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SGA leaders take office at VGCC
Vance-Granville Community College’s Student Government Association (SGA) has installed a group of officers to serve during the 2016-2017 year.
Elected officers include President Colton Hayes of Epsom, a student in the College Transfer program through Franklin County Early College High School; Vice President Jeronee Blackwell of Henderson, a College Transfer/Vance County Early College High School student; Secretary/Treasurer Emory Gant-Hawkins of Henderson, a Business Administration student; Parliamentarian Francis Scotland of Oxford, a College Transfer student; and Public Information Officer Micah Roberts of Stem, a College Transfer student.
Students appointed to other offices include Jasmine Allen, Xavier Perry and Autumn Richardson, all of Henderson and all College Transfer/Vance County Early College High School students, along with Michelle McKinnon of Kittrell, a College Transfer student. Perry is assistant public information officer and will soon assume the Public Information Officer position from Roberts when he transfers to continue his education at the four-year level. Richardson is lead campus senator, and Allen and McKinnon are also senators.
As SGA president, Hayes is also the student trustee, representing the interests of his fellow students at all meetings of the VGCC Board of Trustees. He is the first student from an Early College High School ever elected to serve in this leadership role at VGCC.
The Student Government Association is designed to promote the general welfare of the college in a democratic fashion and to facilitate communication among the student body, the faculty, and the administration. SGA also provides a means through which students can promote interest in student activities, both on and off campus. For more information on SGA, contact Jermiel Hargrove, coordinator of Student Activities and Athletics, at (252) 738-3246.
New H-V Crime Stoppers Officers
Henderson-Vance Crime Stoppers Elect New Officers for 2017-2018
On Wednesday December 14th the Henderson-Vance Crime Stoppers held elections for a new President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer.
Kevin Bullock, of WIZS Radio, was elected as President. Chris Fisher, of Henderson Fruit and Produce, was received as Vice President. Lorraine Watkins, of The Screen Master and the immediate past president, was elected as Secretary. Danny W. Wright kept his positon as Treasurer.
Watkins said, “It has been an honor, privilege and very humbling to be president for the past two years. Thank you for your support, and I look forward to working with Kevin and Chris as we move forward in providing our law enforcement the best assistance Crime Stoppers can provide.”
The Henderson-Vance Crime Stoppers is a fundraising organization dedicated to assisting local law enforcement in the area. Crime Stoppers will pay rewards up to $2,000.00 for information leading to the arrest of persons responsible for criminal offenses. All information received is kept confidential. The Crime Stoppers phone number is 252-492-1925. Callers do not have to give their name.
(The preceding information was provided to WIZS News by Crime Stoppers in the form of a press release.)
WIZS Radio congratulates Bullock, Fisher, Watkins and Wright. It is a proud day anytime a business person or business owner can serve his/her community beyond the scope of his/her everyday obligations. WIZS is proud that Kevin has chosen to serve such an important organization in our community and that his peers have chosen him to serve in such an important role. Fisher, Watkins and Wright are business owners and are to be congratulated for owning and operating local businesses and for their continued service to Crime Stoppers. The Crime Stoppers organization has been absolutely pivotal since its formation in aiding law enforcement and removing criminals from our streets and neighborhoods. Thanks to the brave members of law enforcement for doing the rough, dangerous job of acting on the information learned and for the brave individuals, albeit sometimes for a reward, who offer the information. Collaboration for the common good is one of the things that makes us a stronger city and county. And thanks for allowing us the brief commentary here. – John C. Rose
(Fisher, Watkins and Wright are also all advertising clients of WIZS with their respective businesses.)
VGCC holds College Day for students continuing their higher education
Vance-Granville Community College hosted admissions officers from four-year colleges and universities on Dec. 8 on VGCC’s Main Campus. The event was VGCC’s annual “College Day,” which allows students to obtain important information about transfer requirements, financial aid and scholarships that can help them take the next steps in their educational journeys.
