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VGCC Alumni Honor O’Neal With Honorary Membership

July 15, 2004 | by VGCC Staff
The Vance-Granville Community College Alumni Association has honored Scott O’Neal with an honorary lifetime membership for his service to the organization. He joins President Robert A. Miller, retired President Dr. Ben F. Currin, retired Dean of Student Services Frank Madigan, Carl B. Flippin Jr., William L. Gibbs, Willie Henderson, Nancy Tunstall, Helen Walker and James … Read More

VGCC Sets 3 Sections of BioWork Classes In Fall At Franklin County Campus

July 14, 2004 | by VGCC Staff
Training for employment in the fast-growing biotechnology field will be held in three sessions during Fall Semester at Vance-Granville Community College’s Franklin County Campus. The BioWork Process Technician Course will be offered on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and another session will be conducted the same days in the evenings from … Read More

VGCC Joins Project To Increase Qualified Area Daycare Teachers

July 5, 2004 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College has been selected to participate in a statewide project to train professional daycare teachers. Project IMPACT was developed because well-educated teachers are the key ingredient in high quality daycare programs. With growing numbers of children enrolling in daycares, it is more important than ever for daycares to be staffed by trained professionals, … Read More

Entire College Transfer Program Offered Online By VGCC In Fall

June 24, 2004 | by VGCC Staff
All the courses necessary to earn the Associate of Arts degree by the College Transfer program at Vance-Granville Community College will be offered online beginning with the 2004-2005 academic year. Vance-Granville offers courses online in many of its 35 curriculum programs, but College Transfer is the first to offer a degree that can be earned … Read More

VGCC Names 299 To Spring Dean’s List

June 14, 2004 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College has announced that 299 students earned Dean’s List honors for the Spring Semester that ended May 10. To qualify for the Dean’s List, a student had to maintain a 3.5 grade-point average and have no grad lower than B while carrying at least 12 semester hours, according to Marsha J. Nelson, Vice … Read More

VGCC’s New Leader Surprised By Own Path

June 9, 2004 | by VGCC Staff
By AL WHELESS, The Daily Dispatch Writer Sooner or later, nearly everybody comes to his own fork in the road in life. When George R. “Randy” Parker was a student at Lenoir Community College in Kinston in 1970, he never dreamed of becoming president of a community college. It appears about to happen in Vance … Read More

VGCC Offers Nursing Assistant Class At Granville South Campus

June 7, 2004 | by VGCC Staff
 A daytime class to train Nursing Assistant I’s will begin in August at Vance-Granville Community College’s South Campus.  Classes will be held from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Monday-Thursday, beginning Aug. 8 and running until Oct. 13, at the campus on N.C. 56 between Butner and Creedmoor. Registration for the course will be held at … Read More

Carolina Sunrock Provides Concrete Truck To VGCC Commercial Driver’s Course

June 4, 2004 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College’s Commercial Driver’s Course received a big boost from Carolina Sunrock Corp. June 2 when the Butner-based company provided a concrete mixer truck for driver training. The course began May 8 with three weeks of classroom instruction to prepare students to operate tandem-axle dump trucks and concrete mixer vehicles, as well as vehicles … Read More

Intermediate Conversational Spanish Class Begins June 14 At VGCC

June 3, 2004 | by VGCC Staff
Persons who have taken the beginning conversational Spanish class at Vance-Granville Community College have an opportunity to continue their studies in an intermediate-level class beginning June 14. Classes will run for 10 weeks on Monday evenings from 7 to 10, from June 14 to Aug. 23, in Room 7207 on the main campus in Vance … Read More

VGCC Offers Wide Range Of Summer Computer Classes

May 28, 2004 | by VGCC Staff
Summer term curriculum classes have begun at Vance-Granville Community College, but there are numerous opportunities for people in Vance, Granville, Franklin and Warren counties to take a variety of computer classes. The Occupational Extension Computer Center offers new classes each month, and there are a wide variety of offerings set to begin in June, July … Read More