February 2009
Vol. 21, No.7
Gran
COLLEGE' S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
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BLET & Medical
Coding Graduates
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EMT-Paramedic
Grads Named
Page 4
VGCC Board
Meets, Accepts
Check From
Faculty & Staff
Page 5
“Three
Musketeers” Help
Each Other Succeed
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Mark Calendars for
Vanguard
February Games
Vance-Granville
Community
Band will
present its
Spring Concert
in the Civic
Center on
March 3.
For more
information,
contact
Michael
Stephenson at
(252) 738-3346.
Community Remembers King with Gospel Program
GOSPEL CELEBRATION: The choir from
White Rock Missionary Baptist Church of
Oxford, led by the Rev. Steven Hargrove
(center), performs on Jan. 15 during the
annual Martin Luther King Holiday gospel
celebration at Vance-Granville Commu¬
nity College’s Civic Center. Hargrove is
also a VGCC instructor. Music was also
performed by the High Praise Young Adult
Choir, a community group made up of
young adults from Wake and Vance coun¬
ties, and by Minister Angela King-Blow.
Special guest Delano Rackard made a return visit to Vance-Granville and recited excerpts from Dr.
King’s 1963 “I Have a Dream" speech. Rackard is widely known for his uncanny ability to replicate
Dr. King’s voice and style. VGCC Franklin Campus Director Anthony Pope emceed the event, which
was held on what would have been Dr. King’s 80th birthday.
Two Scholarships Endowed to Support UGCC Students
Recent gifts to the Vance-Granville Com¬
munity College Endowment Fund have cre¬
ated two new scholarships.
The children of a remarkable Vance County
woman are endowing a VGCC scholarship in
her memory. Ella Glover Rowell passed away
in May 2008 at the age of 94. She worked as a
dietitian at Maria Parham Medical Center in
Henderson for 33 years, and then devoted her
retirement years to volunteering in the com¬
munity. One of her most unique contributions
was taking into her home VGCC students who
needed a place to live while they studied in a
health field, such as nursing. Rowell’s children
estimated that as many as 20 students stayed
with her over a 20-year period. Students who
have already completed one year of study in
a VGCC Health Sciences program, such as As¬
sociate Degree Nursing or Radiography, will be
eligible to receive the Ella Glover Rowell Presi¬
dential Merit Award scholarship. Rowell's son,
M. Tyrone Rowell of Wilmington, said he and
his siblings thought it would be appropriate
to remember her by helping students like the
ones that she had supported.
Bike rides led a couple of Raleigh cycling
enthusiasts to endow another new scholarship.
Smith Doss and his wife, Claude Genevieve
Monnier, both of Raleigh, often ride in the area
served by the college: Vance, Granville, Frank¬
lin and Warren counties. "As we have ridden
through, we have become aware of the needs
of the area," Doss said. "We know there are se¬
rious economic challenges here, and there's a
great need to help local meritorious individu¬
als get opportunities for training that may give
See TWO SCHOLARSHIPS, page 3
ELLA ROWELL SCHOLARSHIP: The children of
Ella Glover Rowell presented contributions to the
VGCC Endowment Fund to establish a scholar¬
ship in her memory: from left, VGCC Vice Presi¬
dent of Institutional Advancement and Endow¬
ment Fund director Jo Anna Jones, Ruth Rowell
Moore of Henderson, VGCC President Randy
Parker, Tyrone and Pearl Rowell of Wilmington
and VGCC Endowment specialist Kay Currin. Not
pictured: Jeanette “Jan” Rowell Hendricks of Ab¬
erdeen, N.C., another daughter of Ella Rowell.
Vance-Granville Community College is an equal opportunity, ajfirmatiiv action institution. The College serves all students regardless of race, creed, color, sex, national origin, or disabling conditions.
Vance-Granville Community College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges cf the Southern Association of Colleges aiul Schools ( 1866 Southern Line, Decatur, Georgia, 300334097: Telephone number 401-6794501 1 to award the associate degree.
