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Editorial Column for Daily Herald
Publication: 12/26/07

HCC: Satellite Sites Reach Out to the Roanoke Valley
Dr. Ervin V. Griffin, Sr.
President, Halifax Community College

In my last column, I talked about a new Student Success Activity Grant from the North Carolina Community College System. The grant will reach out to those in our area's population who have multiple barriers to education, including our citizens with limited English proficiency. This plan will offer an innovative recruitment and retention initiative and will target the importance of motivation in achieving student success. The college-wide project will involve students, faculty, staff and community partners.

The Student Success Activity Grant will start in January 2008. For the first time, we will be able to hire a part-time Assessment-Retention Counselor for the spring months. Our project will work on recruiting hard-to-reach students and also focus on retaining those students until they complete the requirements for their GED.

To aid in this endeavor, HCC has several satellite sites throughout our service area. These include:

  • Weldon—HCC Campus Learning Lab for Adult Basic Education (ABE)/GED classes, Monday-Thursday (8 a.m.-9 p.m.) and Friday (8 a.m.-5 p.m.) starting Jan. 7

  • Weldon—HCC Campus Building 500, Room 502 for Basic Reading, Monday and Wednesday (6-8:30 p.m.) starting Jan. 7

  • Weldon—HCC Campus Room 506 for English as a Second Language, Monday and Tuesday (6-9 p.m.) starting Jan. 7

  • Roanoke Rapids—Simmons Grove Church for ABE/GED classes, Tuesday and Thursday (6-9 p.m.) starting Jan. 8

  • Enfield—Enfield Learning Center for ABE/GED classes, Monday and Wednesday (5-8 p.m.) starting Jan. 7

  • Halifax—Day Reporting Center for ABE/GED classes, Monday and Wednesday (9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.), Tuesday (9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.), and Thursday (9:30 a.m.-2 p.m.) starting Jan. 7

  • Halifax—Halifax First Baptist Church for ABE/GED classes, Tuesday and Thursday (5-8 p.m.) starting Jan. 8

  • Halifax—Rural Life Center (4-H) for ABE/GED classes, Monday and Tuesday (12-3 p.m.) starting Jan. 7

  • Hollister—Haliwa-Saponi Tribal Center for ABE/GED classes, Tuesday and Thursday (6-9 p.m.) starting Jan. 8

  • Hollister—White Rock Church for ABE/GED classes, Monday and Wednesday (6-9 p.m.) starting Jan. 7

  • Littleton—John 3:16 Center for ABE/GED classes, Monday and Wednesday (10 a.m.-1 p.m.), and Tuesday and Thursday (12-3 p.m.) starting Jan. 7

  • Scotland Neck—HCC Learning Center for ABE/GED classes, Monday and Wednesday (6:30-9:30 p.m.) starting Jan. 7 and Wednesday and Thursday (9 a.m.-12) starting Jan. 9

  • Hobgood—location and dates to be announced for ABE/GED classes

  • Gaston—Cool Springs Baptist Church for ABE/GED classes, Tuesday and Thursday (5-8 p.m.) starting Jan. 8

  • Tillery—Caledonia Correctional for ABE/GED classes, Monday-Wednesday (7:30-11:30 a.m. and 12:45-3:45 p.m.) and Thursday (7:30-11:30 a.m.) starting Jan. 7; also Tuesday and Thursday (6-9 p.m.) starting Jan.8

  • Tillery—Tillery Correctional for ABE/GED classes, Monday-Thursday (9-11 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.) starting Jan. 7; also Tuesday and Thursday (6-8:30 p.m.) starting Jan. 8


From the President's Perspective, we view our Literacy Education Program as an outreach program to aid people in our community to attain their educational goals. Our Adult Basic Education and English as a Second Language components offer small group and individual attention to students who need to learn to read, improve basic skills and obtain a high school equivalency diploma. Our hope is that additional activities can only strengthen our existing opportunities and reach prospective students who most need these services.

For more information about the new Student Success Initiative or existing Literacy Education opportunities, contact our Literacy Education staff: Tamba Thompson at (252) 536-7235, Therman Taylor at (252) 536-6362, Brian Hopkins at (252) 536-6395, or Brenda Cousins at (252) 536-7240.

To find out more about our programs, contact HCC at (252) 536-HCC1 (4221) or visit us on the web at www.halifaxcc.edu. If you have comments about HCC or ideas to share, please email me at president@halifaxcc.edu.