Here you’ll find stories about GTCC people, programs and events that have appeared in newspapers, magazines on television and elsewhere.
Dwight David Lynch won $10 million, but he didn't immediately give up his teaching position. "I wanted to stay grounded, and I loved what I was doing," he said.
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Akir Khan, GTCC student mentor and Out of the Garden Project volunteer-turned-board chairman, and GTCC basketball player Sameer Qureshi are helping provide food for recent refugees to the U.S. as volunteers for the new Refugee Resettlement Market.
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GTCC is working to help fill a void in the HVAC industry. The school has about 90 students enrolled in the HVAC program, and local employers had the opportunity to meet these students at a recent job fair. Originally shown on Spectrum Local News.
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GTCC graduate Crystal Hogue has opened Massage Lab in Archdale. She plans to use the techniques she learned in the professional therapeutic massage program at GTCC.
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There is a nationwide shortage of automotive technicians, which is causing repair times to be longer.
Originally published on Spectrum Local News.
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Guilford Technical Community College is working closely with industry leaders to figure out what companies need to produce work-ready graduates.
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The GTCC GAP program prepares students to enter the workforce.
Originally published on WXII 12.
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The Toyota battery manufacturing plant in Liberty is on track to open in 2025. The plant has a hiring technique that not only helps with employment but also helps its future employees get college degrees. Originally published on Spectrum Local News.
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GTCC graduate Stephanie Salinas serves as a voice for the underprivileged community in her role as a paralegal.
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GTCC's Alan "Chef Al" Romano leads a pumpkin carving tutorial on WXII 12. Originally published by WXII 12.
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In the heat of summer, GTCC's culinary technology Instructor Alan "Chef Al" Ramano joins WXII 12's Jackie Pascale for a special live ice carving tutorial. One of the many skills students learn in GTCC's popular culinary program.
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Jan Knox, associate vice president of marketing, communications and the GTCC Foundation, discusses with WXII 12 News how a grant from the foundation of the heavy metal band Metallica will benefit GTCC students pursuing a technical education degree.
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GTCC leaders discuss important initiatives and opportunities with Jim Longworth on the Triad's only public affairs program, "Triad Today." The program airs weekly on WXLV ABC 45. Learn more at triadtoday.com.
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GTCC will present the Titan Tech summer sessions June 13-17 for teens that will include options from cooking to photography to cyber investigation among others.
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GTCC's Titan Tech Summer Sessions could show your teens all about possible career paths.
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The chef/professor shows that kids can make a special meal for their mothers.
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With a ribbon cutting and public event, Guilford Technical Community College’s Medlin Campus Center celebrated a ceremonial grand reopening after an extensive renovation project.
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With the announcement of Boom Supersonic choosing Greensboro for its first manufacturing plant, WFMY and Spectrum News spent some time on GTCC’s aviation campus chatting with students and what the announcement means for their futures in the industry.
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Daniela Campbell was home-schooled, first through a co-op and then solely by her mom. It was from her home-schooling peers that she heard of GTCC and was intrigued by the college’s offerings and advantages. Not only did she quickly become a proponent of community colleges in general and GTCC in particular, she began taking advantage of programs as soon as possible. Perhaps the biggest advantage she embraced was the Longleaf Grant, which she says has been “a blessing, a giant gift.”
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Guilford Technical Community College has a new class of diesel mechanics. Each graduate leaves the program certified in automotive service excellence and ready to transition into the workforce.
Among the graduates is 38-year-old David Bryant who overcame more challenges over the past four semesters than his peers.
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Guilford Technical Community College will hosted its Spring 2021 commencement Thursday, May 13 at the Greensboro Coliseum.
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Vice president Kamala Harris gave a speech Monday at Guilford Technical Community College on the importance of passing the American Jobs Plan and toured the Thomas Built Buses facility in High Point afterward.
