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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.
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.
Students can earn their Drivetrain Certificate in two semesters. Coursework covers operation, diagnosis, and repair of manual transmissions/transaxles, clutches, driveshafts, axles, and final drives.
Ophthalmic lab technicians cut, grind, and polish precision optical elements such as contact and eyeglass lenses.
Individuals are eligible to enroll in the Data Management certificate program if they have completed a Clinical Research AAS degree or any Clinical Research certificate, a baccalaureate or graduate degree in computer information systems, biological science, chemistry, or an allied health area, or have at least one year of pharmaceutical, biotechnological, or medical device industry experience in clinical data management.
The Associate in Arts (AA) is a two-year degree for students who ultimately wish to complete a baccalaureate degree. The emphasis is on courses such as business, English, fine arts, foreign languages, history, philosophy, psychology, or sociology.
Durham Tech graduate Kilie Fetzer has been named the 2025 ApprenticeshipNC Outstanding Registered Apprentice after finding her passion while working as a receptionist at a surgeon’s office, where she learned about surgical tech careers.
“One of the amazing surgeons knew my frustrations of wanting to go back to school to further my education but having no idea what I wanted to do,” Fetzer said. “He offered to let me shadow him in the operating room to observe and see if anything sparked my interest. That’s when I learned what a surgical technologist is.”
“One of the amazing surgeons knew my frustrations of wanting to go back to school to further my education but having no idea what I wanted to do,” Fetzer said. “He offered to let me shadow him in the operating room to observe and see if anything sparked my interest. That’s when I learned what a surgical technologist is.”
The Association in Applied Science (AAS) program curriculum prepares students to install, configure, and support an organization’s Internet-connected workstation and server systems; analyze, test, troubleshoot, and evaluate software and service installations; and plan, implement, and monitor networking, compute, and storage systems with virtualization and Cloud platforms.
The Software Development Certificate prepares students to design and develop software solutions based on user needs and requirements; create, modify, and test code and computer applications; develop and write computer programs to store, locate, and retrieve data and information; and design, implement, and administer computer databases.
The Architectural Technology CAD certificate prepares graduates for entry-level jobs in architectural, engineering, construction and trades professions as well as positions in industry and government after earning this certificate. Learn more about this curriculum.