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  • Free Tax Preparation Offered at Gwinnett Tech

    Gwinnett Technical College is again partnering with AARP Tax-Aide to offer free income tax preparation and tax counseling for community residents and Gwinnett Tech students, faculty and staff from February 2 – April 17.

     

  • Teamwork Is Key in GTC’s Dental Assisting Program

    Students in Gwinnett Tech's Dental Assisting program rely on teamwork to hone their skills. Each student spends an equal amount of time filling the roll of both the dental assistant and the patient en route to graduating with a Dental Assisting diploma.

     

  • Gwinnett Tech Names Briauna Howard 2012 GOAL Winner

    Nursing student Briauna Howard, who chose a career in healthcare after helping her husband battle brain cancer, is the winner of Gwinnett Technical College’s 2012 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL).

     

     

  • Gwinnett Tech Growth Trend Continues

    Strong growth at Gwinnett Technical College continues this term, with total enrollment for spring semester 2012 now at 7,140 – a boost that makes GTC the second largest technical college in the state.

     
 
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Gwinnett Tech Growth Trend Continues

Strong growth at Gwinnett Technical College continues this term, with total enrollment for spring semester 2012 now at 7,140 – a boost that makes GTC the second largest technical college in the Technical College System of Georgia.

Compared to 2011, enrollment for spring term 2012 is up 3.8 percent, while the percentage of fulltime students also rose, up 26.9 percent. GTC also recorded growth from fall semester 2011 to spring semester 2012, an increase of 7.4 percent.

Gwinnett Tech was the only technical college in the system with notable enrollment growth for this semester.

“With the opening of our new Life Sciences Center in the fall, we were able to expand several in-demand healthcare programs – like nursing and medical assisting – and add new programs for cardiovascular technology, health information technology and diagnostic sonography. Over 40 percent of our students are now enrolled in one of our health sciences programs, which reflects Gwinnett Tech’s strong role in training the healthcare professionals our region needs,” explains Gwinnett Tech President Sharon Bartels.

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Teamwork Is Key in GTC’s Dental Assisting Program

Gwinnett Tech’s Dental Assisting students know exactly what it’s like on both sides of a checkup.

That’s because each student spends an equal amount of time filling the roll of both the dental assistant and the patient en route to graduating with a Dental Assisting diploma.

Program director LeAnna Harding says that kind of teamwork helps students learn some important concepts.

“It gives them a sense of how to calm down a patient, especially a very nervous one, because they know exactly what they’re going through,” she says.

Students work together training on all the latest techniques used to help dentists provide quality oral healthcare.

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Interiors Live and Learn Lab Gets Makeover

No one loves a makeover more than aspiring designers – even more so when it’s their own learning space being transformed.

Gwinnett Tech’s Interiors program recently renovated its Live and Learn Lab to give students hands-on experience with one of the nation’s leading kitchen and bath appliance manufacturers. California-based Huntington Brass donated bath and kitchen appliances to the program’s interactive lab and custom-built their newest line of faucets and fixtures to supply students with the industry’s latest equipment.

Another exciting learning tool added to the program’s resources were training tables and a sink/bar with a dishwasher donated by Sub-Zero Wolf Southeast.

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Gwinnett Tech Names Briauna Howard 2012 GOAL Winner

Nursing student Briauna Howard is the winner of Gwinnett Technical College’s 2012 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL).

The Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) sponsors the GOAL program, which recognizes outstanding technical college students and honors excellence in academics and leadership. Local GOAL winners are selected at each of the state’s 26 technical colleges.

Howard began her education on a different path, pursuing a bachelor’s degree in psychology. But after helping her husband battle brain cancer, she quickly realized that her true calling was in healthcare and decided to change course.

“This is the field that I’m meant to be in… I’m meant to touch people’s lives,” says Howard. “The [nurses] treated my husband so well when he was hospitalized… [and] it touched me. I wanted to be that person making a difference in someone’s life the way they were making a difference in my life.”

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Early Childhood Education Students Gain Classroom Experience with Gwinnett County Public Schools

Gwinnett Tech Early Childhood Education students are gaining valuable classroom experience through a partnership with Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS).

