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Welcome to the New Year and a New Semester at VGCC!
VGCC Board Accepts Donations
from Faculty and Staff
FACULTY & STAFF DONATION: Leaders of the VGCC En¬
dowment Fund Faculty and Staff Drive present a symbolic
check to the Board of Trustees. Pictured from left: Steve Mc-
Grady, Blondelle Edgerton, Board Chair Deborah F. Brown
and Curtis Tyndall.
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Phi Beta Lambda
Attends State Conference
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VGCC Students
Provide Thanksgiving
Meals for Families
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VGCC Celebrates Native
American Heritage
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College Fair Held for
Transferring Students
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Planning to Graduate
in May 2013?
Enter the VGCC
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Celebration Essay Contest!
Sponsored by the VGCC Glctial Awareness Committee
Top Three Essays Win Cash Prizes!
In 1 958 while in Washington, D.C., Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. said, "Make a
career ot humanity and you will make a
greater person of yourself, a greater nation
of your country and a finer world to live in."
This quotation appears on the M LK, Jr.
Na tional Memorial in that same city.
ESSAYTOPIC:
How do you plan to make
a career of humanity?
(Essays will answer the question by referring to the
writer's personal experience and observations, but
also to the Ute, times and writings ot Dr. King .)
Essay Requirements:
• Must be a student enrolled at VGCC.
• Speech must be between three and five
minutes long.
• Written copy of speech must be delivered
to the attention of: Elizabeth Gray/Room
9100 (Main Campus), by noon, Friday,
January 11, 2013.
•Winners must present speech at MLK
program, January 16, 2013 at 11 a.m. in
the VGCC Civic Center.
(In the event of inclement weather ; the
date will be January 23, 2013)
The Vance-Granville
Community College Board of
Trustees held its regular bi¬
monthly meeting on Novem¬
ber 19 on Main Campus.
At that meeting, Steve
McGrady, Curtis Tyndall and
Blondelle Edgerton, co-chairs
of the annual VGCC Endow¬
ment Fund Faculty and Staff
Drive, presented a symbolic
check to the Board for $24,205.
The money was donated by
VGCC faculty and staff to
fund scholarships for VGCC
students. Deborah F. Brown,
chair of the VGCC Board of
Trustees, thanked the faculty
and staff for their generos¬
ity and continuing support
of the Endowment program.
Dr. Stelfanie Williams, the
president of VGCC, also ex¬
pressed her gratitude to the
faculty and staff and to the
Drive's co-chairs.
The Board also wel¬
comed College Transfer stu¬
dent Felicia Sanders-Gupton
See “Donations,” page 2
You're Invited to VGCC's
Dr. Martin Luther King Holiday Celebration
Wednesday, Jan. 16*11 a.m. • VGCC Civic Center
Featuring Inspirational Music, Remarks by
VGCC President Dr. Stelfanie Williams, and
Speeches by Student Essay Contest Winners.
FREE ADMISSION
Please bring a non-perishable food item which will be
donated to ACTS (Area Christians Together In Service).
Every attendee who brings a food item will be entered
into a drawing for a door prize.
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