11/21: TED - Fernando Figueroa, President of Gateway Community & Technical College
Good morning! Please read below for information on our speaker for the TED presentation on Sunday, November 21 at 11:20am – Gateway Community and Technical College, and Fernando Figueroa, their President and CEO. We look forward to an energetic group with lively discussion!
OUR MISSION
Gateway Community & Technical College engages, connects, and inspires all students through education to successfully champion our region’s competitive workforce and improve their quality of life.
Gateway Community & Technical College is a member of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System and is a public two-year degree granting institution serving the Northern Kentucky Region.
CAMPUSES IN THREE CITIES TO MEET YOUR NEEDS
Gateway Community & Technical College campuses are located in Boone County, Covington and Edgewood. All are just a few minutes away from easy interstate access and offer free parking.
As a Gateway student, you may have classes at more than one campus.
The Boone Campus (500 Technology Way Florence, KY 41042) houses most of our industrial and advanced manufacturing programs. Automotive programs are concentrated on the Covington Campus.
The Urban Metro Campus, (Center for Technology, Innovation and Enterprise (TIE) 516 Madison Ave. Covington, KY 41011) which includes the Center for Technology, Innovation and Enterprise, Professional Services Center, and our Transportation Technology Center, is our major hub for student services in the Covington area.
The Edgewood Campus (790 Thomas More Parkway Edgewood, KY 41017) houses our Student Services Center and health care programs.
All campuses are tobacco free.
Gateway's Fire Science Technology program is housed at State Fire Rescue Training Area 7 Training Center, 3025 Conrad Lane, Burlington, KY 41005.
Dr. Fernando Figueroa, President/CEO
Welcome to Gateway Community & Technical College! Whether you are here as a prospective student, current student, client or visitor, we are happy you have chosen to learn more about Gateway.
Here at Gateway, we work toward three simple commitments: enhance access to education and training; create engaging and relevant curriculum; and remove barriers to higher education. With these three commitments helping to guide and support the mission of our college, we will help you achieve your goals and discover and develop your talent.
You will discover that Gateway offers many opportunities for your personal growth, intellectual enrichment, and emotional, cultural and social development. We are committed to providing you with many diverse opportunities so you can meet your academic, social and career goals.
Our community believes in the mission of Gateway because when Gateway succeeds, the entire community succeeds with a trained workforce, engaged and productive citizens and economic prosperity. Here at Gateway, we cultivate learners and divergent thinkers, aware of their talents and equipped with the tools to share those talents in their communities.
We are integral to the economic success and growth of Northern Kentucky. We are providers of relevant education that not only improves student lives, but also the lives of those around them.
We are Northern Kentucky's only community and technical college!
Dr. Fernando Figueroa
President/CEO
Gateway Community & Technical College