Great Basin College News
Celebrating Our 2026 Board of Regents...
Great Basin College is proud to celebrate several members of our GBC community recognized for their exceptional achievements during the recent Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents meetings. Please join us in congratulating our 2026 Regent Award winners: John Patrick Rice (Creative Activities), Melinda “Mindy” Caskey (Outstanding Cl...
Sawtooth Mining Donates $7,500 to Diesel...
Great Basin College extends our gratitude to Sawtooth Mining for its generous $7,500 donation supporting the Winnemucca Diesel Technology program. The gift provides advanced diesel diagnostic tools that mirror the equipment students will use in the field. Sawtooth Mining is the exclusive contract miner for Lithium America's Thacker Pass project...
Great Basin College Awarded $630,962...
Elko, NV — Great Basin College (GBC) has been awarded $630,962 in Workforce Innovations for a New Nevada (WINN) funding from the Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) to expand its Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) training program. The funding will allow GBC to increase Class A CDL training at its Elko campus, expand training...
GBC Elko Welcomes Back SkillsUSA for...
Last weekend, GBC hosted high school students at our Elko campus for SkillsUSA's regional welding competition. Students from Carlin, Wells, and West Wendover High Schools competed in a four-part welding competition. The event began with a written exam, followed by hands-on cutting and welding challenges in the Welding Lab. The event concluded wi...