Category: Education

Vance-Granville Community College student Theresa Chiplis of Norlina is among just 29 students from across the state who have been selected to participate in the 2013-2014 North Carolina Community College Student Leadership Development Program (SLDP). Since 1999, the program has been conducted by the N.C. Community College System to enhance the leadership quality of student participants and to better prepare them for professional and civic responsibilities. Staff members include graduates of the program such as VGCC alumna Rachel Pottern of …

Vance-Granville Community College recently held a ceremony to celebrate the graduation of ten students from the Phlebotomy training program, which is offered at the college’s Warren County Campus in Warrenton. The honored graduates included Ernestine S. Bryant, Barbara J. Bullock, Laketa D. Bumpers, April M. Haskins, Raymond T. Jones, Darlene Liddane, Melinda J. Matthews, Frank T. McGhee, Jr., Carmen R. Pate and Rita T. Poole. At the ceremony, held June 4 at Warren Campus, remarks were made by the Phlebotomy …

Vance-Granville Community College will offer a two-hour class in which participants will learn how to make unique pieces of jewelry. The “Glass Dome Jewelry: Keepsake Pendants” class is scheduled for Saturday, July 27 from 10 a.m. until noon on the college’s Main Campus in Vance County. During this class, instructor Alison Beal of Wake Forest will help students make one glass dome pendant necklace and one pair of glass dome earrings. If participants want to make the pendant a “keepsake,” …

Vance County Schools will be hosting bus driver training sessions from July 29 through August 1, in the Drama Room at Southern Vance High School. The sessions will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on each of the four days. Participants must attend all four sessions to be certified as a bus driver. Interested persons are asked to call the school system’s Transportation Department at 438-5012 by Tuesday, July 23, to pre-register for the training sessions.

As part of a statewide initiative to update technical education programs, Vance-Granville Community College is converting the former “Electrical/Electronics Technology” program into the new Electrical Systems Technology program. The change takes effect as of the fall semester, which begins Aug. 19. The program’s subtle makeover comes in the wake of the N.C. Community College System’s “Code Green” Super Curriculum Improvement Project (CIP), which resulted in the redesign of various curriculum programs and courses in five areas: Building, Energy, Engineering, Environment, …

Students across the state will be reading new books at home this summer thanks to State Superintendent June Atkinson’s “Give Five – Read Five” campaign. Atkinson launched the initiative in the spring to encourage parents, business leaders and community members to drop off new or gently-used books at their local elementary schools.  Over the next few months, donations poured in and by June 15, 74 elementary schools were able to send 123,152 books home with students when the school year …

LOUISBURG, NC – Louisburg College is pleased to announce that four students were Top 10 finalists at the 2013 Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda (FBLA-PBL) National Leadership Conference, held June 22-25 in Anaheim, California. Abdul Caesar ’13 and Kyle May ’14, both of Cary, North Carolina won Fifth Place in the Integrated Marketing Campaign category. Abdul, the son of Alnisa Caesar, will be attending UNC-Chapel Hill as an economics major in the fall. Kyle, the son of Daryl …

Vance-Granville Community College has appointed Antoinette C. Dickens of Raleigh to lead the college’s new Paralegal Technology degree program. The two-year program officially gets underway when the fall semester begins Aug. 19, and will be based at VGCC’s Franklin County Campus near Louisburg. Dickens brings to her new role experience as both a practicing paralegal and an educator. She has held a variety of positions in the justice system, as a deputy Clerk of Superior Court in Vance County, a …

Volunteers from the Guild Gift Gallery at Maria Parham Medical Center recently presented a gift of $25,000 to the Vance-Granville Community College Endowment Fund that will create a new scholarship. This is the sixth such scholarship established by the Guild Gift Gallery in recent years. Since 2008, the hospital’s Guild has given over $150,000 to the college. The newest scholarship was given in honor of Dr. W. Beverly Tucker of Henderson, who was joined by family members, volunteers from the …

A new scholarship has been established at Vance-Granville Community College by volunteers from Maria Parham Medical Center. Kathy Caudle, director of volunteer/guest services at the hospital, recently visited VGCC to present contributions totaling $10,000, which will endow the new scholarship, called the Maria Parham Medical Center Volunteer Services Academic Achievement Award. Pictured, from left, are Jo Anna Jones, VGCC’s Executive Director of the Endowment Fund and Interim Chief Financial Officer; Dr. Stelfanie Williams, the president of VGCC; Kathy Caudle; and …

The Vance-Granville Community College chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for students of two-year colleges, recently received a special commendation from the organization. In a letter to VGCC President Stelfanie Williams, Dr. Rod Risley, executive director/CEO of Phi Theta Kappa, congratulated the “Alpha Sigma Chi” chapter on fulfilling all the requirements to be named a “One-Star Chapter,” as part of the “Five Star Chapter Development Plan.” The chapter was recognized at the society’s recent Annual Convention and …

Vance-Granville Community College will offer the opportunity to earn the entire curriculum certificate in Manicuring/Nail Technology in just one semester this fall. This certificate program will be available exclusively at VGCC’s Warren County Campus in Warrenton. Under this new scheduling arrangement, students will take the first of two required courses, Manicure/Nail Technology I (COS-121), weekday mornings from Aug. 19 through Oct. 17 in Building 3 on Warren Campus. Then, they will immediately begin the second course, Manicure/Nail Technology II (COS-222), …

Vance County Schools again this summer is opening its school media centers two days during the week to offer reading resources to local students. The media centers at all 15 local public schools are open each Tuesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. through August 1. Students and their parents are urged to visit the media centers and take advantage of their available resources for summer reading and book checkouts.

VANCE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION Called Meeting Thursday, June 27, 2013 5:30 p.m. 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.   Finance:      *      A.    Final 2012-2013 Budget Amendments      *      B.    Adoption of Interim 2013-2014 Budget Resolution      *      C.   Child Nutrition’s 2013-2014 Bids      *      D.   School Security Requests                 *   IV.   Personnel Recommendations *   …

An upcoming Vance-Granville Community College workshop will help savvy shoppers cut costs while buying groceries and other essentials. A “Couponing” class is scheduled for Saturday, July 20 from 9 a.m. until Noon at VGCC’s Main Campus in Vance County. Jennifer Honeycutt of Henderson will serve as instructor for the class, and will teach participants the basics of how to start saving money through couponing, both online and in-store. She will provide coupon resources, coupon organization tips and ways to maximize …

Vance County Board of Education Committee Meeting Date: * Building & Grounds, Thursday, June 27th, 8:30 am Note:  All meetings are held in the Superintendent’s Conference Room.       

Work has begun at the new home of Oxford Preparatory High School on 6041 Landis Road in Oxford. Site work is underway, including grading, paving, and water and sewer connections. The modular campus is scheduled to be installed mid- July. Construction is happening quickly in preparation for teachers to begin work in the mid-August and the first day for students on August 26th. Oxford Preparatory High School entered into a partnership with American Charter Development (ACD) to provide a charter …