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Men In Nursing

CT State believes in fostering greater gender diversity in the nursing program with some campuses offering specific directives or support to men in their nursing programs.

Why Men Should Consider Careers in Nursing

  • To add gender diversity to the nursing profession
  • The ability to care for others in our communities
  • The nursing profession is a fast-paced, highly technical profession that provides career advancement opportunities
  • The average salary for an experienced RN is about $94,480 per year
  • New graduate (entry-level) RNs earned an average of $60,736 per year**
  • RNs remain the top occupation for the largest job growth. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects 203,000 openings for RNs each year from 2021-2031 

*U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
**Connecticut Department of Labor

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Choose a Rewarding Career Where You'll

  • Impact lives on a daily basis.
  • Have endless job opportunities in a variety of healthcare settings.
  • Enjoy opportunities for constant career development and continuing education.
  • Choose flexible work hours
  • Earn great pay with job stability.
  • Explore your options to travel while you work as a traveling nurse.

Campus Initiatives

  • Specific initiatives can be found by campus using the buttons above.

  • The Capital Men in Nursing Club

    Advisor: John Lagosz, john.lagosz@ctstate.edu or 860-906-5157

    Mission
    The mission of the Men in Nursing Club is to provide support for male nursing students as they navigate the challenges of identifying as a male in a predominantly female profession and to follow the core values of Stewardship, Integrity, and Inclusion to better both the Capital and Hartford communities.
    (Adopted from AAMN)

    Men in Nursing Core Values

    Stewardship
    A commitment by members to pay it forward for our current and future colleagues as well as our continued pursuit to provide care for all in our community.

    Integrity
    To consistently have open, honest, ethical and genuine interactions through collaboration and support.

    Inclusion
    To have an unwavering stance on attracting the best of the best to our profession based on characteristics and principles, and not by gender or racial demographics.

  • Men in Nursing Initiative

    The Men in Nursing initiative at the Gateway campus is specifically designed to attract males into the nursing profession by breaking down the traditional stereotype of nursing as a female profession.

    For more information about Gateway’s Men in Nursing initiative, contact Sam Osei, RN at 203-285-2495 or by email at samuel.osei@ctstate.edu.

    Men in Nursing Scholarship

    As part of Gateway’s continuing efforts to foster greater gender diversity in the nursing profession, the Gateway Community College Foundation is offering a $500 scholarship for the 2024-25 academic year for a male nursing student accepted into Gateway’s nursing program.

    Applicants must also prove a need for financial support, have a minimum 2.7 GPA and meet additional criteria. The scholarship was established by Sam Osei, RN, a 2006 graduate of Gateway’s nursing program, to advance the college’s Gateway Men Embrace Nursing (G-MEN) initiative.

  • Men in Nursing Group

    Advisor: Dr. Peter Aster, peter.aster@ctstate.edu 

    This group offers men in the nursing program on the Norwalk campus a chance to connect and learn.

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Small Business Center

group of business people talkThe Small Business Center at Gateway is conveniently located on the first floor of the South building, in Room S105. The center includes the New Haven Chapter of SCORE offices and provides the opportunity for sponsorships, partnerships, and affiliations for programs and client services with SBA, Connecticut Procurement Technical Assistance, the Connecticut Small Business Development Center, U.S. Department of Commerce Middletown Export Assistance Center, Hartford Entrepreneurial Center, Women’s Business Center, and Connect Veterans, Inc.

The center is directed by Rose Bednarz Lugio, a professor in the business department at Gateway and an expert in issues pertaining to small businesses. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) named her the 2013 Women in Business Champion for the State of CT. She also serves as program coordinator for the degree programs in Entrepreneurial Studies and Retail Management/Fashion Merchandising at the college. For more information, call 203-865-7645 or contact SCORE.

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Maintenance Requests for Gateway Campus

We prefer that all maintenance requests are made electronically or by filling out a request form. Telephone orders are for emergencies only.

Submit a Maintenance Request

CT State Gateway utilizes the School Dude Maintenance System. You will receive a confirmation email once your request is submitted.

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Fast-Track Boot Camp Refreshers

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Need help getting ahead in your academic pursuits?

Fast-track, Boot Camp-style refresher classes are offered on some CT State campuses to prepare students for taking math and English coursework. These free programs are intensive and meticulously designed to equip you with the fundamental skills and knowledge necessary to prepare for success in future coursework. Whether you’re a seasoned student or just beginning your academic journey, these courses are your gateway to staying ahead of the curve.

In these courses, you will:

  • strengthen foundational skills crucial for advanced coursework
  • enhance critical thinking and problem-solving abilities
  • build a supportive community of peers and mentors
  • gain confidence in your academic journey

What Courses are Covered?

Refresher courses are offered in math and English and are most appropriate for students who have been placed into MAT0988/0900I, MAT0989/0900, ENG0960 or ENG0930.

Classes are offered during the winter and summer terms and are free to CT State students. They are not credit-bearing courses.

Benefits of Taking a Refresher Course

  • Cost-Effective: Refresher courses serve as a cost-effective solution, helping you save both time and money. By honing in on key concepts and skills, you’ll be better prepared to tackle more advanced coursework, reducing the need for additional classes.
  • Accelerated Learning: Get ready to fast-track your understanding of basic content skills. Our instructors are committed to condensing essential knowledge into a concise and engaging format, ensuring you absorb the information efficiently.
  • Interactive Approach: Our courses employ an interactive and collaborative approach, fostering a dynamic environment where students actively participate in discussions, group activities, and collaboration to aid in mastering the subject matter.
  • Tailored to Your Needs: We understand that every student is unique. That’s why our free refresher courses are tailored to address the specific needs of a diverse student body, accommodating various learning styles and backgrounds.

