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Success Stories: Fall 1999

When Curtis McRae, Jr. , first visited the Vance-Granville Community College campus, he said he liked it and thought he probably would like to go the school there. But he had a job in his hometown of Oxford and didn’t want to change at the time. After graduation from J.F. Webb High School in 1987,  Read More

SUMMER 1999 – State Superintendent Tells VGCC Grads To ‘Walk Plainly’ Through Sands Of Time

Dr. Michael E. Ward told 231 graduates of Vance-Granville Community College Monday evening that they will leave footprints on the sands of time as they go through life, and he urged them to “walk plainly and leave a path worthy of following.” Ward, the state Superintendent of Public Instruction and former superintendent of Granville County  Read More

VGCC Medical Assisting Student Completes Leadership Program

VGCC Medical Assisting student Terrie Evans spent the week of July 18-23 attending the prestigious Student Leadership Institute (SLI) held at Peace College in Raleigh. Evans, an active member of the VGCC Student Association of Medical Assistants (SAMA) and currently serving as club treasurer, was selected for the honor based on her outstanding academic achievements  Read More

VGCC Student Recalls Special Times With Special Olympians At Games

The Special Olympics World Summer Games are several weeks past, but Ronel Cook says he’s “still on Cloud 9” after volunteering during the games. Cook, who lives in Henderson, has completed one year at Vance-Granville in pursuit of an associate’s degree in the Early Childhood Associate program. He will be a sophomore this fall and  Read More

VGCC Welding Students Again Have 100% Certification Rate

The graduating welding students at Vance-Granville Community College have again scored 100 percent on the national certification exam. The nine day students and the seven evening students who will complete the welding program Aug. 5 and graduate Aug. 9 took what is called a vertical unlimited groove test, the day students on July 21 and  Read More

VGCC Offers Portrait Painting Course, Called ‘Difficult, But Very Rewarding’

Portrait painting is not easy, and Leslie Hall Johnson will not try to tell you it is. “However, those who work at it find they can do it, it is very rewarding and they don’t want to stop,” said Johnson, who will be teaching another course in portrait painting this fall at Vance-Granville Community College.  Read More

Nelms Elected Chairman Of VGCC Trustees; State, County Budget Appropriations Praised

For the first time in its history, Vance-Granville Community College’s Board of Trustees has a chairman who is not from Vance County. At their bi-monthly meeting Monday, July 19, the trustees elected John K. Nelms of Oxford as chairman of the board. Donald C. Seifert Sr. of Henderson was elected vice chairman, and Henrietta H.  Read More

Community College Tuition Increases With Latest Action By N.C. Legislature

For the first time in several years, tuition rates for community college curriculum students will increase statewide with the Fall 1999 semester, following recent approval by the North Carolina Legislature. In-state students will pay $26.75 per credit hour up to and including 14 hours, with a maximum tuition cost of $374.50. Out-of-state students will pay  Read More

Students Attend Leadership Forum

Three Vance-Granville Community College students traveled to Sampson Community College this spring to participate in the Student Leadership Forum of the Student Leadership Development Conference. Sylvia Tisdale, a Medical Assisting student, Charis Morgan, a Teacher Associate major, and Teressa Wright, who is in the Business Administration program, attended the conference, which is sponsored by the  Read More

VGGC Pins Graduating Nursing Students

Twenty-eight women and men who graduated May 15 from the Associate Degree Nursing program at Vance-Granville Community College received their nursing pins at candlelight ceremonies May 13. VGCC President Robert A. Miller commended the graduates on their accomplishments and added some facts about the Class of ’99: they ranged in age from 20 to 49  Read More