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New VGCC Summer Bridge program accepting applicants

May 11, 2016 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College is accepting applications from incoming first-year students for the new “Summer Bridge” program through June 1. The Summer Bridge program is a two-week (June 20-July 1, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.) intensive series of activities designed to help new students prepare to meet the challenges of college before the fall semester begins … Read More

VGCC awarded grant to bring teachers and manufacturers together

May 9, 2016 | by VGCC Staff
The State Board of Community Colleges has awarded a $10,000 grant to Vance-Granville Community College to support a project that will bring together educators and employers. VGCC and 11 other community colleges received a competitive grant as part of a statewide “Taste of Industry” initiative. VGCC’s grant was the largest awarded by the State Board. … Read More

VGCC Director of Student Activities & Athletics receives award

May 4, 2016 | by VGCC Staff
Jeffrey Allen, the director of student activities and athletics at Vance-Granville Community College, recently received the Laura Thomas Award from the North Carolina Association on Higher Education and Disability (NC AHEAD). The award recognizes an outstanding professional outside of the field of disability services who has demonstrated exemplary support of disability services within a postsecondary … Read More

VGCC wins national award for online ‘Voyager’ student guide

May 4, 2016 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College’s “ Vanguard Voyager ” student guide has been recognized with an award by the (National Council for Marketing and Public Relations) at the organization’s annual national conference. The “Vanguard Voyager: Your Guide to Professional and Personal Success” was awarded a Bronze Paragon award at the conference in St. Louis, Missouri, in March. … Read More

VGCC Carpentry program and Granville County Habitat partner to finish house

May 4, 2016 | by VGCC Staff
Students in the Carpentry program at Vance-Granville Community College recently started work on their second project in partnership with Granville County Habitat for Humanity. The first construction project was a home in Oxford that students helped build from start to finish, leading to its dedication in January . This time, students will be completing a … Read More

VGCC Summer Term registration ends May 19; Fall registration continues

May 3, 2016 | by VGCC Staff
Area residents have until Thursday, May 19, to complete the process of registering for Summer Term classes at Vance-Granville Community College. Those classes begin on Monday, May 23. Meanwhile, registration has already begun for the fall semester, which starts Aug. 15. For new students, enrollment begins with an application for admission and an application for … Read More

NFL player-turned-farmer to speak at VGCC Commencement

May 2, 2016 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College will welcome former NFL player and Henderson native Jason Brown to serve as the principal commencement speaker for graduation exercises on Friday, May 13. Daniel Davis of Norlina, parliamentarian of the VGCC Student Government Association, will be the student speaker. Approximately 550 students are scheduled to be honored during ceremonies beginning at … Read More

VGCC nominates Radiography student for statewide leadership award

May 2, 2016 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College recently selected Nicholas L. Kemp of Wake Forest, a student in the Radiography program, as its nominee for the North Carolina Community College System’s Governor Robert W. Scott Student Leadership Award. The award was established in 2004 in honor of Scott, who served as Governor of North Carolina from 1969-1973, and as … Read More

VGCC student nominated for Herring Award

May 2, 2016 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College recently nominated Emory Gant-Hawkins of Henderson, a student in the college’s Culinary Arts program, for the North Carolina Community College System’s Dallas Herring Achievement Award. The award was established by the system in 2010 to honor the late Dr. Dallas Herring, the longtime State Board of Education chairman and one of the … Read More

VGCC offers Medical Office Assistant course in Louisburg

May 2, 2016 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College will soon begin a continuing education program that prepares students for jobs in area medical offices. The Medical Office Assistant training program is scheduled to be held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. until 12:30 p.m., with an additional 33 hours of coursework online, from May 16 through June 6 … Read More