Vance-Granville Community College will hold its second annual “Business Technologies Fair” on Tuesday, Nov. 3, from 9:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m., in the Civic Center on the college’s Main Campus in Vance County. Attendees will learn about VGCC’s programs that provide training for careers in fields related to business and information technology, including Accounting, Business Administration, Computer Technology Integration, Entrepreneurship, Global Logistics & Distribution Management, Medical Office Administration, Office Administration, Paralegal Technology and Simulation & Game Development. At the same …
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VGCC Drama students present Shakespeare spoof
Theatre lovers will soon be able to enjoy all 37 of William Shakespeare’s plays in one evening — sort of — at Vance-Granville Community College. Drama students will present “The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged)” on VGCC’s Main Campus in Henderson, Nov. 5-8. Performances begin on Thursday, Nov. 5, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, Nov. 6, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 7, at 2 p.m. and at 7:30 p.m.; and on Sunday, Nov. 8, at 2 p.m. All performances are …
Tuesday Open Line
Hotels and motels have long competed for customers on the comfort and amenities of their rooms. Long before cable, Wi-Fi, coffeemakers and hair dryers entered the picture, more basic things were offered as lures. This month in 1829, the 170-room Tremont hotel in Boston became the first in young America to be considered a modern, first-class lodging. It was distinguished by the availability of single rooms, with keys for the guests, and plumbing in the basement bathrooms. Uniquely, the Tremont …
Congresswoman Renee Ellmers: Giving Back to Our Veterans
Photo of the Week After months of planning, it was wonderful to meet many of the employers and H.R. teams that attended our Fourth Annual Recruit-a-Vet Job Fair on Tuesday. We had 30 local employers on site to meet with veterans, answer questions, and assist in filling out paperwork. It was one of our most successful veterans fairs to date! Weekly Update: One of my favorite activities that I host each year is the Recruit-a-Vet Employment Fair. As the …
New Department Chairs named at VGCC
Two Vance-Granville Community College faculty members were promoted to lead instructional departments recently. Greg Nash of Durham, formerly a Business Administration instructor, assumed the role of Department Chair for Adult Basic Skills, while J. Keith Shearon of Youngsville has taken on the additional role of Department Chair for Applied Technologies while continuing to serve as a Mechatronics Engineering Technology instructor. A native of Atlanta, Nash earned a Computer Operations diploma from Atlanta Technical College while simultaneously earning a Master of …
VGCC names two educators to leadership rolesVGCC names two educators to leadership roles
Along with the start of the fall semester at Vance-Granville Community College came new leaders for two academic programs. William Clements of Raleigh became the new Program Head/Instructor for Criminal Justice Technology, while Faith Harris of Norlina, a Computer Education instructor, was promoted to the position of Program Head of Computer Education. Clements came to VGCC from Wiregrass Georgia Technical College in Douglas, Ga., where he had been a Criminal Justice instructor since 2011. Previously, he worked in the correctional …
White House Weekly Address: Working for Meaningful Criminal Justice Reform
In this week’s address, the President highlighted the problems in our criminal justice system. Our country faces a vicious cycle of poverty, criminality, and incarceration that traps too many Americans and weakens too many communities. There are 2.2 million people behind bars in America today, compared to 500,000 just 30 years ago. This topic isn’t new – the President has talked about the unfairness of much of the criminal justice system since his time in the Senate. And while we’ve …
Monday Open Line
Throughout the decades since the oil embargo of 1973, increasing research and development has gone into renewable sources of energy. Some of the results are seen atop windswept hills and plains across America — large electricity generating windmills. While the concept sounds very modern, the first practical wind turbine generator goes back 74 years. It was on this date in 1941 that Palmer Putnam of Vermont demonstrated his device. His wind turbine had blades 66 feet in length, and in …
Show, Shine, Shag & Dine and the East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame & Reunion 2015
Come to Downtown Henderson, NC Saturday, October 17th, 2015 for “Show, Shine, Shag & Dine and the East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame & Reunion” Lining Garnett Street will be an antique/classic and nostalgia drag car event. The show will be held in Downtown from 7:30 am – 5:00 pm. Sunday, October 18th the hall of fame induction presentation will be held at the Vance Granville Community College Civic Center. Drag race legends will be honored for contributions they made to …
Bennett H. Perry Jr. Museum Grand Opening Friday, October 16th, 2015
The long awaited opening of the Corbitt Preservation Society Museum will take place Friday 16th from 2-4pm. It will be open Saturday along with annual truck show. Lots of special Corbitt folks will be in town this weekend. The museum is located on Church Street in Downtown Henderson. A selection of restored Corbitt trucks will be on display Saturday October 16th, 2015 at the corner of Montgomery Street and Williams Street.
