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VGCC Celebrates National Library Week By Offering Remote Access To Information

The Vance-Granville Community College Learning Resources Center is celebrating National Library Week, April 9-15, by offering remote access to several online databases to its students, faculty and staff. The databases that can be accessed cut across all subject areas and include NC-LIVE, which the LRC has been using since 1998 (as provided by the N.C.  Read More

Vance-Granville Offers Calligraphy Course

Vance-Granville Community College will offer a course in the art of calligraphy, beginning Wednesday, April 5, on the main campus in Vance County. Maxine Chauvaux, who has taught the writing technique about 15 years, will be the instructor. A retired elementary school teacher from Pennsylvania, Chauvaux learned the basics of calligraphy from an English visitor  Read More

VGCC Workshop Will Help You Discover The State Of Your Financial Planning

Vance-Granville Community College will offer “Financial Workshop for Individual Investors,” a five-week introduction to financial planning. Clem Seifert of Henderson, a financial consultant, will teach the class, as he has several times in the past for the college. He said the sessions will include types of investments, including stocks and bonds, retirement planning, annuities and  Read More

Turn Plastics To European Stone With VGCC ‘Faux Finishes’ Class

A continuing education class beginning April 11 at Vance-Granville Community College will teach participants to turn ordinary items into extraordinary-looking products. Lelia Brigham will teach the Faux Finishes class on six Tuesday mornings, April 11-May 16, from 9:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Areas covered will include marbleizing, leather look, wood grain, metal look and gold  Read More

VGCC Antiques, Collectibles Class Offers Own Version Of ‘Roadshow’

Anyone who is interested in buying, selling or just learning more about antiques or collectibles may want to attend a class beginning March 14 at Vance-Granville Community College. This will be the eighth time Peter Tocci of Oxford has taught the Antiques & Collectibles class at the college. Tocci grew up Boston, where his parents  Read More

VGCC Offers GED, ABE in Franklin County

Persons in Franklin County who want to improve their reading and math skills or work toward a high school equivalency diploma should be interested in a program Vance-Granville Community College will offer at Bunn Middle School. GED (General Education Development) and ABE (Adult Basic Education) classes will begin Wednesday, Feb. 16, at 6 p.m. Registration  Read More

Painter Of Celebrity Portraits To Teach VGCC Art Class

Muhammad Ali, former N. C. Gov. Bob Scott, Sammy Davis Jr., actor Richard Boone: these are but a few of the celebrities whose portrait Leonard F. Johnson of Henderson has painted. And the former “vagabond painter” will share his talents and techniques with an art class to begin Jan. 20 at Vance-Granville Community College. The  Read More

Calligraphy Offered At Vance-Granville

Vance-Granville Community College will offer a course in the art of calligraphy, beginning Wednesday, Jan. 13, on the main campus in Vance County. Maxine Chauvaux, who has taught the writing technique about 15 years, will be the instructor. A retired elementary school teacher from Pennsylvania, Chauvaux learned the basics of calligraphy from an English visitor  Read More