VGCC Expands English-As-Second-Language With First Presbyterian Church, Vance Schools
Vance-Granville Community College helps non-English speaking people of the area learn the language through English-As-A-Second-Language (ESL) classes on its campus. Now, it’s branching out to an off-campus site in Henderson. First Presbyterian Church in Henderson had a survival Spanish class for its members who needed to deal with Hispanics of the community, said the Rev. … Read MoreVGCC Offers Substitute Teaching Class
Vance-Granville Community College will offer day and evening classes, beginning in August, to train substitute teachers for area public schools. The day Substitute Teaching Class will be held from 9 a.m. to noon, Monday-Friday, and run from Aug. 29 to Sept. 12. The evening class will run the same dates from 6 to 9 p.m., … Read MoreVGCC Student Earns National Coca-Cola $1,000 Scholarship
Bobby P. Hunter of Wake Forest, a Vance-Granville Community College student, has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship from the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation. Through the Coca-Cola Two-Year Colleges Scholarship Program, the foundation awards 400 scholarships annually to students attending higher-education institutions granting two-year degrees. All recipients have demonstrated academic success and participated in community service within … Read MoreMedical Assisting Grads
The Medical Assisting program of Vance-Granville Community College held a pinning ceremony Aug. 3 for 21 students who have completed the program, which is taught at the Franklin County Campus at Louisburg. The graduates are, front row, from left: Barbara Newell of Warrenton, Keisha Massey of Henderson, Carleen Ruiz of Warrenton; second row, from left: … Read MoreVGCC Offers Fall BioWork Classes During Days, Evenings, Saturdays
Persons who want to train for jobs in the growing biotechnology manufacturing field may do so in BioWork Process Technician classes during the day, in the evening or on Saturdays this fall at Vance-Granville Community College. All classes are held in the modern Biotechnology Lab at VGCC’s Franklin County Campus on N.C. 56 west of … Read More14 VGCC Automotive Students Earn National Certification
Eight students in the day Automotive Systems Technology program and six in the evening program at Vance-Granville Community College have earned certification from the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF). Vance-Granville’s automotive program earned NATEF certification three years ago, which indicates the program meets national standards for training. Students who complete VGCC’s program are assured … Read MoreVGCC Offers National Electrical Code Class
Vance-Granville Community College will conduct a class on the National Electrical Code at the main campus in Vance County in September. The class will include 24 hours of instruction. Classes will be held from 6 to 10 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays, beginning Tuesday, Sept. 6, and concluding Tuesday, Sept. 27, in Room 7107 of Building … Read More4 VGCC Evening Welding Students Earn National Certification
Faculty and Staff Events
Part of VGCC’s campus life is the periodic gathering of faculty and staff. The major event is the annual Faculty and Staff Convocation before Fall Semester begins. This page is a scrapbook of those events, beginning with the August 2005 gathering. Randy presents awards to Marsha Nelson, Audrey Stainback and Betsy Henderson at the 2005 … Read More5 Earn VGCC Multi-Skills Certificates, Increase Workforce Employability
