Community College System Vice President Will Speak At VGCC Summer Graduation

Dr. Delores A. Parker, vice president of the North Carolina Community College System, will be the principal speaker at Vance-Granville Community College’s summer graduation on Thursday, Aug. 7.

Approximately 225 graduates are expected to get their associate degrees, diplomas and certificates in ceremonies to begin at 6 p.m. in the Civic Center on VGCC’s main campus in Vance County. This will be the second graduation of the year at the college. Spring graduation on May 13 SAW 390 students complete their studies.

Dr. Parker has served as Vice President for Academic & Student Services for the state system since November 1999. In addition, she serves as staff to the Program Committee of the State Board of Community Colleges and, when requested, reports to the North Carolina General Assembly and the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee.

Former positions Dr. Parker has held include adjunct graduate faculty, Dean of Student Development, counselor, and Director of Counseling Services. She has been Vice President of Student Development and Institutional Support, Vice President for Instruction and Student Development, and Vice President for Student Development and Satellite Campuses. She has also been program director and associate director of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and president of Parker Consulting Group.

Dr. Parker holds degrees from Clark College, North Carolina A&T University and North Carolina State University. 

She has held leadership positions in several organizations. Last year, she participated in Leadership North Carolina and was voted by her classmates to receive the Stanley Frank Class Award. Dr. Parker is an elder at Davie Street Presbyterian Church in Raleigh.

Since the graduation ceremonies will be held inside, seating will be limited. Admittance will be by ticket only, and graduates will be issued tickets for their families.