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VGCC holds Blueprint course at South Campus

Posted on September 17, 2010 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College will offer a course on Blueprint Reading and Sketching at the college’s South Campus, located on N.C. 56 between Creedmoor and Butner. Classes are scheduled to begin Oct. 6 and end on Dec. 15. Students may choose from one of two schedules: Wednesdays and Fridays from 1 until 3 p.m., or Wednesday … Read More

VGCC receives funding for Male Mentoring

Posted on September 17, 2010 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College is one of 41 North Carolina community colleges that recently received state funds to continue a program geared toward creating success among minority male students. In the 2010-11 state budget, Minority Male Mentoring Programs at N.C. Community Colleges received $900,000 in recurring funding, which was paired with a $407,000 College Access Challenge … Read More

VGCC Warren Campus offers Substitute Teacher Training

Posted on September 16, 2010 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College will offer a Substitute Teacher Training course at its Warren County Campus, starting later this month. The course will be held Monday and Wednesday evenings from 5:30 until 8:30 p.m., Sept. 27 through Oct. 27. The Warren Campus is located at 210 West Ridgeway Street in Warrenton. Through this 30-hour course, participants … Read More

VGCC instructor earns national certification

Posted on September 14, 2010 by VGCC Staff
Tracy L. Wallace of Kittrell, an instructor and head of the Human Services Technology program at Vance-Granville Community College, recently became nationally certified in his field. Wallace (pictured above) earned the Human Services-Board Certified Practitioner (HS-BCP) credential, which is offered by the Center for Credentialing & Education, Inc. (CCE). In July, he passed a national … Read More

VGCC schedules EMT-Basic Course, EMT Refresher

Posted on September 10, 2010 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College has scheduled an Emergency Medical Technician-Basic course to start Wednesday, Oct. 13 in Butner. This course, which lasts approximately 20 weeks, represents the first phase of training in Emergency Medical Services. Classes will be held two days each week from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., with one additional class held on a … Read More

VGCC offers Medication Aide course at Warren Campus

Posted on September 10, 2010 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College will soon offer a course at its Warren County Campus that allows local residents to qualify as a Medication Aide. Classes will be held on the campus , located at 210 West Ridgeway Street in Warrenton, Monday, Sept. 27 through Thursday, Sept. 30, from 8 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. Registration takes place … Read More

VGCC cancels Women’s Volleyball season

Posted on September 10, 2010 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College has cancelled its 2010 women’s volleyball season due to an insufficient number of player commitments. Volleyball is one of VGCC’s three intercollegiate sports, along with golf and men’s basketball. The college competes in National Junior College Athletic Association Division II. VGCC athletic officials will use the coming year to continue to build … Read More

VGCC schedules “Let’s Have a Tea Party” in October

Posted on September 9, 2010 by VGCC Staff
It is said that “a tea party is a spa for the soul.” Area residents will soon be able to find out when Vance-Granville Community College again offers the “Let’s Have a Tea Party” course in collaboration with The Old North State Tea Society. The course will be held in the Fellowship Hall at First … Read More

VGCC Seminar seeks to help the Stressed maintain Energy

Posted on September 7, 2010 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College’s Small Business Center will offer a free seminar, entitled “Staying Energized in a High-Stress Workplace,” from 9 a.m. until Noon on Tuesday, Sept. 28 in room 7107 of Building 7 on the college’s main campus in Vance County. “Knowing how to renew yourself is one of the key skills in today’s high-stress … Read More

VGCC Radiography students and instructors excel in classroom

Posted on September 7, 2010 by VGCC Staff
Both students and instructors in the Radiography program at Vance-Granville Community College have recently been displaying academic excellence. Of the Radiography graduates from May 2010 who have taken the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists national examination this summer, 100 percent have passed. That success is a repeat of the 100-percent passing rates achieved by the … Read More