The Optical Apprentice certificate curriculum includes the competencies necessary to analyze and interpret prescriptions and to accurately fit and dispense eyewear and contact lenses.
What started as an opportunity to serve the growing Latinx population in North Carolina, now serves students from countries all over the world that come to Durham Tech to pursue their academic and professional goals.
“Before the Center for the Global Learner existed, several college employees worked on international issues and initiatives, but collaboration occurred in social contexts rather than as a deliberate strategy. The creation of the CGL gave these employees a much stronger opportunity for daily direct communication and stronger collaboration,” said Karin Abell, Director of English as a Second Language at Durham Tech.
The Center for the Global Learner was established in Fall 2009 to support Durham Tech’s vision of fostering intercultural understanding and the development of engaged global citizens.
Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris and U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh spoke about the importance of apprenticeships, pathways to careers, and economic mobility at Durham Technical Community College on Wednesday.
The speech followed a tour of the William G. Ingram Center for Learning and Applied Technology with demonstrations from an electrical apprenticeship partnership with the Raleigh-Durham Electrical Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (JATC).
“... We see the potential for growth in terms of the diversity, in terms of the inclusion, in terms of America’s workforce and our future. I met some of those great stars and leaders today.” Vice President Harris told a crowd that included state and local elected officials, community partners, students, and instructors inside the Phail Wynn Jr. Student Services Center. She
Students serve in clinical rotations as a part of health care classes and many have seen the impact of COVID-19 first hand. Now, some are working with community partners to combat COVID-19 outside of clinical experience.
The Durham Tech Cosmetology/Manicuring/Natural Hair Care Salon is open to the public to provide hair, nail, and makeup services at reduced prices. The clinic is staffed by Durham Tech students, and students complete 100 percent of the work.
Policies and Procedures Manual: Policy about curriculum development, evaluation, and response.
Policies and Procedures Manual: Durham Technical Community College selects individuals for employment or promotion on the basis of training, experience, and other characteristics which best suit the individual to the job and best meet the needs of the institution. The College will not hire, promote, or transfer an individual to occupy a position that has influence over an immediate family member’s employment, promotion, salary administration, or other related management or personnel considerations.
Policies and Procedures Manual: Durham Technical Community College provides reasonable and appropriate accommodations to qualifying individuals with a documented disability who are otherwise able to satisfy the requirements related to their status as students at the College.
Repair, install, adjust, or maintain industrial production and processing machinery or refinery and pipeline distribution systems.
In hospitals and medical facilities across the Triangle, Durham Tech graduates are among the frontline healthcare workers fighting against COVID-19. As the community college of the City of Medicine, Durham Tech has more than a dozen health technologies programs, providing the next generation of healthcare workers for hundreds of jobs each year.