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VGCC to offer new options for Automotive Systems training

July 1, 2009 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College students interested in careers as automotive service technicians will have more options beginning with the college’s fall semester, which starts Aug. 18. In addition to the one-year Automotive Systems Technology diploma program, which VGCC has offered for many years, a two-year Associate in Applied Science degree in Automotive Systems Technology will also … Read More

New VGCC Certificates will Help Students Get Job Skills Quickly

June 30, 2009 | by VGCC Staff
In order to react more quickly to the demands of business and industry, Vance-Granville Community College has created several new certificates that students can start earning when the fall semester begins on Aug. 18. Each certificate offers short-term training within fields already available at VGCC, ranging from Carpentry to Computer Information Technology. “These certificates are … Read More

VGCC, WTCC announce partnership on Logistics Education

June 30, 2009 | by VGCC Staff
RALEIGH – Two area community colleges are joining forces to offer education that will help Triangle workers and businesses that transport products to customers across the nation and around the world. Representatives of Vance-Granville Community College and Wake Technical Community College announced their new partnership at a press conference today (June 23) on Wake Tech’s … Read More

VGCC programs to have new leaders

June 30, 2009 | by VGCC Staff
Several academic programs at Vance-Granville Community College will be under new leadership when the fall semester begins Aug. 18, but the two new program heads are not new faces on campus. Spring W. Tucker (pictured above, left) has been named head of the college’s Computer Information Technology , Networking Technology and Information Systems Security programs. … Read More

VGCC Honors Medical Coding graduates

June 30, 2009 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College honored ten students on June 1 who completed the Medical Coding certificate program at the college’s South Campus in Granville County. The graduation program was held at the Taste of Fuji restaurant in Butner. The Medical Coding graduates included Nieka M. Brown-Robinson and Julie Ann Rappleyea, both of Butner; Emma L. Albright, … Read More

VGCC Honors Graduates of CNA Program

June 30, 2009 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College, in conjunction with Kittrell Job Corps Center, honored 37 graduates of the Certified Nursing Assistant I program with a graduation and pinning ceremony on May 28 in the Civic Center on the college’s main campus. Upon successful completion of the North Carolina CNA I competency exam, the new graduates are eligible to … Read More

VGCC Nursing Graduate Persevered

June 30, 2009 | by VGCC Staff
When Niles Edward “Ned” Serls, III of Warrenton graduated from the Associate Degree Nursing program at Vance-Granville Community College on May 15, he enjoyed the culmination of a long process. Serls (pictured above) had been working on his degree for six years — about three times longer than most of his classmates in the challenging … Read More

VGCC Students Combine Electronics and BBQ

June 30, 2009 | by VGCC Staff
This spring, the final exam for students in the Electronics Engineering Technology program at Vance-Granville Community College was a unique blend of modern technology and North Carolina tradition. Two classes combined to build a computer-controlled pig cooker, which they tested by hosting their own barbeque around the Gazebo on the college’s main campus to end … Read More

VGCC Education Program has New Name

June 30, 2009 | by VGCC Staff
The Vance-Granville Community College academic program formerly known as “ Early Childhood Associate/Teacher Associate ” has been renamed “School-Age Education” as of the fall semester, which begins Aug. 18. Longtime VGCC instructor Jacquelin Heath, the head of the program, said that despite the name change and other minor changes, School-Age Education continues to prepare students … Read More

Nelms endows VGCC scholarship in wife’s memory

June 29, 2009 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College trustee emeritus John K. Nelms of Oxford has endowed a scholarship in memory of his wife, Mary Ruth Nelms, who passed away April 6 after 61 years of marriage. The VGCC Endowment Fund will present the Mary Ruth Nelms Presidential Scholar Award to a college student who graduated near the top of … Read More