Posing for a picture on the UNC-TV campus, the VGCC volunteer group included, from left, in front:
instructor Brandy Bowling, Denise Bowling, students Ethel Simms of Louisburg, Sara Belville of Oxford, Kristin Martin of Franklinton and Christina Cates of Franklinton, instructor Candy Parker, student Tiffany Barnes of Henderson, instructor Steven Woodworth, student Kathy Conant of Wake Forest, instructor Maureen Walters, and staff members Jasmine Hightower, Gabby Norfleet, and Jean Blaine; from left, in back: Cindy Snipes of Oxford, staff member Dan Bender, students Allyssabeth Noel of Henderson, Theresa Chiplis of Norlina, Sandy Carrier of Youngsville and Kesha Williams of Oxford, instructor Tammy Ball, students Jennifer Burns of Henderson, Lauren Hight of Macon and Deborah Rogers of Franklinton, instructors Kristi Ellenberg, Kevin Ellenberg and Erin Folz. Among those who were present but not pictured: TaNasia Davis, Jennifer Harris, Jamie Luckey and Dr. Stelfanie Williams, president of VGCC.
Vance-Granville Community College recently sent a group of approximately 30 volunteers to Research Triangle Park to continue the college’s tradition of helping UNC-TV with the public broadcasting network’s on-air “Festival 2014” fundraiser. This was the tenth consecutive year that the college participated in the Festival. Students, faculty and staff members traveled to the UNC-TV studio on March 1. They manned the phones and performed other tasks for several hours, all the while proudly wearing green VGCC apparel.
One of the participants, VGCC President Dr. Stelfanie Williams, was interviewed on-air during the fundraiser by UNC-TV official Diane Lucas. “We are delighted to be here again to support UNC-TV with a group of our students, faculty and staff, because we feel that this event aligns so closely with our own mission of educating, inspiring and supporting students,” Williams told Lucas. “We know that UNC-TV enriches the lives of many residents of North Carolina.”
VGCC Director of Student Activities and Athletics Jasmine Hightower, who coordinated the group, thanked the volunteers and held a drawing in which several won door prizes, including a variety of gift cards. One of VGCC’s newest student organizations, the Office Administration Club, won a pizza party for its members, because the organization sent more students than any other club.
Other VGCC student groups that had representatives among the volunteers included the Phi Theta Kappa honor society, the Student Government Association, the History Club and the Criminal Justice Club.