North Carolina Community College Student Leadership Institute, will … Read More

Retired VGCC dean to speak at Adult Basic Skills Commencement

May 4, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College will hold commencement exercises dedicated exclusively to new graduates of Adult Basic Skills programs on Thursday, May 12. The ceremony will begin at 6 p.m. in the Civic Center on the college’s main campus in Vance County.   Those being honored will include approximately 500 students who have completed either the Adult … Read More

VGCC instructor Michael Palmer honored for career in education

May 3, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
Dr. Michael H. Palmer, a part-time English instructor at Vance-Granville Community College and a resident of Durham, was recently inducted into the Caldwell County Schools Hall of Honor. He was one of four new inductees into the Hall of Honor recognized at a ceremony in Granite Falls, N.C. on April 1. Each year, the Hall … Read More

VGCC music instructor discusses conflict among the Beatles

May 3, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College music instructor Michael Stephenson brought a conclusion on April 27 to a series of four lectures from the college’s Arts and Sciences division under the umbrella title, “Earth’s Energy and Wave Motion: Harmony and Disharmony in Our Relationship with Nature and with Each Other.” Stephenson’s presentation in the VGCC Civic Center was … Read More

VGCC students earn high scores at state Phi Beta Lambda conference

April 29, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
Members of the Vance-Granville Community College “Chi Beta Chi” chapter of the Phi Beta Lambda business student organization recently attended the 57th Annual PBL State Leadership Conference. The conference was held April 7-9 in Charlotte, where students from North Carolina universities and community colleges attended seminars and participated in various business-related competitions. VGCC members placed … Read More

VGCC Instructor discusses “misbehaved” waves

April 27, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
A Vance-Granville Community College Spanish instructor raised questions about how we react to the worst that nature has to offer, in the third of four lectures from the college’s Arts and Sciences division under the umbrella title, “Earth’s Energy and Wave Motion: Harmony and Disharmony in Our Relationship with Nature and with Each Other.” Matthew … Read More

Area kids enjoy VGCC’s fifth annual Farm Day

April 21, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
The Civic Center at Vance-Granville Community College’s main campus was filled with young children learning more about food and agriculture on April 14. Students in the Early Childhood Associate program at VGCC organized their fifth annual “Farm Day.” Some 464 four-year-olds from day care centers, schools, and Head Start facilities in Vance, Granville, Franklin and … Read More

VGCC in statewide spotlight at Excellence celebration

April 21, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College was in the spotlight on April 14 during the North Carolina Community College System’s second annual excellence event, called “ The Great Within the 58 ,” held at the Jane S. McKimmon Conference and Training Center on N.C. State University’s campus.   The event included the presentation of the state system’s highest … Read More

VGCC Community Band to present free outdoor concert on Mother’s Day

April 20, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
The Vance-Granville Community Band will hold its third annual outdoor concert, as a special treat for Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 8. The program will begin at 4 p.m. at the Gazebo on VGCC’s main campus in Vance County. In the event of rain, the concert will be held in the VGCC Civic Center. Admission … Read More