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A brave and talented group of students from Professor Luglio and Professor Louise Brown's Entrepreneurship classes attended the recent Business Elevator Pitch Competition held on November 9 at the University of Bridgeport. There were about 20 competitors from community colleges around the state.  Participants were expected to pitch and summarize the key points of their busi...

Gateway Community College (GCC) Yale@Gateway speaker series continued on November 7 with a special election-eve conversation with Akhil Reed Amar, noted Law professor and legal and constitutional expert. Amar spoke on Tomorrow’s Winners & Losers: Trump, Clinton & the Constitution. The talk was followed by a question and answer session in which Amar discussed the impl...

The Gateway Community College Exercise Science and Wellness Program is holding a collection drive for     new winter hats, gloves, and mittens of all sizes until December 8, 2016. The drive will benefit New Reach, the largest provider of family shelter and family support housing in the state of Connecticut. Collection boxes are located at all building entrances and in the E...

The Gateway Community College (GCC) Athletics held its second annual Alumni Basketball Game on October 29 to support the GCC men’s and woman’s basketball teams. Gateway students, faculty, staff and alumni gathered for an afternoon of food and sport and raised $765.00 to support the athletic program at GCC. Gateway is the only community college in the state to retain an athl...

The Gateway Community College (GCC) office of Veteran’s Affairs hosts two important events in honor of Veteran’s Day. The  NewAlliance Art Gallery opened on November 7 with Remembering and Remembrance, in partnership with the Giant Steps Program, an ongoing group-oriented recovery program for Veterans who are encouraged to use the creative arts alongside other therapies tha...

Gateway Community College (GCC) launched National Veteran’s week with a free business workshop for veterans and their spouses who are starting and/or hoping to expand a small business. The workshop was made possible through a collaboration with the Small Business Administration (SBA), the City of New Haven, SCORE, and the college. The Workshop took place in GCC’S Small Busi...

The Yale@Gateway Speaker Series at Gateway Community College (GCC) returned on Monday October 24, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. with David Brooks, distinguished practitioner in Grand Strategy and current New York Times Op-Ed columnist who spoke on the topic “Gateway to What?” Formerly a senior editor at The Weekly Standard, and a contributing editor at Newsweek and the Atlantic Monthly...

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, Gateway Community College presented a screening of The Borinqueneers, a 78 minute documentary about a never-before-told chronicle of the 65thInfantry Regiment, the only all-Puerto Rican regiment in the United States Army and recent recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal. This compelling film, which was previously aired on PBS a...

One of Connecticut’s largest parent volunteer organizations, Connecticut Parent Power, will honor Gateway Community College President, Dorsey L. Kendrick at the fourth annual Red Carpet Gala on Friday, September 16. Connecticut Parent Power honors Kendrick as an “extra-ordinary leader with integrity and unwavering commitment to co-create a world, not as it is, but as it sho...

Gateway Community College (GCC) is one of only four colleges in the country to be validated by the U.S. Department of Education’s Supporting Student Success: Adult Education and Remedial Education Reform in Community Colleges grant, to support student-success programs from 2015 through 2017 that target community college students who are in need of academic remediation. GCC ...

Gateway Community College (GCC) is one of only four colleges in the country to be validated by the U.S. Department of Education’s Supporting Student Success: Adult Education and Remedial Education Reform in Community Colleges grant, to support student-success programs from 2015 through 2017 that target community college students who are in need of academic remediation. GCC ...

Mark E. Ojakian, President of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) announced the launch of the “#ihearyou” campaign aimed at encouraging civil discussion and respectful debate among students, faculty and staff across all 17 CSCU campuses. The multi-media campaign will take place primarily through the fall and includes student events, PSAs and public forums....

The Gateway Community College Foundation will host its 19th Annual Hall of Fame Induction & Reception on Thursday, September 29 at 5:30 p.m. at Gateway Community College, in the Curran Family Community Center at 20 Church Street, New Haven. Each year, the GCC Foundation honors outstanding members of the corporate community, community leaders, and Gateway alumni in recog...

Students are invited to submit applications for participation in the Gateway Executive Mentor program (GEM), a volunteer mentoring network dedicated to enhancing the education and career development of GCC students. Students who are selected for the GEM will be paired with a professional executives to receive individualized assistance with career planning, resume preparatio...

Navigating the health care system can be overwhelming for those with challenges like poverty, addiction, lack of transportation or health insurance. People can become so overwhelmed that they fail to show up for doctor visits, may stop taking their medications or resort to emergency room treatment again and again as the one source for their health care. Gateway Community Co...

The Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) Community Colleges are ranked 9th Best Community College System in the Nation for 2016 by WalletHub.com.  The Connecticut Community College system is the only New England system to make it into the top ten.  Gateway Community College ranked in the top 12%, over all, among the best community colleges in the nation, and i...

The State of Connecticut Department of Higher Education awarded Gateway Community College (GCC) $1.6 million from the Roberta B. Willis Scholarship Grant Program. The award reflects a $900,000 increase over similar grants in previous years.   Formerly the Governor’s Scholarship, the funds make it possible for Gateway Community College to assist Connecticut residents taking ...

Eleven very happy students had their very own Graduation Ceremony, June 15, to celebrate the completion of a productive 10 month, Step Forward Program. "We've had a busy year," said Jaime French, the program's director. "I am so proud of our students and all they've accomplished." Step Forward (SF) is a transition program for young adults (18-21) with mild cognitive disabili...

GCC Business major, Felicia Hill, won $150 and a trophy plaque at the Community College Spring Elevator Pitch competition at the University of Bridgeport on April 7. Hill is one of 40 students who pitched their business idea in a 60-second presentation designed to generate enough interest to attract investors. “My business is named Faithfully Fitting,” explains Hill. “It is...