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Entertainment, Crafts, Information Displays All Available At VGCC Cultural Fair Feb. 26

Posted on February 17, 2004 by VGCC Staff
Entertainment as varied as young children singers, African-American and country line dancing, historical spirituals and classical guitar. Vendors of goods ranging from paintings to clay creations to Lebanese artifacts to decorative eggs. International displays from a dozen lands, including China and The Philippines. You can find these and much, much more in the Vance-Granville Community … Read More

Flextronics Among Companies Set For VGCC Career Day April 7

Posted on February 16, 2004 by VGCC Staff
Flextronics will be among 70-80 companies and agencies that will be looking for potential employees at the 26th annual Career Day at Vance-Granville Community College on Wednesday, April 7. Career Day is held annually in the spring to give potential employers an opportunity to tell Vance-Granville graduates and potential graduates about what their companies and … Read More

VGCC Plans Commercial Driver Course To Respond To Acute Area Needs

Posted on February 16, 2004 by VGCC Staff
Local employers have expressed a need for several hundred operators of specialty-type trucks, and Vance-Granville Community College plans a course to respond to this need. There is a current and near-future need for drivers and operators of trucks such as tandem-axle dump trucks and concrete-mixer vehicles, and VGCC is exploring offering a Class B and … Read More

TRIO Honors

Posted on February 13, 2004 by VGCC Staff
Students and tutors honored at the Student Support Services TRIO Day observance Feb. 11 are, seated from left: Edith Coleman, tutor, and students Katherine Delgado and Alice Faucette; standing, from left: student Tameko Nelson, student tutor Nathan Harris, student Linda Griffin, tutor Yameka Dawes, students Michael Abramowitz and Ruby Washington, student tutor Rose Schuster, students … Read More

WHO IS THAT MASKED WOMAN?

Posted on February 11, 2004 by VGCC Staff
Suzanne Cheever, a dental hygienist in the office of Dr. Wilson Hoyle, talks to the toddler classroom at the Vance-Granville Community College Day Care Center, about visiting the dentist and what they will see there. Suzanne talked to several classes at the center during Children’s Dental Health Week.

VGCC Awards $1.6M Contract For Construction On Main Campus

Posted on February 4, 2004 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College has awarded a contract for the expansion of the Student Services/Skills Training Center and other construction projects on the main campus in Vance County. Engineered Construction Co. of Raleigh, the contractor who is currently building a new classroom building at VGCC’s Warren County Campus, was the low bidder for the Student Services … Read More

VGCC Names 256 To Fall 2003 Dean’s List

Posted on February 2, 2004 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College has announced that 256 students earned Dean’s List honors for the fall semester that ended Dec. 16, 2003. To qualify for the Dean’s List, a student had to maintain a 3.5 grade-point average and get no grade lower than B while carrying at least 12 semester hours, according to Marsha J. Nelson, … Read More

VGCC To Host Celebration For Black History Month On Feb. 15

Posted on February 2, 2004 by VGCC Staff
Black History Month will be celebrated at VGCC on Sunday, Feb. 15, with music, readings and an appearance by a noted African-American restaurateur. Mildred Council, who owns and operates “Mama Dip’s Kitchen” in Chapel Hill, will speak at the observance that begins at 4 p.m. “Mama Dip” is a self-made African-American restaurateur who is internationally … Read More

Ambassador Spotlight On: Kathryn Ann Terry

Posted on February 2, 2004 by VGCC Staff
Meet Kathryn Ann Terry, student Ambassador for Vance-Granville Community College. A Southern Vance High School graduate, Kathryn decided to attend VGCC with a desire to improve herself. “I became exhausted with being second best when I knew that I could be among the best.” Presently, as a college transfer major, she is looking forward to … Read More

N.C. Education & Training Voucher Program To Offer Funds

Posted on February 2, 2004 by VGCC Staff
The North Carolina Education and Training Voucher (NC ETV) Program offers funds to foster youth and former foster youth to enable them to attend colleges, universities and vocational training institutions. Students may receive up to $5,000 a year for college or job training. The funds may be used for tuition, books, or qualified living expenses. … Read More