1916-1950s
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Fall 1916
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First meeting of a group of Guilford County
citizens to discuss plans to combat tuberculosis |
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December 20, 1921
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Voters approve $100,000 bond issue to build Sanatorium.
Additional $125,000 provided through county and private
donations |
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January 22, 1924
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Guilford County
Tuberculosis Sanatorium officially opens with 46 beds. Dr. J.
L. Spruill appointed as Superintendent |
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1926
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A Children's Building opens to
treat youth with tuberculosis |
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May 1, 1934
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Dr. M.D. Bonner becomes Superintendent upon the death of Dr. J.
L. Spruill in 1934. |
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1936
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Sanatorium at maximum capacity with 142 beds 1950s |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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