People come from across the Triad to find success at GTCC. Click below to read some of their stories.
If you've ever set foot on any of the Guilford Technical Community College campuses, you've probably encountered a member of the college’s Student Ambassador Program.
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Claire Ricci, dean of adult education at Guilford Technical Community College, is a passionate advocate for adult learners, for those who may have been left behind earlier in life, and for those new to the United States.
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Rhonda Taylor-Evans succeeds in her career after graduating from GTCC's Health Information Technologies program.
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The GTCC Student Ambassador Program inspires Kendall Stai to be more involved with the college.
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Many college students only dream of honing their skills on a big stage outside a classroom. Students in Guilford Technical Community College’s Entertainment Technology Program are sharpening their skills in the real world on a stages meant to entertain thousands of people.
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With the aid of a $20,000 grant from the Bank of America, Guilford Technical Community College is offering inmates at the High Point Detention Center an opportunity to be better prepared for life after release.
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Danielle Gillens smiles a lot these days. You don’t even have to see her to know. Her voice gives it away.
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While Guilford Technical Community College students were dashing about preparing for the first day of classes, the college's faculty and staff met to open the new semester.
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In February of 2020 Amy Schwartz began her current job as the executive administrative assistant for operations and facilities at Guilford Technical Community College. Little did she know what a wild ride her first year or so on the job would be.
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Niyah Webb fell in love with animatronics on a trip to Disney several years ago. It was a career-defining moment.
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Ten Guilford Technical Community College student-athletes earned All-National Junior College Athletic Association Academic honors for their academic performance in 2021-22.
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Just when Bryce Scott thought his goal of becoming an astronaut would not happen through N.C. State University, the Goodnight Scholars Program put him back on track.
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The class of 2022 and its 146 graduates of the Guilford Technical Community College Early/Middle Colleges saved more than $500,000 combined in college tuition fees.
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As she gets deeper into the coursework for her doctorate in physical therapy, Abbey Snyder realizes more and more the importance Guilford Technical Community College played in her life.
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When a Guilford Technical Community College student receives the Invicta Trade Scholarship awarded annually by Day Coker, it's all because the owner of AC by Day C HVAC once took constitutional law.
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A pair of students choose roads less traveled by women toward career success as well as success in the SkillsUSA competition where they will compete in the national championship in mid-June with others from GTCC.
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Life has thrown some mighty roadblocks in Sierra Hairston’s direction, but with hard work and faith, she always figured out a way to roll right past them and maintain control of her life.
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Laurie Bargebuhr is the apprenticeship coordinator for Guilford Technical Community College. At a time when business is exploding in the Triad, outstripping the available workforce, it is a job of vast importance. That is not lost on Bargebuhr.
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The Guilford Technical Community College first-year student went into labor during a lecture for an introduction to paralegal studies class last fall. A few hours later, little Lorenzo entered the world at the Cone Health Women's Hospital in Greensboro.
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Seven years after graduating from GTCC, Kim Simon gave the commencement address for the Class of 2022.
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After Jerri Evans received her bachelor's degree in criminal justice and began searching for a job, she faced a rude awakening.
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In his 17 years as manager of retail services for Guilford Technical Community College, Shawn Dee has experienced many challenging situations, but perhaps none as taxing as the renovation of the Medlin Campus Center.
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Jadon Layton has thought for a long time that auto body work would be his future. He just didn't realize how perfectly the stars would align for him.
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It wasn't Patrick Love's plan to be a data analyst, but he discovered technology was his passion. And passion most often trumps plans.
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In a year, Michael Burnett will be a certified automotive mechanic. With a Guilford Technical Community College associate degree in hand, he'll be headed toward a career as a mechanic with dreams of someday owning his own auto repair business.
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Warren Crow understands many students think he's a surly, gruff, perhaps even mean disciplinarian in the classroom. That's what he wants them to think, even though he's actually a big ol' teddy bear.
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It took a mid-course epiphany, but Victor Kempton is finally chasing the career he’s had a passion for, has dreamed of for … well, forever, almost.
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Marquita Pratt never met a challenge she didn't attack, and she has a forklift certification to prove it.
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Put a pile of tiny, colorful mosaic tiles in front of a group of art students and challenge them to make something beautiful, and, well, that's what you're bound to get.
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Lawrence Freeman may understand the value of Guilford Technical Community College's tutoring center more than most.
