In memory of John and Connie Salyers, The Florence Rotary Club has established a “Hand Up” Fund at Gateway Community and Technical College. The College received the endowment check Monday, the birthday of the late Rotarian, who, along with his wife, Connie, was a pillar of Boone County and Florence communities. Hand Up Fund will […]
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Gateway offering couple’s massage workshop to kick off holiday season
Gateway Community & Technical College is offering a massage workshop for Northern Kentucky couples/partners. The workshop is based on simple techniques designed to teach beginners the therapeutic benefits and basic skills of massage therapy that can be performed at home. Couples will get a live demonstration from students of the college’s Massage Therapy Technology program. […]
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‘You don’t have to know where you’re going to know that you’re going somewhere’
Aaron Thompson grew up as the youngest of nine in Clay County, Kentucky, born to an illiterate father and a mother who had an eighth-grade education. His family worked as sharecroppers, and Thompson said to call them indigent would be an understatement. In a household of 11, where he would eventually become a first-generation high […]
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Florence Rotary Club establishes Gateway endowment in memory of John and Connie Salyers
Gateway Community & Technical College recently partnered with the Florence Rotary Club to establish an endowment fund, promoting educational accessibility in Northern Kentucky. The fund is in memory of former Rotary Club President John and his wife, Connie Salyers. The Hand Up Fund will exist to assist eligible Northern Kentucky Gateway student residents with emergency […]
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Gateway’s Urban Metro Campus to ‘get some of the trades back down here’
Gateway Community and Technical College is a pillar within the Northern Kentucky education landscape, providing countless people with the necessary skills training to build a successful career in the area. When Gateway’s leadership recognized the lack of reach in trade education for potential students in the region’s river city public schools of Holmes, Ludlow, Lloyd, […]
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Gateway names new dean of arts and sciences
Joe Moffett has been named dean of Arts & Sciences at Gateway Community and Technical College, joining the Academic Affairs department. Moffett, a Pennsylvania State Behrend College graduate, is coming from Oklahoma City Community College, where he served as dean of arts, English and humanities. Moffett earned his master’s and doctorate degree from West Virginia […]
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Gateway awarded grant for lineworker program
Gateway Community and Technical College received a $25,000 grant from Duke Energy Foundation to support its 16-week lineworker training program. The technical college, located in Florence, is home to the only 16-week lineworker training program in the Commonwealth, according to a press release from Gateway. The certificate allows students to enter the field as line […]
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The generosity of Northern Kentuckians helped Horizon to a record-breaking year
This article was written by Mary Kate Vanderglas, director of marketing and communications at Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky. While our world may look a little different these days, we at Horizon Community Funds feel confident we are hitting our stride with this “new normal.” Over the past few years, nonprofit organizations and donors […]
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Sponsored: The generosity of Northern Kentuckians helped Horizon to a record-breaking year
This article was written by Mary Kate Vanderglas, director of marketing and communications at Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky. While our world may look a little different these days, we at Horizon Community Funds feel confident we are hitting our stride with this “new normal.” Over the past few years, nonprofit organizations and donors […]
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Gateway Ranked Top in Ky. for Associate Degree; NKU, Thomas More Also Rated
Gateway Community & Technical College was recently named the top community college for associate degrees in Kentucky by University HQ, an online resource for those seeking information about colleges and programs of study. “I’ve always been proud of the work that we do here at Gateway,” said Fernando Figueroa, Gateway president. “Being listed as the […]
