More than a dozen Vance-Granville Community College students sang, played instruments, performed magic tricks and demonstrated martial arts on March 4 in “VGCC’s Got Talent,” the first event of its kind for the college. Organized by the VGCC Student Government Association, the talent competition was held in the Civic Center on the college’s Main Campus. The winners, each of whom received a cash prize, were, in first place, College Transfer student Morgan McFalls of Oxford; in second place, Paralegal Technology …
Math education expert visits VGCC
The Male Mentoring Program and the Academic Skills Center at Vance-Granville Community College brought a renowned educator to campus recently to speak to math students and instructors. Dr. Lee Stiff, former president of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, presented “Math Matters: Seeing Math for What It Is” on March 10 on VGCC’s Main Campus. Stiff was introduced by VGCC Academic Skills Center assistant coordinator Tim MacNeil. “Dr. Stiff was my professor at N.C. State University,” MacNeil said. “He’s …
VGCC Students awarded Golden LEAF Scholarships
A group of students from Vance-Granville Community College recently received scholarships through the Golden LEAF Scholarship program for the North Carolina Community College System. The scholarship program, designed to help North Carolinians attend the state’s community colleges, is funded through a $750,000 grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation. The scholarship can be used to assist with tuition, books, fees, supplies, transportation and childcare expenses related to attending classes during the 2015-16 academic year, and industry-recognized credential testing expenses that address …
Trustees Approve Budget Requests For County Funding
The Vance-Granville Community College Board of Trustees approved a proposed total budget request of $2,786,098 for the 2016-2017 fiscal year for Vance, Granville, Franklin and Warren counties at its bimonthly meeting on Monday, March 21. The meeting, held on the college’s Main Campus, began with an announcement from VGCC President Dr. Stelfanie Williams on a new scholarship program, the VanGuarantee, to help eligible students overcome cost-related barriers to getting their college education. In announcing the VanGuarantee, the college president was …
Thursday Open Line
A number of various causes are recognized in March. Two of these seem to go hand in hand, or hand to mouth — National Nutrition Month and National Frozen Food Month. The goal of the first is make consumers aware of just how easy it is to eat healthy meals. And one of the ways this is possible is because of frozen food. Developed by Clarence Birdseye, the first commercially available items were quick-frozen fish fillets in 1925. Frozen food …
Quick Pass Helps You Save Money on Your Road Trips With a Spring Transponder Promotion
Spring is here and summer is on its way, and vacations are being planned. To help you save money and time on your road trips to many parts of the country, N.C. Quick Pass is cutting the cost of its hard-case transponders in half to just $10 with a spring promotion from Tuesday, March 22 through June 20. Thanks to partnerships with E-ZPass, Georgia’s Peach Pass and Florida’s Sun Pass, customers with a N.C. Quick Pass hard-case transponder have access …
VGCC holds Summer Term New Student Orientation sessions
Registration for classes and orientation sessions for new students have begun for the Summer 2016 term at Vance-Granville Community College, which starts Monday, May 23. Students who wish to enroll at VGCC starting in the Fall 2016 semester may also attend one of the orientation sessions for summer. Attending an orientation session is required for all new students who wish to enroll in any of the college’s curriculum programs, and for students who are returning to VGCC after being away …
Vance County Board of Education Committee Meetings March 24 and April 25
Vance County Board of Education Committee Meeting Dates: * Building & Grounds, Thursday, March 24th, 8:30 am * Personnel Committee, Tuesday, April 5th, 8:30 am Note: All meetings are held in the Superintendent’s Conference Room.
