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SNCAE Acknowledges ‘Read Across America’

March 3, 2003 | by VGCC Staff
The Vance-Granville Community College chapter of SNCAE will acknowledge a year-long reading extravaganza that culminates on Monday, March 3, 2003, the birthday of the late great Dr. Seuss. On March 3, the National Education Association is calling for every child to be reading in the company of a caring adult. Individuals, such as local police … Read More

VGCC Offers Licensing CE Class For Independent Auto Dealers

March 3, 2003 | by VGCC Staff
All independent automobile dealers who hold a dealer’s license must take a six-hour Continuing Education class before renewing their licenses. Vance-Granville Community College is offering area dealers two opportunities to fulfill that requirement, which they must do before June 30. The Independent Auto Dealers Continuing Education Course will be taught on Friday, March 7, from … Read More

The Club With A ‘Heart’

March 3, 2003 | by VGCC Staff
From left to right, VGCC Criminal Justice Club members Ashley Haskins, Tamara Chase and Nicole Cheek put together Valentine hearts and other sweet treats on Feb. 14. The club made up 260 bags of Valentine treats, which they distributed to children at the Central Children’s Home, Masonic Home for Children in Oxford and to the … Read More

VGCC’s Computer Training Becomes Mobile

February 27, 2003 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College is ready to take its show on the road. That “show” is its occupational extension computer classes, which can now be taken off campus thanks to a new mobile computer lab recently acquired for this purpose. The mobile lab is a heavy-duty steel cart on wheels, stocked with 16-20 laptop computers, its … Read More

VGCC Drama Students To Stage Comedy/Thriller In Mid-March

February 27, 2003 | by VGCC Staff
Drama students at Vance-Granville Community will stage “The Praying Mantis” March 13-15 in the campus auditorium (Room 2105). Theatre Arts Instructor Betsy Henderson describes the play by de Alejandro Sieveking as a “psychological thriller/black comedy.”      Students will be responsible for staging the play, both in front and behind the lights. Laura McDonald, John Westbrook, Suzannah … Read More

VGCC Celebrates Black History On Thursday

February 25, 2003 | by VGCC Staff
A Black History Month program featuring entertainment, African-American products and remarks by a popular Raleigh columnist will be held at Vance-Granville Community College on Thursday, Feb. 27.  From 4 to 6 p.m., vendors will display their wares in the lobby of the Civic Center on the main campus in Vance County. Soaps, oils, personalized photo … Read More

VGCC Alumni Reorganize, Elect Officers, Schedule Next Meeting

February 21, 2003 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College’s Alumni Association has elected a new slate of officers who are devoted to injecting new life into the organization. New officers elected Jan. 28 are Danny H. Mangum Jr. of Henderson, president; Julie Rollins of Youngsville, first vice president; Beverly Byrd of Creedmoor, second vice president; Ann Taylor of Oxford, third vice … Read More

VGCC Portrait Painting Class Resumes In March

February 21, 2003 | by VGCC Staff
Art Instructor Leslie Johnson said that new students are reluctant to try portrait painting. “But when they work at it and find they can do it, they find it rewarding and don’t want to stop,” she said. Johnson, who has taught portrait painting at Vance-Granville Community College about 10 years, will begin a new 30-hour … Read More

Virtual Library Staff Visits Perry, VGCC Libraries

February 21, 2003 | by VGCC Staff
Ralph Kaplan from North Carolina Libraries for Virtual Education (NC LIVE), based in Raleigh, visited the H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library in Henderson and the Vance-Granville Community College Learning Resource Center on Feb. 19 to share valuable insights about NC LIVE. NC LIVE is North Carolina’s source for high quality information resources and provides the … Read More

Free VGCC Workshop Will Show How Customer Service Can Make Difference

February 21, 2003 | by VGCC Staff
Show Me The Money, Honey,” is the title of a workshop to help business people improve customer service. It will be held Wednesday, March 12, at Vance-Granville Community College. The free workshop will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. in Room 9209 on VGCC’s main campus in Vance County. Tim Dannelly of Edenton will … Read More