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VGCC Honors Outstanding College Transfer Students

January 21, 2002 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College honored nine students in the College Transfer program who have demonstrated academic excellence and leadership qualities as College Transfer Scholars in the 2002 Spring Convocation on April 29. Dr. John Beck, chairman of the College Transfer program, said the Scholars program began 14 years ago at VGCC and is the only award … Read More

VGCC Displays Retired Physician’s Photography

January 21, 2002 | by VGCC Staff
Photographs by retired physician Putlur Ramachandra Reddy will be on display at Vance-Granville Community College from Jan. 30 to Feb. 15. Dr. Reddy served as a general practitioner and internist in Henderson and was on the medical staff of Maria Parham Hospital about 25 years until his retirement in 2000. Since then, he has traveled … Read More

VGCC Small Business Center Taking Risk Out Of Risky Business

January 19, 2002 | by VGCC Staff
Launched in 1986, Small Business Center seeing rise in the number of those who want to be their own boss By Joe DeSantis Franklin Times Managing Editor HENDERSON– Diane Finch is a busy woman these days, perhaps the busiest she’s been in the past six years as director of Vance-Granville Community College’s (VGCC) Small Business … Read More

Annual Career Day Scheduled In Civic Center

January 18, 2002 | by VGCC Staff
VGCC’S 24th Annual Career Day is scheduled Wednesday, April 3, at 9 a.m. in the Civic Center, Barbara Smith, Career Center coordinator, announced. The event is held each year to provide students an opportunity to meet with area business/industry representatives and learn about career opportunities in Vance and surrounding counties. Students also will be able … Read More

James Harris Dies After Sudden Illness

January 18, 2002 | by VGCC Staff
The VGCC staff on Main Campus was shocked and saddened by the sudden death of James Melvin “Chicken” Harris, a maintenance assistant for Vance-Granville Community College. James died Tuesday, Jan. 8, at Maria Parham Hospital after a brief illness. He was 51. He had worked in the maintenance department for more than 13 years. He … Read More

Painting By Franklin CE Student Chosen For System Office Exhibit

January 18, 2002 | by VGCC Staff
N.C. Community College System President Martin Lancaster has chosen about 100 works of art for exhibit during 2002 in the system office headquarters in the Caswell Building in Raleigh, and a Vance-Granville representative from Franklin County has been chosen. Lancaster chose an acrylic painting titled “Thinking” by Pam Danzer for inclusion in the exhibit. Danzer … Read More

VGCC Offers Timely Tax Tips Class for Businesses

January 18, 2002 | by VGCC Staff
This is the time of year when individuals and business operators begin to think about tax filing and to look for tips to help them file accurately and save money. Vance-Granville Community College’s Small Business Center is offering a free class to help business operators. “Tax Tips for Your Business” will be held Wednesday, Feb. … Read More

VGCC Offers Religions Of World Course

January 17, 2002 | by VGCC Staff
Recent world events have focused attention on the Islam religion, and that is one of five Major Religions of the World to be covered in a continuing education course beginning Feb. 7 at Vance-Granville Community College. Rev. Rick Brand, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Henderson, will teach the eight-week course. It will be held … Read More

VGCC Offers Scholarships To Top Students Of All Area High Schools

January 9, 2002 | by VGCC Staff
All students who complete their junior years of high school in Vance, Granville, Warren and Franklin counties in the top 20 percent of their classes are eligible for $1,000 scholarships at Vance-Granville Community College. The scholarships are available to all 2002 graduates of public and private high schools in the counties served by Vance-Granville who … Read More

China Painting Class Begins Jan. 11 at VGCC

January 8, 2002 | by VGCC Staff
The china painting Continuing Education class scheduled to begin Jan. 4 at Vance-Granville Community College has been delayed one week by snow and will start Friday, Jan. 11, on VGCC’s main campus in Vance County. Jean Hilton, a Raleigh artist who has been teaching personal enrichment classes at Vance-Granville for 26 years, teaches the china … Read More