Continuing Education courses for Summer II and Fall 2026 are now available to view in Self-Service. Course sections listed with a begin date after July 1, 2026 will open for registration on July 1, 2026.
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The Cosmetology Continuing Education course prepares students with skills such as hair and scalp treatments, haircutting, hairstyling, skin care, manicuring, pedicuring, and hair coloring.
Durham Tech has partnered with NC A&T State University for the Aggie Commitment Trailblazer Scholars (ACTS) Program. The pathway will guarantee admission into an NC A&T STEM program for eligible students.
Two Durham Tech students were recently selected to be a part of the Uproar Festival of Public Art contest. Both Archer Fralix, a fine arts student, and Stu Beavers, in the welding program, started formal training in their art at the College, and while they may work in different mediums, they both have a passion for public art.
Readers may recall a previous feature about Cynthia Perry Garland, who established an endowment through a planned gift to support enrichment experiences for students in the Gateway to College and Adult High School/High School Equivalency programs.
Garland, a 1994 alumna of Durham Tech, credits the examples of her parents and brother as her inspiration to give back. When she was 5 years old, Garland watched as her mother went back to get her high school diploma. Garland’s father drove his wife to and from school every day and ensured Garland and her brother, Andrew, had their needs met. A champion of lifelong learning, Garland named the endowment The Perry Family Memorial Endowment for Student Enrichment.
Garland, a 1994 alumna of Durham Tech, credits the examples of her parents and brother as her inspiration to give back. When she was 5 years old, Garland watched as her mother went back to get her high school diploma. Garland’s father drove his wife to and from school every day and ensured Garland and her brother, Andrew, had their needs met. A champion of lifelong learning, Garland named the endowment The Perry Family Memorial Endowment for Student Enrichment.
The construction and real estate downturn in 2009 propelled Durham Tech alumna Felicity “Fizzy” Little to look for a new, recession-proof career. She decided on law.
“Durham Tech was the only school offering a qualified Paralegal Associate degree,” Little said. “I had no real knowledge of Durham Tech prior to that, but it had the specialized program I needed so it was the place for me.”
“Durham Tech was the only school offering a qualified Paralegal Associate degree,” Little said. “I had no real knowledge of Durham Tech prior to that, but it had the specialized program I needed so it was the place for me.”
The Public Safety Administration Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degree curriculum is designed to provide students, as well as practitioners, with knowledge and skills in the technical, managerial, and administrative areas necessary for entrance or advancement within various public safety and government organizations.
Blake Whitt, now the Director of Public Safety Training for Durham Tech, completed the College’s Fire Academy in 2012 and now is looking to bring the program back.
“The Fire Academy was an amazing experience for me,” Whitt said. “I still tell people about it today. The amount of experience I gained, whether it was a specific way to make an impact at the fire department or an overall life lesson, was unbelievable.”
“The Fire Academy was an amazing experience for me,” Whitt said. “I still tell people about it today. The amount of experience I gained, whether it was a specific way to make an impact at the fire department or an overall life lesson, was unbelievable.”
This course provides the knowledge and skills required to become a pharmacy technician. Pharmacy technicians work under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist for the safe, accurate preparation and dispensing of medications in both hospital and community settings.
Policies and Procedures Manual: The definition of compensatory time off is "time off with pay in lieu of overtime pay for irregular or occasional overtime work, or when permitted under agency flexible work schedule programs, time off with pay in lieu of overtime pay for regularly scheduled or irregular or occasional overtime work."