Vance Granville is currently registering for three new courses to be offered on the main campus in Henderson. Please call 252.738.3417 for additional information or to register for one of these classes. Registration Fees are waived for NC seniors who are 65 or older for one Course per semester. New Courses iPad Basics M 9:00-1:00 [...]

Vance County Board of EducationHenderson, N. C.  27536May 13, 2013    7:00 p.m.Administrative Services Center The full agenda packet will be available for download hopefully Friday A G E N D A I.    Call to Order II.    Moment of Silence *    III.    Approval of Minutes *    IV.    Approval of Meeting Agenda V.    Recognitions/AnnouncementsA.    Pamela Jackson, Exceptional [...]

Vance-Granville Community College first began collaborating with local school systems to operate Early College high schools in 2008, allowing local students to simultaneously complete high school diplomas and associate degrees, or almost two years of college-transferable credit. Now, in 2013, the programs are about to produce their first graduates, and those students are facing choices [...]

Karyn Dickerson, an English teacher at Grimsley High School (Guilford County Schools) today was named the 2013-14 Burroughs Wellcome Fund North Carolina Teacher of the Year at a luncheon held in Cary. Dickerson succeeds Darcy Grimes, a third grade teacher at Bethel Elementary School (Watauga County Schools). In making the presentation, State Superintendent June Atkinson [...]

Dr. Tom Houlihan of Oxford, a member of the State Board of Community Colleges, will be the principal commencement speaker for Vance-Granville Community College’s graduation exercises on Friday, May 10. Felicia Sanders-Gupton of Warrenton, a College Transfer student and president of the VGCC Student Government Association, will be the student speaker. Almost 500 students are [...]

Vance-Granville Community College recognized 77 students who were inducted into Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for students of two-year colleges, on April 16 in the Civic Center on the college’s Main Campus. VGCC students honored with induction into Phi Theta Kappa must have a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.5 (3.75 for [...]

Franklin-Vance-Warren Opportunity, Inc.’s Women’s Economic Equity Council and the Vance-Granville Community College Small Business Center are partnering to host an event that will salute women in business. “Success Becomes Her,” a luncheon and expo presented by BB&T, is scheduled for Wednesday, May 22 from noon until 2 p.m. in the Civic Center on VGCC’s Main [...]

State Superintendent June Atkinson wants every elementary school student in the state to begin summer vacation with at least five new books to read, and today she launched a statewide initiative to make that happen. Speaking during a press conference at Hilburn Academy, Atkinson challenged parents, business leaders and community members to donate five new [...]