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GTCC recently added the Truck Driver Training program to its course selection with the first class graduating in Dec. 2020. Spectrum News 1's Guili Frendak shares how this new program is helping to fill the national shortage of truck drivers.
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GTCC's Program Director, Law Enforcement Pre & In-Service Training, Terry Clanton spoke with WGHP-TV on how recent events are all teaching moments for students.
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Pamela Hollern, director of GTCC’s paralegal technology program, shares about the importance of paralegals in her legal career and the determination – despite a global pandemic – of the GTCC Student Paralegal Association’s efforts to have Gov. Roy Cooper proclaim Oct. 23, 2020, as Paralegal Day in North Carolina.
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Titan Link Program Coordinator Sybil Newman is passionate about helping GTCC students with challenges that arise outside the classroom. WGHP FOX 8 recently featured Sybil and the work Titan Link has been doing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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WGHP FOX 8 reports on GTCC students getting hands-on experience with the Tiny House Project in High Point.
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GTCC alumna Day Coker studied electronics engineering at GTCC and now owns her own heating and air conditioning business, AC by Day C. She was recently featured in a WGHP FOX 8 segment for charting her own path as a female in a male-dominated profession.
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Guilford Technical Community College graduated the first group of students in its POWER Pathways Program May 10. POWER Pathways gives adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities an opportunity to learn employment skills. This semester focused on the food service industry.
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GTCC is one of four in the region working off a state grant that built an apprenticeship program to help manufacturers, here, find quality, trained workers. FOX 8's Bob Buckley reports on the program's success.
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In Guilford County, North Carolina, leaders have stopped asking, “Why don’t we have the right talent?” and started saying, “Here’s how we’re going to create talent.” Industry Week explores how Guilford County is helping create a skilled workforce through programs like the Guilford Apprenticeship Partners program that GTCC supports.
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EdNC recently toured GTCC's aviation campuses, the state's largest aviation training program.
“If you’re going to talk about aviation training in North Carolina, you are at ground zero,” stated Guilford Technical Community College (GTCC) President Randy Parker. “We have the largest aviation program in the state, probably the biggest in several states, and one of the three largest programs on the east coast. In our labs, you will find equipment you won’t see at the universities or most community colleges in North Carolina or the states around us.”
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FOX 8's Natalie Wilson previews a new program at GTCC for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities called POWER Pathways. The program emphasizes job readiness and will begin with a course on food service.
“They're going to have a component where they're working on interview skills, resume writing and kind of those soft skills needed to get a job and also to keep a job,” Dean of Adult Education Claire Ricci said.
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The Center for Advanced Manufacturing — GTCC leaders call it CAM for short — is the college’s newest and most modern building. The $35.5 million facility that opened last year covers nearly 6 acres and gives significantly more space — and more state-of-the-art equipment — to five college programs.
“Vocational careers are absolutely essential to our economy,” Randy Gunter, the dean of the college’s industrial, construction and transportation technologies division, said during a tour of the building last month. “Bottom line, (CAM is) helping to drive economic development for the county.”
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GTCC is the newest member of a UNC-Chapel Hill program that helps community college graduates earn a four-year degree. The Carolina Student Transfer Excellence Program, or C-STEP, helps talented low- and middle-income students make the jump from community college to the state’s flagship public university.
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Airport Improvement Magazine chats with Nick Yale, director of aviation at GTCC about how the college feeds talent to support the Triad's growing aviation cluster. The school offers five separate degree programs related to aerospace jobs, plus continuing education courses for aerospace professionals. It also provides custom training for aerospace companies in the region.
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The Greensboro News & Record speaks with GTCC's Mitchell Johnson about the renovations to Medlin Campus Center.
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GTCC has added a second accelerated track to its paralegal program.
The community college now offers a one-semester paralegal program for people who already have a two-year or four-year college degree.
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Education NC recently visited GTCC's Aviation Campus to learn about the programs in this growing industry.