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Tim Gallardo has always wanted to work on cars, turning crumpled fenders and battered paint jobs back into something beautiful.
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Emma Edwards needed a quiet, slow start to her college career. Two of Guilford Technical Community College's programs provided the perfect beginning.
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Life is a balancing act for Malaika Siddique, but the 17-year-old Guilford Technical Community College student wouldn’t have it any other way.
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For a few years, Jordan Pickett dreamed of being a country music performer. The stage would be his office, the road his home. Along the way though, he realized he needed a backup plan. That plan led him to Guilford Technical Community College's music program.
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Instructors Amanda Melniczek and Mary Wilkinson may teach different subjects, but they share a commitment to supporting Guilford Technical Community College beyond the classroom.
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Taylor Martin is 16 years old, but don’t let her age mislead you. She will have a college degree from Guilford Technical Community College by the time she graduates high school, she is already eyeing four-year universities, and she has a career path charted.
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Shelton Smith's path is altered in a positive way after a call from Angie Carter, the education navigator for the Food Nutrition Services Employment and Training program at Guilford Technical Community College. The purpose of the program is to help underserved community members increase education and employment opportunities.
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James Yacoubian is an entrepreneur. He recently began a pressure washing business that will soon be registered with the state of North Carolina. He also has a wood-working business and there are more business ideas stewing in his mind.
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Just over decade after immigrating from the Ivory Coast, Vasidki Conneh was valedictorian of his senior class at Dudley High School. Today, he is less than a semester away from graduating from Guilford Technical Community College’s Manufacturing Technology program.
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Jyoti Nair and Anne Simpson form an unusual, but formidable duo at Guilford Technical Community College. Simpson is the chair of the Engineering, Astronomy, and Physics Department. Nair, who holds a Ph.D. in physics, is an associate professor in the department.
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Selena Collins wants to “jump into the real world” as soon as possible. At the rate she is going, the 17-year-old Greensboro resident will be making that leap much sooner than later. Collins is a senior at Western Guilford High School. She’s winding down her first semester at Guilford Technical Community College and by the time she graduates high school in the spring, she will have enough college credits to enroll in a four-year school as a second semester sophomore.
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Guilford Technical Community College proved to be the perfect place for Daniela Campbell to honor her Nicaraguan heritage and pave a path toward a booming career field. And she was able to embark on her educational journey without any cost, thanks to the Longleaf Commitment Grant.
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Lenore Coleman is a big believer in small acts of kindness. Her impact on Guilford Technical Community College is the exact opposite of small, even though everything she does is touched by kindness.
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N’Gai Dickerson has cooked for thousands. Now, he’s working to help thousands learn to cook healthy meals for themselves.
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Carl Smalls is living, breathing example that business and academia mix perfectly fine. Smalls has traveled that dual highway most of his life. He has been an associate professor of Business Administration at Guilford Technical Community College for almost a decade.
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Maria Colozzi understands taking up the slack in the workplace. For almost a year the executive administrative assistant in the president’s office has made sure it was business as usual even though there were two staff vacancies.
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Josh Hudson obviously has a knack for business. He’s 28 years old and owns an automotive center with 28 employees in a 15,000-square-foot facility. He will soon open a second location, immediately adding another dozen or so employees in the process.
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Anya Michael always greets students with a huge, genuine smile. And that’s just the beginning of her graciousness.
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Rahchelle Williams has an amazingly difficult job. She cares for medically fragile children in home settings, children who would probably be hospitalized if not for Williams and others like her.
“It takes a toll,” Williams says of the work she has done since first becoming a licensed practical nurse (LPN) more than a decade ago.
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Through GTCC’s Titan Link
Sybil Newman insists she is not an angel. Hundreds of Guilford Technical Community College students, past and present, would insist differently. Newman heads up the college’s Titan Link program, a program that helps not only GTCC students, but also faculty and staff, smooth over rough patches in their lives. From financial to hardware to software to childcare and transportation, Newman and her group work wonders to make life more navigable for those who may be in need.
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Since he was a small child, Patrick Camden has always loved to take things apart and put them back together. Now, as a 19-year-old second-year student at Guilford Technical Community College, he’s getting paid to do it.
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Four months ago, Willie Foggie was down. He refused to be counted out though.
