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Fall 1916 |
First meeting of a group of Guilford County citizens to discuss plans to combat tuberculosis |
December 20, 1921 |
Voters approve $100,000 bond issue to build Sanatorium. Additional $125,000 provided through county and private donations |
January 22, 1924 |
Guilford County Tuberculosis Sanatorium officially opens with 46 beds. Dr. J. L. Spruill appointed as Superintendent |
1926 |
A Children's Building opens to treat youth with tuberculosis |
May 1, 1934 |
Dr. M.D. Bonner becomes Superintendent upon the death of Dr. J. L. Spruill in 1934. |
1936 |
Sanatorium at maximum capacity with 142 beds 1950s |
| December 24, 1955 | Sanatorium closes, approximately 40 patients move to State Sanatorium in Moore County |
| November 14, 1957 | Proposal for local Industrial Education Center sent to Guilford County Commissioners |
| April 3, 1958 | Industrial Education Center proposal approved by Board of Education for center at Jamestown. Sanatorium facilities allocated to GIEC by County Commissioners |
| May 3, 1958 | Center’s first Advisory Committee appointed, Ed Kemp appointed Chairman |
| May 1958 | Bruce B. Roberts named first Director of the Guilford Industrial Education Center |
| August 1958 | 42 students enroll in classes at the GIEC |
| August 1959 | First year ends with 593 students enrolled. New programs added to the curriculum |
| 1959 | Machinery Hall the first building constructed on the campus |
1960s |
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| September 1963 | General Assembly shifts control of industrial education centers to the Department of Community Colleges. Local control vested in a Board of Trustees |
| September 1963 | Eight member Board of Trustees established, Zalph Rochelle appointed Chairman. |
| September 1964 | Over 7,000 students receive training and over a thousand students enroll in technical, distributive, trade, practical nursing, and adult education at the Center |
| May 6, 1965 | State Board of Education, recommended by the Department of Community Colleges, approves Guilford Industrial Education Center as a Technical Institute. Technical, trade, general and adult and community service programs offered |
| Dr. Herbert F. Marco appointed the first president of Guilford Technical Institute | |
| 1965 | GTI vested with authority to grant the Associate in Applied Science Degree |
| August 19, 1965 | Guilford Technical Institute dedicated in a formal ceremony officiated by Governor Dan K. Moore |
| Furniture Hall dedicated | |
| September 15, 1965 | Four new trustees appointed to the Board by Governor Dan K. Moore, H. Frank Startling, John T. Davis, Robert O. Kistler, and John W. Thompson |
| May 22, 1966 | Inauguration of Dr. Herbert F. Marco as first President of GTI |
| Mrs. Virginia Bangiola of High Point becomes the first student to receive an Associate in Applied Science degree from GTI | |
| June 11, 1967 | First Graduation Ceremony held |
| The 1st I Am An American Day held at GTI | |
| June 13, 1967 | Dr. Herbert F. Marco resigns as President of Guilford Technical Institute |
| August 8, 1967 | Dr. Luther R. Medlin named 2nd President of GTI |
| 1967 | First issue of college yearbook published, Whispering Pines, (1967-1976) |
| Fall 1968 | GTI's basketball team, The Green Hornets, plays first games |
| February 1968 | Department of Adult Education offers classes |
| December 3, 1969 | GTI becomes a member of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools |
| August 23, 1969 | GTI launches Aviation Technology Program 1970s |
| May 25, 1970 | Council on Dental Education of the American Dental Association announces accreditation of dental programs |
| June 8, 1971 | Successful county-wide bond referendum appropriates $3 million to GTI for construction projects |
| January 21, 1972 | 1st homecoming event held at GTI |
| November 1972 | GTI leases Hangar from the Piedmont Triad Airport |
| 1973 | GTI purchases Guilford College's Downtown Campus |
| March 7, 1974 | State Board of Education announces GTI accreditation |
| July 1, 1975 | Dr. Woodrow B. Sugg named 3rd President of GTI |
| February 1975 | Learning Resources Book Walk |
| June 1977 | Dr. Harold J. Owen appointed 4th President of GTI |
| June 1980 | Dr. Raymond J. Needham named 5th President of GTI |
| June 1983 | State Board of Education approves request to add college transfer program at GTI |
| May 16, 1983 | GTI celebrates 25th birthday |
| July 1983 | GTI’s name changed to Guilford Technical Community College. The college begins to offer a college-transfer curriculum. |
| March 1985 | Wellness Center dedicated |
| November 1984 | J. C. Price Complex opened |
| 1991 | Dr. Donald W. Cameron appointed 6th President of GTCC |
| November 1994 | Ciba donates $225,000 to GTCC’s Tech Prep Program |
| January 13, 1995 | GTCC receives a National Science Foundation grant to bring Internet access to to the college |
| April 1995 | State Board of Community Colleges approved proposal to convert NC Community College System to semester system. Implemented Fall Semester 1997 |
| June 1996 | Donald Cline donates $100,000 to build an Observatory on the Jamestown campus |
| October 1996 | Percy H. Sears Applied Technologies Center dedicated |
| November 1996 | Wall Street Journal article about GTCC Business and Industry Program |
| October 23, 1997 | GTCC officially opens the Cline Observatory |
| 1999 | Koury Corporation donate $500,000, largest gift ever made to GTCC |
| Joseph S. Koury Hospitality Careers Center dedicated | |
| October 15, 1999 | The Larry Gatlin School of Entertainment established, the first of its kind in the state offered by a community college |
| November 2000 | Dedicated newly renovated Williams Health Careers Building for nursing and medical assisting programs |
| August 2001 | Middle College Program opened on GTCC Jamestown Campus |
| June 12, 2003 | Middle College Program opened on GTCC Jamestown Campus |
| July 2003 | Gladys S. Sears Endowed Teaching Chair in Business Technology established |
| November 2003 | High Point Campus - Gatlin Entertainment Technology Building opened |
| April 2004 | Children's Center celebrates its 25th anniversary |
| January 2005 | New Greensboro Campus - Adult Education Center opened |
| August 2006 | GTCC's men's basketball and women's volleyball teams start |
