VGCC Inducts 66 Into Honor Society, Including Oxford Mother And Son

Like many of her fellow community college students, Gladys H. Green had to wait until her children were grown to attend college.

But given the chance, the 56-year-old resident of Oxford is following her dream at Vance-Granville Community College and doing a mighty fine job of it. On April 23, she was inducted, along with 65 other VGCC students, into the Alpha Sigma Chi chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society of two-year colleges.

Among the other inductees was Gladys Green’s son, Don Demetrius Green, who also lives in Oxford.

Gladys Green worked 28 years for Burlington Industries in Oxford and raised her three children. When the textile plant closed and she found herself jobless, she enrolled at Vance-Granville where she is studying in the Early Childhood Associate/Teacher Associate program and is on track to graduate in August. She hopes to get employment in the Granville County schools.

“It was a little scary returning to school after all these years, but it was nice to have the opportunity,” Gladys Green said. “It’s really good how everyone at Vance-Granville welcomes people of my age who come back to school.”

Don Green, her son, will complete his studies in Information Systems Technology and graduate in May. He is currently serving as an Ambassador for the school. Gladys Green has another son, George E. Green Jr. of Mooresville, and a daughter, Leoncie Hart of Oxford.

The Alpha Sigma Chi chapter of Phi Theta Kappa was organized at VGCC in 1991 with 32 charter members. Dr. John Beck, chairman of General College-College Transfer at Vance-Granville, was the guest speaker for this 12th induction ceremony.

Dr. Beck told the inductees they have all excelled, getting mostly A’s in their classes. “You have been successful because you have worked hard,” he said. “That is what excellence requires.”

“It is hard work that allows talent to blossom, and I urge you to continue to work hard to cultivate your talents,” Beck said. He also urged the honorees to continue their educations after VGCC and to continue to excel.

Inducted into Phi Theta Kappa on April 23 were:

 Vance County:  Sarra Jan Bookman, Lorena T. Brown, Vickie C. Brownson, Bonnie W. Gardner, Cynthia E. Hill, Martha P. Kearney, Michael D. Kromer, Debra L. Lassiter, Tanya E. Mason, Lisa Y. Mosley, Sheri W. Moss, Johnny A. Parham Jr., Donnie G. Reynolds, Phillip M. Riggan, Charles G. Roberson, Debra A. Jones Talley and Kathryn Ann Terry.

Granville County: Jennifer L. Baird, Sara K. Byrd, Dennis G. Davis, Christa Lyn Dwyre, Yvonne B. Faison, Don D. Green, Gladys H. Green, Chadwick C. Preddy, Katherine M. Rainey, Benjamin T. Shatley and Theodore L. Swann, all of Oxford; Ivonne M. Caldwell and Stephanie O. Parrish of Creedmoor; Wendy Gay Hernandez of Stem; Terry L. Moon and Diane K. Moore of Butner.

Franklin County: Lynsay D.M. Allen, Jennifer Lynn Davis, Tina B. Moll, Kimberly F. Pender, Nicole C. Perry, Sarah B. Slade, Jacquelina Wilkins and Patricia B. Williams, all of Franklinton; Frances T. Burt, Sharon Ann Cottrell, Mannie L. Crisp, Rebecca Lynn Dale, Lawrence T. McPhail, Yram S. Terry-Young and Daniel Ray Tharrington, all of Louisburg; April Dawn Carter, Patricia A. Heffner-Henkel, Melissa Ann Knight, Julie E. Rollins and Valerie M. Weston, all of Youngsville; and Melissa L. Gilmore of Castalia.

Warren County:  Linette D. Alston and Timothy W. White of Warrenton and Charlene S. Durham and Sybil R. Kearney of Norlina.

Others: Leslie Jo Holland, Alfreda Hunt, Elizabeth Ann McKinney, Tina S. Stewart and Jennifer Ann Woodlief of Wake Forest, Elizabeth A. Wessell of Mebane, Janet G. White of Roxboro, and Jeremy Alan Wall of Virgilina, Va.

GRANVILLE SCHOLARS– In the photo above, Vance-Granville Community College students from Granville County inducted into Phi Theta Kappa on April 23 are (all left to right): front – Jennifer Long Baird of Oxford, Stephanie Owens Parrish of Creedmoor, Yvonne Bagby Faison and Christa Lyn Dwyre of Oxford; second row – Wendy Gay Hernandez of Stem, Gladys H. Green and Don Demetrius Green of Oxford; third row – Diane K. Moore of Butner, Ivonne M. Caldwell of Creedmoor; fourth row – Terry Lawrence Moon of Butner and Theodore Linwood Swann, Chadwick Clay Preddy and Dennis Garrett Davis of Oxford.

 

 

VANCE SCHOLARS – Vance-GranvilleCommunity College students from Vance County inducted into Phi Theta Kappa on April 23 were (all left to right): front row – Cynthia Edwards Hill, Debra Lynn Lassiter, Martha Paschall Kearney; second row – Lisa Y. Mosley, Bonnie Williams Gardner, Lorena Thornton Brown and Sheri Walters Moss; third row – Debra Antoinette Jones Talley, Sarra Jan Bookman, Charles Gerard Roberson, Phillip Morris Riggan and Donnie Graves Reynolds.
	FRANKLIN SCHOLARS – Vance-Granville Community College students from Franklin County inducted into Phi Theta Kappa on April 23 are (all left to right): front row – Melissa Ann Knight of Youngsville, Mannie Louise Crisp of Louisburg and Jacquelina Wilkins of Franklinton; second row – Tina B. Moll of Franklinton, April Dawn Carter and Patricia Anne Heffner-Henkel of Youngsville; back row – Jennifer Lynn Davis, Nicole Carmina Perry and Patricia Blair Williams of Franklinton, and Melissa LaVette Gilmore of Castalia.
WARREN SCHOLARS– Linette Denise Alston of Warrenton, left, and Sybil Renee Kearney of Norlina were among 66 Vance-Granville Community College students inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa honor society on April 23. Charlene Summond Durham of Norlina and Timothy Wayne White of Warrenton were also inducted but were not available for the picture.