Five Schools Recognized by Vance County Public School Foundation
The Vance County Public School Foundation recognized five schools in the Vance County Public School System for their students’ outstanding academic growth during the October 12 meeting of the Vance County Board of Education. Mary Jo Wilson, a member of the foundation’s Board of Directors, and Archie Taylor, president of the foundation’s Board of Directors, led the recognitions. Those schools recognized with plaques as a “School of the Year” for 2014-2015 by the foundation were Clarke Elementary School, first-place award …
Friday / Weekend Open Lines
Friday, October 16th. Today marks an anniversary that should please America’s power shoppers. On this date in 1868, the first full-line department store in the U.S. was organized in Salt Lake City. Called “Zion’s Cooperative Mercantile Institution,” it opened the next year. The idea of the department store soon spread around the country, hailed for the convenience such retail powerhouses offered consumers and becoming points of civic pride. The era of the classic, high-rise downtown department store has been eclipsed, …
North Carolina Weekend
For the week of Oct. 15 on North Carolina Weekend, explore New Bern Battlefield Park in New Bern. Put the pedal to the metal at the Museum of Mountain Bike Art and Technology in Statesville. Lift a glass at Mason Jar Tavern in Holly Springs. Check out the “Steinfest” exhibit at Claymakers in Durham. And discover Cody Creek in Dobson. (Please note: listings are subject to change.) North Carolina Weekend is underwritten by Visit North Carolina. In addition, UNC-TV has …
Thursday Open Line
October is National Seafood Month, celebrating a nutrient-rich food that is a good source of protein, vitamins and minerals. Because it really does turn out to be brain food, government and health organizations recommend eating two seafood meals each week. Seafood used to be mostly confined to the coastal regions, but with advances in frozen food and the speed of distribution, just about every kind of fish and shellfish is available throughout the country. Americans eat an average of nearly …
New Vance County Schools Assistant Superintendent and Principal
The Vance County Board of Education has approved Dr. Cindy Bennett as the new assistant superintendent of Student Services and Strategic Planning and Carnetta Thomas as the new principal of L.B. Yancey Elementary School. Board members approved both appointments at their October 12 meeting. Bennett has extensive experience in the field of education. Most recently she has been working as a national consultant and executive director of the Strategic Twin Counties Education Partnership serving Nash and Edgecombe counties. She has …
Vance County Human Resources Committee Monday October 19th, 2015
Please be informed that the County’s HR Committee (Brown, Taylor, Wilder) is scheduled to meet Monday, October 19 at 12:00 noon in the administrative conference room. The purpose is to discuss employee evaluation process. All commissioners are invited to attend.
Vance County Schools – Aycock News Broadcasts
Students and staff members at Aycock Elementary School receive important information about their school each Friday morning through the “Aycock News” television broadcast. The approximately 10-minute broadcast, seen on televisions stationed in classrooms and other locations throughout the school, features students in grades 2-5 who serve as the news anchors and additional reporters who share information about the week’s weather forecast, the breakfast and lunch menus for the coming week and important announcements about upcoming events. The broadcasts are done …
Community Day of Giving Saturday, October 17th, 2015
Free Community Event, Community Day of Giving Saturday, October 17th, 2015 from 11am to 4pm at the Boys & Girls Club, 212 N. Clark Street, Henderson, NC 27536 Block Party with live music, give-aways, food & drinks, cotton candy, sno-cones, inflatbles… all for FREE! Lunch is served at 12pm until supplies exhausted 2:00pm Community Blessing service – Come be blessed! Sponsored by Gateway City Community Church and Carolina Crusades Download the event flyer here: Carolina Crusades.pdf
N.C. Main Street Center Conducts Training
27 new Main Street directors, Small Town Main Street coordinators and downtown development volunteers from throughout the state attended a training conference conducted by the North Carolina Main Street Center, held September 29 through October 2, 2015 The Main Street Basic Training sessions were held in Wake Forest. Since the inception of the program in 1980, North Carolina Main Street communities have exceeded more than $2.25 billion in downtown public and private investment, created more than 18,000 full-time and part-time …