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Celebrate Diversity
at Cultural Fair
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Student Recognized
for Academic
Excellence
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VGCC Received
$25,000 Project
Skill-UP Grant
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New Scholarships
Honor Memory of
Granville County
Couple
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Need Tutoring?
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Mark Your Calendars
for Earth Day!
Expert on Religion to Discuss
Middle East at VGCC on April 11
VGCC will host a
noted scholar to talk about
recent events in the Middle
East on Wednesday, April
11 from 11 a.m. until noon
in the Civic Center on the
college's Main Campus in
Vance County. The public is
invited to attend the presen¬
tation, which is offered free
of charge.
The guest speaker, Dr.
Anna Bigelow, an Associate
Professor of Islamic Studies
in the Department of Phi¬
losophy and Religious Stud¬
ies at N.C. State University,
will discuss the role of reli¬
gion in the series of popular
uprisings called the "Arab
Spring." She will address
DR. ANNA BIGELOW
where the current Middle
Eastern turmoil is leading
and what impact it might
have on the United States.
Bigelow has taught at
N.C. State since 2003, and
won the Outstanding Ju¬
nior Faculty Award from the
College of Humanities and
Social Sciences in 2009. She
received her M.A. in Reli¬
gious Studies from Colum¬
bia University and her Ph.D.
in Religious Studies from
the University of California
Santa Barbara with a focus
on South Asian Islam.
Bigelow's presentation
is the sixth installment of an
International Speakers Se¬
ries sponsored by the VGCC
Global Awareness Commit¬
tee in partnership with the
University of North Caro¬
lina's World View program.
VGCC Awards 328 Scholarships to Students
V ance-Granville Com¬
munity College awarded
328 scholarships to full¬
time students at an awards
ceremony, held Feb. 22 in
the college's Civic Center.
In her welcoming remarks,
Dr. Stelfanie Williams, the
new president of VGCC,
congratulated the scholar¬
ship recipients and thanked
the donors who support the
college's Endowment Fund,
many of whom were on
hand to present their schol¬
arships in person. "VGCC is
strong in large part because
of the wonderful combina¬
tion represented here today:
excellent students on one
hand, and supportive busi¬
ness leaders and members
of the community on the
other," the president said.
Scholarships of various
levels, including 27 Presi¬
dential Scholar Awards, 80
Presidential Merit Awards,
204 Academic Achievement
scholarships and 17 an¬
nual (non-endowed) schol¬
arships, were awarded at
the ceremony, representing
approximately $205,000.
VGCC scholarships have
been endowed by numerous
individuals, industries, busi¬
nesses, civic groups, church¬
es and the college's faculty
and staff.
RECIPIENTS OF PRESIDENTIAL
SCHOLAR AWARDS
ACS: Ruthie M. Davis of
Warrenton (Business Ad¬
ministration); R.B. "Bob"
Butler Memorial: Christina
L. Stepto of Oxford (Associ¬
ate in Arts); John T. Church,
Sr.: Carrie H. Wilkerson of
Wendell (Associate in Gen¬
eral Education-General Sci¬
ence); John T. Church, Sr.
Memorial: Tenisha J. Perry
of Raleigh (Business Ad¬
ministration); Nannie A.
Crowder Memorial: Justin
C. Edwards of Henderson
(Networking Technology);
See SCHOLARSHIPS, page 7
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