Since 2003, Durham Tech has partnered with TROSA, a Durham-based nonprofit that empowers individuals with substance use disorders in the Triangle. The partnership provides Adult Basic Education classes to help TROSA residents further build their lives.
More than 100 TROSA participants have earned their GED through Durham Tech courses and many others have gone on to complete college degrees through the partnership.
“Community and connection are vitally important to TROSA and we are so fortunate to have a long-standing community partnership with Durham Tech,” said Keith Artin, President and CEO of TROSA. “For more than 25 years, TROSA has provided individuals with the time, tools, and resources to rebuild their lives and reclaim their futures.”
Durham Tech's Building, Engineering, & Skilled Trades programs offer hands-on learning experiences with career skills to prepare students and graduates for the workforce or further education.
There are worldwide events and webinars this week to increase awareness about textbook costs as barriers to education and the potential for technology to enhance teaching and learning. Durham Tech Library advocates for Open Educational Resources and provides support for faculty and staff interested in exploring OER. Stop by the Main Campus or Orange County Campus libraries to pick up an OER button to show your support. Here are some resources to help you learn more: Open Education North Carolina
Our goal is to help employees shift from unconscious living, not thinking about your health until there’s a problem, to conscious living, actively making healthy and positive choices to promote wellbeing.
Durham Tech’s Phlebotomy Program recently applied for and received its first accreditation from the American Society of Phlebotomy Technicians.
“To be accredited means your standards are of a higher quality,” said Dr. Jean D. Brown, director and clinical coordinator of Allied Health at Durham Tech. “We had to show proficiency in several areas. People can see Durham Tech has a high-quality Continuing Education Phlebotomy Program.”
Information for students who are currently enrolled in the Gateway to College Adult High School Diploma program.
The Dental Ceramic Techniques certificate is comprised of four courses that focus on the physical properties of metals and ceramic, and the fabrication of metal-ceramic and all-ceramic crowns and bridges.
The Orange Board of County Commissioners approved its 2025-26 budget Tuesday, June 17, which reflects the commissioners’ strong support for public higher education. The budget provides full funding for operational increases, covers likely state salary increases, and maintains support for the Back to Work and Durham Tech Promise scholarships, programming at the Innovate Carolina Junction in Chapel Hill, and our efforts with apprenticeships and small businesses.
SaVE requires colleges and universities, both public and private, participating in federal student aid programs (covering virtually every campus in the United States) to increase transparency about the scope of sexual violence on campus, guarantee victims enhanced rights, provide for standards in institutional conduct proceedings, and provide campus community wide prevention educational programming.
Durham Tech offers Continuing Education programs in Cosmetic Arts including Cosmetology, Esthetics Technology, Natural Hair Care, and Manicuring.