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Law Enforcement Veteran, a VGCC Alum, helps salute Adult Basic Skills graduates

June 3, 2015 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College held commencement exercises honoring graduates of the college’s Adult Basic Skills programs on May 7 in the VGCC Civic Center. Participants in the ceremony were among those students who have completed either the Adult High School Diploma program or the High School Equivalency program in the past year. VGCC Vice President of … Read More

Pair of Vanguards basketball players sign with Johnson & Wales

June 2, 2015 | by VGCC Staff
Two sophomores from the Vance-Granville Community College Vanguards men’s basketball team have signed letters of intent to play at the next level with Johnson & Wales University in Charlotte. Guard Jarrett Ballard of Durham and forward Rodney Kirby of Burlington are transferring to the four-year school that is considered a rising program within the United … Read More

Estate of Long-Time VGCC Art Instructor Benefits College, Students

May 29, 2015 | by VGCC Staff
For more than four decades, the name Lelia Brigham was synonymous with Vance-Granville Community College. A continuing education art instructor since practically the beginning of the college in the fall of 1969, Brigham had a longer association with VGCC as an instructor than anyone else prior to her death in December 2014. VGCC officials were … Read More

Guest speaker discusses Medical Coding as VGCC schedules new program

May 29, 2015 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College hosted a guest speaker in April to discuss careers in Medical Coding, as the college is preparing to offer a new opportunity for training in that field. VGCC Medical Office Administration students had the opportunity to hear from Marianne Durling, Director of Health Information Management at Granville Health System and president of … Read More

VGCC service project results in donation of clothes to Murdoch Center

May 27, 2015 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College recently organized a clothing drive to benefit the patients at Murdoch Developmental Center, located in Butner. The college’s Sustainability Outreach Subcommittee collected gently used clothes and shoes for both children and adults this spring, and received donations from faculty, staff and students. Geraldine Cash, the administrative assistant for VGCC’s South Campus and … Read More

Warren Early College graduate Jesus Reyes awarded prestigious scholarship

May 27, 2015 | by VGCC Staff
By Luci Weldon The Warren Record (Warrenton, NC) May 20, 2015 warrenrecord.com   Warren Early College High School senior Jesus Reyes has been awarded the Aubrey Lee Brooks Scholarship, which will cover approximately half of the cost of his undergraduate education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The scholarship is named for … Read More

VGCC graduates 16 Cadets in School’s 100th BLET Class

May 21, 2015 | by VGCC Staff
Sixteen cadets graduated on May 12 from the Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) program at Vance-Granville Community College, in a ceremony held in the Civic Center on Main Campus. After passing the state certification exam, all are authorized to work in any law enforcement agency in North Carolina. Graduates of VGCC’s 100th BLET class included … Read More

VGCC awards 574 degrees and diplomas to 2015 graduates

May 20, 2015 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College’s commencement exercises on May 15 awarded a record 574 degrees and diplomas, according to an announcement Monday night from VGCC President Dr. Stelfanie Williams. Dr. Williams made the report to the VGCC Board of Trustees at the board’s bi-monthly meeting at the main campus on May 18. She noted that the registrar … Read More

VGCC offers Health Unit Secretary job training course

May 19, 2015 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College will soon begin a certificate program that provides students with the skills and knowledge to succeed as a Health Unit Secretary. The course is scheduled to be held Monday-Thursday from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m., June 1 through July 23, in room 7335 on VGCC’s Main Campus in Vance County. There will … Read More

VGCC Science Camp for middle school students expands to Franklin County

May 15, 2015 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College’s Science Camp for local middle school students, previously held only at the college’s Main Campus, will expand this year to the Franklin County Campus . This Science Camp will be held August 3-7, 2015, at the campus located on N.C. 56 just west of Louisburg. Rising sixth, seventh and eighth-graders from not … Read More