NEWS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS)
Date: March 13, 2009
Margaret Thomas, 859-442-1172; margaret.thomson@kctcs.edu
GCTC Offers Free Film Fridays With International Twist
Edgewood, KY - Gateway Community and Technical College is offering an international film festival sponsored by the college's Multicultural Student Organization, the English Department and the Student Government Association. Each film spotlights the culture of a different country. Local speakers and international cuisine are featured with some films.
Films are free and open to the public. They are screened on Fridays from 6 to 9:30 p.m. in Room 208 of the Nursing and Allied Health Sciences Center at GCTC's Edgewood Campus, 790 Thomas More Parkway. Festival screening dates are:
March 27, featuring South Africa,
Totsi.Robyn Bryson, a GCTC nursing student and native of South Africa, is the featured speaker.
April 3, featuring Iran,
Persepolis.
April 17, Afghanistan, local premier of the documentary,
Once in Afghanistan. Charlene McGrath, GCTC director of information and library services, is the featured speaker. McGrath spent a year in Afghanistan as a Peace Corps volunteer.
April 24, The Taliban,
Osama.
May 1, Australia,
Rabbit Proof Fence.
May 8, Romania,
Four Months, Three Weeks, and Two Days. A food tasting of a Romanian dish will be featured.
May 15, students will present international film projects related to the English class that is a sponsor of the film series. For more information, contact Melissa Fry, (859) 442-1179, or
melissa.fry@kctcs.edu.
Gateway Community and Technical College (GCTC) is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Gateway Community and Technical College. Gateway is accredited by the
Council on Occupational Education, 41 Perimeter Center East NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30346. Phone: 800-917-2081. GCTC enrolls nearly 3,500 students and offers more than 200 associate degrees, diplomas and certificates in 30 subject areas. Classes are provided at GCTC locations in Boone County, Covington/Park Hills, and Edgewood. Through partnerships with more than 400 local businesses, GCTC provides customized, short-term training to more than 3,000 other people. Find out how to "start here and go anywhere" at
www.gateway.kctcs.edu. GCTC is one of 16 colleges that comprise the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. For most Kentuckians, higher education begins here. For more information, visit
www.kctcs.edu.
For most Kentuckians, higher education begins at KCTCS. Our statewide system of 16 colleges and 65 campuses provides citizens throughout the Commonwealth with a quality education that is both accessible and affordable.