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New Online Health Sciences Resources available for Students

August 30, 2010 | by VGCC Staff
The Learning Resources Center (LRC) at Vance-Granville Community College recently announced that the college’s students and faculty now have access to two outstanding health science-focused e-Resources: Anatomy.TV and the STAT!REF database. The North Carolina Community College System office recently licensed both resources, offered through the National Library Alliance, for use by all of the state’s … Read More

VGCC Seminar examines Customer Service through Disney World

August 26, 2010 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College’s Small Business Center will present a free seminar, entitled “Customer Service: Create a Disney Experience,” on Tuesday, Sept. 14 from 9 a.m. until Noon in room 7107 of Building 7 on the college’s main campus in Vance County. Seminar instructor John Formica of Charlotte will help participants learn how to define the … Read More

VGCC Instructor returns from study trip to Brazil

August 24, 2010 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College instructor Tracey Bennett of Durham spent part of her summer break representing the college on a 13-day (June 23 – July 5) study trip to Brazil. She was one of 24 educators who traveled to the world’s fifth-most populous country as part of World View , an international program for educators based … Read More

VGCC seminar helps Small Businesses focus on Clients

August 24, 2010 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College’s Small Business Center will present a free seminar, entitled “How to Find and Keep Clients,” on Thursday, Sept. 2 from 9 a.m. until noon in room 7107 of Building 7 on the college’s main campus in Vance County. This seminar, led by instructor Katie Gailes, will serve as a guide for business … Read More

Students, Alumni encouraged to use Job Posting Web site

August 18, 2010 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College students can now use a new electronic job posting system, College Central Network. All students, even those who are not currently looking for a job, are strongly encouraged to register with CCN and post their resumes through the web site. The site contains postings from local employers specifically for VGCC students and … Read More

VGCC Welding Students earn national certification

August 18, 2010 | by VGCC Staff
Thirteen Welding Technology students at Vance-Granville Community College recently earned their national certification according to the standards of the American Welding Society, bringing to 589 the total number of certified welders produced by VGCC since 1972. The newly certified welders include Robert Carlock, Jay Davis, John Foster, Eustazio Small, Mandell Terry and Darrell Yarborough, all … Read More

VGCC Logistics educator appointed to new statewide council

August 16, 2010 | by VGCC Staff
Walter E. Martin, the Director of Logistics Technology at Vance-Granville Community College, has been elected as one of the leaders of the new North Carolina Warehousing Education and Research Council. The council is a group of warehousing and distribution professionals from across the state. Martin (pictured above) is the only full-time educator chosen as a director-at-large … Read More

VGCC offers Floral Design course

August 16, 2010 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College will offer a course called “Fun in Floral Design” on Tuesday evenings from 6 until 9 p.m., September 7 through November 2, on the college’s main campus in Vance County. Floral designer Christy White, owner of A Designing Mind, will be the instructor. She said that the class is “geared for learning … Read More

VGCC student is first to earn Two-Year Automotive degree

August 12, 2010 | by VGCC Staff
Johnnie M. Henderson of Manson recently made history as the first person to complete the requirements of the Associate in Applied Science degree in Automotive Systems Technology at Vance-Granville Community College. The college introduced the two-year degree in the fall of 2009 as an addition to the one-year Automotive Systems Technology diploma, which VGCC had … Read More

Seventeen honored at VGCC Medical Assisting Pinning

August 12, 2010 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College held a pinning ceremony for its 2010 Medical Assisting program graduates on Aug. 5 at the college’s Franklin County Campus in Louisburg, where the program is conducted. As VGCC’s program is nationally accredited, graduates are now eligible to sit for the American Association of Medical Assistants’ (AAMA) certification examination to become Certified … Read More