Students don’t have to desire to be famous or even stay in the music industry to benefit from the music recording classes at Durham Tech.
That is just one of the points that instructor and co-owner of Playground Studios, LLC, in Durham, Chaka Harley, wants to impress upon his classes.
As the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve, 15 students from Durham Technical Community College took a step back from a cracking bonfire in Nicaragua as “Año Viejo,” a large handmade doll stuffed with firecrackers, was thrown into the fire to represent the shedding of negativity from the past year.
Six Durham Tech students attending N.C. State this fall have received Goodnight Scholarships, valued at $22,000 per year for up to three years for transfer students from low- and middle-income families in North Carolina who are studying in a STEM or STEM-education field.
North Carolina native Dr. Christine Darden dedicated 40 years to NASA, and on Wednesday, Nov. 14, Durham Tech students, faculty, and staff were given an insight into her life and work at NASA.
Dr. Christy Walker, Director of Career Services at Durham Tech, received the Roy N. Anderson Award at the North Carolina Career Development Association annual conference on October 11 at Meredith College.
Former Congressman David. E. Price received an honorary degree from Durham Tech at the College’s May 7, 2024, Commencement ceremony in recognition of his dedication to education and his longtime support for Durham Tech.
The new Electrical Line Technician program at Durham Technical Community College was officially launched at an event at the College’s Northern Durham Center campus on Tuesday, Aug. 21.
The program was created in partnership with Duke Energy to help fill future regional job openings. A nearly $200,000 Duke Energy grant is funding the program.
Durham Tech has been awarded a $400,000 Digital Champion grant to help North Carolinians access and use high-speed Internet, according to a news release Tuesday from the N.C. Department of Information Technology's Office of Digital Equity and Literacy.
In 1985, Durham Tech’s third president, Dr. Phail Wynn Jr., established the College’s formal observance of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. This was just two years after the holiday received federal recognition — and well before all 50 states approved it as a paid holiday for state employees.
Policies and Procedures Manual: Policy detailing rules regarding rental and public use of college facilities.