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GRANVILLE COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION SCHOLARSHIP UPGRADE

Posted on October 15, 2004 by VGCC Staff
Leon Turner, right, executive director of the Granville County Economic Development Commission, presents $6,000 to Vance-Granville Community College President Randy Parker to upgrade a Granville Industrial & Business Club (GIBC) Academic Achievement scholarship at VGCC to a Presidential Merit Award. This is one of six scholarships endowed at VGCC by the GIBC, and it is … Read More

VGCC To Teach Farmers To Use Computers To Increase Their Market Competitiveness

Posted on October 13, 2004 by VGCC Staff
It’s a fact: small and limited-resource farm families have to upgrade their operations in order to become more competitive in the marketplace. Vance-Granville Community College is taking a step to help them achieve this by offering the Farmer Adopting Computer Training (FACT) program to area farmers. Developed by the Cooperative Extension Program at North Carolina … Read More

VGCC Selects 10 Ambassadors For 2004-2005 School Year

Posted on September 27, 2004 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College has chosen 10 outstanding students to serve as Ambassadors during the 2004-2005 school year. Ambassadors represent the school at campus events and community functions and assist VGCC personnel in numerous activities. Representing Vance-Granville during this school year will be Clint J. Alston of Norlina, an Information Systems student, Elizabeth Ellis Billups of … Read More

VGCC Awards Record 290 Grants At Annual Scholarship Ceremony

Posted on September 24, 2004 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College awarded scholarships to 290 full-time students at Scholarship Day ceremonies Sept. 22 at the college. President Randy Parker told a crowded Civic Center audience that 10 Presidential Scholar Awards worth $1,200 each were awarded, 74 students received Presidential Merit Awards worth $1,000, 197 got Academic Achievement Awards worth $500, and nine non-endowed … Read More

VGCC, Shiloh Church Plan GED Classes To Serve Central Downtown Henderson

Posted on September 20, 2004 by VGCC Staff
There are many adults in the downtown Henderson area who did not finish high school, need to get their high school equivalency diploma (GED), but do not have transportation to Vance-Granville Community College. Vance-Granville and Shiloh Baptist Church are joining forces to take the classes to the people who need them. The college is planning … Read More

VFW LADIES AUXILIARY SCHOLARSHIP

Posted on September 14, 2004 by VGCC Staff
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 2417 in Henderson presented an Academic Achievement Scholarship to Vance-Granville Community College on Sept. 13. VGCC President Randy Parker accepted the $3,000 down payment on the $6,000 endowment from Mary Grissom, center, auxiliary treasurer, and Joanne Ayscue, Scholarship Committee chair. The scholarship will be … Read More

VGCC Names 112 To Summer Dean’s List

Posted on September 12, 2004 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College has announced that 112 students earned Dean’s List honors for the summer term that ended Aug. 4. 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 nine summer session semester hours, according to Marsha Nelson, … Read More

‘It’s Never Too Late to Learn,’ Says VGCC GED Recipient, 73

Posted on September 10, 2004 by VGCC Staff
Bill Wortham Sr.’s story is a familiar one … up to a point. He dropped out of Henderson High School in the 10th grade because, “I didn’t want to study, and I wanted to get a job and buy a car.” So he did, and he got a job at the old cotton mill in … Read More

VGCC To Host Future Educators Symposium

Posted on September 10, 2004 by VGCC Staff
High school and community college students who plan to become teachers and teacher assistants are being invited to attend a Future Educators Symposium at Vance-Granville Community College on Thursday, Sept. 16. The symposium will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Civic Center on Vance-Granville’ s main campus in Vance County. Members of … Read More

PRESIDENT’S SCHOLARSHIP

Posted on September 3, 2004 by VGCC Staff
On his first day as president of Vance-Granville Community College, Randy Parker established the Lou Ann Murphy Academic Achievement Scholarship in honor of his fiancé. Ms. Murphy is the director of Basic Skills Programs at Pitt Community College, and the $500 scholarship will be awarded annually to a basic skills student at VGCC. On hand … Read More