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GTCC has a new deal to help its graduates earn a bachelor’s degree for no more than $10,000.
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The Greensboro News & Record takes a look at the value of apprenticeship programs like those offered in Guilford, Randolph and Rockingham counties. The Guilford Apprenticeship Partners initiative, a collaboration between local industry, economic development and GTCC, is in its third year and recently signed its largest class of apprentices.
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The Cline Observatory on GTCC's Jamestown campus offers free opportunities for stargazing through telescopes on clear-sky Friday evenings.
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GTCC President Dr. Randy Parker shares with the Greensboro News & Record details about the newest addition to GTCC's Jamestown Campus -- the new Center for Advanced Manufacturing. Opening fall semester 2018, the facility will be home to three growing programs: transportation, welding technology and computer integrated machining. The 242,000 square-foot facility will allow the college to serve more students and provide flex lab space for companies to install equipment and train employees.
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GTCC graduate Fredrick Pegues ('17) is featured in a new Stouffer's television commercial. He shared with WXII's Wanda Starke the importance of family and how he and his twin daughters, Hope and Faith, studied around the dinner table. It is where Pegues says he "earned his college degree."
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Guilford Technical Community College's Thomas Johnson, Sybil Newman and a cohort of entertainment technology students lend their talents to support the United Way of Greater Greensboro's efforts to fight poverty.
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FOX 8 reports on the impact GTCC is having with local furniture manufacturers. A furniture sewing program launched last year has resulted in 100 percent job placement for eligible students.
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News & Record theater critic Scott Michaels reviews GTCC Center for Creative and Performing Arts production of “Unnecessary Farce.” Michaels describes the cast as “a game team led by a talented director.”
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Avid Blogs features Mark Dillon, music technology instructor at Guilford Technical Community College’s Larry Gatlin School of Entertainment Technology. Dillon leads ensembles and shows students the ins and outs of music recording.
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WUNC’s Naomi Prioleau reports on efforts to train more workers to fill jobs in North Carolina’s booming construction industry. She spoke recently with GTCC manufacturing department chairman Don Ellington on how the college is training a skilled workforce to meet industry demand.
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GTCC’s Sam Chinnis, associate professor of global logistics, spoke with FOX 8’s Charles Ewing on Greensboro’s readiness to support a large distribution center. GTCC offers a degree program in supply chain management and uses a model warehouse at its Cameron Campus to simulate what it is like to work in a distribution center.
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The Greensboro News and Record highlights the Heroes Center’s efforts to support area veterans. The Heroes Center will provide student housing and life-skills training for student veterans and will work in partnership with Guilford Technical Community College.
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Spectrum News profiles GTCC students and Guilford County Dental Society volunteers participating in the American Dental Association’s ‘Give Kids a Smile’ event held on Feb. 9, 2018 at the GTCC Dental Hygiene Clinic in Jamestown. Twenty-three students from Hope Academy received free dental care through this program.
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Francis Carrasco-Serrano is a stand-out student at Guilford Technical Community College. FOX 8’s Natalie Wilson spoke with Serrano about her journey to U.S. citizenship.
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Greensboro News & Record spoke with Meredith Stephens, director of the GTCC Theatre’s production of “Romeo and Juliet Promenade.” The production featured the unique promenade theatre production style.
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News & Record Total Eclipse: “The Fastest Two Minutes” Guilford Technical Community College astronomy students and faculty traveled to Newberry, S.C., to experience the 2017 solar eclipse in totality. The expedition was led by Tom English, Director of GTCC’s Cline Observatory and Astronomy Program, after more than a year of planning for the once in a lifetime event.
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WFMY Words 2 Know: Glossary of Solar Eclipse Terms Tom English, Director of the Cline Observatory at Guilford Technical Community College, shares key terminology for the upcoming solar eclipse.
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FOX 8 featured Guilford Technical Community College student Lindsay Pendleton on its popular segment, Roy's Folks.
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