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Vance-granville Community College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• Vance-Granville Community College was chartered in 1969 as Vance County Technical Institute by the North Carolina General Assembly. The college began by offering technical, vocational and continuing education courses to residents of Vance County. In 1972, Vance and Granville counties pooled their resources to support a $2 million bond referendum for a larger, more permanent facility to educate their citizens. The result was the construction and subsequent opening of the new Vance-Granville Community College campus in 1976 on an 83-acre tract in Vance County, midway between Henderson and Oxford.
• The Main Campus of Vance-Granville Community College is located midway between Oxford and Henderson on an 83-acre tract of land off Interstate 85. The majority of classes are taught on Main Campus, but a number of students attend classes also at South Campus between Butner and Creedmoor, Franklin Campus in Louisburg, and Warren Campus in Warrenton.
• Today, the main campus, picturesque with a lake and attractive landscaping, boasts eight permanent buildings that include a student services complex, civic center and daycare unit. Along with administrative and faculty offices, auditorium, student lounge and learning resources center, these facilities provide 36 classrooms, 10 shops and 20 labs in which students may train in 35-plus curriculum programs, as well as extension, economic development, continuing education, and small business classes. Its total value is approximately $24.3 million.
• Vance-Granville offers more than 35 degree, diploma, and certificate programs to prepare students for further education or to enter work directly after graduation. Most programs are available in day or evening and on a full-time or part-time basis. VGCC's also offers prrograms in Continuing Education, Occupational Extension and Workforce Development.
• Vance-Granville Community College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the associate degree. Vance-Granville Community College is a member of the American Association of Community Colleges, North Carolina Community College System and Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

In the News:

• Space Heater Caused Fire That Killed Two Children (MyNC.com)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 12:25:53 pm
  Fire crews are investigating a deadly house fire that killed two children in Henderson County, according to police.
• Space Heater Caused Fire That Killed Two Children (NBC 17 Raleigh)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 12:18:10 pm
  A space heater caused the death of two children in a house fire this week in Henderson County. Crews responded to the fire located at 132 S. Elizabeth St. around 9:40 p.m. Monday and found the rear of the home engulfed in flames. Firefighters found the bodies of a 1-year-old Chase Lewis and a 12-year-old Abria Lewis inside. Firefighters say the fire started in a back bedroom. When crews arrived ...
• Stephenson named faculty member of the year at Vance-Granville Community College (The Daily Reflector)
  posted on September 21, 2009 at 04:09:25 am
  Michael Stephenson, who along with his wife, Cheryl, founded the Music Academy of Eastern Carolina in Greenville, has been selected faculty member of the year at Vance-Granville Community College.
• ACS also hiring at Vance center (The News & Observer)
  posted on September 12, 2009 at 06:01:51 am
  Affiliated Computer Services, which is hiring hundreds for its Raleigh call center, also is adding jobs at a call center in Henderson.
• House budget writers are at your mercy Tuesday (The News & Observer)
  posted on April 27, 2009 at 06:40:12 am
  The House plans a public hearing Tuesday to get input on the state budget.

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