Category: Education

An upcoming free seminar offered by the Small Business Center at Vance-Granville Community College will help area residents use a popular electronic device for business success. The “iPad Essentials for Small Business Owners” seminar is scheduled to be held on Thursday, October 3, from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m. in room 7136 on the college’s Main Campus in Vance County. Tommy Edwards, an instructor for VGCC’s Office Administration and Computer Education curriculum programs, will lead this seminar. Edwards will show participants …

Vance County Board of Education Committee Meeting Dates:             * Community Relations, Monday, Sept. 23rd, 5:30 pm                      * Building & Grounds, Thursday, Sept. 26th, 8:30 am             Note:  All meetings are held in the Superintendent’s Conference Room.                                                                                             

There is a new way for Vance-Granville Community College students, employees, alumni and community members to stay connected to the college. “VGCC Mobile,” the college’s official app, is now available for free download on both Android devices and Apple products such as the iPhone and iPad. “VGCC Mobile brings the college to your phone in an easy-to-use app,” said Dr. Ken Lewis, VGCC’s vice president of institutional research and technology. “Since more and more of our students use smartphones and …

At Vance-Granville Community College’s fall convocation in August, President Stelfanie Williams presented the college’s annual awards to a pair of outstanding VGCC employees. Collectively, the honors are known as the Glen Raven Excellence in Teaching and Leadership Awards. Glen Raven, Inc., the manufacturer with a site in Norlina, is a longtime supporter of VGCC. In addition to sponsoring the annual stipends to recognize excellence among VGCC instructors and staff members, Glen Raven has endowed several scholarships for students. Melissa Ayscue …

State Board of Education staff have scheduled two public hearings to receive feedback on the High School Accreditation Framework and the NC General Assembly’s Read to Achieve Program. The High School Accreditation Framework public hearing will be held Wednesday, Oct. 9, from 1-3 p.m., in the 7th Floor State Board Lounge, Education Building, 301 N. Wilmington Street, Raleigh. Session Law 2011-306 gave the State Board of Education the authority to accredit North Carolina high schools upon the request of a …

Steven Hargrove of Henderson, a Criminal Justice Technology instructor at Vance-Granville Community College, was recently promoted to lead a department that includes several of the college’s curriculum programs that train students to serve the public. As Public Services department chair, he now oversees the VGCC Culinary Arts, Cosmetology and Paralegal Technology programs while also serving as head of the Criminal Justice program. Hargrove has been a VGCC instructor since 2002 and previously worked as a residential coordinator for VGFW Area …

Vance-Granville Community College, in partnership with N.C. Cooperative Extension, will offer a one-day leadership class at the college’s Franklin County Campus. The class is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 8 from 9:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. (including a one-hour break for lunch) at the campus, which is located on N.C. Highway 56 just outside Louisburg. Rachel Monteverdi, a Family and Consumer Sciences agent with the N.C. Cooperative Extension office in Franklin County, will serve as instructor for the class, which will …

Several Vance-Granville Community College students recently completed special training for afterschool program administrators and staff members. For the first time, VGCC School-Age Education program head Jacquelin Heath incorporated the “Upping Your Afterschool Game” course content into a curriculum course, School-Age Program Administration (EDU 263), this summer. Heath’s program offers an Associate in Applied Science degree and a diploma in School-Age Education, as well as a School-Age Care certificate. “Providing the North Carolina Afterschool Professional Development Competency Training allowed our curriculum …

Vance-Granville Community College and Eaton-Johnson Middle School in Henderson have formed a renewed partnership, building upon a tradition of collaboration to help prepare young students for higher education. “At Eaton-Johnson, we’re not talking with our kids about whether or not they will graduate from high school,” said Dr. Larry Webb, the middle school’s principal. “Instead, we are expecting them to graduate from high school, and we’re talking to them about where they are going to college.” Webb wants his students …

Interested nonprofit organizations have submitted 170 Letters of Intent to apply to open a public charter school in August 2015. The letters were delivered to the N.C. Department of Public Instruction by noon on Sept. 6 and signal that the groups plan to submit a charter proposal to the NCDPI’s Office of Charter Schools by 5 p.m. on Dec. 6, 2013. More information about the organizations that submitted a Letter of Intent is available on the Office of Charter Schools …

Gene Purvis of Franklinton recently retired as Dean of Student Development at Vance-Granville Community College, after a 32-year career in public education (including 22 years at the college). His VGCC colleagues held a retirement reception in his honor on August 29 at the college’s Main Campus. Purvis first joined VGCC as a vocational counselor in 1991, following 10 years of service as a teacher and counselor in the Granville County Schools system. He also served as coordinator of Financial Aid …

The Vance County Board of Education will meet on September 9, 2013 7:00 p.m. in the Administrative Services Center. The agenda is as follows: I. Call to Order   II. Moment of Silence   * III. Approval of Minutes   * IV. Approval of Meeting Agenda   V. Recognitions/Announcements   VI. Comments from the Public (Citizens who would like to address the Board may do so by completing Form BDDH-E, Public Participation at Board Meetings. This request must be made …