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VGCC Names Eight to Summer Dean’s List

Vance-Granville Community College has announced that eight students earned Dean’s List honors for the summer semester that ended in August. To qualify for the Dean’s List, a student had to maintain a 3.5 grade-point average and have no grade lower than “B” while carrying at least 12 semester hours. Summer Dean’s List honorees are listed  Read More

VGCC Women’s Volleyball team falls in season’s first home matches

The Vance-Granville Community College women’s volleyball team hosted its first matches at home on Sept. 22. VGCC welcomed teams from Johnston Community College and Rockingham Community College to the tri-match at Aycock Recreation Center in Henderson.   In the first match of the day, the Jaguars of Johnston CC defeated the Vanguards, three sets to  Read More

VGCC Board Honors Past Chair and Approves Budget

The Vance-Granville Community College Board of Trustees held its regular bimonthly meeting on Monday, September 17 at the college’s Main Campus in Henderson.   This was the first meeting with Deborah F. Brown of Henderson serving as the new chair of the Board of Trustees . She was elected to that office at the Board’s  Read More

Students at VGCC Franklin Campus introduced to new Advising plan

Vance-Granville Community College recently held special events for students at each of the college’s four campuses. These receptions served not only to welcome students to the start of a new semester but also to unveil VGCC’s new “ Quality Enhancement Plan ” (QEP).  The five-year initiative is entitled “Advising in 3D: Dream, Design, Discover,” and  Read More

Two VGCC Students receive Golden LEAF Scholarships

Vance-Granville Community College students Jayne M. Poythress of Henderson and Candace M. Thorpe of Creedmoor have both been awarded Golden LEAF Foundation Scholarships . Poythress and Thorpe are enrolled for their final semesters in the College Transfer program at VGCC this fall. They are among 215 students from across the state who were selected to  Read More

VGCC introduces new plan to enhance Advising

Vance-Granville Community College recently held special events for students at each of the college’s four campuses. These receptions served not only to welcome students to the start of a new semester but also to unveil VGCC’s new “ Quality Enhancement Plan ” (QEP). The five-year initiative is entitled “Advising in 3D: Dream, Design, Discover,” and  Read More

VGCC’s new plan to enhance Advising introduced at Warren Campus

Vance-Granville Community College recently held special events for students at each of the college’s four campuses. These receptions served not only to welcome students to the start of a new semester but also to unveil VGCC’s new “ Quality Enhancement Plan ” (QEP). The five-year initiative is entitled “Advising in 3D: Dream, Design, Discover,” and  Read More

VGCC Automotive program receives National Accreditation

The Automotive Systems Technology program at Vance-Granville Community College has once again received accreditation by the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF) and The National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE). This year, VGCC’s Automotive program was accredited for meeting high standards of quality in all eight NATEF training areas: Automatic Transmission & Transaxle; Brakes;  Read More

Nurse Aide course scheduled at VGCC Main Campus

Vance-Granville Community College has scheduled a Nurse Aide Level I (CNA I) course to start soon at the college’s Main Campus in Vance County. Classes will be held Monday-Friday, starting Oct. 31 and continuing through Jan. 31, 2013. This includes the required introductory course. Classroom instruction is held in Building 7 on Main Campus from  Read More

VGCC names Ferguson to Industry Services post

Vance-Granville Community College recently named Eddie Ferguson of Oxford as the college’s new Director of Industry Services and Emerging Technologies. Ferguson (pictured above) joins VGCC after many years as a business executive. From 1982 until 1995, Ferguson served as vice-president of Medic Computer Systems, a Raleigh-based medical software company he helped start. In 1995, he founded  Read More