Category: Education

Vance-Granville Community College recently completed a project designed to encourage women to complete a two-year degree at the college and then successfully transfer to a four-year university. The third and final installment of a series of workshops called “An Educated Woman, An Educated Future” was held on May 5 in the Civic Center on the college’s Main Campus. Approximately 70 students, along with several faculty and staff members, enjoyed the luncheon and workshop, called “Motivation: Goals for Finishing a Four-Year …

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Vance County Board of Education Called Meeting Wednesday, May 28, 2014 5:30 p.m. in the Administrative Services Center Superintendent’s Conference Room 1724 Graham Avenue, Henderson, N. C.  27536 AGENDA         I.      Call to Order *       II.     Approval of Meeting Agenda *       III.     2013-2014 Audit Contract *       IV.    Executive Session *       V.     Personnel Recommendations *       VI.    Adjournment *        Requires Board Action  

Sustainability efforts at Vance-Granville Community College’s four campuses are making an impact, the VGCC Board of Trustees learned at the regular bimonthly meeting on Monday, May 19. Among North Carolina’s 58 community colleges, VGCC ranked ninth best in energy consumption per full-time-equivalent students and 12th per square footage, Steve Graham, the Vice President of Finance and Operations, told the Board. “From 2007-2008 through 2012-2013, Vance-Granville’s energy consumption per-square-foot decreased by 21 percent and water consumption per-square-foot decreased by 18 percent,” …

Vance-Granville Community College is currently registering students for a course providing them with the skills and knowledge to succeed as a Health Unit Secretary. The course, being offered for the first time at the college, is scheduled to be held Monday-Thursday from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m., June 2 through July 24, on VGCC’s Main Campus in Vance County. This 168-hour course is designed to introduce a variety of clerical duties within a hospital setting. Emphasis is placed on clerical, …

Vance-Granville Community College will offer a course this summer that provides basic instruction in Programmable Logic Controllers. “Introduction to PLC’s” is scheduled to be held Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 5:30 until 9:30 p.m., June 2 through July 31, on VGCC’s South Campus, located between Creedmoor and Butner. A Programmable Logic Controller is a type of computer used for automation of electromechanical processes, such as directing machinery on a factory assembly line. In this 96-hour course, students will learn about …

Eleven cadets graduated on May 13 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. This class boasted a 100-percent passing rate on the state exam. Graduates of VGCC’s 98th BLET class included William James Biggs, James Michael Fitzherbert and John Alexius Teer, all of the Durham …

  VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS   WEEKLY SCHOOL NEWS   Volume 2, Issue 37 A Publication for Middle and High Schools May 19-23, 2014       The MISSION of Vance County Schools is to be committed to educating all students to prepare them for lifelong learning and productive citizenship.   IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS         State end-of-course testing and semester final exams are being administered Monday   through Friday of this week at the Early College High School.   …

Vance County Board of Education Committee Meeting Dates:           * Building & Grounds, Thursday, May 22nd, 8:30 am             * Curriculum Committee, Thursday, May 22nd, 9:15 am   Note:  All meetings are held in the Superintendent’s Conference Room.                                                                           

  VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS       ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWS   Volume 1 Issue 29                                   May 19-23, 2014       The MISSION of Vance County Schools is to be committed to educating all students to prepare them for lifelong learning and productive citizenship.   IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS       Monday, May 26, is a teacher workday with no school for students.       State end-of-grade testing will be held for students in grades 3-5 on Thursday, May 29, …

Christopher Pendergrass, a junior at Northern Vance High School, has been selected to attend the prestigious North Carolina Governor’s School program this summer. He is the only student chosen to attend the five-week residential program from Vance County Schools. Pendergrass has been selected because of his outstanding academics in the area of mathematics. He will attend the Governor’s School on the East Campus of the program at Meredith College in Raleigh, June 15-July 23. Students also attend the West Campus …

Principals Anne Garrison, Zeb Vance Elementary School, and David Westbrook, G.W. Carver Elementary School recently completed the Distinguished Leadership Program (DLP), a year-long leadership development program for practicing school principals designed and provided by the North Carolina Principals and Assistant Principal’s Association in partnership with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and UNC-LearnNC. The Distinguished Leadership in Practice Program (DLP) uses a non-traditional professional development model that is aligned to the performance evaluation standards adopted by the State Board …

The Early Childhood Education program at Vance-Granville Community College recently learned that it is one of 15 associate degree programs to earn the distinction of Accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) this year. This is the VGCC program’s second accreditation, which lasts for seven years. In 2007, the program was one of the first 17 in the country to receive this national recognition for quality. “We are excited that a great deal of hard …

Vance-Granville Community College honored 19 students who have completed the Pharmacy Technology program with a pinning ceremony, held on May 7 in the small auditorium on the college’s Main Campus. Instructor Brenda Harvey presided over the ceremony. In welcoming remarks, Dr. Stelfanie Williams, the president of VGCC, congratulated the students and thanked the friends and family members who had gathered to help celebrate their success. President Williams noted that history was being made, because among the honorees were the very …

Twenty-two new graduates of Vance-Granville Community College’s two-year Radiography program were honored in a May 12 pinning ceremony in the college’s Civic Center. The Radiography Class of 2014 included Dana Michelle Thompson of Creedmoor; Marilyn Cook Griffin and Bernard Kimani, both of Durham; Erin Sleboda Edwards of Franklinton; Chelsea Hunter Wade of Henderson; Christina Rodriguez of Hurdle Mills; Susan Brown Smith of Kittrell; Makiesha A. Dickson and Kelly Patton, both of Louisburg; Linda Kennedy, Kelvin Ray Pennell Jr., Eric Boone …

Mitch Evans was recently named Dean of Vance-Granville Community College’s Warren County Campus. Evans has served in the North Carolina Community College System for 22 years, including almost five years at VGCC. In his new leadership role, Evans is responsible for supervising all operations at the satellite campus in Warrenton, including both the curriculum and continuing education courses offered there. Evans has deep roots in the community he now serves. He was born and raised in Warren County and today …

When Martha Yosmara Garcia Cervantes of Creedmoorgraduates from Vance-Granville Community College on May 16, she will walk across the stage to receive two degrees days before she receives her high school diploma. To Garcia Cervantes, this accomplishment is a reminder that America is the “land of opportunity.” Born in Mexico, Garcia Cervantes was young when her family came to the United States in search of a better life. “As the youngest of three children of a poor immigrant family, the …

  VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS   WEEKLY SCHOOL NEWS   Volume 2, Issue 36 A Publication for Middle and High Schools May 12-16, 2014       The MISSION of Vance County Schools is to be committed to educating all students to prepare them for lifelong learning and productive citizenship.   IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS         The Vance County Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. today (Monday) in the Board   Room of the Administrative Services Center on Graham …

  VANCE COUNTY SCHOOLS       ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWS   Volume 1 Issue 29                                   May 12-16, 2014       The MISSION of Vance County Schools is to be committed to educating all students to prepare them for lifelong learning and productive citizenship.   IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS       The Vance County Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. today in the Board Room of the Administrative Services Center on Graham Avenue in Henderson.   SCHOOL EVENTS FOR THIS …