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General Assembly Raises Tuition At State’s Community Colleges

Posted on July 3, 2003 by VGCC Staff
Registration for Fall Semester begins July 24 at Vance-Granville Community College, and students will find the cost of attending just went up a bit. The state budget for 2003-04 passed by the North Carolina General Assembly includes increases in tuition for both in-state and non-resident students at the state’s 59 community colleges. Tuition increased July … Read More

‘New And Improved’ EXPO 2003 Offering Early Bird Specials

Posted on July 2, 2003 by VGCC Staff
Area businesses are being offered an opportunity to be exhibitors at an “even better” EXPO 2003 and to save $20 if they sign up soon. The annual business exposition will be held Tuesday, Oct. 14, at Vance-Granville Community College, and several changes have been made for this year that promise to make the event bigger … Read More

‘Miss Adelaide’ Proves You’re Never Too Old To Learn In VGCC’s Computer Classes

Posted on June 26, 2003 by VGCC Staff
Barbara Thompson is 61 and is the baby of the Introduction to Computers class at Vance-Granville Community College’s Franklin County Campus. Her classmates include brothers Wilton Smith, 74, and Richard Smith, 70. And they’re not the senior members of the class. That honor belongs to Adelaide Johnson, who is 95, “going on 96.” All four … Read More

Community College System Vice President Will Speak At VGCC Summer Graduation

Posted on June 24, 2003 by VGCC Staff
Dr. Delores A. Parker, vice president of the North Carolina Community College System, will be the principal speaker at Vance-Granville Community College’s summer graduation on Thursday, Aug. 7. Approximately 225 graduates are expected to get their associate degrees, diplomas and certificates in ceremonies to begin at 6 p.m. in the Civic Center on VGCC’s main … Read More

VGCC’s Medical Assisting Prepares Students To Perform Multiple Duties

Posted on June 5, 2003 by VGCC Staff
When you go to the doctor’s office or a health clinic, sometimes the same person who meets you and gets your insurance information also accompanies you to the examining room, takes your vital signs and assists the physician in medical procedures. He or she may later file your insurance claim and ensure that your record … Read More

VGCC Names 241 To Spring Dean’s List

Posted on June 3, 2003 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College has announced that 241 students earned Dean’s List honors for the Spring Semester that ended May 8. 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, dean … Read More

VGCC Golf Tournament Raises $28,000-Plus For Scholarship Fund

Posted on May 30, 2003 by VGCC Staff
For the second consecutive year, 200 golfers – 21 teams in the morning and 29 in the afternoon – drove, chipped and putted their way around Henderson Country Club in the 19th annual Vance-Granville Community College Endowment Fund Golf Tournament. At the end of the morning and afternoon rounds on May 20, some great scores … Read More

On To Kindergarten

Posted on May 29, 2003 by VGCC Staff
A dozen 4- and 5-year-olds “graduated” from the Vance-Granville Community College Day Care Center May 23 and are now ready to enter kindergarten this fall. Gathered for the graduation picture are, front, from left: 4-5 year-old teacher Deborah Harris, Asia Nicole Cooper of Henderson, graduation marshal, graduates Jacob Stephen Capps of Oxford, Miller Ann Bartholomew … Read More

VGCC Graduates, Certifies 12 New Officers

Posted on May 28, 2003 by VGCC Staff
Twelve “strangers who came together as a team” graduated from Basic Law Enforcement Training Class Number 75 at Vance-Granville Community College on May 14. Kenneth L. Bullock of the Oxford Police Department, Richard H. Garrett of the Granville County Sheriff’s Department and Stephen L. Scott of the Warren County Sheriff’s Department were among the graduates, … Read More

VGCC Offers Course To Prepare Students For Bioworks Training

Posted on May 27, 2003 by VGCC Staff
The Human Resources Development and Bioworks programs at Vance-Granville Community College are offering a Pre-Biowork course in June at the Franklin County Campus. This will be an introductory course for persons interested in enrolling in the college’s Bioworks course but who may need preparation in order to increase their likelihood of successfully completing the course. … Read More