The DARC Experience
The DARC program at Gateway Community College is highly interactive. Throughout the program of study students have many different learning opportunities. From the two multicultural 'potluck' dinners each year to running a National Alcohol Screening Day event to developing counseling skills through videotaped, in-class role play exercises - the DARC program is an active learning experience.
Meet and Greet December 5, 2006 | ||
 Marshall Rosier, CAC, LADC - Key Note Speaker |  DARC Students prepare a multicultural buffet |
 Site supervisor, Bob Freeman (background) and Jorge Perez (front right) with students |
 Leonard Williams - Rest in Peace - a dedicated student and inspiration to all. |
 Cher Shannon, LADC - DARC faculty and internship site supervisor |
Interns - Linda Vargo, Cynthia Williams and Gayle Murphy |
 Jeff Epps - Interning at Wakeman Hall, The Children's Center |
 Celia Padmore - Interning at MAAS |
 Anne Wombolt - Interning with DOC at the Marilyn Baker Program |
 Mike Suraci - Interning at Crossroads |  Nancy deMaille - interning at RNP Horizons and Marc Woolfolk - interning at Family Services in Newto |
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Intern's Afternoon - May 2006 | ||
 Barry Panitch, CADC 2006 DARC Site Supervisor of the Year. |
 Meg DeBiase, 2006 DARC Student of the Year. Hired by Crossroads, Inc. |
 Robin Woodward - DARC grad and new site supervisor, Eileen Russo, DARC faculty and site supervisor |
 Meg Lane, hired by her internship site, Liberation Programs |
 Duncan Magoon - DOC and DARC faculty |
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National Alcohol Screening Day - 2006 | ||
 DARC Intern, David Ellison, conducts a NASD interview |
 DARC Interns run National Alcohol Screening Day - Morning Class |
 NASD - Rena, Yommala, and Renee |
Meet and Greet - December, 2005 | ||
 Deborah Henault, CADC, from the Department of Corrections Addiction Services, presented the keynote address at the 2005 Meet and Greet. Debbie spoke about finding recovery in the correctional system |
Dr. Edith Jaquiery from Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and Deborah Henault from Department of Corrections at the 2005 Meet and Greet |
 Les Harris, interning at Northside Outpatient under the supervision of Richard Maltz and David Ellison interning at Connecticut Renaissance East under the supervision of Brian Williams |
 Charlie MacDonald and Darryl Spence speak about their internship experience at Forensic Health Services, Juvenile Justice Program. They are supervised by Pam Sugrue, LADC |
 Some of the 2005-2006 DARC interns waiting to speak about their internship experiences |
 Albert Naide, Rob and Gordon Macgillivary from Meriden AIC, a Community Solutions, Inc., program. Meriden AIC provides an excellent internship experience for DARC students |
 Connecticut Renaissance group. David Piper, CADC (site supervisor), Alphyn Moore, DARC intern, Lori Gagnon, LADC and Eileen Russo, LADC (clinical supervisor and DARC adjunct faculty). |
 Peggy Jenkins, interning at Grant Street Partnership |
 Les Harris and Jennifer Turner, both interning at Northside Outpatient Clinic under the supervision |
 Laura Criscuolo, interning at Multicultural Ambulatory Addiction Services, with Barry Panitch, CADC |
 Katie Trauner and Theresa Roehrich, interning at Department of Corrections |
 Debra Simmons, interning at Meriden AIC, supervised by Gordon Macgillivary, LADC |
 Gisela Sardinas, LADC, LCSW, APRN, DARC adjunct faculty, with Vanessa Fitzner-Brone, CADC, recent Gateway Community College DARC alumnus |
 Often referred to as the Eat and Greet - our multicultural potluck! |
 Cher Shannon, MHSA, LADC - DARC faculty instructing/supervising the evening internship class and Lauren Doninger, LADC, LPC - instructing/supervising the morning internship class |