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NCCCS President Kicks Off Leadership Institute For 57

Vance-Granville Community College has selected 57 members of its faculty and staff to participate in the inaugural class of the college’s Leadership Institute. President Randy Parker initiated the Leadership Institute to identify personnel who wish to assume greater leadership roles and to train them to undertake these roles. The goals of the Leadership Institute include  Read More

Community College System Vice President To Speak At VGCC Spring Graduation

Dr. Larry Keen, vice president for the Division of Economic and Workforce Development for the North Carolina Community College System, will be the guest speaker for Vance-Granville Community College’s Spring Graduation. Graduation will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 14, at the main campus in Vance County. Approximately 325 students are scheduled to  Read More

TOP VOCATIONAL EVENING STUDENTS

Vocational Students of Spring Semester at Vance-Granville Community College were selected from the evening sessions of the seven vocational programs at the college. Students of the Semester and their vocational programs, front row, from left, are Claude Williams of Henderson, Carpentry; Carolyn Branch of Henderson, Cosmetology; Donald Briggs of Wake Forest, Automotive Technology; Charles Allen  Read More

VGCC Seeks Vance County Input At Long-Range Planning Session

Vance-Granville Community College is inviting Vance County residents to participate in a Strategic Initiatives Forum to help form a long-range plan for the college. The session will be held from noon to 2 p.m. on Monday, April 25, in the Civic Center on Vance-Granville’s main campus. A box lunch will be provided at the beginning  Read More

VGCC Seeks Granville County Input At Long-Range Planning Session

Vance-Granville Community College is inviting Granville County residents to participate in a Strategic Initiatives Forum to help form a long-range plan for the college. The session will be held from noon to 2 p.m. in the cafeteria at the Masonic Home for Children in Oxford on Tuesday, April 19. The cafeteria is located adjacent to  Read More

Annual VGCC Cosmetology Competition Winners

Cosmetology students at Vance-Granville Community College engage in hair-styling competition each year in several categories. In the Evening Elegance category, the 2005 winner on April 4 was Latoya Keith, a student at the Franklin County Campus, who created “Bird of Paradise” on model Anitra Cooke. They are pictured in the center. At left is second  Read More

VGCC Honors 18 College Transfer Scholars; Childhood Assistant Instructor Gets Award

Named as College Transfer Scholars at Vance-Granville Community College’s convocation April 29 were, front row, from left: Steven A. Darnell, Andrew L. Frier, Karen Marie Guerrette, Kyra Christina Ferruccio, Tyler A. Stull and Kathryn Ann Terry; and back row, from left: Steven M. Clayton, Beverly Loving Byrd, Vincent E. MacIsaac, Timothy J. TenBroek, Brandy Nicole  Read More

VGCC Trustees Approve $2.2 M 05-06 Budget For County Support

Vance-Granville Community College’s Board of Trustees approved 2005-2006 County Capital Outlay and Current Expense budgets totaling $2,216,775 to operate the college’s four campuses. The trustees passed the budget at their bi-monthly meeting March 21, contingent upon approval by the commissioners of the four counties served by VGCC – Vance, Granville, Franklin and Warren. Current expense  Read More

Former Granville Schools Superintendent Named To Vance-Granville Board Of Trustees

Gov. Mike Easley has appointed Dr. G. Thomas Houlihan as a member of the Vance-Granville Community College Board of Trustees. Houlihan became a member of the board on March 8, replacing John K. Nelms, who had served Vance-Granville more than 30 years as a representative from Granville County. Houlihan, who lives in Oxford, is currently  Read More

VGCC Students, Faculty, Staff Volunteer At UNC-TV ‘Festival’

A contingent of 13 people from Vance-Granville Community College answered phones and took pledges Feb. 28 during UNC-TV’s annual “Festival” fund-raising drive. Led by President Randy Parker, the VGCC volunteers included students, faculty and staff members. They manned the phones three hours at the UNC-TV studios in Research Triangle Park during the afternoon children’s programming.  Read More