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Mother, Sisters Begin Scholarship At VGCC In Memory Of Otha Wilkins

August 27, 2003 | by VGCC Staff
In 1996, retired Granville County educator Otha Wilkins endowed a scholarship at Vance-Granville Community College in honor of his mother, Lucille Couch of Oxford. In August, Mrs. Couch and her two daughters, Alice Harris of Florida and Ionia Ingram of Cary, established the Otha Wilkins Memorial Academic Achievement Scholarship at the college in memory of … Read More

Beginners Can Learn Painting In Upcoming VGCC Art Class

August 25, 2003 | by VGCC Staff
If you would like to paint, but you think you just cannot do it, here’s hope for you. A veteran artist who specializes in teaching beginners will conduct an oil painting class this fall at Vance-Granville Community College. Dorothy “Dot” Overby of Kittrell will teach a 30-hour class in the wet-on-wet technique. Many people may … Read More

Statewide Biotech Trainers Train At VGCC Franklin County Campus

August 25, 2003 | by VGCC Staff
 BioWork instructors from 15 community colleges participated in “Train-the-Trainer” sessions Aug. 21-22 at Vance-Granville Community College’s Franklin County Campus Biotechnology Center. BioWork is a highly successful course that trains process technicians to work in North Carolina’s fast-growing biotechnology. Six community colleges currently offer the 128-hour training courses – Vance-Granville Community College, Wake Technical Community College, … Read More

Legislators Visit VGCC Biotech Facility At Franklin County Campus

August 21, 2003 | by VGCC Staff
The “Legislative Listen & Learn” tour visited Vance-Granville Community College’s Franklin County Campus Monday, Aug. 18. A dozen first-term Democratic members of the North Carolina House of Representatives were invited to Louisburg by Rep. Lucy Allen, and one of their stops was the Biotechnology Center at the VGCC campus. President Robert A. Miller welcomed the … Read More

VGCC Names 87 To Summer Dean’s List

August 20, 2003 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College has announced that 87 students earned Dean’s List honors for the summer term that ended Aug. 5. A student must maintain a 3.5 grade-point average and get no grade lower than B while carrying at least nine semester hours to qualify for the Dean’s List, according to Marsha J. Nelson, dean of … Read More

Pruitts Establish VGCC Scholarship In Memory Of Sister, Also A Donor

August 11, 2003 | by VGCC Staff
Myrtle Jane Pruitt began giving scholarships to nursing students at Vance-Granville Community College in 1980 and continued until her death in February of this year. A lifelong resident of Granville County, Miss Pruitt was a music teacher who taught piano and organ for many years. She told college officials when she suffered ill health she … Read More

Speaker Tells VGCC Summer Graduates To Care About Communities, The World

August 7, 2003 | by VGCC Staff
Like all commencement speakers, Dr. Delores A. Parker had lots of advice for Vance-Granville Community College’s 225 graduates during summer graduation ceremonies Aug. 7. Dr. Parker is vice president for Academic and Student Services of the North Carolina Community College System. “Our state’s community colleges are second to none; our facilities and equipment are state-of-the-art,” … Read More

Scenes From Summer Graduation 2003

August 7, 2003 | by VGCC Staff
Graduates turn their tassels at the completion of Summer Graduation. Marshals Donnie Reynolds and Wanda Creekmore lead graduates into the Civic Center for Summer Graduation on Thursday, Aug. 7. President Miller presents an Adult High School Diploma to one of the happy graduates on Thursday, Aug. 7.

Certified VGCC Evening Welding Class Includes 73 Year-Old Ex-Fighter Pilot

August 7, 2003 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College just keeps turning out certified welders. The eight members of the evening graduating class passed the national certification exam of the American Welding Society last week, bringing to 515 the number of certified welders produced by Vance-Granville since it began the Welding Technology program in 1972. Included in the class is 73-year-old … Read More

VGCC Pins 22 Practical Nursing Graduates

August 7, 2003 | by VGCC Staff
A mother of six and a mother of one week were among 22 Vance-Granville Community College Practical Nursing graduates who received their pins in ceremonies in the Civic Center Aug. 5. The 22 women, who graduated Aug. 7 from the college, include Angela Danese Harper, Tacresha Daynell Harris, Bobbie Lee House, Tina Michelle Often, Keeshes … Read More