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VGCC Vanguards go on Six-Game Winning Streak

Posted on February 4, 2010 by VGCC Staff
2010 has been a good year so far for the Vance-Granville Community College men’s basketball team. The Vanguards had a 4-7 record when December came to a close, but as of Jan. 27, the team has a winning record of 10-8 (8-3 in Region X Division II conference). The Vanguards started a six-game winning streak … Read More

VGCC Board holds meeting at College

Posted on February 3, 2010 by VGCC Staff
The Vance-Granville Community College Board of Trustees held its regular bimonthly meeting on Monday, January 25 at the college’s Henderson campus. At that meeting, the Board voted to approve a mid-year amendment to the 2009-2010 Budget Resolution, making the College’s total combined amended 2009-2010 budget $ 42,831,459 . Also during the meeting, Dr. Kathy Baker … Read More

VGCC receives community input at Granville County forum

Posted on February 3, 2010 by VGCC Staff
A group of more than 50 Granville County businesspeople, community leaders and Vance-Granville Community College officials met on Jan. 19 at the college’s South Campus between Creedmoor and Butner to discuss how VGCC can better serve the area over the next five years. The forum was the second in a series of four sessions being … Read More

VGCC awarded Energy Efficiency Grant

Posted on February 3, 2010 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College is among six educational agencies and local governments in North Carolina that recently received grants to save energy. Gov. Bev Perdue’s office announced Jan. 6 the awarding of more than $860,700 in Federal Recovery Act funding for energy efficiency. The six grants mark the first distribution of money from the Energy Efficiency … Read More

VGCC Scholarship endowed in memory of instructor

Posted on February 3, 2010 by VGCC Staff
The legacy and tradition of beloved Vance-Granville Community College faculty member William Michael “Mike” Huffaker, Sr. of Oxford will live on through a new scholarship created to honor his memory. Huffaker’s wife, Gail, and son, Will, supported by contributions from friends and colleagues, have endowed the Mike Huffaker Academic Achievement Scholarship in memory of the … Read More

February offers variety of classes at VGCC South Campus

Posted on January 28, 2010 by VGCC Staff
Several Vance-Granville Community College courses are scheduled to begin soon at the college’s South Campus, located on N.C. 56 between Creedmoor and Butner, each one offering area residents the chance to learn new skills for on-the-job or personal use. Donna Snipes will teach a Sign Language class for beginners on Monday evenings from 6 until … Read More

VGCC schedules Conversational Spanish at night

Posted on January 28, 2010 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College will offer a Conversational Spanish course on its main campus in Vance County. The course is scheduled on Monday evenings from 6:30 until 9:30 p.m., Feb. 15 through May 3. This course will serve as an introduction to the Spanish language, and students will learn to speak, listen, read and write in … Read More

VGCC Offers Seminar on Government Contracting

Posted on January 26, 2010 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College’s Small Business Center will host a free seminar explaining how to do business with state and federal government agencies on Tuesday, February 9, from 9 a.m. until noon in Building 7, Room 7107, on the college’s Main Campus in Vance County. Seminar participants will find out if their businesses can make money … Read More

VGCC’s Dunn earns national basketball honors

Posted on January 25, 2010 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College basketball player Raymond Dunn has been named National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division II Player of the Week (for games played through Jan. 10). Dunn (pictured above) is the first player in the conference (Region X, Division II) to receive such an honor this season, and the first Vanguard ever named … Read More

VGCC recycles computer equipment to help disabled

Posted on January 22, 2010 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College recently disposed of some of its used computer equipment in a way that benefits disabled individuals and the environment, by giving the equipment to Rocky Mount-based Tri-County Industries (TCI). TCI provides rehabilitation services and employment for people who are disabled or disadvantaged through work assessment, job training and job placement. The company … Read More