Guest speaker at VGCC tells personal stories from civil rights movement
In celebration of Black History Month, the Male Mentoring program at Vance-Granville Community College recently hosted a special guest speaker with unique insights into the people and events of the civil rights movement. The speaker, Delores S. Eaton of Durham, is the wife of the late Granville County native, the Rev. Herbert H. Eaton, who was the immediate successor to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as pastor at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. At age 86, Eaton has …
VGCC’s new ‘VanGuarantee’ to help area residents afford higher education
Dr. Stelfanie Williams, the president of Vance-Granville Community College, announced a major new commitment today (March 21) to eliminate financial barriers to higher education for residents of Vance, Granville, Franklin and Warren counties. President Williams said a new need-based scholarship program, called the “VanGuarantee,” is designed to cover tuition, student fees and textbooks for eligible students whose financial needs are unmet by federal financial aid and other means of support. She made the announcement at a meeting of the VGCC …
Wednesday Open Line
The first town in America to have its streets illuminated by electric lights wasn’t one of the familiar, Eastern metropolises that loom in our history. That distinction instead went to the north-central Indiana town of Wabash, late this month in 1880. Wabash had a population of just 3,800 Hoosiers in 1880, so it took only four 3,000-candlepower arc lamps on the county courthouse to light the streets. By newspaper accounts, witnesses were awestruck by the modern wonder. Now, the 10,400 …
Future Planning Series with First in Families of NC at Perry Memorial Library March 23rd, 2016
Learn about planning for the future and the systems available for adult siblings, parents, and professionals for supporting individuals with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities. Stafffrom First In Families of North Carolina will provide information about future planning, guardianship, alternatives to guardianship, supported decision making, and a new initiative to support adult siblings of individuals with I/DD through a statewide network. Perry Memorial Library, 12pm to 1:30pm. Sponsored by Cardinal Innovations Healthcare and Lifetime Connections Lunch provided by Cardinal Innovations Healthcare
NC Main Street Award Winners In The Spotlight
North Carolinians will receive top honors tonight for their focus on downtowns across the state during the N.C. Main Street Awards Ceremony in Goldsboro. Fourteen award winners will be recognized for excellence in downtown revitalization efforts in categories that include design, economic vitality, organization and promotion. Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III and Assistant Secretary Dr. Patricia Mitchell, CeCD, will present the awards to Main Street recipients tonight at 6 p.m. at the Paramount Theatre in downtown Goldsboro at 139 S. …
Triangle Business Journal Economic Summit at VGCC March 24th, 2016
The five counties of the northern region of the Research Triangle Regional Partnership are hosting an Economic Development Summit at Vance-Granville Community College in partnership with the Triangle Business Journal on Thursday March 24th, 2016 from 7:30am to 9:30am. This event will feature a panel made up of the five Economic Development Directors from Franklin, Granville, Person, Vance and Warren. Also, joining this panel will be Charles Hayes and will be moderated by Mandy Hoyle with Triangle Business Journal. Additionally, …
Vance County Pre-K and Kindergarten Registration
Parents of children who will be entering pre-kindergarten and kindergarten for the 2016-2017 school year may now register their children for enrollment at any Vance County Schools elementary school. Children who will be four years old on or before August 31, should apply for pre-kindergarten and children who will be five years old on or before August 31, should register for kindergarten. Applications for pre-kindergarten for the upcoming school year are now available at any elementary school or by going …
Congressman G.K. Butterfield: Heard It First: March 14-18
Sadly, we are three months into the 114th Congress’ Second Session and it is business as usual for Congressional Republicans. Over the past few months, I have been fighting Senate Republicans’ attempts to block President Obama’s Supreme Court nomination and their aggressive plans to reduce government and scale back support for Americans who need it the most. While Republicans have been engaged in petty intra-party politics, the priorities of hard-working American families continue to go ignored. I …
VGCC Franklin Campus hosts free small business accounting seminars
The Franklin County Campus of Vance-Granville Community College will soon host a pair of free Small Business Center seminars focused on accounting. “Introduction to QuickBooks Software” will be held on Wednesday, April 20, from 9 until 11 a.m. “Clueless About Accounting” will follow on that same day, from 6 until 8 p.m. The first is scheduled to meet in Room F4101 (the multipurpose room) and the second in room F1208 of the campus, located just outside Louisburg on N.C. 56. …
Tuesday Open Line
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited discrimination based on sex as well as race in hiring, promoting, and firing. While this act is a famous landmark in the national effort to assure equality of treatment, its ban on sex discrimination was not in the forefront of the effort. On this date in 1872, the state of Illinois enacted the first such ban on discrimination. It came about through the lobbying of Alta Hulett, who had been kept from sitting …
Butterfield: Deportation Halted Until Appeal Can Be Heard
Congressman G. K. Butterfield Sunday released the following statement regarding Wildin Acosta’s detainment by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: “Through the night, I continued my efforts to persuade ICE Director Sarah Saldaña to reconsider her decision to not intervene in the deportation of Wildin Acosta. I was joined in this effort during the night by Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-California) who is the Ranking Democrat on the Sub-Committee?on on Immigration and Border Security. This morning, ICE Director Sarah Saldaña issued an order preventing the deportation of Wildin …
Congresswoman Renee Ellmers: Celebrating Women’s History Month, Talking National Security
Photo of the Week It was great to speak with close to 150 women from the National Federation of Republican Women this week. These women hailed from across the country and took time visiting with members on Capitol Hill. During my time with them, I answered questions from the audience and spoke about Congressional efforts with Medicare reform, anti-human trafficking efforts, and the ways we are working to create a 21st century military. Weekly Update In honor of …