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Durham Tech Clinical Trials students play role in COVID-19 vaccine, treatment
In 1984, Robert L. Lyon and Elizabeth Reeves Lyon created the Lyon Merit Achievement Scholarship to support hard-working Durham Tech students. What began as a simple act of generosity grew into a scholarship that, over more than 40 years, has shaped the educational journeys of nearly 80 students. Today, the Robert L. Lyon and Elizabeth Reeves Lyon Memorial Scholarship is fully endowed and continues to generate enough income to award three to four scholarships every year — support that will last in perpetuity.
When Durham Industrial Education Center opened its doors in 1961, it was a triumph for Durham County leaders who saw the center as a place to join two needs: a rapidly shifting industrial economy and the need to train Black and White residents for those jobs.
Recently, our community lost an important figure in Durham Tech’s history – and key contributor to improving opportunity and life outcomes for people across the region. On Feb. 20, 2025, former Durham Tech Board of Trustees member James I. Bolden passed away at the age of 100.
Former Durham Tech Board of Trustees member James I. Bolden, an important figure in Durham Tech’s history and key contributor to improving opportunity and life outcomes for people across the region, died Feb. 20, 2025, at the age of 100.
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Durham Tech and representatives from the Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation announced a $1.5 million gift to the College on Wednesday, April 23, which will be dedicated to supporting the arts on campus.
With both parents and his older sister as entrepreneurs, it was a natural fit for new Small Business Center Director Jonathan Collins to find himself on the entrepreneurial path.
Collins has managed three businesses in Durham and Chapel Hill and also served in roles that supported small business as they looked to grow and expand.
Collins was named the director of the Small Business Center at Durham Tech in February 2022.
Collins has managed three businesses in Durham and Chapel Hill and also served in roles that supported small business as they looked to grow and expand.
Collins was named the director of the Small Business Center at Durham Tech in February 2022.
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Patrick Wynn watches closely as the LR Mate 200iD robotic arm picks up a plastic blue disc and moves it through the mock production line in the Mechatronics Lab at Durham Tech where students are learning the basic skills required to become an entry-level manufacturing production technician.
“The community college system is the technical arm of the job market,” said Walter Bartlett, instructor at Durham Tech and former president of Piedmont Community College. “About 80 percent of jobs out there are technical based and require an associate’s degree level knowledge so it’s prudent that we offer that.”
“The community college system is the technical arm of the job market,” said Walter Bartlett, instructor at Durham Tech and former president of Piedmont Community College. “About 80 percent of jobs out there are technical based and require an associate’s degree level knowledge so it’s prudent that we offer that.”