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VGCC Gets ‘REAL’ to Help New Small Business Owners

Vance-Granville Community College’s Small Business Center will offer classes for people interested in becoming successfully self-employed.  The “Rural Entrepreneurship through Action Learning” (REAL) classes will again be offered on the college’s main campus in Vance County, from September 11 through November 13.  Classes will be held from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Monday evenings  Read More

VGCC Students Travel for Global Education

With the ever-changing, competitive global economy in mind, a group of Vance-Granville Community College faculty and students recently embarked on the college’s first study abroad ever.  The faculty – Button Brady and Steve McGrady of Durham, and Lydia Powell and Margaret Chaves-Smith of Oxford – led eleven students – Michael Abramowitz of Creedmoor, Catherine Adcock  Read More

VGCC Offers Fundraising Seminar for Non-Profits

Vance-Granville Community College’s Small Business Center will host a free seminar, entitled “How to Raise Funds for Non-Profits,” on Wednesday, September 13, from 9 a.m. until noon in Room 7107 of Building 7 on the college’s Main Campus in Vance County.  According to Small Business Center director Diane Finch, the goal of the seminar is  Read More

Bioprocess Program seeks high-tech flexibility

As the new 3,100-square-foot Bioprocess Technology laboratory at Vance-Granville Community College nears completion, VGCC staff are preparing to make the program technologically sophisticated and convenient for students.  The Bioprocess Technology program prepares men and women to work as process technicians in facilities that manufacture biological products. Some possible jobs include mixing chemicals to make cancer  Read More

VGCC Graduates Encouraged to Continue to Aim High

Vance-Granville Community College Trustee Abdul Rasheed urged 217 new graduates to continue reaching for high goals at the college’s summer graduation ceremony on August 8.  Rasheed, a Henderson resident who is the founding president and chief executive officer of the North Carolina Community Development Initiative, was the principal speaker at the commencement exercises, held in  Read More

Time Growing Short For Vendors To Register for EXPO 2006

The annual business exposition, EXPO 2006, will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 10, from 1 to 7 p.m. in the Vance-Granville Community College Civic Center, and businesses who want to participate have until Oct. 2 to register. EXPO exhibitors get a booth in the Civic Center in which to display their products or to discuss  Read More

Joseph Brown Named VGCC Culinary Program Head

Vance-Granville Community College has named Chef Joseph A. Brown to head its Culinary Technology program.  After completing the Associate in Applied Science degree, graduates of Brown’s two-year program will be prepared for entry-level professional positions in restaurants, hotels, catering operations, health-care facilities, schools, and other institutions.  Brown, who started his new position on August 1,  Read More

Newly Certified Welders Bring VGCC Total to 545

Seven Welding Technology students at Vance-Granville Community College recently earned their national certification through the American Welding Society (AWS), bringing to 545 the total number of certified welders produced by VGCC since it started its program in 1972. According to Welding program head and instructor Bill Jones, VGCC turns out more certified welders than any  Read More

VGCC Offers New Medication Aide Course

To respond to changing demands in the health-care industry, Vance-Granville Community College will soon offer a new Medication Aide course at its Main Campus in Vance County, and at two of its satellite campuses. Classes will be held on the Main Campus Monday through Thursday, September 11-14 and September 25-28, from 8 a.m. to 3:30  Read More

Seven VGCC Automotive Students Earn Certification

Five Vance-Granville Community College students in the day Automotive Systems Technology program and two in the evening program recently earned certification from the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF). In May, Vance-Granville’s automotive program was recertified by NATEF and the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE), indicating that the program continues to meet high  Read More