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VGCC Carpentry instructor completes energy certification

Posted on August 4, 2010 by VGCC Staff
Keith Tunstall of Warrenton, the Carpentry program head/instructor at Vance-Granville Community College, recently completed the requirements for certification by the Building Performance Institute as a Building Analyst/Energy Auditor. Tunstall received several days of intense training in May at the Everblue Training Institute in New Orleans, and then completed his certification in Raleigh on July 23. … Read More

Vendors invited to Register for EXPO 2010

Posted on August 3, 2010 by VGCC Staff
EXPO 2010, the annual business exposition for Vance, Granville, Franklin and Warren counties, will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 12 from 2 p.m. until 7 p.m. in the Vance-Granville Community College Civic Center. Businesses and organizations who want to participate have until Sept. 20 to register. EXPO exhibitors get a booth in the Civic Center … Read More

VGCC Names Women’s Volleyball Coaches

Posted on August 2, 2010 by VGCC Staff
Shervi Barnes of Courtland, Virginia has been named the head coach for the women’s volleyball program at Vance-Granville Community College. Krista Carlson, a resident of Granville County, is the new assistant coach. The new coaches are preparing for VGCC’s second season playing volleyball at the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) level. Barnes (pictured above, … Read More

VGCC recognizes 23 Graduates of EMT-Paramedic Training

Posted on July 29, 2010 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College honored 23 people who completed the college’s year-long Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic program on July 28. Graduates included Justin Bailey, Amanda Crute, Amber Hardison and Randy Nunn, all of Granville Health System; Benjamin Pula of Orange County Rescue Squad, Amanda Conner of Person County EMS, Ben Bell, Steven Black, Michael Castelloe, Chad Caudle, … Read More

VGCC expert helps develop Logistics Security training

Posted on July 28, 2010 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College is partnering with a community college on the other side of the country on a project to improve training on logistics security for businesses and industries. Tacoma Community College in Washington State was recently awarded a $344,055 grant by the National Science Foundation to develop enhanced curricula that will educate workers on … Read More

VGCC Student receives Fluor Scholarship

Posted on July 27, 2010 by VGCC Staff
Daniel A. Crudup of Kittrell, a Vance-Granville Community College Radiography student and a student at Kittrell Job Corps Center, is one of a select few across the country who recently received a $5,000 renewable scholarship from the Fluor Foundation. Once he graduates from the Radiography associate degree program , Crudup (pictured above in the Radiography … Read More

VGCC Community Band to hold first fall rehearsal

Posted on July 23, 2010 by VGCC Staff
The Vance-Granville Community Band will hold its first rehearsal for the 2010-2011 year on Monday, Aug. 23 starting at 7 p.m. in the Civic Center on VGCC’s main campus in Vance County. Anyone with an interest in participating in the band is welcome to attend. Area musicians are invited to contribute their time and talents … Read More

VGCC Names 337 to Dean’s List

Posted on July 23, 2010 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College has announced that 337 students earned Dean’s List honors for the Spring Semester that ended in May. 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 least 12 semester hours leading to a diploma or degree, … Read More

VGCC meets all State Performance Measures in annual report

Posted on July 21, 2010 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College met or exceeded all eight of the North Carolina Community College Performance Measures for 2008-09, according to the 2010 Critical Success Factors report from the N.C. Community College System office, released July 1. VGCC President Randy Parker discussed the report at the July 19 meeting of the college’s board of trustees. For … Read More

VGCC Instructors Selected for National workshops

Posted on July 21, 2010 by VGCC Staff
Two Vance-Granville Community College faculty members have been recognized for their expertise by being invited to write practice test questions for college students throughout the United States. Camella G. Marcom (pictured above, left) of Wake Forest, an instructor for the VGCC Associate Degree Nursing program , recently took part in the Assessment Technologies Institute (ATI) … Read More