Information technology training courses are set to be offered soon at Vance-Granville Community College, and grant funding from the new NC TechHire program can help eligible area residents pay for them. These courses are offered in a “hybrid” format, with some coursework online and some on VGCC’s Main Campus. Three upcoming courses provide opportunities to earn certain certifications through CompTIA, the Computing Technology Industry Association. The CompTIA certifications are internationally recognized and are required by most companies hiring information technology …
Month: October 2016
Chamber Ribbon Cutting – Carver Elementary School
A ribbon cutting was held on Friday, September 30th for Carver Elementary School as they celebrated their new multipurpose room was officially dedicated in memory of Eddie Wright, the late Vance County Board of Commissioners’ member who proved to be the school’s biggest advocate in getting the facility constructed. All of the 225 students in the school were joined by the entire school staff, parents, friends and local officials in dedicating the new multipurpose room and participating in a ribbon-cutting …
Attorney General Roy Cooper: Watch out for price gouging
Hurricane Matthew may be headed to North Carolina and consumers need to be alert for possible price gouging. While most businesses pull together when disaster threatens, some may try to use this storm to charge outrageous prices. Price gouging—or charging too much in times of crisis—is against North Carolina law when a disaster, an emergency or an abnormal market disruption for critical goods and services is declared. North Carolina’s price gouging law is currently in effect for all goods and …
Steve Troxler urges farmers to prepare for Hurricane Matthew
With Hurricane Matthew looking more certain to affect North Carolina, Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler is urging farmers to have emergency plans in place for their farms and share those plans with workers in advance of landfall. Many crops are still in the field and recent rains from tropical storms have saturated parts of eastern North Carolina, said Troxler. “This creates a perfect condition for downed trees, flooded pastures and crops lost in the field. But farmers can take some steps …
Vance County Schools Administrators Professional Development
The “Leading the Learning” professional development sessions for Vance County Schools administrators continued in September with classroom walkthroughs at four schools over a two-day period. All of the sessions have been led by Bruce Oliver, an education consultant with Just ASK (Attitude, Skills and Knowledge). Oliver was on hand on September 22 and 23 for the school walkthroughs. The first day featured half of the administrators visiting classrooms at either E.O. Young Jr. Elementary or STEM Early High. On the …
Congresswoman Renee Ellmers: Ellie’s Law
Photo of the Week Listening to testimony about some of the barriers women in the workforce still face in a recent hearing held by the Women in the 21st Century Workforce Working Group. Weekly Update Continuing the trend we’ve seen over the past few months in other states, this week brought bad news from Tennessee regarding the Obamacare exchanges. The Tennessean reported, “BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee will not sell insurance plans on the Obamacare exchange in the state’s three …
Vance County High School Students Attend College Fair
Students from the four local high schools attended the annual College Fair held at Vance-Granville Community College on September 21. The two-hour event was held in the morning in the community college’s Civic Center. There were representatives from approximately 60 colleges and universities in attendance to share information about future educational opportunities with students from Northern Vance, Southern Vance, Western Vance and the Vance County Early College high schools.