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Enrollment Day Set For Aug. 8 On Main Campus

August 1, 2018 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College will hold “Enrollment Day” on Wednesday, Aug. 8, from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. at its Main Campus between Henderson and Oxford. VGCC staff members will be available during those hours to provide information on the enrollment process, academic programs and student support services, including financial aid. Advisors and academic coaches will … Read More

VGCC Graduates 17 Cadets in 106th BLET Class

July 26, 2018 | by VGCC Staff
Seventeen new cadets graduated from the Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) program at Vance-Granville Community College in a ceremony held in the Civic Center on Main Campus. After passing the state certification exam, all are authorized to work in any law enforcement agency in North Carolina. Honored during the May 15 ceremony in VGCC’s 106th … Read More

VGCC Graduates 19th ‘Tea & Etiquette’ Class

July 24, 2018 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College has graduated its 19th “Tea and Etiquette” class with an Afternoon Tea highlighting the celebration. The class held its final meeting and graduation ceremony on April 26 at First Presbyterian Church in Henderson with a tea party organized and carried out by the students of the class. Graduating were Mary Adcock of … Read More

State Board Approves Dr. Burns As Interim President At VGCC

July 20, 2018 | by VGCC Staff
The North Carolina State Board of Community Colleges has approved the appointment of Dr. Gordon Burns as the interim president of Vance-Granville Community College. The former leader of Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro was the longest serving president in the history of the western North Carolina college, retiring in 2014 after 18 years at WCC … Read More

Search Committee Appointed To Seek Next VGCC President

July 18, 2018 | by VGCC Staff
A search committee of six members of the Vance-Granville Community College Board of Trustees has been appointed to find a successor to Dr. Stelfanie Williams, the college’s president who is taking a position with Duke University in August. Deborah F. Brown has been appointed chair of the search committee, and Herb Gregory will serve as … Read More

VGCC President Williams Recognized For State Award

July 18, 2018 | by VGCC Staff
Dr. Stelfanie Williams, Vance-Granville Community College’s president, was recognized on July 16 for her honor as the North Carolina State Board of Community Colleges President of the Year for 2018. Jim Rose, vice chair of the State Board, presented Dr. Williams with a plaque at a dinner held in the Civic Center on Main Campus … Read More

Trustee L. Opie Frazier Jr. Awarded Order Of The Long Leaf Pine

July 18, 2018 | by VGCC Staff
Retiring Vance-Granville Community College Trustee L. Opie Frazier, Jr., of Henderson, the longest serving Trustee in the history of the college, was awarded the Order of the Long Leaf Pine at the July 16 meeting of the Board of Trustees. Members of his family gathered with Trustees in the Board Room on the Main Campus … Read More

VGCC Hosting Biotechnology Open House At Franklin Campus

July 10, 2018 | by VGCC Staff
Area residents interested in the field of Biotechnology are invited to Vance-Granville Community College’s Franklin Campus for an Open House on Monday, July 23, from 4 to 7 p.m. The event is open to new applicants to the program as well as current students of VGCC. Stewart Lyon, a member of the faculty for the … Read More

VGCC Partners With NC State For Dual-Admission Program

July 10, 2018 | by VGCC Staff
Vance-Granville Community College has entered an agreement with North Carolina State University to offer a dual-admission, dual-enrollment program. The initiative will benefit students who wish to be guaranteed admission to NCSU to earn a baccalaureate degree after completing an associate degree at VGCC. VGCC is one of eight community colleges working with the university in … Read More

Students Graduate At Franklin Campus Child Care Center

July 2, 2018 | by VGCC Staff
Eight graduates of the on Vance-Granville Community College’s Franklin County Campus were recognized on June 6 in a ceremony. The students in the Class of 2018 included Macie Collins of Kittrell, and Kaiden Holden, Emmalynn Holt, Aubrey Hoyle, Bryan Luke Lamm, Blake Spruill, Josephine Stover and Brayden Wood, all of Louisburg. Each student is now … Read More