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When we last visited with Lisa Kelly, she was working hard to put the finishing touches on her GED at Guilford Technical Community College with a goal of a March graduation. She crossed that off her list with ease, ending what she refers to as an endurance record of sorts for length of time to complete the curriculum, but more on that later.
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The two large cardboard boxes sitting in the rear of Jonathan Skeen’s classroom at Guilford Technical Community College speak volumes about the man and the instructor. One box is for coat donations to help the homeless. The other is for food donations to help those in need.
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Marlee Rindal never attended Guilford Technical Community College. But her life and family are deeply vested in GTCC and she has grown to become one of the college’s most ardent proponents.
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On a trip to Florida when she was a young child, Rozjae Gaymon became intrigued by airplanes. Soon she will be making repairs on the airplanes she used to dream about, thanks to perseverance, hard work and Guilford Technical Community College.
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Katherine Tran and Elaina Fowler are working to become nurses; it’s something they are driven to do. They are taking different paths, but those paths lead through Guilford Technical Community College on the way to a career in nursing.
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Averi Lindsay graduated from high school this past spring. She will graduate from Guilford Technical Community College in December with an associate of arts. And she is just 18 years old. Is this some type of educational wizardry? Not even close.
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The first thing you notice about David Bryant is his smile. It’s big. It exudes joy and happiness. It’s a billboard for his personality. What the smile doesn’t show is that Bryant is deaf.
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There’s bad luck and then there’s just plan rotten luck. Put Daniel Layne in that second category. First, the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out most of his freshman baseball season at Guilford Technical Community College. Then a torn labrum in his shoulder robbed him of summer ball in 2020.
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For decades Edith Walson has worked with preschool age children. It has been a lifelong passion for her, a passion she fueled by volunteering in her church and with refugee children in the AmeriCorps program. Now, with her own children grown and out on their own, the 61-year-old Walson has embarked on the next step in pursuing her passion: the Early Childhood Education program at Guilford Technical Community College.
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When Holland Robinson graduated from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in 2019, her sights were set on becoming a lawyer. With a major criminology with a concentration in criminal justice and a double-minor in campaign management and prelaw, it seemed natural. It turns out, she’s pretty much a natural at welding, too. She just didn’t know it at the time.
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When Igbal Abdelnour immigrated to the United States from the Republic of Sudan three years ago, Guilford Technical Community College served as one gigantic welcome wagon for her.
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Sierra Graham has two job titles at Guilford Technical Community College, but she has many more jobs. Graham is the administrative assistant for the dean of human services and public safety division as well as the fire occupational extension and fire academy. For her diligent work to keep both areas running smoothly, Graham has been named Guilford Technical Community College employee of the month for May.
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A pair of recent Guilford Technical Community College graduates have been honored by national tool manufacturers for their classroom success.
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Harmony Savage was in a quandary. She was an unhappy student at a four-year college and was looking for a new educational beginning. She turned to Guilford Technical Community College and she has never regretted it.
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Two members of the Guilford Technical Community College men’s basketball team continue to draw attention for their solid play well after the final buzzer sounded on the 2021 season.
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Frankie Lane is the epitome of what a student success center coordinator should be: she makes helping students her priority every day. For that diligence as the coordinator of the student success center at the Greensboro Campus, she has been named the Guilford Technical Community College employee of the month for April.
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While the COVID-19 pandemic continued to envelope the area last fall, students in Natasha Spellman’s early childhood education classes at Guilford Technical Community College wanted to find a way to help children and their families.
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Bryce Scott has traveled a long way in a short time. Both literally and figuratively.
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Many Guilford Technical Community College students have probably mistaken Bryan McMasters for a postman as he hurried from class-to-class on campus in a full United States Postal Service uniform. Little did they know, he was just like them: a fulltime student at GTCC.
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Al Romano has worked at the legendary Tavern on the Green in New York City. He’s shown intercity children how to cook healthy meals. He’s traveled in a mobile kitchen and dining car, cooking meals for Olympic athletes on the torch run in 1984.
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Tracey Davis has one of those jobs that is vital, but in normal times, unheralded.
The past 18 months have not been “normal times,” and as the manager of student accounts at Guilford Technical Community College, Davis and her position have been center stage. First there was the pandemic, which is still a part of our everyday life. Then there was the data breach at GTCC.
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Marti Webb retired. Then she decided to unretire and start all over.
It wasn’t an easy route for the former nurse who often refers to herself as a “baby boomer.” But with the help of Guilford Technical Community College, she not only succeeded she flourished.
