In May, Hillary Ford will walk across a stage at CaroMont Health Park surrounded by her Gaston College peers and receive an Associate of Arts degree. If you asked Hillary several years ago what her plans were for the future, she says they certainly would not have included graduating from college. A mother, domestic violence […]
In kindergarten, children are asked what they want to be when they grow up and typically kids say they dream of becoming a doctor, astronaut, or President of the United States. While Seth Eaves’ classmates had hopes of saving lives or making history, Seth had his eyes set on a different path. Seth dreamed that […]
Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, people have taken the time to think about what makes them feel fulfilled, and many have realized their current path was not the right one for them. This has led people to quit their jobs and seek a new one or even change career fields. Others have decided […]
Gaston College Work-Based Learning & Placement will be holding a career fair on Wednesday Mar. 23 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. in the Meyers Center Multipurpose Auditorium on the Dallas Campus. The event is open to all past and present Gaston College students and the community. Nearly 70 businesses are expected to participate hiring […]
Gaston College student Trenton Laws was selected out of hundreds of community college students across the country to attend the NCAS virtual experience from Feb. 2-8, 2022, and won the mission challenge with his team. This was a dream come true for Trenton, who says he hopes to work for NASA one day. Laws earned his […]
Gaston College and Catawba Valley Community College became the first two schools in Western N.C. to become a part of North Carolina State University’s Community College Collaboration Agreement (C3) at a signing event on Tuesday, January 25, 2022. The C3 agreement will guarantee students from Gaston College admission to NC State if they meet […]
College leads efforts to raise awareness of health equity gaps. The United States ranks last on measures of health equity compared to other industrialized countries, according to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. To raise awareness of this issue and to begin to understand equity gaps and develop a shared common language concerning health equity, Gaston […]
Pinning ceremony honors LPN graduates and celebrates ranking Gaston College Licensed Practical Nursing students who graduated at a pinning ceremony on Tuesday, August 3, have something more to celebrate. PracticalNursing.org, the leading LPN advancement and ranking agency, gave the College’s LPN program its top ranking in North Carolina for 2021. The organization ranked the top […]
Gaston College and Johnson C. Smith University officially joined forces on Thursday, August 5 to help their students achieve their goal of a Bachelor’s degree. In a signing ceremony held at the Johnson C. Smith University campus in Charlotte, both college presidents, Clarence Armbrister of JCSU and Dr. John Hauser of Gaston College, signed a […]
Bob Blanton retires from teaching at Gaston College—but not from the Bob Blanton Study Tours Program Bob Blanton, Chair of Social and Behavioral Sciences and History Instructor at Gaston College, was honored on Monday, July 19, 2021, at a Retirement Reception held in the Rauch Gallery on the College’s Dallas campus. Blanton is retiring on […]