Last fall, GTC introduced a new certificate option in the education program – a certificate in Exceptionalities for those who aspire to work with children who have special needs.

In addition to the 450 classroom hours required of students earning a degree in early childhood care and education, students pursuing an exceptionalities certification complete a 45-hour practicum with GCPS.

“We’ve worked very closely with school system and identified 10 classrooms throughout the district, including preschool, middle school and high school classrooms with special needs students, where our students can complete their observations,” says Dr. Priscilla Smith, program director for Early Childhood Care and Education.

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Keep Up to Speed with Today’s Technology

Is your technology expertise a bit out of date?

You may have the knowledge and experience to be an expert in your field, but if you haven’t mastered the software systems that are running your business, you can quickly find yourself falling behind. And in an increasingly competitive job market, behind is not where you want to be.

Stay ahead of industry trends, market competition and changing technologies with Gwinnett Tech continuing education offerings in:

Microsoft Office: Expertise in Microsoft Office is a must to maintain efficiency in office communications, data sharing, client presentations and more. With the new user interface and expanded options introduced in Office 2010, it’s easy to fall behind – and lose functionality – without ongoing training.

 
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Free Tax Preparation Offered at Gwinnett Tech

Tax season is here … and help is on the way! Gwinnett Technical College is again partnering with AARP Tax-Aide to offer free income tax preparation and tax counseling for community residents and Gwinnett Tech students, faculty and staff.

Volunteers with AARP Tax-Aide will be on campus from Feb. 2 to April 17. Counseling and assistance will be available in the Busbee Center, Building 700, Room 2.102. Assistance will be offered Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., and on Fridays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tax-Aide assistance will not be available on Friday, April 13.

Appointments are not necessary. Clients are asked to bring last year’s income tax return, proper identification and all necessary documents for this tax year.  Electronic filing will be available through this free service at Gwinnett Tech.

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Gwinnett Tech Launches Cardiovascular Technology Program

If you thrive in high-stakes situations as much as you enjoy helping people, consider a career as a cardiovascular technologist. In Gwinnett Tech’s new Cardiovascular Technology program, you’ll gain the skills to assist physicians in diagnosing and treating people who suffer from heart and blood vessel diseases.

As a cardiovascular technologist, you can specialize in invasive cardiac catheterization, non-invasive echocardiography and vascular sonography. Nearly 77 percent of these jobs are in hospitals, with other opportunities a variety of other healthcare settings. From working directly with patients to operating and caring for testing equipment, you can be instrumental in identifying ‘the what’ in life and death situations that enables physicians to quickly decide ‘the how.’

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Gwinnett Tech Names Holly Sanders 2012 Instructor of the Year

Holly Sanders, an instructor in Gwinnett Technical College’s surgical technology program, has been honored with the college’s 2012 Rick Perkins Award for Excellence in Technical Education.

The Rick Perkins Award for Excellence in Technical Instruction honors technical education’s most outstanding instructors. The award has been an ongoing statewide program since 1991 and the recipients are technical college instructors who make significant contributions to technical education through innovation and leadership in their fields.

Sanders has been an instructor at Gwinnett Tech since 2008. An Atlanta-area native, she holds a bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Kennesaw State University and a surgical technology diploma from Gwinnett Technical College. Before entering the field of education, Sanders worked for Cryolife and then as a member of the transplant team at Piedmont Hospital.

 
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Launch a Career in Healthcare as a Patient Care Technician

Healthcare is one of our region’s fastest growing job sectors, with opportunities in many areas – including positions for Patient Care Technicians, a new category of healthcare worker trained to perform a variety of patient care services.

Gwinnett Technical College now offers specialized training for Patient Care Technicians, designed for those eager to enter the healthcare field and for current technicians who want to advance their job skills.  Our training program and course work meets the necessary requirements for those who wish to take the National Healthcareer Association (NHA) – Certified Patient Care Technician (CPCT); Certified Nurse Technician (CNT); and/or Certified Patient Care Associate (CPCA) national certification exams

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