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When there is a crisis, there isn’t many things more important than a crisis hotline. That certainly has been the case for Guilford Technical Community College during the COVID 19 pandemic. Amy Schwartz, executive administrative assistant, has been the lead administrative support for the college’s COVID Hotline.
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With most of her classes held virtually for the past year, Pam Hollern has grown very accustomed to communicating via Zoom and other virtual platforms. But these days the program director of paralegal technology at Guilford Technical Community College finds herself on a larger virtual stage.
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When Michelle Bowden enrolled at Guilford Technical Community College two years ago, she planned on earning an associate degree and continue her work in a childcare center. But that was two years ago, before she stepped on campus and experienced the culture of GTCC.
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Doug Cason fled the heat of Texas two-and-a-half years ago for the more temperate climate of North Carolina, all the beauty the state has to offer and a position in Guilford Technical Community College’s Creative and Performing Arts Department.
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Sophia Wilkins always dreamed of going to the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Now, thanks to Guilford Technical Community College’s C-STEP transfer pathway, that dream is on the verge of reality. The C-STEP transfer pathway is a partnership with UNC Chapel Hill that guarantees a student admission to the four-year institution upon completion of the C-STEP associate degree program at GTCC.
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When Adra Elkins finished the AMQCP structural assembly program at Guilford Technical Community College in 2017, a huge door opened for her.
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As a non-traditional student, Courtney Boston knows she has to take a less traveled, more difficult route to reach her dream of becoming an attorney. If that means enrolling in two curriculums simultaneously at Guilford Technical Community College, working a fulltime job as a paralegal for a law firm and a part-time job as a weekend manager at a restaurant all while rearing a three-year-old boy, well, that’s just fine with her.
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Faced with a campus-wide academic schedule that was totally disrupted by COVID-19, Tiffany McCauley did what she always does: she performed flawlessly under pressure. Which is why she was recognized as GTCC’s January employee of the month.
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Shannon Burghart has always believed in lots of physical activity in her classes at Guilford Technical Community College. The associate professor of early childhood education understands that physical movements stimulate the brain.
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Troy Singley had been a chef for many years. But when his restaurant job disappeared last spring as the COVID-19 pandemic began to rage, he was at a crossroads. The 55-year-old New Jersey native knew he needed to find a more storm proof-career and he began to explore the options. A new Guilford Technical Community College program caught his eye and it put him on the road to a new livelihood, both figuratively and literally.
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When she was 16, she was forced to leave high school to help care for her six siblings. A decade later, she enrolled in Guilford Technical Community College’s adult education program, only to be blindsided by life. But today the 36-year-old Kelly is immersed in GTCC’s adult education program again and is on course to complete the program this spring.
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She was born in Germany and has lived in Spain, Florida, Georgia, St. Maarten, Israel, and California. These days Greensboro is home. Guilford Technical Community College is like a second home for the 40-year-old Balogh as she utilizes the college’s Adult Education Program to help her switch gears in life
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When Rabila Mohamed came to the United States three years ago, she spoke only a few words of English, but she was armed with a fierce determination to succeed. With that determination and the help of Guilford Technical Community College, she has never looked back as she works her way toward a career as a registered nurse.
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Sarah Oakley figures working a little overtime in the classroom now is going to save her a lot of time down the road. The 17-year-old Oakley is a senior at Southwest Guilford High School and will graduate in the spring. But she is also on schedule to graduate from Guilford Technical Community College this year. She enrolled in the college’s Career and College Promise program in 2019 and since has simultaneously taken both high school and college classes.
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Keshguerian has worked her way through the Computer Integrated Machining program, learning to first use manual mills and lathes and then advancing to the CNC mills, CNC lathes, and turning centers.
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Wilson earned her associate’s degree in Medical Office Administration – Medical Billing and Coding through the GTCC’s eDegree program. She chose the online learning platform because of the convenience and the security it offered her.
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Guilford Technical Community College faced an unparalleled emergency last fall when it was hit with a cyberattack. Countless staff members stepped to the fore to aid in the recovery, but none was more vital than network administrator Jeremy Plumley. Which is why he was recognized as GTCC’s November employee of the month.
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Khristine Bautista and Stewart Bartlett both wanted to get a head start on college. They didn’t have to look very far to get the best start possible.
