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VGCC Offers Activity Coordinator Course

Posted on February 13, 2003 by VGCC Staff
The College Services Division ofVance-Granville Community College will offer a 60-hour Activity Coordinator course to prepare persons to become certified in the activity coordinator profession. Classes will be held at Brantwood Nursing Center in Oxford on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 to 9 p.m. Classes will begin Tuesday, March 25, and run to May 29. … Read More

Retired USAF Officer, Motivational Speaker To Address VGCC TRIO Day Celebration

Posted on February 7, 2003 by VGCC Staff
Community College will sponsor a TRIO Day celebration Wednesday, Feb. 12, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the college Civic Center. TRIO programs are educational opportunity and outreach programs to assist students from disadvantaged backgrounds achieve academic success. Henderson native Paul Lawrence Vann, a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel, shown at right, will … Read More

Painting By VGCC Art Student Chosen For Display In Raleigh

Posted on February 6, 2003 by VGCC Staff
A watercolor landscape by a student in personal enrichment art classes at Vance-Granville Community College has been chosen to hang in the offices of the North Carolina Community College System in Raleigh throughout 2003. Laurie Stephens of Oxford painted “Peaceful Pastures” while a member of Lelia Brigham’s Continuing Education art class at VGCC. President Martin … Read More

VGCC Offers Nurse Aide Refresher Course

Posted on February 4, 2003 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College will teach a Nurse Aide Refresher class starting on Feb. 25 at the Main Campus in Vance County. The class will run from 8 a.m. to 12 noon, Monday-Thursday in Room 6149, Feb. 25-March 13. This class is for nurse aides who have expired listings within the last four years with the … Read More

Salespeople: Learn To Sell To Tough Customers At Free VGCC Workshop

Posted on February 4, 2003 by VGCC Staff
If you’rein the business of sales, you’ll be interested in a workshop being offered on Tuesday, Feb. 25, at Vance-Granville Community College called “Selling to Tough Customers.” Registration for the workshop, to run from 9 a.m. to 12 noon in Room 9209 on the main campus in Vance County, is free. Tim Dannelly of Edenton … Read More

VGCC Graduate To Help Keep Navy Nuclear Vessels Ship-Shape

Posted on February 4, 2003 by VGCC Staff
When nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines enter the Norfolk Naval Shipyard for overhaul or repair, they will find a Vance Granville-Community College graduate ready and able to help make the job go right. Henderson native Danny Mangum Jr. has begun work in the Nuclear Engineering and Planning Department at the shipyard. After six months of … Read More

Black History Program To Be Held In February

Posted on February 3, 2003 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College’s Division of Workforce Development will sponsor a Black History Month program on Thursday, Feb. 27, from 4 to 9 p.m. in the Civic Center on Main Campus. A variety of culturally-oriented products, artifacts and paintings will be on display by various vendors and collectors from 4-6 p.m. These include soaps, scented oils, … Read More

VGCC Announces Final Dates For Mini-Semester Registration

Posted on January 30, 2003 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College will once again offer nine mini-semester classes during Spring Semester, and the final two opportunities to register for these classes will be Wednesday, Feb. 12, and Thursday, Feb. 13.  Mini-semester classers are curriculum classes that are held three hours a day, twice a week for eight weeks in order to get in … Read More

218 Earn VGCC Fall Semester Dean’s List Honors

Posted on January 28, 2003 by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College has announced that 218 students earned Dean’s List honors for the Fall Semester that ended Dec. 17, 2002. 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

Warren, Franklin People Invited To Learn To Make Money On Web

Posted on January 28, 2003 by VGCC Staff
In this electronic age, more and more businesses are turning to the worldwide web to increase their profits. “Making Money on the Web” is a workshop being offered to small business operators in Warren and Franklin counties. Vance-Granville Community College’s Small Business Center is cooperating with the small business centers of Halifax and Nash community … Read More