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Computer Classes Begin Soon at VGCC South Campus

Posted on December 2, 2010 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College has scheduled several of its popular computer-related classes starting in January on the college’s South Campus, located on N.C. 56 between Creedmoor and Butner. The “Beginner’s Guide to Computers & the Internet” course will be offered twice at the South Campus. One class, with instructor John Clark, runs on Mondays from 9 … Read More

VGCC Open House Shines Spotlight on Franklin Campus

Posted on December 2, 2010 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College’s Franklin County Campus held an open house, called the “Pre-Registration Premiere,” on Nov. 10. The name of the event referred to the fact that registration for the upcoming spring 2011 semester started the following Monday, Nov. 15. The semester begins Jan. 5. The open house employed a movie “premiere” theme, complete with … Read More

VGCC presents Classic Comedy Thursday through Sunday

Posted on December 1, 2010 by VGCC Staff
VGCC drama students will stage an adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest”, December 2-5. Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 2, 3 and 4, with matinees at 2 p.m. on Dec. 4 and 5. All performances are in the small auditorium in Building 2 on the college’s main campus in Henderson. … Read More

VGCC Music Students featured in Community Band’s free Holiday Concert

Posted on November 30, 2010 by VGCC Staff
The Vance-Granville Community Band will perform its third annual Holiday Concert on Monday, Dec. 13. The program will begin at 7 p.m. in the Civic Center on the college’s main campus in Vance County. Admission is free and children are encouraged to attend. Michael Stephenson, the Vance-Granville Community College music instructor and director of the … Read More

VGCC names new Golf Coach

Posted on November 30, 2010 by VGCC Staff
Jim Schwab of Durham has been named the coach for the intercollegiate golf program at Vance-Granville Community College. Schwab takes the reins of the program as it prepares for its third season, and its second season of official National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA)-level competition. Schwab (pictured above) has been playing golf since he was 25 … Read More

VGCC Board Meets, Accepts Donations from Faculty and Staff

Posted on November 29, 2010 by VGCC Staff
The Vance-Granville Community College Board of Trustees held its regular bimonthly meeting on Monday, November 15 at the college’s Henderson campus. At that meeting, Curtis Tyndall and Blondelle Edgerton, co-chairs of the annual VGCC Endowment Fund Faculty and Staff Drive, presented a check to the Board for $24,708. Steve McGrady was the third co-chair of … Read More

VGCC Spring Registration resumes Nov. 29

Posted on November 24, 2010 by VGCC Staff
The Spring 2011 semester at Vance-Granville Community College begins Wednesday, Jan. 5, but college officials advise students to apply and register for classes as early as possible. New students may apply for admission at any time. The upcoming semester’s course schedule is now available on VGCC’s web site by clicking on “ WebAdvisor ,” then … Read More

VGCC students present New Twist on Classic Comedy

Posted on November 24, 2010 by VGCC Staff
VGCC drama students will stage an adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest”, December 2-5. Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 2, 3 and 4, with matinees at 2 p.m. on Dec. 4 and 5. All performances are in the small auditorium in Building 2 on the college’s main campus in Henderson. … Read More

VGCC Vanguards 1-3 in early hoops action

Posted on November 24, 2010 by VGCC Staff
The first four games of the 2010-2011 Vance-Granville Community College men’s basketball season are in the books, but Vanguards head coach Avery Wilson said that the 1-3 win-loss record does not tell the whole story. Three of the four games, including two heartbreakingly close losses, were decided by a combined total of nine points. “The … Read More

Middle School students experiment in VGCC Biotech lab

Posted on November 24, 2010 by VGCC Staff
Henderson Middle School students recently returned to Vance-Granville Community College’s main campus as part of an ongoing partnership between the college’s Bioprocess Technology program and the Citizen Schools after-school program at HMS. Students in sixth, seventh and eighth grades donned lab coats to perform another scientific procedure in the state-of-the-art VGCC Biotech lab on Nov. … Read More