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.
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The Center for Academic Excellence (CAE) provides curriculum students at Durham Tech with the academic support they need to be successful.
Beginning fall 2020, the College engaged in the development of its 2021 – 2026 strategic plan.
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Library staff were so pleased to see Altarius Moody in The New York Times boosting Durham Tech's Culinary Arts Program. To celebrate Durham Tech's appearance in national culinary news, this week we've highlighted a few of our excellent new recipe books available for checkout. (Psst, did you know we have a terrific research guide for Culinary Arts if you need to brush up on some cooking techniques? It has videos, the history of specific ingredients, and other culinary resources!) Don't forget to
The next time you visit one of your classes in Canvas, you might notice there’s a new feature available to you. On the righthand side of your course Home page, you’ll see a new Check Accessibility button, and in your course menu, a new navigation link labeled Accessibility will appear. Both of these will take you to the new Course Accessibility Checker. What is the Course Accessibility Checker? You may already be familiar with the Accessibility Checker built into the Rich Content Editor (RCE)
Say goodbye to those chilly evenings, readers, it's Springtime! We're celebrating the arrival of warmer weather and buzzing insects with a few new additions to our catalog. Maybe you've heard about mushroom foraging and want to give identification a try, or you've spotted a few colorfully feathered friends that you'd like to identify. Are you starting to plan your garden? We've got books for all of that over at our Main Campus Library. Keep reading to see a colorful gallery of these new
Now that the school year is finally behind us and there is a little bit of breathing room before everything starts back up in August, we are getting something that is often in short supply during the academic year: time to reflect. Throughout the semester, it's easy to notice areas of a course that could be improved. Maybe students repeatedly asked the same questions about an assignment. Perhaps a discussion activity didn't engage your students like you hoped for, or a module felt more confusing
Durham Tech's Building, Engineering, and Skilled Trades classes offer a variety of hands-on, skill-building courses that include carpentry, plumbing, HVAC, and more. These classes can result in rewarding and lucrative careers. For example, in May 2021, The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated an electrician's median wage as $22.75 an hour vs. $18.45 for all occupations. That's shocking! Students can get a jump start on a career and education in Construction & Trades using library resources