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VGCC volunteers help out with UNC-TV fundraiser

March 29, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College recently sent a group of some 30 volunteers to Research Triangle Park to continue the college’s tradition of helping UNC-TV with the public broadcasting network’s on-air “Festival 2011” fundraiser. Students, faculty and staff members traveled to the UNC-TV studio on March 19 and worked the phones for several hours, all the while … Read More

National organization researches GED recipients from VGCC

March 29, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College was recently visited by researchers from the GED Testing Service, part of the Washington, D.C.-based American Council on Education, as they conducted a study of recipients of the GED credential in six states. Dr. Margaret Patterson, director of research for ACE’s GED Testing Service , and her team were on VGCC’s main … Read More

VGCC Instructor discusses appeal of Surfing

March 29, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
An English instructor at Vance-Granville Community College used his own experiences as a surfer to inform a recent special public lecture, the second in a series 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.” Instructor … Read More

Louisburg High School students learn about Culinary opportunities at VGCC

March 28, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
Students in a Louisburg High School cooking class learned about where they could take their skills in the future when they visited Vance-Granville Community College’s Culinary Technology program on March 18. The group of high school seniors from an “Advanced Foods II” class was accompanied by their teacher, Hattie Faulkner, school counselors Cherry Ayscue and … Read More

VGCC Board Holds Meeting at Masonic Home

March 25, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
The Vance-Granville Community College Board of Trustees held its bimonthly meeting on Monday, March 21 at the Masonic Home for Children in Oxford.   Dinner for the meeting was prepared by students in the VGCC Culinary Technology program under the supervision of Chef Ross Ragonese, VGCC Culinary program head, and his fellow instructor, Chef John … Read More

National organization spotlights two of VGCC’s early college high schools

March 25, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
A new report from a national education and workforce development organization shines a spotlight on five of North Carolina’s early college high schools, including two that are operated as partnerships between Vance-Granville Community College and local school systems.   The publication, “ Accelerating College Readiness: Lessons from North Carolina’s Innovator Early Colleges ” by Cecilia … Read More

VGCC and N.C. Wesleyan education clubs partner on project

March 24, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
The Student North Carolina Association of Educators (SNCAE) chapter at North Carolina Wesleyan College, in partnership with the chapter at Vance-Granville Community College, recently received a grant from the National Education Association’s Community Learning Through America’s SchoolS (CLASS) program. On March 16, students from NCWC, located in Rocky Mount, traveled to meet their counterparts at … Read More

VGCC drama students stage “Zara Spook and Other Lures”

March 23, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
VGCC drama students will stage playwright Joan Ackermann’s comedy, “Zara Spook and Other Lures,” March 31 through April 3. Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. on March 31, April 1 and April 2, with matinees at 2 p.m. on April 2 and April 3. All performances are in the small auditorium in Building 2 on the … Read More

VGCC Seminar focuses on Personal Relationships in Business

March 23, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College’s Small Business Center will present a free seminar, entitled “Making Relationships ‘Magical’ in the Workplace,” on Wednesday, April 20. The seminar will be held from 9 a.m. until Noon in room 7107 of Building 7 on the college’s main campus in Vance County.   Seminar instructor John Formica of Charlotte will help … Read More

VGCC to hold Benefit Golf Tournament on May 10

March 21, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
The 27th annual Vance-Granville Community College Endowment Fund Golf Tournament will be held at the Henderson Country Club on Tuesday, May 10, 2011. Last year’s tournament netted approximately $19,000 from entry fees and from sponsors, adding to the more than $400,000 that had been raised by VGCC tournaments since 1985. All event proceeds go towards … Read More