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VGCC Names 299 To Spring Dean’s List

Vance-Granville Community College has announced that 299 students earned Dean’s List honors for the Spring Semester that ended May 10. 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, Vice  Read More

VGCC’s New Leader Surprised By Own Path

By AL WHELESS, The Daily Dispatch Writer Sooner or later, nearly everybody comes to his own fork in the road in life. When George R. “Randy” Parker was a student at Lenoir Community College in Kinston in 1970, he never dreamed of becoming president of a community college. It appears about to happen in Vance  Read More

VGCC Offers Nursing Assistant Class At Granville South Campus

 A daytime class to train Nursing Assistant I’s will begin in August at Vance-Granville Community College’s South Campus.  Classes will be held from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Monday-Thursday, beginning Aug. 8 and running until Oct. 13, at the campus on N.C. 56 between Butner and Creedmoor. Registration for the course will be held at  Read More

Carolina Sunrock Provides Concrete Truck To VGCC Commercial Driver’s Course

Vance-Granville Community College’s Commercial Driver’s Course received a big boost from Carolina Sunrock Corp. June 2 when the Butner-based company provided a concrete mixer truck for driver training. The course began May 8 with three weeks of classroom instruction to prepare students to operate tandem-axle dump trucks and concrete mixer vehicles, as well as vehicles  Read More

Intermediate Conversational Spanish Class Begins June 14 At VGCC

Persons who have taken the beginning conversational Spanish class at Vance-Granville Community College have an opportunity to continue their studies in an intermediate-level class beginning June 14. Classes will run for 10 weeks on Monday evenings from 7 to 10, from June 14 to Aug. 23, in Room 7207 on the main campus in Vance  Read More

VGCC Offers Wide Range Of Summer Computer Classes

Summer term curriculum classes have begun at Vance-Granville Community College, but there are numerous opportunities for people in Vance, Granville, Franklin and Warren counties to take a variety of computer classes. The Occupational Extension Computer Center offers new classes each month, and there are a wide variety of offerings set to begin in June, July  Read More

VGCC Schedules Morning, Evening Summer Acrylic Art Classes

A Painting in Acrylics class will be offered for eight weeks this summer in morning and evening sessions at Vance-Granville Community College’s main campus. Evening classes will be held from 6:30 to 9:30 on Mondays, beginning June 14 and running through Aug. 9. A separate morning class is offered from 9:15 to 12:15 on Tuesdays,  Read More

Twelve Young Graduates

Twelve 4- and 5-year-olds ” graduated from the Day Care Center at Vance-Granville Community College May 21 and are now ready to enter kindergarten this fall. Gathered for the graduation picture are, front, from left: teacher Deborah Harris, Mackenzie Rose Terry, Connor Steven Pendergrass, Kelbi Imani Lewis, Kamaric DuJuan Harrison and Mackenzie Dawn Hutson of  Read More

VGCC Names 300 To Spring Dean’s List

Vance-Granville Community College has announced that 300 students earned Dean’s List honors for the Spring Semester that ended May 7. 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

Thirty-Two Nursing Graduates Are Pinned At VGCC Candlelight Ceremonies

In ceremonies capped by reciting the nurse’s pledge by candlelight, the 32 members of the Vance-Granville Community College Associate Degree Nursing class of 2004 received their pins on May 11 in the Civic Center. Graduating May 12 were Kerri Lynn Adcock, Tammy Lee Brooks, Stacy Marie Handy and Tarry Denise Walls of Creedmoor, Dawn Inez  Read More