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VGCC Student Overcomes Health Obstacles To Excel, Achieve Goals

Posted on October 10, 2003 by VGCC Staff
Caroline Lovell was born with her right arm much shorter than her left, but that hasn’t been a major problem for the feisty Youngsville resident. She drives, swims and types … just about anything she wants or needs to do. “I learned to cope quickly as a child,” said Lovell, 30, a Vance-Granville Community College … Read More

Glen Raven Begins Fourth Presidential Scholar Award

Posted on October 9, 2003 by VGCC Staff
Todd Wemyss, left, site manager of Glen Raven Inc. of Norlina, presents $20,000 from his company to President Robert A. Miller of Vance-Granville Community College for the college’s Endowment Fund and Scholarship Program. Glen Raven, the largest corporate donor to VGCC’s Endowment Fund, has now given more than $203,000 to endow scholarships at the school. … Read More

Main Campus VGCC Art Instructor Exhibits His Summer Paintings In The LRC

Posted on October 9, 2003 by VGCC Staff
Scott Garrison, Program Head and Instructor of Fine Arts and Humanities, spent his spring and summer months creating seven collages. His exhibit, titled “Paintings Completed Between April and August, 2003”, is located in the Main Campus LRC through October 20. Each painting is 24 inches square, combining acrylic paint with various bits of netting, gauze, … Read More

VGCC ECOLOGY STUDIES

Posted on October 9, 2003 by VGCC Staff
Shown in the center, Phyllis “Button” Brady, VGCC Biology instructor, takes her Biology 110 class to the college pond as part of the Ecology studies in the class. Students observe the producers and users in nature, patterns in the forest and other environmental issues. Brady and the class were viewing dragonflies, whose presence, she said, … Read More

2003 VGCC Faculty & Staff Drive For Endowment Fund Raises A Record $19,000: Here Are The Results And Winners

Posted on October 8, 2003 by VGCC Staff
We’ve had great drives before but this year’s Faculty & Staff Drive for the Endowment Fund is absolutely incredible! A whopping RECORD $19,000 was raised this year, easily eclipsing the previous record high dollars raised and the goal that was set for this year! Thanks to our Lucky 13 we got off to a great … Read More

Raleigh Company Submits Low Bid For VGCC Warren Campus Building

Posted on October 2, 2003 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College has accepted the low bid by Engineered Construction Co. of Raleigh to build a new classroom building at the college’s Warren County Campus. Engineered Construction’s single prime bid of $1,742,160 was low among eight construction companies who bid on erecting the 15,212 square-foot building at the campus on Ridgeway Street in Warrenton. … Read More

Oxford Junior Woman’s Club Scholarship

Posted on October 1, 2003 by VGCC Staff
Terri-Lynn Fite, president of the Oxford Junior Woman’s Club, presents $6,000 from the club to Vance-Granville Community College President Robert A. Miller to establish an Academic Achievement Award scholarship at the college. The $500 grant will be awarded each year to a woman from Granville County to help her with her education at VGCC. Fite … Read More

VGCC Offers Wastewater Treatment,Hospital ER Coding Classes In October

Posted on October 1, 2003 by VGCC Staff
Wastewater treatment plant operators who need to be certified at Levels I and II will have the opportunity to take classes to prepare them for those exams beginning in October at Vance-Granville Community College. Occupational Extension classes for hospital personnel who need Emergency Room ICD-9 Coding instruction will also begin in October at VGCC. Wastewater … Read More

Record 287 Students Get Grants At VGCC Scholarship Ceremony

Posted on September 30, 2003 by VGCC Staff
 The records keep on falling at Vance-Granville Community College. A record 287 scholarships were awarded to full-time students at the annual Scholarship Awards Day Sept. 24. In addition, 200 part-time students have received scholarships valued at $300 each from the college’s Endowment Fund and Scholarship Program. Altogether, Vance-Granville students have received $249,750 in scholarships this … Read More

VGCC Invites Community To Free Fall Film Festival

Posted on September 29, 2003 by VGCC Staff
The Vance-Granville Community College Cultural Enhancement Committee will host a film festival for students and members of the community on three Wednesdays this fall. Lineup for the festival is “Life is Beautiful” on Oct. 22, “Amistad” on Oct. 29 and “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” on Nov. 12. The movies will be shown at 4 … Read More