Gaston College students and members of the local community are invited to attend the 2024 Gaston College Health Fair on Thursday, April 18, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The mission of this free event, sponsored by the Gaston College Health & Wellness Committee, is to educate the College’s student body and community members about […]
February is Career and Technical Education Appreciation Month and on February 23 Lincoln County Schools superintendent Dr. Aaron Allen met with Joanne Matz, Dean of Lincoln County Partnerships, and Dr. Jennifer Nichols, VP for Educational Partnerships, on the Lincoln campus of Gaston College to celebrate the partnership between Lincoln County Schools and Gaston and discuss […]
Two teams from Gaston represented the College for two awards at the Bellwether College Consortium’s annual Community College Futures Assembly in San Antonio, Texas, on February 25 to 27. The consortium is a group of award-winning colleges charged with addressing critical issues facing community colleges, with concentration on workforce development, instructional programs and services, and […]
A career fair at Gaston College on Wednesday, March 20, gives job seekers the opportunity to meet representatives from over 70 regional businesses. The free event, open to all past and current Gaston College students and to the community, takes place in the Myers Center Auditorium on the Dallas campus from 9 a.m. until 1 […]
In observance of Black History Month, the Gaston College Multicultural Affairs Committee (M.A.C.) presented an appearance by educator, actor, writer and social activist Rob Jones. Jones is the executive director of Dialogues on Diversity, a theater company that focuses on social justice and diversity awareness. The event was held from noon to 1 p.m. on […]
WSGE 91.7 FM, Gaston College’s volunteer-driven radio station, won the Cammy Award as the 2023 Radio Station of the year at the Carolina Beach Music Awards event held in November in North Myrtle Beach, S.C. The station had been named the FM Station of the Year six times prior to the 2023 awards (in 2020, […]
Gaston College was honored to welcome Janet L. Yellen, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, to its Dallas campus on Thursday, November 30. Secretary Yellen came to North Carolina to deliver remarks on how President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, and the administration’s Investing in America agenda, is spreading economic opportunity and strengthening America’s energy security. During […]
Gaston College recently received state approval on a $60 million Health Science Education and Simulation Center facility geared towards providing training opportunities for new and existing healthcare personnel. This marks North Carolina’s largest community college budget allocation this year and the largest in Gaston’s history. “This will be the only regional facility open to industry […]
Bambe and Sam Johnson are newlyweds on a mission to cultivate a welcoming alcohol-free community in downtown Lowell at North Main Kava Bar. When they first began thinking of starting this business on their own, they reached out to the Small Business Center at Gaston College. They received counseling that helped them determine if their […]
The recent graduating class of the Gaston College Associate Degree Nursing program earned a 100% pass rate on the NCLEX, an exam that tests the competency of nursing school graduates prior to their licensing. The average NCLEX pass rate in the United States is around 80%, and in North Carolina it is 90.8%. The 48 […]
