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November 13, 2017 | Campus Life

TREMBLAY'S NEW PHYSICS BOOK AIMS TO MAKE SUBJECT 'ACCESSIBLE'

R .E. Tremblay chairs the mathematics and science department at GCC, where he has taught for three decades. A holder of B.S., M.S. and sixth-year degrees from Southern Connecticut State University (where he also taught, from 1978 to 2014), Tremblay is the co-author of the textbook Physics with Health Science Applications, the second edition of which (ISBN 1524932418) was pub...
November 09, 2017 | Community

Wee Care’s Visit to the ELC Marks 20th Year of Friendship

Twenty years ago, a student named Kelly Tonks attended the Gateway Community College Early Childhood (ELC) Education program and worked at the Wee Care Center of North Branford. At the time, 1997, Wee Care had one African American child. One day, the child asked Tonks why there weren’t any children who looked like her in her class. Tonks decided to work on a solution. She kn...
November 07, 2017 | Community

Gateway Program To Battle Opioid Abuse

In her 38 years as a professional on the front lines of drug-addiction education, prevention and treatment, Gateway Community College social-services professor Cher Shannon has seen it all. As coordinator of Gateway’s Drug & Alcohol Recovery Counselor (DARC) program, Shannon oversees the training of professionals who seek to help those most at risk for abusing dangerous ...
November 01, 2017 | Campus Life

GCC Students Participate in Hartford Mini-Maker Faire Conference 2017

Gateway Community College (GCC) Engineering Professor Christine Cherry, along with six students from the Engineering Club, showcased their 3D printer Project at the Hartford Mini-Maker Faire Conference on October 7, 2017 at Tunxis Community College. The Hartford Mini-Maker Faire is a family-friendly showcase for inventors, engineers, and students in the STEM field to display...
November 01, 2017 | Campus Life

Students First Forums on Nov. 7 and Nov. 8

Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to complete the survey on the community college consolidation at www.ct.edu/studentsfirst. Responses will be collected through November 20. On Tuesday, Nov. 7, from 12 pm-2 pm, the Students First community college forum will be hosted at Capital Community College and simultaneously transmitted to the 11 sister campuses via WebEx. ...
October 06, 2017 | Arts & Culture

GCC Hosts 2017 Annual Faculty Art Show

The Annual Faculty Art show is happening now in the Gateway Community College NewAlliance Foundation Art Gallery. It will run through November 30. There will be a special closing reception on November 30 from 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. The NewAlliance Foundation Art Gallery is located in room S101 on the GCC campus, 20 Church Street, New Haven. The hours are Monday – Friday, 9 a.m.-...
September 28, 2017 | Campus Life

PUBLIC TRANSIT U-PASS MAKES COMMUTING AFFORDABLE FOR GCC STUDENTS

A new transportation initiative offers dramatic cost savings to Gateway Community College students who rely on public transportation to commute to school. Known as U-Pass CT, the new statewide program makes available to students at Gateway and other participating institutions unlimited travel on CT buses, Metro North commuter rail and CTFastrak for just $20 per semester. Th...
August 31, 2017 | Campus Life

Gateway Students Can Now Purchase New Books at a Discount

For the first time starting this fall, students from all 12 CSCU community colleges will receive a 10% discount on all new textbooks purchased from on-campus bookstores and online. Follett will also match the price if a student finds a new or used textbook for a lesser amount with another vendor such as Amazon or Barnes & Noble. The community colleges will also receive $...
August 23, 2017 | Campus Life

GCC Student, Abdur Wali, Joins Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro's Staff

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) announced that GCC grad, Abdur Wali has joined her staff as a Congressional Aide Caseworker focusing on housing, mortgages, financial services, USPS, utilities, agriculture, and the environment. He will work in the Congresswoman's New Haven office. The Congresswoman expressed her delight stating that Wali would be "a valuable asset for the...
August 07, 2017 | Community

Summer Investigative Journalism Students Visit GCC

The Conn. Health I-Team (c-hit.org), a news health and safety website, hosted a high school journalism camp at Yale  University and Gateway Community College, the week of July 9.  Twenty high school students from Connecticut, Virginia, New York and Paraguay participated.  Topics discussed included: what makes a good news story, how to use social media effectively in reportin...
July 18, 2017 | Campus Life