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Regardless of the question or problem or dilemma a Guilford Technical Community College student presents Berri Cross, she patiently and calmly finds the correct answer or points them in the right direction. Which is why she was recognized as GTCC’s October employee of the month.
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Transitioning from in-class to distance learning can be challenging. Especially if you don’t have a reliable computer or electronic device. Titan Link, GTCC’s services support program that helps students with life issues that arise outside the classroom, recognized there would be a need among students as the college prepared for remote learning in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak last month.
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“Having the opportunity to represent the United States on the global stage at WorldSkills was not only an honor but also a privilege. To be able to do something I love just makes it that much more enjoyable,” says GTCC student Alex Millikan who represented the United States at the WorldSkills Competition in Kazan, Russia.
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When Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico in September 2017, the health care infrastructure was decimated and left many young professionals starting their nursing careers with nowhere to turn.
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“I’m passionate about the trade and the craft. I want to be the best and inspire others to go after their dreams,” says Josh Hudson, a GTCC graduate who owns and operates Greensboro-based Hudson Autoworks. Hudson earned his associate degree in Collision Repair and Refinishing Technology from GTCC in 2012.
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It is often said that what influences people the most are the experiences they go through in life. For Guilford Technical Community College student Casey Trivette, the saying holds true. Trivette, who will graduate with an associate degree from GTCC’s Medical Assisting program in 2019, has used her personal experiences, as well as those around her, to shape her career goals.
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Standing at the crossroads of a career she knew and a desire to blaze her own path, Diane Summerville chose the road less traveled when she started her own business. With coaching from Guilford Technical Community College’s Small Business Center, she founded New Day Transitions, Inc., a move management firm that helps seniors transition from the homes they have known and loved to a smaller home or retirement community.
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Three Guilford Technical Community College students joined others from Davidson Community College and Forsyth Technical Community College on an adventure they won’t soon forget.
Through a partnership with Universidad Nacional de Villa María in Argentina, eight area community college students spent two weeks in Argentina as part of a faculty-led study abroad program.
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His mornings begin at 5:30 a.m. but Jared Ranes says he wouldn’t trade the long days for the world. He uncommon commute takes from his home in Clayton, North Carolina, to GTCC’s High Point campus where he is enrolled in the concert lighting and sound program.
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Mike Blanke was standing in an empty hangar when it happened. The moment he became fascinated with flight. An airshow and 1940s swing dancing lessons brought him to Monroe, North Carolina. He didn’t realize it then but that afternoon would have a profound impact on his trajectory.
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Matthew Lomas goes the extra mile on campus, has a plan for his future and uses his strengths to propel himself toward his goals. But, it wasn’t always this way.
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New technology has increased the demand for skilled machinists. Most machinists work in small machining shops or in manufacturing firms but you’ll also find metalworkers like GTCC graduate Brian Wilson in industries like jewelry.
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Originally planning to study history, a back injury that nearly left him paralyzed inspired Chris Wright to pursue a career where he could serve others.
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Scholastica Nwaokeke works third shift at FedEx Ground in Greensboro, N.C. After moving to the Triad from New Jersey, she realized her interest in global logistics could turn into a career.
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Guilford Technical Community College welcomes many veterans on campus and offices specialized resources to help them succeed in their coursework and pursue meaningful careers. This is something that doesn’t go unnoticed, especially by Army veteran and recent music business graduate, Jeff Duncan.
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Stephanie Jarrell (’18) seized the opportunity to return to school after 15 years to achieve her dream of becoming a registered nurse.
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When Claimon Tyler first enrolled at GTCC, he was homeless, working minimum wage and had just spent the last eight years of his life in prison. He was committed to making a change and was ready to put in the time and effort necessary.
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For GTCC graduate Katelynn Purcell, it has been a long road to her dream career. Her journey began in 2011 when she was still in high school and has been littered with trials and tribulations.
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When GTCC Instructor Ron Barrans heard Crenshaw Pentecostal was going to produce its first Extended Play (EP) record, he invited the band to collaborate with GTCC on the project.
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The Sky’s the Limit for Aviation Program Graduate -- Spencer Moore likes to be challenged. When the East Davidson High School graduate spotted an ad in the newspaper for Guilford Technical Community College’s aviation program, he was intrigued.
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GTCC student finds opportunity, employment through local program: Nick Dasnoit (’17) knew he wanted to major in Information Technology. It appealed to him as a stable and growing industry.
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