“We won!” said Durham Tech Hunger Ambassador and student volunteer Jessica Zettlemoyer.
From September through December, Durham Tech’s Campus Harvest Food Pantry took part in the fifth annual Collegiate Hunger Challenge, competing against 13 other colleges and universities. The challenge tackled food insecurity on college campuses and empowered students, employees and community members to create awareness about hunger as they competed to collect the most food for those experiencing hunger.
The Motorcycle Safety Foundation Basic Rider courses are designed for persons with little or no riding experience. Classes are held Friday-Sunday.
Admission steps for those who are not currently in the U.S. and seeking an F-1 Student Visa.
There are nine admission steps for those who are not currently in the U.S. and seeking an F-1 Student Visa.
Aaron McCullum, a Durham Tech Architectural Technology student, has been selected as the College’s nominee for the Dallas Herring Achievement Award and the recipient of the Tony Kleese & Christine Kelly-Kleese Resilience Award.
The Dallas Herring Achievement Award was established by the North Carolina Community College System in 2010 to honor the late Dr. Dallas Herring, one of the state’s earliest advocates of community colleges. All 58 community colleges choose a candidate. The state award is bestowed annually upon a current or former student who best embodies Herring’s philosophy of “taking people where they are and carrying them as far as they can go.”
Durham Public Schools and Durham Tech announced a major new partnership with the goal of ensuring that 25 percent of Durham Public Schools students will complete a Durham Tech workforce credential or associate degree by the time they graduate high school. DPS and Durham Tech have committed to putting in place key strategies and supports to ensure that at least 500 students each year are graduating graduate with an associate degree in addition to their high school diploma, or a credential that will enable them to enter the workforce immediately. This goal is unparalleled in the state.
When most college students were sleeping in last Saturday morning, dental lab technology students at Durham Tech were giving back through the heart of dentistry.
J.B. Buxton is the fifth President of Durham Technical Community College.
Guidelines for students needing accommodations.
Durham Tech is one of just 32 community colleges nationwide designated as a 2026 Leader College of Distinction by Achieving the Dream, a national organization committed to advancing community colleges as accessible hubs of learning, credentialing, and economic mobility.