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VGCC Offers Class to Prepare Medical Coders for Certification

Certification is becoming a requirement for persons in healthcare facilities who handle medical billing and who file insurance claims. Vance-Granville Community College is offering a class to prepare them to meet this requirement. A Medical Coding Certification Prep class will be held in the college’s Computer Center on the main campus in Vance County, beginning  Read More

‘Apply Early’ Is Advice For Fall Semester

Vance-Granville Community College officials advise you to apply early so you can register in time to get the classes you need for Fall Semester 2006, which will begin Thursday, Aug. 17, 2006. Enrollment continues to increase at VGCC, and prospective students should not delay if they want to get the classes they need and want.  Read More

VGCC Seeks Mentoring for African-American Male Students from Area Ministers/Churche

African-American males make up the smallest segment of the Vance-Granville Community College student population, and since the fall of 2000 this segment has declined by approximately 20 percent. In an effort to reverse this trend, the college hosted a breakfast on June 23 to create an interest among African-American ministers and their churches in the  Read More

VGCC Offering GED Classes In Downtown Henderson

Vance-Granville Community College is partnering with the Eagle’s Community Empowerment Center in downtown Henderson to provide pre-GED and GED classes. The Empowerment Center is located at the corner of N. Garnett and Montgomery streets. Leo Kelly Jr., VGCC’s dean of Adult Basic Skills, noted that instruction for the General Education Development diploma has come full  Read More

VGCC To Offer Culinary Technology Program

Vance-Granville Community College is responding to a professed need of the communities it serves by offering a Culinary Technology program, beginning this fall, utilizing cafeteria facilities at The Masonic Home for Children at Oxford. Graduates of the two-year Culinary program will earn an Associate in Applied Science degree and will be trained for work in  Read More

VGCC Names 304 to Spring Dean’s List

Vance-Granville Community College has announced that 304 students earned Dean’s List honors for the Spring Semester that ended May 12. To qualify for the Dean’s List, a student had to maintain a 3.5 grade-point average and have no grad lower than B while carrying at least 12 semester hours, according to Marsha J. Nelson, dean  Read More

22nd Annual VGCC Golf Tournament Raises $28,000 for Student Scholarships

One hundred eighty-four golfers filled the Henderson Country Club course May 16 for competitive fun, food and to raise money for the Vance-Granville Community College Endowment Fund. The 22nd annual edition of the tournament netted about $28,000 to help provide scholarship assistance to deserving students at the college. In the morning competition, the Carolina Sunrock  Read More

VGCC Offers Class at South Campus On Buying, Using Digital Cameras

It seems like everyone is using a digital camera these days. If you have one, or are considering getting one, you may be interested in a class being offered by Vance-Granville Community College. “Digital Camera Know How and Photo Editing” will be taught at VGCC’s South Campus on N.C. 56 between Butner and Creedmoor on  Read More

Speaker’s Personal Examples Show VGCC WIA Participants How They Can Succeed

Vance-Granville Community College’s Workforce Investment Act (WIA) program honored participants who have completed their goals at a dinner May 18 at the college. Andy Anderson, a motivational speaker from Whiteville, was the principal speaker for the program. He used himself as an example of someone who overcame a difficult beginning to succeed in life. As  Read More

VGCC Day Care Graduates Have Interesting Life Goals

Eleven ‘graduates’ of the Vance-Granville Community College Day Care Center were honored in ceremonies May 19 as they prepare to leave and enter kindergarten this fall. This year’s class was composed of Jacob Wade Bliss, Matthew Scott Munn, Carson Fuller Neal, Connor Story Neal, Luke Anthony Overby and Megan Ann Stainback of Henderson, Hannah Paige  Read More