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New Haven, Conn.– Gateway Community College (GCC) CEO William “Terry” Brown, Ph.D., was among nine new Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce (GNHCC) board members elected and installed during the organization’s 228th Annual Meeting & Business Leadership Awards this fall.  “The Chamber is a wonderful resource for the 15 towns and cities it serves, and I am pleased to joi...

Beginning in the new 2022-year, Professor of Chemistry Megan DeLivron will be appointed as the new Chair for Mathematics and Sciences Department. After almost 15 years of service, Professor Rocky Tremblay will step down as   current chair upon his retirement on January 1, 2022. Professor Megan DeLivron steps into the new role with a history of positively impacting students,...

Gateway Community College’ (GCC) Chief Executive Officer, Dr. William ‘Terry’ Brown participated in a June 7 th celebration and groundbreaking ceremony to mark the end of Phase 2 of New Haven’s Downtown Crossing project and the groundbreaking for a new 101 College Street building, a 10-story, 500,000 square-foot bioscience lab and office tower slated to be built atop the for...

Overcoming barriers and pushing forward, even when the path feels endless, is familiar territory for Certified Nurse Aide Instructor Maria Eugenia C. Jorge, BSN RN, herself a 2010 graduate of the Gateway Community College (GCC) Nursing Program. Jorge, a mother of four from Orange, had been out of high school for 25 years and was happy in her career as a   patient care assoc...

GCC Division Director for Allied Health and Nursing, Dr. Sheila Solernou, was selected to serve on the statewide workgroup organized by FEMA and the Global Resilience Institute (GRI) to identify and reach consensus on meaningful actions for responding to the ongoing COVID-19 emergency and for assisting with the state’s economic recovery.   “It is clear that community colleg...

Gateway Community College Director of Security, Sgt. Cary Broderick, received the 2020 Project Longevity Award during its third annual awards ceremony on October 27. Sgt. Broderick received the award for his commitment to reducing violence in New Haven by forging closer relationships between police and the community.   Sgt. Broderick is one of 15 honorees to receive the awa...

Jaime French, Step Forward program director at Gateway Community College, has been appointed to the Connecticut Transition Task Force (TTF) Membership Committee. The TTF directly supports the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) in its efforts to guide students with disabilities, families, schools, and state and community organizations to facilitate the students’...

Anne Williams has been hard at work hand-knitting hats for the homeless in New Haven for years, and with a pandemic looming in the background, she has been especially busy.   While homeless shelters can help individuals or families experiencing a housing crisis, vulnerable segments of the population need critical assistance with clothing, food and other items. The ongoing C...

Mary Ellen Cody, dean of Development and Community Partnerships at Gateway Community College, has been named    the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce’s (GNHCC) Chamber Volunteer of the Year. Cody was honored Oct. 15 at the GNHCC 226th Annual Meeting & Annual Business Leadership Awards, held virtually. Cody is being recognized for her many contributions to the region,...

Six outstanding Gateway Community College (GCC) leaders were chosen to attend the Connecticut Change Leadership workshop program. The program, which will be held virtually in October, and facilitated by the University of Texas at Austin Charles A. Dana Center, is a professional development opportunity open only to nominated Connecticut State Colleges & Universities (CSCU...

By GCC Student Sierra Owen Vincent Baldassano, Professor of Art at GCC, has a long history of painting and teaching art at colleges and universities around the U.S, but he didn’t always know what he wanted to do.  At Wagner College in New York, he first majored in biology with a minor in art. Realizing that he was more passionate about art than he was biology, he switched t...

An exhibit representing the work of realist painter Nicholas Halko, art professor and program coordinator at Gateway Community College, opens Tuesday, October 1 in the NewAlliance Foundation Art Gallery.    Halko is an award-winning painter who has exhibited in solo and group shows primarily in Connecticut and New York. A reception will take place from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m...

Working closely with students for years as director of admissions, Human Services Professor Kim Shea, M.S.W., brings a deep understanding of student needs and developed teaching methods that resonate. Her teaching and commitment to students earned her the distinction of receiving GCC’s 2019 Excellence in Teaching    Award and nominations for the Connecticut State Colleges &...

Dr. Vincent P. Tong, director of Institutional Research, was selected for the fourteenth annual Gateway Community College (GCC) Staff Appreciation Award.    Dr. Rose Ellis, GCC’s dean of Administrative Affairs and Institutional Effectiveness, announced the honor during the Awards Convocation on Wednesday, May 15 at GCC. Each year, the administration selects one staff member...

Growing up in Ghana, identical twins Rhoda and Rhodaline Osei got a taste of life in the U.S. while visiting their father, Sam, a nursing professor at GCC, during school vacations.   Intrigued by their experiences, they moved to Connecticut and enrolled at GCC once they graduated from high school in Ghana in 2015. Although the thought of leaving the comfort of a familiar en...

Gateway Community College (GCC) is pleased to announce Alese Mulvihill of Beacon Falls as the new Interim Dean of Student Affairs.   Mulvihill assumed the new role on April 26, filling the vacancy left by Wilson Luna, who retired in February after a 34-year career in the state’s higher education system. She was previously the Associate Dean of Student Success at Housatonic ...

Breezing through her packed workdays, Dean Vicki Bozzuto could make running GCC’s GREAT Center appear effortless.  While Bozzuto seems to have mastered the art of making challenging tasks look easy, a typical day was rarely predictable. With courses running throughout the calendar year, rather than on a semester basis along with summer and winter intersessions, busy periods...

Breezing through her packed workdays, Dean Vicki Bozzuto could make running GCC’s GREAT Center appear effortless.  While Bozzuto seems to have mastered the art of making challenging tasks look easy, a typical day was rarely predictable. With courses running throughout the calendar year, rather than on a semester basis along with summer and winter intersessions, busy periods...

Two GCC employees completed the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce's Leadership Program (LGNH). Victoria Dancy and Roberta Prior participated in a comprehensive curriculum that included team building, goal setting, negotiation, and other leadership skills. The LGNH program is in its 31st year. The six-month program provides hands-on leadership training, management and net...

Public utility management and the degrees offering a path to employment were the focus of a January 29 presentation by Wesley L. Winterbottom at the New England Water Environment Association’s (NEWEA) Annual Conference in Boston, Massachusetts. Wes discussed Public Utility Management degree programs at Gateway Community College and Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU...