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VGCC Names 2 Franklin County Women For State Academic Excellence Awards

Susan Marshall and Michelle Reagan have a lot in common. They are both Vance-Granville Community College students. Both have children and have returned to school to prepare for new careers. Both women live in Franklin County – Susan Marshall in Franklinton and Michelle Reagan in Youngsville. They are both outstanding students. Marshall has a 3.96  Read More

VGCC Trustees Meet in New Franklin Building, Approve 10-Year Strategic Plan for College

The Vance-Granville Board of Trustees traveled to Louisburg on Jan. 30 to hold their bi-monthly meeting in the new classroom building at the Franklin County Campus. This 17,000 square-foot building was completed near the end of last year, and the college began holding classes in it when Spring Semester began Jan. 5. State Representative Lucy  Read More

VGCC Trustees Meet in New Franklin Building, Approve Five-Year Strategic Plan for College

The Vance-Granville Board of Trustees traveled to Louisburg on Jan. 30 to hold their bi-monthly meeting in the new classroom building at the Franklin County Campus. This 17,000 square-foot building was completed near the end of last year, and the college began holding classes in it when Spring Semester began Jan. 5. State Representative Lucy  Read More

VGCC Offers Saturday Classes For Beginning Knitters

People who have never knitted but would like to learn how can do so in a Beginning Knitting class to be offered at Vance-Granville Community College’s main campus in Vance County. Instructor Peggy Stocks calls the class “Fun, fur and scarves” and says that students can make a fashion statement and keep warm with scarves  Read More

Scholarship Opportunities

  Scholarship Opportunities Datatel Scholars Foundation scholarships are awarded to undergraduate and graduate students currently attending eligible Datatel client institutions*. The scholarship awards range in value from $1,000 —$2,500, depending on the tuition of the institutions at which the recipients are enrolled. The Datatel Scholars Foundation offers four unique scholarships • Datatel Scholars Foundation Scholarship  Read More

GOLDENLEAF FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP NOMINATIONS

The NC Community College System Office is accepting nominations from community colleges for GoldenLEAF scholarship funds. The Golden Leaf Foundation has allocated $300,000 for community college students for 2006. Applications may be picked up in the Financial Aid Office and at the Satellite Campuses on Tuesday, January 17th. Applications should be returned to the Financial  Read More

VGCC Schedules REAL Class To Help Small Businesses Get Off on Right Foot

Vance-Granville Community College has a class beginning in February to help persons who want to begin a small business but who don’t know how to get started correctly. Vance-Granville’s Small Business Center sponsors REAL (Rural Entrepreneurship through Action Learning) classes to prepare persons for self-employment. The next REAL class will meet on Monday evenings, Feb.  Read More

American Chemical Society Scholars Program

  The American Chemical Society, the largest membership organization devoted to the study and advancement of a single science, provides scholarships for qualified applicants who want to enter the fields of chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering or other chemically related fields such as environmental science, materials science or toxicology. Students interested in two-year college programs for  Read More

Presidential Award Winner: 2006 – 2007

2006 Presidential Leadership Awards   From left: Powell, Brady, McGrady, and Chaves-Smith VGCC’s Global Studies Group Recognized for Leadership Vance-Granville Community College President Randy Parker has presented 2006 President’s Leadership awards to the four faculty members who organized the college’s “Global Studies” program: Science instructor Phyllis “Button” Brady, Science Program head/instructor Steve McGrady, both of  Read More

Friday to feature local library on UNC-TV

Friday to feature local library on UNC-TV   Daily Dispatch/ASHLEY STEVEN AYSCUE Randy Parker, center, president of Vance-Granville Community College, and Sam Watkins, right, president of the Embassy Square Foundation, are interviewed by Dr. William Friday, President Emeritus of the University of North Carolina and host of UNC-TV’s “North Carolina People,” for a taping of  Read More