VGCC SkillsUSA students clean up adopted road

Criminal Justice Technology students at Vance-Granville Community College recently continued an annual tradition when they completed a service project through the college chapter of SkillsUSA.

For decades, the VGCC Criminal Justice Club has “adopted” Poplar Creek Road near the college’s Main Campus on Interstate 85 in Vance County, and periodically picked up trash along the entire length of the road. Now that the Criminal Justice Club has been absorbed into SkillsUSA, that practice is continuing.

is a partnership of students, teachers and industry, working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce. SkillsUSA chapters help students who are preparing for careers in technical, skilled and service occupations excel. Founded in 1965 as V.I.C.A. (Vocational Industrial Clubs of America), SkillsUSA has served nearly 12 million members in its 50-year history. Today, the organization has more than 360,000 students and instructors as members nationwide.

The SkillsUSA chapter provides VGCC students with opportunities for leadership, professional development, community service and social activities. Students in a number of different curriculum programs at VGCC are eligible to join.

For more information on the VGCC Criminal Justice program , contact program head William Clements at clementsw@vgcc.edu or (252) 738-3242.

 

Above: VGCC SkillsUSA members pose before starting their clean-up along Poplar Creek Road in front of the college’s Main Campus. In front, from left, they included Benjamin Layton of Kittrell (the SkillsUSA chapter president), VGCC Criminal Justice program head William Clements, Alonza Fitts of Henderson, Susie Rudd of Henderson and McKallah Pendergrass of Henderson. In the back row, from left, Harold Todd of Oxford, Criminal Justice instructor Tony Clark and Christopher Davis of Bullock. (VGCC photo)