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VGCC Instructor uses Psychology in self-improvement workshops

Posted on November 11, 2010 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College Psychology instructor Peter Metzner presented special free workshops for college students, faculty, staff and members of the community in September and October on the college’s main campus in Vance County. For his fellow faculty and staff members, Metzner conducted “Peoplemap” training, which promotes organizational success by helping employees understand their own, and … Read More

VGCC names Music Scholarship Recipients

Posted on November 1, 2010 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College recently named four students as the recipients of the college’s Music Performance Scholarships for the 2010-2011 year. They include Joseph Colquitt of Creedmoor; Joseph Hedgepeth and Derek Jones, both of Henderson; and John Laible of Raleigh. Hedgepeth, a J.F. Webb High School graduate, and Jones, who was home-schooled, are students in VGCC’s … Read More

Early College Students learn about Careers in Law at conference

Posted on October 29, 2010 by VGCC Staff
Students from Vance County Early College High School, Granville Early College High School, Warren Early College High School and Franklin County Early College High School participated in a North Carolina Bar Association program on Oct. 22 designed to introduce them to legal careers. The site for the event was the main campus of Vance-Granville Community … Read More

VGCC Radiography students help Ronald McDonald House

Posted on October 26, 2010 by VGCC Staff
Students in the Radiography program at Vance-Granville Community College recently completed a service project to help area families with hospitalized children. The Radiography Class of 2011 started by collecting tabs from soft drink cans for the Ronald McDonald House of Durham , which provides a home for families to stay while their child receives medical … Read More

VGCC Warren Campus offers Excel course

Posted on October 25, 2010 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College will offer a course at its Warren County Campus that helps users of the popular Microsoft Excel spreadsheet software program take their skills to the next level. The “Advanced Excel 2007” course will meet Monday and Tuesday evenings from 5:30 until 8:30 p.m., starting Monday, Nov. 22 and continuing through Tuesday, Dec. … Read More

VGCC Career Center holds open house

Posted on October 22, 2010 by VGCC Staff
The Career Center at Vance-Granville Community College held its first-ever open house on Oct. 14 to inform all students, faculty and staff about the free resources that the center makes available. The Career Center , located in Building 8 on the college’s Main Campus in Vance County, serves alumni in addition to current students, and … Read More

Inspirational VGCC Instructor fights Illiteracy

Posted on October 22, 2010 by VGCC Staff
A unique Vance-Granville Community College program helps adults who are new to reading or who are struggling to learn to read, and students in the program have a unique instructor, Oxford resident Wayne McGohan. At the college’s main campus in Vance County, McGohan teaches these “new readers” classes, in which each student has an individual … Read More

VGCC Community Band and Little Big Band perform at Louisburg College

Posted on October 21, 2010 by VGCC Staff
The Vance-Granville Community Band presented its first fall concert, also called “Autumn Colors,” on Oct. 11 in the Seby B. Jones Performing Arts Center at Louisburg College. The concert marked the group’s first performance in Franklin County, and its first outside Vance County. Directed by VGCC music instructor Michael Stephenson, the Community Band performed “Block … Read More

VGCC’s McCall retires after almost 30 years

Posted on October 21, 2010 by VGCC Staff
Shelia H. McCall of Henderson recently retired as Lead Accounting Technician for Vance-Granville Community College. Members of McCall’s family joined her at a retirement celebration organized by her colleagues on Sept. 29 at the college’s main campus. “We want to thank Shelia for all of her hard work, her terrific attitude and her friendship,” said … Read More

Gourmet bakers demonstrate skills for VGCC Culinary students

Posted on October 21, 2010 by VGCC Staff
The Culinary Technology program at Vance-Granville Community College recently welcomed professional bakers as special guests to demonstrate techniques for the students. Carrie Nickerson and David Menestres, head bakers for the highly regarded Raleigh-based custom bakery, “Just Crumb,” joined students on Oct. 8 at the Masonic Home for Children in Oxford, where the Culinary program is … Read More