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GOLDENLEAF FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP NOMINATIONS

The NC Community College System Office is accepting nominations from community colleges for GoldenLEAF scholarship funds. The Golden Leaf Foundation has allocated $300,000 for community college students for 2006. Applications may be picked up in the Financial Aid Office and at the Satellite Campuses on Tuesday, January 17th. Applications should be returned to the Financial  Read More

VGCC Schedules REAL Class To Help Small Businesses Get Off on Right Foot

Vance-Granville Community College has a class beginning in February to help persons who want to begin a small business but who don’t know how to get started correctly. Vance-Granville’s Small Business Center sponsors REAL (Rural Entrepreneurship through Action Learning) classes to prepare persons for self-employment. The next REAL class will meet on Monday evenings, Feb.  Read More

American Chemical Society Scholars Program

  The American Chemical Society, the largest membership organization devoted to the study and advancement of a single science, provides scholarships for qualified applicants who want to enter the fields of chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering or other chemically related fields such as environmental science, materials science or toxicology. Students interested in two-year college programs for  Read More

Presidential Award Winner: 2006 – 2007

2006 Presidential Leadership Awards   From left: Powell, Brady, McGrady, and Chaves-Smith VGCC’s Global Studies Group Recognized for Leadership Vance-Granville Community College President Randy Parker has presented 2006 President’s Leadership awards to the four faculty members who organized the college’s “Global Studies” program: Science instructor Phyllis “Button” Brady, Science Program head/instructor Steve McGrady, both of  Read More

Friday to feature local library on UNC-TV

Friday to feature local library on UNC-TV   Daily Dispatch/ASHLEY STEVEN AYSCUE Randy Parker, center, president of Vance-Granville Community College, and Sam Watkins, right, president of the Embassy Square Foundation, are interviewed by Dr. William Friday, President Emeritus of the University of North Carolina and host of UNC-TV’s “North Carolina People,” for a taping of  Read More

Ipswitch Collaboration Suite Premium Edition Earns High Marks from Vance-Granville Community College

Company: Vance-Granville Community College Industry: Higher Education Business Challenge: Vance-Granville Community College needed a scalable email and calendar solution that provided vital email anti-virus capabilities. Outcome: With minimum administration, Ipswitch Collaboration Suite Premium Edition allows Vance-Granville Community College to collaborate effectively and efficiently. The picturesque Vance-Granville Community College (VGCC) main campus features a lake, elegant  Read More

Legal Assisting Course Offered At VGCC’s Warren Campus

An introductory course for persons interested in becoming legal secretaries will be taught at Vance-Granville Community College’s Warren County Campus, beginning Jan. 5. Introduction to Legal Assisting is designed to provide an introduction to the legal field for those interested in becoming legal secretaries, legal assistants or related employment. The course will be taught on  Read More

VGCC To Offer Beginner Machine Quilting At Franklin County Campus in January

People in the vicinity of the Vance-Granville Community College Franklin County Campus will have an opportunity in January to learn to quilt from the beginning. Veteran quilting instructor Debbie Powell will teach day and evening classes on Machine Piecing and Quilting at the Franklin Campus on N.C. 56 west of Louisburg. The day classes will  Read More

Here’s Your Chance to Learn to Fly At VGCC’s Franklin County Campus

Persons interested in getting a private pilot license may want to check out a course being offered in January at Vance-Granville Community College’s Franklin County Campus. Private Pilot Ground School will be taught at the Franklin Campus on N.C. 56 west of Louisburg with some time at the Franklin County Airport. The school is a  Read More

Busy Heating & Air Student is VGCC’s Applied Technologies Student of Semester

Lowell Perrault doesn’t get much sleep, but he thinks his day and night efforts now will pay off in achieving his goals for the future. Perrault, an Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration student at Vance-Granville Community College, has been honored as the college’s Applied Technologies Student of the Semester for Fall Semester 2005. A Winston-Salem  Read More