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In 2005, Durham Technical Community College offered its first travel abroad opportunity for students.
The group traveled to Santiago, Chile, to visit Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda’s home. Participants had the chance to take culture classes, Spanish classes, learn about the country’s geography and history.
Since then, students and faculty at the College have traveled to Central and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, and Africa on various trips.
The group traveled to Santiago, Chile, to visit Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda’s home. Participants had the chance to take culture classes, Spanish classes, learn about the country’s geography and history.
Since then, students and faculty at the College have traveled to Central and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, and Africa on various trips.
Durham Tech director Paula Wilder shared her research with a global audience in December as a presenter for the Oxford Women’s Leadership Symposium in Oxford, England.
Marcia Angle and Mark Trustin have donated a sizeable sum to the Durham Technical Community College Foundation, including $50,000 to support Durham Public School students enrolled in courses at Durham Tech. The $50,000 will purchase textbooks for students beginning in the 2023-2024 school year who are part of the recently announced DPS-Durham Tech Partnership.
In November 1997, Main Campus grew by one more building.
The Durham Tech/GlaxoWellcome Technology Center opened its doors to serve students in healthcare programs. That same year, the Durham Tech Foundation received its largest gift of $500,000 from GlaxoSmithKline to outfit the building with equipment needed for programs.
The Durham Tech/GlaxoWellcome Technology Center opened its doors to serve students in healthcare programs. That same year, the Durham Tech Foundation received its largest gift of $500,000 from GlaxoSmithKline to outfit the building with equipment needed for programs.
Durham Tech and UNC-Chapel Hill celebrated a new partnership Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, at the grand opening of the Innovate Carolina Junction. Durham Tech’s president J.B. Buxton announced that the College had opened an office at the Junction’s 136 E. Rosemary Street location in Chapel Hill, to provide space for the its small business and corporate services, along with academic programming.
In January, Gooden took over as the new Dean of Building, Engineering, and Skilled Trades at Durham Tech. Gooden has a deep love of community colleges and says Durham Tech's focus on equity and inclusion was one thing that drew him to Durham.
January 2024 saw completion of the six-week BRIDGE program and the beginning of a new chapter for the 11 graduates of the second cohort in the Hayti Reborn-Justice Movement and Durham Tech collaboration that started in 2023.
In the 1980s, electronics, microelectronics, robotics, and technology began to boom in Durham and the Research Triangle Park.
Leadership at Durham Technical Institute wanted the College to provide the necessary training for those career fields.
On May 18, 1983, the state board of community colleges approved funding for the development of a microelectronics technology program. This funding allowed Durham Tech to become one of the first two-year colleges in North Carolina to provide microelectronics training.
Leadership at Durham Technical Institute wanted the College to provide the necessary training for those career fields.
On May 18, 1983, the state board of community colleges approved funding for the development of a microelectronics technology program. This funding allowed Durham Tech to become one of the first two-year colleges in North Carolina to provide microelectronics training.
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