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VGCC Instructor Tours China

Posted on August 24, 2006 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College Psychology instructor Peter Metzner took what he saw as “a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” to visit China in June while representing the college.  “I feel blessed and fortunate to have been selected” by VGCC’s International Committee as a World View delegate, he said.  World View is an international program for educators based at the … Read More

VGCC Plans for High-Tech Health-care Training

Posted on August 24, 2006 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College held a reception, briefing, and demonstration on July 25 to shed light on its vision for the future of local health care education.  Entitled “Simulation and Technology,” the event at the Civic Center on VGCC’s Main Campus brought together educators, medical professionals, and many other citizens.  Guests were treated to a demonstration … Read More

VGCC Offers Fundraising Seminar for Non-Profits

Posted on August 22, 2006 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College’s Small Business Center will host a free seminar, entitled “How to Raise Funds for Non-Profits,” on Wednesday, September 13, from 9 a.m. until noon in Room 7107 of Building 7 on the college’s Main Campus in Vance County.  According to Small Business Center director Diane Finch, the goal of the seminar is … Read More

VGCC Gets ‘REAL’ to Help New Small Business Owners

Posted on August 22, 2006 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College’s Small Business Center will offer classes for people interested in becoming successfully self-employed.  The “Rural Entrepreneurship through Action Learning” (REAL) classes will again be offered on the college’s main campus in Vance County, from September 11 through November 13.  Classes will be held from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Monday evenings … Read More

VGCC Students Travel for Global Education

Posted on August 22, 2006 by VGCC Staff
With the ever-changing, competitive global economy in mind, a group of Vance-Granville Community College faculty and students recently embarked on the college’s first study abroad ever.  The faculty – Button Brady and Steve McGrady of Durham, and Lydia Powell and Margaret Chaves-Smith of Oxford – led eleven students – Michael Abramowitz of Creedmoor, Catherine Adcock … Read More

VGCC Partners with Kittrell Job Corps at Franklin Campus

Posted on August 22, 2006 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College’s Franklin County Campus recently completed an eight-week Basic Electrical class for ten students enrolled in various “hard-hat” vocational trades at Kittrell Job Corps Center.  On August 3, ten students were presented with either Certificates of Completion or Certificates of Recognition.  They were Derrick Conley, Tova Innis, John Stevens, Linda Baker, Marquis Murray, … Read More

Thirteen Honored at Medical Assisting Pinning

Posted on August 22, 2006 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College held a pinning ceremony for its Medical Assisting program graduates on August 4 at the Franklin County Campus in Louisburg, where the program is conducted.  The ceremony also marked a homecoming of sorts for guest speaker Glenn Grady.  Grady was the first head of the Medical Assisting program at VGCC from 1998 … Read More

VGCC Offers Training for New Online Service

Posted on August 22, 2006 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College will offer training for students and faculty on how to use the new “ My VGCC ” system.  My VGCC is the result of a partnership with the CampusCruiser service.  CampusCruiser provides an innovative platform for managing, tracking, promoting, and sharing information with easy-to-use online tools such as e-mail, message boards, discussion … Read More

Bioprocess Program seeks high-tech flexibility

Posted on August 21, 2006 by VGCC Staff
As the new 3,100-square-foot Bioprocess Technology laboratory at Vance-Granville Community College nears completion, VGCC staff are preparing to make the program technologically sophisticated and convenient for students.  The Bioprocess Technology program prepares men and women to work as process technicians in facilities that manufacture biological products. Some possible jobs include mixing chemicals to make cancer … Read More

Time Growing Short For Vendors To Register for EXPO 2006

Posted on August 21, 2006 by VGCC Staff
The annual business exposition, EXPO 2006, will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 10, from 1 to 7 p.m. in the Vance-Granville Community College Civic Center, and businesses who want to participate have until Oct. 2 to register. EXPO exhibitors get a booth in the Civic Center in which to display their products or to discuss … Read More