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Y COLLEGE' S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
Welcome to the New Year and a New Semester at YGCC!
VGCC Board Welcomes New Members,
Accepts Donations from Faculty and Staff
2011 ENDOWMENT FACULTY STAFF FUNDRAISING
DRIVE: The Board of Trustees received a check for $17,829
from VGCC faculty and staff at the November Board meeting.
Pictured from left: Dr. Angela Ballentine, Interim President;
Steve McGrady, Blondelle Edgerton and Curtis Tyndall, co¬
chairs of the annual Endowment Fund Faculty and Staff Drive;
and Donald C. Seifert, chairman of the Board of Trustees.
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VGCC Graduate
Returns to
Discuss High-tech
Research
Page 4
Play Golf?
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Planning to
Graduate?
You’re Invited to
VGCC’s
Dr. Martin Luther
King Holiday
Celebration
Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012
11 a.m.
VGCC Civic Center
Featuring a Choir of
VGCC Students, Faculty
& Staff, And Students
Speaking on the Legacy
of Dr. King.
FREE ADMISSION
Please bring a non-perish¬
able food item which will
be donated to area seniors.
Every attendee who brings a
food item will be entered into
a drawing for a door prize.
The Vance-Granville
Community College Board
of Trustees held its regular
bimonthly meeting on Nov.
21. At that meeting, Ninth
District Court Judge Henry
Banks administered the oath
of office to a new trustee,
Danny W. Wright of Hen¬
derson. Wright, a former
Vance County commissioner
who owns a public account¬
ing firm in Henderson, was
appointed by Gov. Beverly
Perdue to complete the term
of retired educator Henrietta
H. Clark, also of Henderson.
Clark announced in June
that she would resign from
the Board after 18 years of
service. Wright’s term will
expire in 2013.
Also during the meet¬
ing, Steve McGrady, Curtis
Tyndall and Blondelle Edg¬
erton, co-chairs of the annu¬
al VGCC Endowment Fund
Faculty and Staff Drive, pre¬
sented a check to the Board
VGCC students will
be able to access several dif¬
ferent types of services in
one new location when the
Student Learning and Suc¬
cess Center opens on the
third floor of Building 1 on
Main Campus in January.
for $17,829. The money was
donated by faculty and
staff to fund scholarships
for VGCC students. Donald
C. Seifert, chairman of the
VGCC Board of Trustees,
and Jo Anna Finch Jones,
The new center focuses on
helping students reach their
educational, personal and
career goals, incorporating
and connecting existing col¬
lege services such as aca¬
demic advising, counseling,
mentoring, career services
Vice President of Institution¬
al Advancement and Direc¬
tor of the Endowment Pro¬
gram, thanked the faculty
and staff for their generosity
and continuing support.
See VGCC BOARD, page 3
and tutoring.
Among the new loca¬
tions for departments that
are now part of the center:
• The Career Center will
now be located in rooms
1353 and 1354.
See STUDENT CENTER, page 3
VGCC Opens Student learning and Success Center
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VGCC
Vtmce-Granvilk Communiti/Collcge is accredited bu theCommisson on Colleges of the Southern Associatbn of Colleges ml Schoob to a laird certificates, dmlomas, and associate degree. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Lkcatur, Georgia 30033-409 7
or call (404) 679-4500 for questions about the accraiitalion of Vance-Granville Community CoJItjjo. The Convnission on Colleges should be contacted only if mere is er Hence that appears to support an institution '$ significant non-compliance with a requirement or standard. Vance-
Granville Community College is an equal opportunity, off motive action institutbn. The college serves all students regardless of race, creed, cobr,age, sex, national origin, ordisMng conditions. Vance-Granville Community College is a
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