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Gateway Community College Academic Affairs Dean Mark Kosinski announced the appointment of Daniel Palmquist as Interim Culinary Arts Program Coordinator and full-time lecturer. Palmquist has been an adjunct instructor of Culinary Arts at Gateway for 22 years. Palmquist said his goals include attaining American Culinary Federation Accreditation and aligning Gateway’s curricul...

Charlayne Hunter-Gault, an award winning journalist and activist, will sign books February 4 at 5:30 p.m. in the GCC Library. A limited numbers of books will be available for purchase. Hunter-Gault is the author of three books, the latest of which is To the Mountaintop: My Journey Through the Civil Rights Movement, a historical narrative for young readers grade nine and up. ...

Gateway Community College (GCC) President Dr. Dorsey L. Kendrick administered a Pledge to Complete to new students during New Student Orientation January 15, urging students to work to attain a short- term goal and make a commitment to graduate. “You really have to visualize what you want your life to be,” Dr. Kendrick said. “What are some things you will have to do to get ...

Communicate without a mobile device? According to Tracy Knofla, a nationally known leadership trainer, it’s not only possible, it’s essential to building camaraderie. Knofla shared this advice at a January 4 Leadership Summit held at Gateway Community College (GCC). About 40 students from the state’s 12 community colleges were in attendance, as were student activities direct...

In 2012, 30,000 students - a record number - applied to the University of Connecticut and about 3,225 freshmen were enrolled. While the competition is fierce, more Gateway Community College (GCC) graduates than ever will have the chance to transfer to UConn because of changes in the Guaranteed Admission Program (GAP), said Lauren Doninger, Ed.D., LPC, LADC, GCC professor of ...

A resume isn’t just a chronology of where an individual has worked. To get noticed, a resume needs two ingredients, says Kellie Byrd Danso, M.Ed., NCC, Gateway Community College’s (GCC) director of Career Services: professional polish and some serious swag. Swag is loosely defined as style, but Byrd Danso calls it “flavor.” A resume with swag is professional and confident. ...

Two Gateway Community College (GCC) students started an eyeglass donation drive as a service project in their Learning in the Clinical Environment class this semester and members of the GCC community have already donated more than 220 pairs. The used glasses will be donated to the Lion’s Club Low Vision Center in Bristol to be recycled, refurbished and given to people who ne...

"Don’t drink your calories.” “Think about portions!” These were just two of the many tips given out at the Gateway Community College’s (GCC) Dietetic Technology’s Nutrition Fair on November 19. Dozens of students, faculty and staff stopped by to have their body mass index (BMI) measured, to learn about ways to eat well during the holidays, to sample tasty healthy apple muf...

Gateway Community College’s Student Community Outreach Programs through the Office of Student Activities and Leadership Programs and the Center for Service-Learning will be leading an Alternative Spring Break to Annville, Pennsylvania in March 2013. The trip is part of Habitat for Humanity’s Collegiate Challenge. Applications are due by Friday, January 25 . Students can find...

Daniel Fuller, an assistant automotive technology professor at Gateway and an automotive technician at West Chevrolet in Woodbury, was honored November 14 with a national achievement award as the Motor Age Training/ASE Master Automobile & L1 Technician of the Year. Fuller, who has been a technician for 31 years, was among 44 automotive professionals recognized at the Fal...

Projects created by students in GCC Professor Earnestine Kirkland’s Introduction to Exceptional Children course were displayed on the Fairway December 10. Kirkland said the annual poster recruitment event provides students in the class the opportunity to share information with the public about exceptionalities like autism, blindness, ADHD, Fragile X syndrome, learning disabi...

After months of preparation, and in spite of one of the saddest days in the history of our state, Gateway Community College (GCC) went forward with plans December 14 to host the 15th annual Neighbors in Need holiday dinner. The new GCC campus was turned into a winter wonderland for more than 600 men, women and children from 15 shelters throughout the area, making this Greate...

Read a book. Ask a question. Start a conversation. These seemingly simple steps can help turn young children into lifelong readers, said Diane W. Frankenstein, a consultant who specializes in early childhood education and literacy training throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. Frankenstein shared her insights December 6 on conversational reading with Gateway Comm...

As one the world’s most famous forensic scientists, Dr. Henry C. Lee sees daily the tragic fallout from guns getting into young people’s hands and how so many people’s lives are cut short due to gun violence. In a forum at Gateway Community College (GCC) December 11, Dr. Lee spoke on the important topic of gun violence and youth. He shared sobering statistics: the U.S. has m...

More than 220 people turned out for a joyful celebration at the new Gateway Community College (GCC) campus November 17, honoring seven individuals who helped shape GCC as a “bridge to excellence.” The event featured a reception, silent auction and dinner and honored Matthew Nemerson, president and CEO of the Connecticut Technology Council; Richard C. Levin, President of Yale...

Students with a passion for food—and writing about it—soon will have an opportunity to learn from the best. This January, famed food writer and best-selling author Jane Stern will teach a course entitled Special Topics: Food Writing at Gateway Community College. According to Stern, it may just be the “first really democratic food writing course” - open to anyone who has a pa...

he Gateway Community College men’s and women’s basketball teams have started their seasons strong. Nearing the season’s mid-point, the Men’s team is first in the West Conference and third in Division III. The women are third in the West Conference and fifth in Division III. Back on October 31 at the GCC Pep Rally, John Stewart, GCC athletic director and head coach of the me...

Representatives from AIDS Project New Haven offered free HIV screening November 28 to Gateway Community College (GCC) students on the Fairway. The event was in honor of World AIDS Day, which was December 1. Gateway was awash in the color red as students, faculty and staff wore the color to promote HIV/AIDS awareness. World AIDS Day had a social media component to it as well...

New Haven Living this month named Gateway Community College President Dorsey L. Kendrick one of the region’s 50 Most Influential People in 2012 for her pioneering working in education and for spearheading GCC’s move to the new downtown campus. In the cover story of New Haven Living, the magazine stated that Dr. Kendrick “has been a pioneer wherever she has gone, from being ...