The VGCC Student Learning and Success Center organized the fair in partnership with the Carolinas Association of Collegiate Registrars & Admissions Officers (CACRAO).
VGCC students browsed through displays, picked up informational materials, and talked with representatives from 18 four-year schools. Almost all of the represented colleges and universities were from North Carolina.
Each year, large numbers of students start their higher education at VGCC before transferring to four-year institutions. VGCC has numerous articulation agreements with four-year schools (both public and private) that allow students to transfer credits in various programs.
The VGCC College Transfer program provides students with the first two years of a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree. College Transfer courses are offered at all four VGCC campuses and online. In recent years, the comprehensive articulation agreements between all North Carolina community colleges, the UNC System and the private N.C. Independent Colleges and Universities have been revised with clearer pathways. Graduates of the Associate in Arts and Associate in Science programs at VGCC are guaranteed admission into one of the 16 UNC schools, typically transferring in with the standing of juniors.
High school students in one of the four Early College programs operated by VGCC in partnership with local public school systems can earn up to two years of college-transferable credit, tuition-free. Likewise, eligible students at other high schools and homeschools can take free College Transfer courses through the “Career and College Promise” (CCP) program.
The Spring 2017 semester starts Monday, Jan. 9, 2017. For more information on enrolling at VGCC and transfer options, contact the Student Learning and Success Center at studentsuccess@vgcc.edu or (252) 738-3330, or visit any campus.
VGCC Health Sciences students connect with employers
Vance-Granville Community College held its second annual Health Sciences Career Fair in December at the college’s South Campus in Granville County. The event was organized by the VGCC Career Services department and Health Sciences division to help students in health-related programs to meet potential employers and explore career options.
Participating health care facilities included Granville Health System, Murdoch Developmental Center, Maria Parham Medical Center, UNC Physicians Network, Rocky Mount Rehabilitation, the R.J. Blackley Center, Franklin Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital and Central Regional Hospital. Representatives talked to students about their career aspirations and accepted their resumes.
Several institutions of higher learning were also on hand to talk with students about options to continue their education. The four-year schools included Chamberlain College of Nursing, Grand Canyon University, North Carolina Central University, North Carolina A&T State University, UNC Wilmington, Lees-McRae College and Cabarrus College of Health Sciences.
Attendees included students from VGCC programs including Nurse Aide I and II, Medication Aide, Phlebotomy, Practical Nursing, Associate Degree Nursing, Medical Assisting, LPN to ADN Transition, Criminal Justice Technology, Medical Office Administration, Radiography, Pharmacy Technology and Medical Coding, along with some who are preparing to enter Health Sciences programs.
For more information on VGCC’s Health Sciences programs, contact Audrey Stainback at (252) 738-3210.
For more information on career services at VGCC, contact Linda Fletcher at (252) 738-3466.
Volunteers Needed For Men’s Homeless Shelter To Remain Open
It’s cold. It is Christmas. And the local men’s homeless shelter needs volunteers to remain open.
“The primary need is for overnight volunteers for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday prior to Christmas and for the days between Christmas and the new year,” said Dr. Ron Cava, senior minister at The First Baptist Church of Henderson, NC. Cava serves as the chairman of the board of directors for Community Partners of Hope, which runs the shelter.
To volunteer email cpofhope@gmail.com or contact Jane King (Volunteer Coordinator) at 252-432-9494. Volunteers need to be male.
There is a calendar on the Community Partners of Hope website, and you can see what times are needed.
The average attendance this season has been about six men per night. Some are moving through the area and others are being helped by the shelter to get on their feet. “The overnight shift is just really — I don’t mean to minimize it because it is very important, but we need warm, male bodies who will come and be there and in the case of some sort of emergency could pick up a phone and call for help,” Cava said.
At this time it also sounds like from what Dr. Cava is saying that the fallback options to staff the overnight times have been unusually over extended, meaning a shelter closure is possible on nights when no overnight volunteers are able to be scheduled.
