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VGCC Franklin Campus hosts free small business accounting seminars

March 22, 2016 | by VGCC Staff
The Franklin County Campus of Vance-Granville Community College will soon host a pair of free Small Business Center seminars focused on accounting. “Introduction to QuickBooks Software” will be held on Wednesday, April 20, from 9 until 11 a.m. “Clueless About Accounting” will follow on that same day, from 6 until 8 p.m. The first is … Read More

VGCC’s new ‘VanGuarantee’ to help area residents afford higher education

March 22, 2016 | by VGCC Staff
HENDERSON, N.C. — Dr. Stelfanie Williams, the president of Vance-Granville Community College, announced a major new commitment on Monday, March 21, to eliminate financial barriers to higher education for residents of Vance, Granville, Franklin and Warren counties. President Williams said a new need-based scholarship program, called the “VanGuarantee,” is designed to cover tuition, student fees … Read More

VGCC Agricultural project receives $25,000 grant

March 17, 2016 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College has been awarded a $25,000 grant through the Rural Community College Agricultural Cooperative Initiative, with funding provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The grant is for a project entitled “Cultivating and Connecting Agricultural Communities” that seeks to strengthen agricultural cooperative partnerships in Franklin, Granville, Vance, and Warren counties. A … Read More

AT&T sponsors new VGCC Summer Bridge program

March 16, 2016 | by VGCC Staff
AT&T North Carolina has made a $10,000 contribution to Vance-Granville Community College to support a new student success initiative. For the first time, the college will offer a “Summer Bridge” program this year for incoming first-year students. With AT&T’s sponsorship, the program will be available at no cost to participating students. “Thanks to the strong … Read More

VGCC students partner to register bone marrow donors

March 15, 2016 | by VGCC Staff
The SkillsUSA chapter at Vance-Granville Community College recently teamed up with national organizations and a local cancer survivor to find some potential heroes. The survivor, Whitney Johnson Espinosa of Henderson, who calls her campaign against childhood cancer “Whitney’s Hope,” organized a bone marrow registration drive in the Civic Center on VGCC’s Main Campus. She connected … Read More

VGCC partnering with high schools on manufacturing career training

March 15, 2016 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College, in partnership with Franklin County Schools , has received a total of $70,000 in “NCWorks CTE Career Pathways” grants over the past two years to support advanced manufacturing-related training that connects high schools, the college and industry partners.  Grants were awarded to 20 colleges, including VGCC, by the State Board of Community … Read More

VGCC and Justice Fire Department partner to offer Ag Rescue training

March 14, 2016 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College recently partnered with the Justice Rural Volunteer Fire Department in Franklin County to offer an unusual training program designed to prepare local firefighters for specific emergency situations that may occur on farms. A course called “Agricultural Machinery Rescue” was conducted from Jan. 19 through March 3, with instructor Joe Burris of Greenville … Read More

VGCC Student Government Association endorses Connect NC Bond

March 14, 2016 | by VGCC Staff
The Vance-Granville Community College Student Government Association is urging students and all other citizens to support the Connect NC Bond, which is on the ballot for voters in the primary on Tuesday, March 15. Student leaders recently passed a resolution, which reads in part: “We the students of the Student Government Association can attest to … Read More

VGCC to host Afternoon Tea class

March 10, 2016 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College will offer a course on the “afternoon tea” party, the tradition that is enjoying a renaissance as fine hotels, inns and tea rooms across the country give guests an opportunity to retreat from the hurried pace of their lives.  The course, called “Let's Have a Tea Party,” will meet on VGCC’s Main … Read More

Vanguards basketball season ends at conference tourney

March 10, 2016 | by VGCC Staff
The 2015-2016 season recently came to an end for the Vance-Granville Community College Vanguards men’s basketball team with a loss in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division II Region X tournament, the first two rounds of which were held at Richard Bland College in Petersburg, Va. VGCC ended the regular season with a … Read More