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Agencies explore benefits of using drones in emergency situations
Elyse Yooley remembers what it felt like to wear her first pair of glasses.
“It was like, ‘Whoa, there are actually leaves on those trees,’” she said.
This fall, Yooley will enter her second year of the Opticianry Associate Degree program at Durham Technical Community College.
As a second-year opticianry student, Yooley will join her classmates in participating in Project SIGHT. Project SIGHT is a partnership Durham Tech has with the East Durham Children’s Initiative, or EDCI, and Durham Public Schools to provide children of low-income backgrounds with free eyeglasses.
“It was like, ‘Whoa, there are actually leaves on those trees,’” she said.
This fall, Yooley will enter her second year of the Opticianry Associate Degree program at Durham Technical Community College.
As a second-year opticianry student, Yooley will join her classmates in participating in Project SIGHT. Project SIGHT is a partnership Durham Tech has with the East Durham Children’s Initiative, or EDCI, and Durham Public Schools to provide children of low-income backgrounds with free eyeglasses.
Durham Technical Community College and Duke University are bringing internationally known spoken word poet and rapper George “G” Yamazawa back to his hometown of Durham for a series of events.
Durham Tech now part of national network of community colleges working to align programs with good jobs and bachelor degree pathways, addressing local talent needs and changing student lives.
Lisa Kowite felt drained by her teaching career.
She was searching for a new career path when she discovered the Durham Tech Automotive Systems Technology program. After just one course, Kowite said she knew it was her solution.
She graduated in 2015 with an Associate Degree in Automotive System Technology and now works in the corporate marketing department at Advance Auto Parts in downtown Raleigh.
She was searching for a new career path when she discovered the Durham Tech Automotive Systems Technology program. After just one course, Kowite said she knew it was her solution.
She graduated in 2015 with an Associate Degree in Automotive System Technology and now works in the corporate marketing department at Advance Auto Parts in downtown Raleigh.
Novartis announced on Wednesday that it plans to build various new manufacturing facilities in North Carolina, creating what they describe as "a new flagship manufacturing hub with end-to-end manufacturing capabilities."
Education and workforce development organizations throughout central North Carolina put pen to paper Thursday, Sept. 21, creating AdvanceNC, a new coalition Gov. Roy Cooper predicted would become “a mighty force” preparing North Carolinians for jobs in a vibrant, ever-changing economy.
Bank of America has selected Durham Technical Community College Foundation as one of this year’s two Neighborhood Builder award winners.
The Foundation will be awarded $200,000 over the next two years towards various projects undertaken by the Center for College and Community Service as well as leadership training.
The Foundation will be awarded $200,000 over the next two years towards various projects undertaken by the Center for College and Community Service as well as leadership training.
In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, the life sciences industry experienced a surge in demand for biotechnology professionals. In 2020, more than 11,000 biotechnology jobs were created in the Research Triangle.
As pharmaceutical companies around the world scrambled to develop a vaccine, local companies started calling Durham Tech more than ever before.
They needed skilled workers in their labs, and fast.
Telicia Hunter, then-Curriculum Developer for Biotechnology courses at Durham Tech, said it was a challenge, but she was up for it.
“All of a sudden, all eyes were on biotechnology – the College president, Durham and Orange Counties, the Back-to-Work Initiative, the BULLS Initiative. Covid brought a lot of awareness into our industry and companies were reaching out to us needing people trained and ready to work,” she said.
As pharmaceutical companies around the world scrambled to develop a vaccine, local companies started calling Durham Tech more than ever before.
They needed skilled workers in their labs, and fast.
Telicia Hunter, then-Curriculum Developer for Biotechnology courses at Durham Tech, said it was a challenge, but she was up for it.
“All of a sudden, all eyes were on biotechnology – the College president, Durham and Orange Counties, the Back-to-Work Initiative, the BULLS Initiative. Covid brought a lot of awareness into our industry and companies were reaching out to us needing people trained and ready to work,” she said.