After his military service, Tyler Russell worked in the trades as a pipefitter/welder, but after some time he realized it wasn’t the right fit for him. In the fall of 2022, he “circled back to an early passion” and enrolled in the Vet Tech program at Gaston College. The program’s outstanding reputation – it has […]
Gaston College was honored to welcome Janet L. Yellen, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, to its Dallas campus on Thursday, November 30. Secretary Yellen came to North Carolina to deliver remarks on how President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, and the administration’s Investing in America agenda, is spreading economic opportunity and strengthening America’s energy security. During […]
Bambe and Sam Johnson are newlyweds on a mission to cultivate a welcoming alcohol-free community in downtown Lowell at North Main Kava Bar. When they first began thinking of starting this business on their own, they reached out to the Small Business Center at Gaston College. They received counseling that helped them determine if their […]
The recent graduating class of the Gaston College Associate Degree Nursing program earned a 100% pass rate on the NCLEX, an exam that tests the competency of nursing school graduates prior to their licensing. The average NCLEX pass rate in the United States is around 80%, and in North Carolina it is 90.8%. The 48 […]
Rhino fans may recognize the voice of the play-by-play announcer at select games, but they probably have no idea that the voice belongs to Brian Rushing, who graduated from the Gaston College Broadcasting and Production Technology program in May. This is the culmination of a long educational journey that began when he first enrolled at […]
Allene Leonard has been a Certified Pharmacy Tech for 20 years and has been working as a Pharmacy Technician III at CaroMont Regional Medical Center for nearly seven years. She became a hospital pharmacy tech in 2016 after having worked in a retail pharmacy for 13 years, and she has climbed the ladder at CaroMont […]
Sherry Adrienne Ramos Martinez celebrated two graduations in May. On May 12, she received her associate of science degree from Gaston College and on May 26 she earned her diploma from Ashbrook High School. Sherry joined the iAccelerate program at Ashbrook, which gave her the opportunity to take free college courses through the College Now […]
Lance Kale earned an associate degree in business administration from Gaston College in fall 2022, but it will feel official to him when he walks in the commencement ceremony on May 12. That ritual marks the culmination of a decades-long educational journey. He first enrolled in community college in 1993, but dropped out when he […]
Gaston College and the 49erNext program are giving Adam Buchanan the opportunity to get the education and the training he needs to pursue a career as an electrical engineer. Adam graduated from Gaston in May with an associate degree in engineering and science and will go on to study electrical engineering at the University of […]
For Grace Rinaldo, a senior at Lincoln Charter School, the College Now program at Gaston College presented many opportunities. “It allowed me to receive high school and college credits simultaneously,” she said, “and it also allowed me to save thousands of dollars and graduate high school with an associate degree. The best part of my […]