Susan Swirsky Named Distinguished Advisor by Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society

The Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Honor Society named GCC's Alpha Xi Theta Chapter advisor, Susan Swirsky, among its Distinguished Advisors for Continued Excellence for her service in 2016. Swirsky became an advisor for Phi Theta Kappa in 2005 and also serves as an Associate Regional Coordinator for the New England Region, a position she has held since October 2013.  Swirsky is cu...
July 17, 2017 | Campus Life

Early Childhood Special Education Professor, Dr. Earnestine Kirkland, Retires

Officials at Gateway Community College recently announced that Dr. Earnestine Kirkland has retired after 44 years as professor of Early Childhood Special Education.  Kirkland also served as the Program Coordinator for the Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) Program, a groundbreaking major that was unique among the state’s 12 community college. The ECSE major offered op...
June 30, 2017 | Academics

GCC Dean of Administrative Affairs, Lou D’Antonio, Retires After 36 Years

GCC Dean of Administrative Affairs, Louis (Lou) D’Antonio has retired from state service after an illustrious career that spanned 36 years. D’ Antonio is a well-known representative of the college and advocate for education.  A native of New Haven, D’Antonio dedicated a lifetime of service to our community. He began his career with Gateway Community College, known then as S...
June 19, 2017 | Campus Life

WNPR Moves To GCC

On Monday, June 19, 2017, WNPR hosted a press conference from the second floor of Gateway Community College. CEO of Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network, Jerry Franklin, broke the news that soon WNPR will be broadcasting from Gateway Community College (GCC), moving from their current location in Hartford.
June 17, 2017 | Campus Life

Erika Lynch Named Staff of the Year 2017

Gateway Community College (GCC) named Erika Lynch, workforce development & continuing education coordinator, as Staff of the Year 2017. The award was presented by GCC’s Dean of Workforce Development & Continuing Education, Vicki Bozzuto, at the Awards Convocation held May 18. Lynch started working for GCC in March 2006 as the Health Careers Advisor for the South Cen...
June 06, 2017 | Alumni

Nursing Pinning Ceremony Held May 16

The Nursing Program at Gateway Community College (GCC) held the Class of 2017 Pinning Ceremony May 16 at 5 p.m. at the College Street Music Hall. The evening ceremony marked the transition from student to professional for 93 graduates.

 Since its inception in 2002, GCC’s Nursing Program has quadrupled in size, producing more than 700 graduates. The program features awar...
May 27, 2017 | Campus Life

There’s No Clowning Around for This GCC Graduate

Salvatore Durso has done it all: He’s pursued music and acting, taken part in the circus as a trapeze artist, performed as a professional clown, and acted as a stunt man in Hollywood. Although Durso, who also goes by his stage name Drew Savage, was pursuing his passions quite successfully, education had taken a back seat. The nature of his career(s) involved a great deal of ...
May 25, 2017 | Campus Life

For One Student, GCC's DARC Program Was Stepping Stone Towards Healing, Activism

Ana Gopoian began college at the age of 42. She graduated in May and received her Drug and Alcohol Recovery Counselor certificate from the DARC (Drug and Alcohol Recovery) program at Gateway Community College. Gopoian identifies herself as a woman in long term recovery. For her that means she hasn’t used any drugs, including alcohol since July 13, 1995. To that end, she fou...
May 25, 2017 | Campus Life

Simultaneous Study at Two Community Colleges Paid Off for Working Mom

Gateway Community College (GCC) and Housatonic Community College (HCC) have a lot in common. They are sister institutions in the same state system of higher education, they offer excellent, affordable academic programs and will soon share a president when Dr. Paul Broadie II takes the helm at GCC on July 1 after Gateway’s President, Dr. Dorsey Kendrick, retires. This year, t...
May 25, 2017 | Alumni

Class of 2017 Nursing Grad Sings the National Anthem at 25th Commencement

The Gateway Community College Class of 2017 included more than 1,200 talented and accomplished graduates, among them, nursing major Juan Carlos Reyes, who opened the college's 25th Commencement ceremonies at the Toyota Oakdale Theater by singing the National Anthem.  A New York native, Reyes is an outreach worker at Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH), where he was inspired to p...