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Dalton State earns Seal of Excelencia for student success efforts
Dalton State College has earned the Seal of Excelencia -becoming the first college in Georgia to receive this national recognition from Excelencia in Education, a national leader in promoting data-driven student success strategies in higher education. ...
Oct 8, 2025, 1:39pm EDT
Dalton State 2025 Giving Day to feature student-first focus
Dalton State College's sixth annual Giving Day on Thursday, Oct. 16, will showcase a student-first approach to increase financial support for projects that impact student success. "We are emphasizing a students-first stance in nearly all our projects ...
Oct 7, 2025, 5:11pm EDT
Dalton State shines in U.S. News' 2026 Best Colleges Rankings
Dalton State College has earned recognition in three categories of U.S. News & World Report's 2026 Best Colleges rankings, standing out as No. 1 in Georgia and No. 11 overall on the Top Public Schools in the South list. "Dalton State's commitment to s...
Sep 25, 2025, 2:17pm EDT
Dalton State earns "Great College to Work For" honors
Dalton State College is one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to the Great Colleges to Work For program. The results, released today in a special insert of The Chronicle of Higher Education, are based on a survey of 199 colleges...
Sep 19, 2025, 5:09pm EDT
Ireland honored with national Coach of Character Award by NAIA
Dalton State College Men's Basketball Head Coach Alex Ireland was recognized by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) with the 2024-25 Coach of Character Award for deliberately teaching character to student-athletes through sport...
Sep 15, 2025, 11:00am EDT
Community Calendar Submission
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Sep 9, 2025, 4:02pm EDT
Dalton State to Kick-off Constitution Week with 4Cs Civil Discourse Community Workshop
Dalton State College will launch the college's Constitution Week activities with a community-focused 4Cs Civil Discourse Workshop, a nationally recognized program aimed at fostering civic engagement and respectful dialogue across campus and the broader...
Sep 4, 2025, 4:41pm EDT
Dalton State welcomes new faculty to serve growing enrollment
Dalton State College welcomed nine new full-time faculty members this fall to support its growing student enrollment and to fill vacancies created by recent retirements. Dalton State started classes on August 11, and early enrollment numbers show Da...
Sep 2, 2025, 3:59pm EDT
Dalton State fuels regional growth with $149M impact and graduate earnings potential
Dalton State College generated an annual economic impact of more than $149 million between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024 - 8% more than the previous year - and recent graduates are poised to earn over $1 million more than they would without a college...
Aug 20, 2025, 9:44am EDT
Dalton State College, GNTC host first Northwest Georgia Workforce Summit
Dalton State College and Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) will host the first Northwest Georgia Workforce Summit on Friday, Aug. 22, beginning at 8:30 a.m. in Gignilliat Hall at the Dalton State campus. The summit will bring together educa...
Aug 8, 2025, 3:09pm EDT