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Granville Industrial & Business Club Upgrade Scholarship

Posted on November 19, 2003 by VGCC Staff
Leon Turner, right, executive director of the Granville County Economic Development Commission, presents $6,000 to Vance-Granville Community College President Robert A. Miller to upgrade a Granville Industrial & Business Club Academic Achievement Scholarship at VGCC to a Presidential Merit Award. This is one of six scholarships endowed at Vance-Granville by the GIBC, including three others … Read More

VGCC Trustees Learn Of Scholarship Donation, Pending Approval Of New Curriculum Program

Posted on November 19, 2003 by VGCC Staff
Each year, the Vance-Granville Community College faculty and staff conduct a drive in support of the college scholarship fund, and the Board of Trustees has learned that this year’s drive set a new donor record. At their bi-monthly meeting Nov. 17, the trustees hosted the co-chairpersons of the 2003 drive and were told that faculty … Read More

Two Hundred Part-Time Students Get $300 Scholarships

Posted on November 17, 2003 by VGCC Staff
In addition to the record 287 scholarships awarded to full-time Vance-Granville Community College students in September, the college gave $300 awards to 200 students who attend on a part-time basis. These scholarships were made possible by the large grant the Endowment Fund received from the estate of the late Nannie Crowder. Recipients, by county of … Read More

Now Is The Time To Apply For Spring Semester Classes

Posted on November 17, 2003 by VGCC Staff
Spring Semester 2004 is closer than we may realize, and now is the time to apply for admission to Vance-Granville Community College. Registration for spring classes will be coming soon. Regular Spring Semester 2004 curriculum classes begin Wednesday, Jan. 7, and run through Friday, May 7. In addition, an eight-week Mini-Semester session is planned to … Read More

VGCC Employees Raise $2,010 For United Way

Posted on November 16, 2003 by VGCC Staff
Roxanne Fleming, director of Personnel and Institutional Effectiveness, has expressed her appreciation to all of you who contributed to the United Way this year and to those of you who helped with the campaign. Thanks to your generosity, VGCC employees contributed a total of $2,010. These funds will be used to support the United Way … Read More

Technology Building at VGCC ready; biotech focus

Posted on November 15, 2003 by VGCC Staff
By CAREY JOHNSON FRANKLIN TIMES Staff Writer HENDERSON – Vance-Granville Community College officials on Thursday took the veil off a technology-based wonder that is the biggest building on their four campuses. The dedication ceremony came with hints of expansions at its Franklin County campus, too. Officials said that in late spring or early summer, construction … Read More

VGCC Flexes Some Extra Space

Posted on November 13, 2003 by VGCC Staff
By MIA MITCHELL, Daily Dispatch Writer Vance-Granville Community College dedicated its newest and largest building Thursday during a brief ceremony on the main campus on Poplar Creek Road. State Rep. Jim Crawford, commissioners from Vance, Granville, Warren and Franklin counties, and Vance-Granville trustees were among the people who turned out to see the Technology, Occupational … Read More

College Tech Prep Highlights Counselor Luncheon At VGCC

Posted on November 12, 2003 by VGCC Staff
  College technical preparation in this four-county area is doing very well, a consultant told school counselors gathered for an annual meeting Nov. 7, hosted by Vance-Granville Community College. Every year, the college’s counseling services staff invites counselors from high schools and middle schools in Vance, Granville, Franklin and Warren counties to a luncheon at … Read More

VGCC Speaker To Discuss Stagville,Slaves Contributions To State, Area

Posted on November 10, 2003 by VGCC Staff
Students of the History Society of Vance-Granville Community College are having a special guest speaker on Nov. 19, and they are inviting the public to hear her presentation. Alice Eley Jones is a North Carolina historian with a special interest in, and knowledge of, Durham’s Historic Stagville, a former plantation that held perhaps the South’s … Read More

COLLEGE DAY AT VGCC

Posted on November 6, 2003 by VGCC Staff
William Lewis, a College Transfer student from Henderson, gets information from Melissa Garrison, senior assistant director of undergraduate admissions at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, during College Day at Vance-Granville Community College on Nov. 5. Representatives of 11 colleges and universities from across the state met with dozens of Vance-Granville students to discuss … Read More