Numerous area churches take various weeks of time to staff the shelter with volunteers, but it takes community-wide participation from individual volunteers as well to fill all the time.
Most nights at the shelter, a few men needing a place to sleep come in at 9:00 p.m. after having already received food and the option of a hot shower by the shelter’s intake crew. It’s lights out at 10:00 p.m. “Overnight volunteers stay until 6:30 the next morning, and the men know the routine to get things cleaned up in the morning and then have to be off the premises at that time,” said Cava.
Two of the shelter managers, who received much praise from Cava, are former occupants of the shelter. Darryl Jones and Kenny Blackwell are both former homeless people. Cava said, “They have both been there. They know where these men are and how they’re feeling. They’ve both succeeded at full recovery. Darryl came through our shelter two years ago, spent a year in our transitional home and is out on his own doing really, really well and is giving back.”
Cava said, “For some reason, we’ve had a lot of our volunteers from previous years to age out, have had physical problems, and our volunteer ranks have been thinned in the last year pretty dramatically, and we have not been very successful in replenishing them even though we are constantly reaching out to — our core base is our churches.”
One of the things the shelter would like to do soon is increase its funding. For example, it may be impossible for an individual or a church or other group to physically volunteer at the shelter, but it may be possible, according to Cava, for this same individual or group to help fund the shelter, which would then hire the required overnight personnel.
“It would be immoral in my opinion to know we are about to have frozen precipitation, to know it’s going to be 30 degrees and a man has no other place to go, and we’re going to have to say sorry, we can’t open the shelter because we don’t have volunteers,” Cava said.
To be a volunteer “you have to be able to smile, say good evening, you have to be able to sit in a recliner and watch them sleep,” Cava said. If there are two volunteers, each can take turns and get a little rest as well. “It’s not baby sitting. These are grown men, who for a variety of reasons find themselves in the circumstances they are in and need some help,” he said. The rules are posted and gone over at check in by the intake staff.
Cava is passionate about this ministry. “We know the story of Mary and Joseph and our Lord being born in a cave instead of in a warm environment, and I just can’t bring myself to think about these men not having somewhere safe and warm to sleep just before we celebrate the birth of our Savior.”
Operation Silent Night Additional Coverage
Immediately after today’s press conference for Operation Silent Night, WIZS News conducted live radio interviews with District Attorney Mike Waters of the 9th Prosectutorial District, North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation Director Robert Schurmeier and Lieutenant Allen Hedgepeth of the Henderson Police Department.
To see more about Operation Silent Night please view our other WIZS News post which includes the news release and photos or click here.
Kerr Vance Academy Holiday Basketball Tournament Complete Schedule
KVA HOLIDAY BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Friday, December 16 (teams in bold will be the HOME team on Friday)
Small Gym – JV
Game JV1 5:30 Lighthouse JV Boys vs. John Paul II HS JV Boys
Game JV2 7:00 Kerr-Vance JV Boys vs. Franklin Academy JV Boys
Main Gym – Varsity
Game V1 4:00 Lighthouse Girls vs. John Paul II HS Girls
Game V2 5:30 Kerr-Vance Academy vs. Franklin Academy Girls
Game V3 7:00 Lighthouse Boys vs. John Paul II HS Boys
Game V4 8:30 Kerr-Vance Academy Boys vs. Franklin Academy Boys
Saturday, December 17
Small Gym – JV
Game JV3 1:00 JV Boys Consolation Game
Game JV4 2:30 Winner from Game JV1 vs. Winner from Game JV2
AWARDS CEREMONY
Main Gym – Varsity
Game V5 12:00 Varsity Girls Consolation Game
Game V6 1:30 Varsity Boys Consolation Game
Game V7 3:00 Winner of Game V1 vs. Winner of Game V2 Girls
AWARDS CEREMONY
Game V8 5:00 Winner of Game V3 vs. Winner of Game V4 Boys
AWARDS CEREMONY