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VGCC Seminar focuses on Time Management

February 9, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College’s Small Business Center will offer a free “Time Management” seminar in March at the college’s main campus in Vance County. The seminar will be held from 9 a.m. until noon on Tuesday, March 8 in room 7107 of Building 7.   Instructor Mike Collins, president of The Perfect Workday Company in Raleigh, … Read More

Medical Coding Training available at VGCC Main Campus and Online

February 2, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College will soon offer the Medical Terminology course, which is the first required course for the Medical Coding certificate program, both on-campus and online. Orientation and registration for new students in Medical Coding will be held on Monday, Feb. 7 at 6 p.m. in room 7107 of Building 7 on the college’s main … Read More

VGCC Board Holds Meeting at Warren County Campus

February 1, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
The Vance-Granville Community College Board of Trustees held its regular bimonthly meeting on Monday, January 24 at the college’s Warren County Campus in Warrenton. Warren County Commissioners and students from Warren Early College High School were guests for dinner, which was held before the meeting began.   At the meeting, Ninth District Court Judge Henry … Read More

VGCC president earns doctorate

February 1, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College President Randy Parker recently completed his doctorate from North Carolina State University. He received an Ed.D. in Higher Education Administration with a focus on Community College Leadership in December. Dr. Parker’s research focused on how community leaders perceived the role of the community college and its president in the community. He focused … Read More

VGCC students showcased in Martin Luther King celebration

January 27, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
Several Vance-Granville Community College students demonstrated their oratorical and musical talents during the college’s annual celebration of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, held in the VGCC Civic Center on Jan. 20. Sylvia Jones, director of VGCC’s Workforce Investment Act (WIA) department and chairperson of the celebration, welcomed students, faculty, staff and members of … Read More

VGCC considers Improvements to Student Advising

January 19, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College has recently been working with a nationally-known expert on changing the way that college faculty and staff members guide students toward successfully realizing their academic goals.   “When our Board of Trustees approved VGCC’s new Strategic Plan in 2010, one of the main goals included in the plan was maximizing our students’ … Read More

VGCC launches enhanced Library web site

January 18, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
The Learning Resources Center (LRC) at Vance-Granville Community College recently unveiled a completely re-designed web site — lrc.vgcc.edu — that helps users to fully benefit from all of the college library’s resources and services. LRC director Dave Trudeau said that he is confident that the result of the upgrades will be “one of the finest … Read More

VGCC to host Dr. Martin Luther King Holiday Celebration on Jan. 20

January 14, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College will hold a special program celebrating the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011 at 11 a.m. in the Civic Center on VGCC’s Main Campus in Vance County.   For the second year in a row, the program will feature several VGCC students delivering speeches entitled, “How the … Read More

New night schedule announced for BioWork training at VGCC Franklin Campus

January 14, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
Evening classes to train area residents for jobs in the growing biotechnology manufacturing field will start Jan. 24 at Vance-Granville Community College’s Franklin County Campus. VGCC will once again offer the “BioWork” Process Technician course in room 306 of the Biotech Building on the Franklin campus , located on N.C. 56 just outside Louisburg.   … Read More

Raleigh couple endows third VGCC Scholarship

January 13, 2011 | by VGCC Staff
Raleigh residents Smith Doss and his wife, Claude Genevieve Monnier, have endowed their third scholarship at Vance-Granville Community College, continuing a practice that started when they wanted to give back to an area in which they often ride their bikes as part of a cycling group. The territory is also the area served by the … Read More