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Art Show at VGCC Seeks Entries, Announces Larger Cash Prizes

May 21, 2007 | by VGCC Staff
The 41st annual Kerr Lake Art Show, co-sponsored by Vance-Granville Community College and the Kerr Lake Art Society, will be held June 4-15. This year, the event will be held on the second floor of Building 7 on VGCC’s Main Campus in Vance County, N.C.This arts competition is open to both amateurs and professionals, working … Read More

State Board Chair, Student to Speak at VGCC Spring Graduation

May 14, 2007 | by VGCC Staff
State Board of Community Colleges Chair Hilda Pinnix-Ragland (above, left) will be the principal commencement speaker for Vance-Granville Community College’s spring graduation exercises on Thursday, May 17. Joan D. Ayscue of Henderson (above, right), president of Vance-Granville’s Student Government Association, will serve as the student speaker.Approximately 450 students are scheduled to receive their degrees and … Read More

VGCC Students Make Donation to American Cancer Society

May 14, 2007 | by VGCC Staff
The Vance-Granville Community College chapter of Phi Theta Kappa recently presented a donation of $445 to the American Cancer Society. Above, VGCC student and Phi Theta Kappa chapter president Patricia Eberbach (second from right) presents a check to Bryan Renn of Oxford (third from left), community manager for the American Cancer Society. They were joined … Read More

Six Graduate from VGCC Nurse Aide II Program

May 14, 2007 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College recently recognized six students who completed its Nurse Aide II, or CNA II, program at the college’s main campus in Vance County. Pictured, from left, are students Robin Metcaif of Oxford, Trenine Latre of Henderson, Tracy Lynetta Harris of Oxford, Esther Monique Morgan of Franklinton, Gladys Fields of Henderson, Delores Sue Jones … Read More

Two VGCC Automotive Students Earn Certification

May 14, 2007 | by VGCC Staff
Two Vance-Granville Community College students in the day Automotive Systems Technology program recently earned certification from the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF).In 2006, 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 national standards. Students who complete VGCC’s automotive … Read More

VGCC Plans Summer Nurse Aide Course

May 10, 2007 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College will offer a special Nurse Aide I course on the college’s main campus in Vance County, starting June 4 and continuing through August 9. Classes will be held Monday through Thursday, from 8 a.m. until 2:30 p.m.“This particular course, which fits into the schedules of most college students’ summer breaks, will be … Read More

New Courses Begin in May at VGCC South Campus

May 9, 2007 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College will offer two new courses later this month at its South Campus, located on N.C. 56 between Creedmoor and Butner.First, South Campus will offer a class on “Writing Your Memoir,” starting on May 23. This course will be held on Wednesdays from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. through June 27. Students will … Read More

VGCC Student Completes 4 Degrees at Once with 4.0

May 4, 2007 | by VGCC Staff
Graduating with just one college degree is a significant accomplishment for anyone. But Vance-Granville Community College student John Sides of Creedmoor is set to graduate with four degrees at the same time on May 17, after an educational experience that Sides calls “a bona fide miracle.” What is most surprising to him is that he … Read More

VGCC Student Selected for Government Internship

May 3, 2007 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College student Dana Nicole Allen of Creedmoor has been selected for a summer internship with the Tourism, Film and Sports Development division of the state Department of Commerce. Four hundred seventy college students across North Carolina applied to the 2007 North Carolina State Government Internship Program, and only one hundred received internships. In … Read More

Area Children Celebrate Farm Day at VGCC

May 2, 2007 | by VGCC Staff
The Civic Center at Vance-Granville Community College’s main campus was filled with young children learning more about food and agriculture on April 24. Students in the Early Childhood Associate program at VGCC set up a “Farm Day” for the first time this year, the goal of which was to introduce young children and their teachers … Read More