Charmaine Grafton was going through a difficult divorce when the second shoe dropped – she lost her job.
Grafton knew she wanted to enroll at Durham Tech, and she got the bad news three weeks after starting college classes.
“I felt broken,” Grafton said. “I was going through a divorce, starting back to school, caring for my children, and then laid off.”
The Durham Tech Foundation celebrated scholarship recipients at the 2018 Scholarship Breakfast at The Cotton Room.
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From one generation to the next, the Westbrook family has found an educational home at Durham Tech.
“In church one day a fellow parishioner and Durham Tech employee, Lauren Norton, and I were talking. I mentioned that three generations of my family had attended Durham Tech and inquired as to whether this was an oddity,” Sue Westbrook Rice said.
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Durham Tech has a strong alumni base in and around the Triangle. Find alumni resources, job opportunities, and stay connected with other Durham Tech alumni.
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