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VGCC Student selected for Leadership Program

July 18, 2013 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College student Theresa Chiplis of Norlina is among just 29 students from across the state who have been selected to participate in the 2013-2014 North Carolina Community College Student Leadership Development Program (SLDP). Since 1999, the program has been conducted by the N.C. Community College System to enhance the leadership quality of student … Read More

VGCC honors Phlebotomy graduates

July 18, 2013 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College recently held a ceremony to celebrate the graduation of ten students from the Phlebotomy training program, which is offered at the college’s Warren County Campus in Warrenton.   The honored graduates included Ernestine S. Bryant, Barbara J. Bullock, Laketa D. Bumpers, April M. Haskins, Raymond T. Jones, Darlene Liddane, Melinda J. Matthews, … Read More

VGCC offers Glass Dome Jewelry class

July 15, 2013 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College will offer a two-hour class in which participants will learn how to make unique pieces of jewelry. The “Glass Dome Jewelry: Keepsake Pendants” class is scheduled for Saturday, July 27 from 10 a.m. until noon on the college’s Main Campus in Vance County.   During this class, instructor Alison Beal of Wake … Read More

Changes coming to VGCC Electrical program

July 15, 2013 | by VGCC Staff
As part of a statewide initiative to update technical education programs, Vance-Granville Community College is converting the former “Electrical/Electronics Technology” program into the new Electrical Systems Technology program. The change takes effect as of the fall semester, which begins Aug. 19.   The program’s subtle makeover comes in the wake of the N.C. Community College … Read More

Two VGCC Volleyball players sign for another year

July 15, 2013 | by VGCC Staff
Two members of the Vance-Granville Community College women’s volleyball team recently signed letters officially indicating that they were returning to play for a second year. The returning Vanguards include (pictured above, from left) Riley Frazier of Durham (a Right Side Hitter last season) and Brittny Shells of Oxford (who played the Outside Hitter position).   … Read More

VGCC Volleyball squad signs up three more players

July 8, 2013 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College recently signed several more students to join the 2013 Vanguards women’s volleyball team.   Pictured above, from left, Nicole Oakley of Butner, Kayla Lyons of Manson and Jessica Sutton-Corrodus of Oxford are all new additions to the team.   Oakley (5’6”) is a VGCC College Transfer student with plans to apply to the … Read More

VGCC Franklin Campus salutes eight day care graduates

July 8, 2013 | by VGCC Staff
Eight graduates of the Child Care Center on Vance-Granville Community College’s Franklin County Campus were honored in a ceremony on June 26 as they prepared to leave and enter kindergarten this fall. The class of 2013 included Madison Johnston and Alyssa Terry, both of Franklinton; Shepard Dudding, Natalie Edwards, Jenna House, Noah Patrick and Jaden … Read More

New VGCC scholarship honors Dr. Beverly Tucker

July 2, 2013 | by VGCC Staff
Volunteers from the Guild Gift Gallery at Maria Parham Medical Center recently presented a gift of $25,000 to the Vance-Granville Community College Endowment Fund that will create a new scholarship. This is the sixth such scholarship established by the Guild Gift Gallery in recent years. Since 2008, the hospital’s Guild has given over $150,000 to … Read More

VGCC names head of new Paralegal degree program

July 1, 2013 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College has appointed Antoinette C. Dickens of Raleigh to lead the college’s new Paralegal Technology degree program. The two-year program officially gets underway when the fall semester begins Aug. 19, and will be based at VGCC’s Franklin County Campus near Louisburg.   Dickens (pictured above) brings to her new role experience as both a … Read More

New VGCC Scholarship created by MPMC Volunteers

June 26, 2013 | by VGCC Staff
A new scholarship has been established at Vance-Granville Community College by volunteers from Maria Parham Medical Center. Kathy Caudle, director of volunteer/guest services at the hospital, recently visited VGCC to present contributions totaling $10,000, which will endow the new scholarship, called the Maria Parham Medical Center Volunteer Services Academic Achievement Award. Pictured above, from left, … Read More