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VGCC Student Chosen For State SGA Post

February 1, 2002 | by VGCC Staff
Ann Taylor of Vance-Granville Community College has been chosen vice president of the NC4SGA, the student government association representing the 59 schools in the North Carolina Community College System. She is also chairperson for the Central Division of the state SGA. An Oxford resident, Taylor earned an associate in applied science degree in Business Administration … Read More

Mark Your Calendar For Cultural Fair

February 1, 2002 | by VGCC Staff
Now is the time for VGCC clubs, students, faculty and staff to register to participate in the annual Cultural Fair, Feb. 28, to be held in the Civic Center from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Cultural Enhancement Committee is accepting applications from performers in any of the performing arts and for exhibit spaces for … Read More

VGCC Offers Wastewater Treatment Course

January 30, 2002 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College will offer a 78-hour course, beginning in February, to prepare wastewater treatment operators for the North Carolina Water Pollution Control System Operators Certification Commission Grade I and II examinations. The training course will be held Feb. 16-July 20 on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 1-3 p.m. in Room 6104, … Read More

John Brigham Scholarship

January 29, 2002 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College President Robert A. Miller shows Lelia Brigham of Henderson the type of plaque that will be hung in the college Board Room to commemorate the scholarship she has established with a $6,000 gift to the VGCC Endowment Fund and Scholarship Program in memory of her husband, John Brigham. The first John Brigham … Read More

VGCC Reports Record Spring Enrollment, Plans Future Growth at Trustees Meeting

January 29, 2002 | by VGCC Staff
Growth in enrollment and impending growth in facilities were among subjects discussed at the meeting of the Vance-Granville Community College Board of Trustees Monday, Jan. 28. President Robert A. Miller reported to the trustees that enrollment in curriculum classes for Spring Semester, which began Jan. 10, was 3,680, an all-time high for spring. This also … Read More

162 Earn VGCC Fall Semester Dean’s List Honors

January 23, 2002 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College has announced that 162 students earned Dean’s List honors for the Fall Semester that ended Dec. 14, 2001. 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

VGCC Clubs, Groups Give From The Heart

January 23, 2002 | by VGCC Staff
In the above photo, Bonnie Garner of Henderson, an Information Systems student, sorts toys assembled by the Student Government Association for the Henderson Jaycees Toys for Tots Christmas project. The SGA collected more than 60 items in the drive on campus and also contributed $50 to the cause. The Criminal Justice club also made a … Read More

Phi Theta Kappa Project Underway

January 23, 2002 | by VGCC Staff
Phi Theta Kappa will kick the year off with a service project that will help three charities in the Henderson area. January 14-28, ACTS, Jubilee House and Heart’s Haven will benefit from this drive. ACTS (Area Christians Together in Service) is a ministry supported by more than 40 churches, local businesses, individuals, private foundations and … Read More

SGA Leaders

January 23, 2002 | by VGCC Staff
Elected to lead the VGCC Student Government Association during the 2001-2002 school year are, from left, Ann Taylor, vice president; Julie Rollins, president; Rachel Rahrer, treasurer; back row, Kristi Tingen, parliamentarian, and Heather Lynch, secretary. Lashondra Branche, public information officer, was not available for the picture.

VGCC Students Tour College Campuses

January 23, 2002 | by VGCC Staff
As students face the future, they will make choices that may make all the difference in their lives. Student Support Services invited VGCC college transfer students to attend visitation at four-year universities and colleges in the Raleigh-Durham area. College transfer students Angela Simmons, Natasha Lofton, Cameron Eaton and Artishia Johnson visited Saint Augustine’s College, North … Read More