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VGCC Board Holds Meeting, Accepts $25,000 Grant

Posted on March 27, 2012 by VGCC Staff
The Vance-Granville Community College (VGCC) Board of Trustees held its bimonthly meeting on Monday, March 19 at the college’s Henderson campus.   At that meeting, North Carolina Tobacco Trust Fund Commission board member Pete Burgess of Henderson presented the college with a symbolic check for $25,000 representing the recent Project Skill-UP grant awarded to VGCC. … Read More

Local Student completes VGCC Diploma before High School Graduation

Posted on March 27, 2012 by VGCC Staff
When Timothy D. “Danny” Walsh of Oxford graduates from J.F. Webb High School in June, he will already have earned a college diploma. He recently completed all the requirements for a diploma in Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Technology from Vance-Granville Community College. While a number of local high school students take classes at VGCC, … Read More

VGCC Scholarship Endowed in memory of Kerr Lake park ranger

Posted on March 26, 2012 by VGCC Staff
A new scholarship was endowed recently at Vance-Granville Community College in memory of the late Nathan S. Burwell, Sr. of Manson. The scholarship fund was created by Burwell’s longtime friend, Lelia Brigham of Henderson, who is also a part-time VGCC art instructor.   A Vance County native, Burwell started his career with the State of … Read More

VGCC honors students collect books for Franklin Campus Day Care

Posted on March 26, 2012 by VGCC Staff
The Vance-Granville Community College chapter of Phi Theta Kappa recently conducted a children’s book drive to support the Child Care Center at VGCC’s Franklin County Campus. The day care’s facilities and materials suffered major water damage late last year, ruining some of the center’s supplies, particularly books. In response, students in the Alpha Sigma Chi … Read More

Terrell Lane Middle School Band visits VGCC

Posted on March 26, 2012 by VGCC Staff
Students in the band program at Terrell Lane Middle School in Louisburg (including the seventh-grade band, pictured here), under the direction of Tracie Winstead, presented a concert in the Civic Center at Vance-Granville Community College’s Main Campus on March 19, as part of an afternoon during which the students learned more about the college. Band … Read More

VGCC awards 328 Scholarships to students

Posted on March 23, 2012 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College awarded 328 scholarships to full-time students at an awards ceremony, held Feb. 22 in the college’s Civic Center. In her welcoming remarks, Dr. Stelfanie Williams, the new president of VGCC, congratulated the scholarship recipients and thanked the donors who support the college’s Endowment Fund , many of whom were on hand to … Read More

Expert on Religion to discuss Middle East at VGCC on April 11

Posted on March 22, 2012 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College will host a noted scholar to talk about recent events in the Middle East on Wednesday, April 11 from 11 a.m. until noon in the Civic Center on the college’s Main Campus in Vance County. The public is invited to attend the presentation, which is offered free of charge.   The guest … Read More

New VGCC scholarship honors Maria Parham Guild Gift Gallery volunteers

Posted on March 22, 2012 by VGCC Staff
The volunteers who operate the Guild Gift Gallery at Maria Parham Medical Center recently endowed their fifth Vance-Granville Community College scholarship, and this one specifically honors the service of all those who have donated their time to work at the gift shop over the years. The new gift continues a tradition of the organization’s support … Read More

VGCC nominates student for statewide award

Posted on March 22, 2012 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College recently nominated Adriele Andre of Creedmoor, a student in the college’s Early Childhood Associate program, for the North Carolina Community College System’s Dallas Herring Achievement Award. That 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 … Read More

VGCC names six Early College students to Dean’s List

Posted on March 21, 2012 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College recently announced that six students who are enrolled in Early College High School programs earned Dean’s List honors for the fall semester that ended in December 2011. To qualify for the Dean’s List, a student had to maintain a 3.5 grade-point average and have no grade lower than “B” while carrying at … Read More