ABOUT GBC
Welcome to Great Basin College!
Great Basin College wants to be your choice for higher education. GBC offers associate and baccalaureate level instruction in career and technical education and academic areas. About 4,000 students are enrolled annually online from across the country and on campuses and centers across 86,500 square miles, two time zones, and ten of Nevada's largest counties. We border Arizona, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and California. We are GBC!
We are GBC!
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GBC ONLINE
Great Basin College is "The Gold Standard in the Silver State" when it comes to long-distance education and online education delivery. GBC offers a diverse array of certificate and degree programs that are completely online!
COMMUNITY
Great Basin College wants to be your choice for higher education. GBC offers associate and baccalaureate level instruction in career and technical education and academic areas. About 4,000 students are enrolled annually online from across the country and on campuses and centers across 86,500 square miles, two time zones, and ten of Nevada's largest counties. We border Arizona, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and California. We are GBC!
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Meet Denise Padilla
2022- “Education and literacy are my passion, and I want students to realize their full potential. I want them to see all that is possible for their own lives and always remember to continue to learn.”
Denise Padilla started at Great Basin College in the fall of 2017. She graduated summa cum laude from Southern Utah University with a B.A. in Elementary Education and a dual minor in literacy and English. She also completed a M Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction: Reading, from Grand Canyon University.
Prior to her work at GBC, she spent 16 years as an elementary education teacher for Clark County, White Pine County, and Elko County School Districts teaching grades 1, 3 and 4. During that time, she was also the White Pine County School District Response to Intervention Facilitator for 7 years.
Denise is currently the Elementary Education Program Supervisor at Elko’s GBC campus. She also supervises the elementary baccalaureate and the elementary and special education alternative route to licensure (ARL) programs.
For more information about the education department at GBC, contact Lynette Macfarlan at lynette.macfarlan@gbcnv.edu.
For More Information Contact
Great Basin College
1500 College Parkway
Elko, Nevada 89801
Phone: 775.327.2149
Why Great Basin College
Great Basin College, "The Gold Standard in the Silver State", offers associate and baccalaureate level education in academic, career and technical fields. Welcoming over 4,000 students annually from all corners of the country, both online and at our various campuses and centers, GBC's presence extends across two time zones and spans more than 86,000 square miles throughout Nevada. A leader in rural higher education, GBC takes pride in developing students who are well-prepared to meet the demands of industry and who contribute to the success and prosperity of the local economy.
