Beth Macy, author of the NY Times bestseller “Dopesick,” the inspiration for the Peabody Award-winning Hulu series that received 14 Emmy nominations, will appear at a free community event to speak about her new book, “Raising Lazarus: Hope, Justice, and the Future of America’s Overdose Crisis.” The event takes place on September 22 in the Myers […]
Gaston College welcomed Chick-fil-A to its Dallas campus on Wednesday, August 24, with a grand opening celebration featuring the popular Chick-fil-A cow mascot. The limited menu Chick-fil-A Express, located within the Crash Café in the Myers Center building, will be open to students, faculty, staff, and the public on Mondays through Thursdays from 7:30 a.m. […]
U.S. EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS PARTNER WITH HONDURAN UNIVERSITY TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS FOR TEXTILE JOBS AS NEARSHORING AND ONSHORING DRIVES HISTORIC INVESTMENTS AND JOB GROWTH North Carolina educational institutions are joining forces with a key Honduran university to educate and train thousands of students for the next generation textile workforce to meet a […]
The Gaston College Licensed Practical Nursing program has once again earned a number one ranking in North Carolina. NursingProcess.org placed Gaston College at the top of its list of Best LPN programs in the state for 2022. In a Facebook posting, NursingProcess.org said, “We are happy to announce that Gaston College offers the Best LPN […]
Since childhood, Nelson Capehart has loved animals and wanted to work with them. The good reputation of Gaston College and its Veterinary Medical Technology program led Nelson to enroll in the program in the fall of 2021. They will graduate in spring 2023. Nelson intends to gather more information about the practice of veterinary medicine […]
The Vet Tech Building on the Dallas campus of Gaston College was named today in honor of Dr. Patricia Skinner, who served as the President of the College from 1994 to 2020. The facility will be known as the Patricia A. Skinner Institute of Veterinary Technology. Construction on the building began in November 2018, under […]
Taking a class to learn a skill became an opportunity for Deon Lewis to give his fellow Gaston College students a chance to see first-hand how that skill is applied on a large scale. Lewis, the Director of Facility Services for CaroMont Health, and his son Andrew, a 2020 Gaston College graduate, enrolled together in […]
The National Security Agency has designated Gaston College a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense. Institutions receiving this designation have met rigorous requirements established by the NSA and have a commitment to “producing cybersecurity professionals that will reduce vulnerabilities in our national infrastructure,” as per the Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity. “This […]
Linda Pineda-Sabas receives Academic Excellence Award Perseverance is the byword of 2022 Gaston College graduate Linda Pineda-Sabas’ life. The 27-year-old will earn an Associate in Science degree and is the College’s recipient of the North Carolina Community College System’s Academic Excellence Award despite facing family tragedies, emigration and other setbacks in her life. As […]
Steven Lugo’s prescription for success is hard work Steven Villela Lugo will graduate with high honors and an Associate in Science degree from Gaston College on Friday, May 13. When he enters the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill this fall, it will mark his next step on a circuitous journey that began in […]