Upcoming Programs

  • Find upcoming courses by choosing from the available campuses above.
    • Gateway Campus

      CT State Gateway offers boot camps in Pre-Algebra, Elementary Algebra and English/Reading Skills. Learn more about each course and upcoming offerings below.

      To learn more or to register for a boot camp, contact Kaitlyn Kos at Kaitlyn.Kos@ctstate.edu or through Microsoft Teams. 

      Note: Courses are offered either online (LRON) or in-person (TRAD). See more information about each in the "Course Modalities" section at the bottom of this page.

    • English-Reading Boot Camp

      The English Boot Camp for Gateway students wishing to improve their English and/or reading skills. This course will emphasize basic sentence skills, grammar, mechanics, paragraph writing, and reading comprehension. 

      This course is for students who place into ENG0960 or ENG 0930, or any student whose reading and writing skills need reinforcement in preparation for the rigor of college reading and writing and are motivated, hard-working, and able to commit to the program.

      To learn more or to register for an upcoming session, contact Kaitlyn Kos at Kaitlyn.Kos@ctstate.edu or through Microsoft Teams. 

      Summer 2025 Course Offerings

      Session 1
      (July 7-25)

      CRN: 80252
      Days: Monday-Friday
      Times:
       9 a.m.-12 p.m.
      Course Modality: TRAD (Room S207)

      CRN: 80251
      Days: Monday-Friday
      Times: 5-8 p.m.
      Course Modality: LRON

      Session 3
      (July 28-August 15)

      CRN: 80253
      Days: Monday-Friday
      Times:
       9 a.m.-12 p.m.
      Course Modality: TRAD (Room S207)

      CRN: 80254
      Days: Monday-Friday
      Times: 5-8 p.m.
      Course Modality: LRON

    • Pre-Algebra Math Boot Camp

      The Pre-Algebra Math Boot Camp is for Gateway students wishing to refresh their basic skills. Topics covered will include addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of whole numbers, integers, fractions and decimals. Ratios, proportions and some beginning algebra topics are also included.

      This course is for students who place into MATH0900I or any student whose math skills need reinforcement in preparation for the rigor of the college math and are motivated, hard-working and able to commit to the program.

      To learn more or to register for an upcoming session, contact Kaitlyn Kos at Kaitlyn.Kos@ctstate.edu or through Microsoft Teams. 

      Summer 2025 Course Offerings

      Session 1
      (June 9-27)

      CRN: 80256
      Days: Monday-Friday
      Time:
      9 a.m.- 12 p.m.
      Course Modality: LRON

      CRN: 80267
      Days: Monday-Friday
      Time:
      5:30-8:30 p.m.
      Course Modality: LRON

      Session 2
      (July 7-25)

      CRN: 80268
      Days: Monday-Friday
      Time:
      9 a.m.-12 p.m.
      Course Modality: LRON

      CRN: 80269
      Days: Monday-Friday
      Time:
      9 a.m.-12 p.m.
      Course Modality: TRAD (Room N210)

      CRN: 80270
      Days: Monday-Friday
      Time:
      5:30-8:30 p.m.
      Course Modality: LRON

      Session 3
      (July 28-August 15)

      CRN: 80271
      Days: Monday-Friday
      Time:
      9 a.m.-12 p.m.
      Course Modality: LRON

      CRN: 80272
      Days: Monday-Friday
      Time:
      9 a.m.-12 p.m.
      Course Modality: TRAD (Room N210)

      CRN: 80273
      Days: Monday-Friday
      Time:
      5:30-8:30 p.m.
      Course Modality: LRON

    • Elementary Algebra Boot Camp

      The Elementary Algebra Math Boot Camp is for Gateway students wishing to refresh their Elementary Algebra skills. This course covers topics including properties of real numbers, linear equations and inequalities in one variable, graphing linear equations in two variables, formulating equations of lines in two variables, an introduction to functions, solving systems of linear equations, rules of integral exponents and operations of polynomials.

      This course is for students who place into MATH0900 or any student whose math skills need reinforcement in preparation for the rigor of college math and are motivated, hard-working and able to commit to the program.

      To learn more or to register for an upcoming session, contact Kaitlyn Kos at Kaitlyn.Kos@ctstate.edu or through Microsoft Teams. 

      Summer 2025 Course Offerings

      Session 1
      (June 9-27)

      CRN: 80276
      Days: Monday-Friday
      Times: 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
      Course Modality: LRON

      CRN: 80275
      Days: Monday-Friday
      Times: 5:30-8:30 p.m.
      Course Modality: LRON

      Session 2
      (July 7-25)

      CRN: 80277
      Days: Monday-Friday
      Times:  9 a.m.-12 p.m.
      Course Modality: LRON

      CRN: 80278
      Days: Monday-Friday
      Times:
      9 a.m.-12 p.m.
      Course Modality:
      TRAD (Room N201)

      CRN: 80279
      Days: Monday-Friday
      Times: 5:30-8:30 p.m.
      Course Modality: LRON

      Session 3
      (July 28-August 15)

      CRN: 80280
      Days: Monday-Friday
      Times:
      9 a.m.-12 p.m.
      Course Modality:
      LRON

      CRN: 80281
      Days: Monday-Friday
      Times:
      9 a.m.-12 p.m
      Course Modality:
      TRAD (Room N201)

      CRN: 80282
      Days: Monday-Friday
      Times:
       5:30-8:30 p.m.
      Course Modality:
      LRON

    • Course Modalities

      These courses are offered in a synchronous manner including live remote online learning (LRON) or traditional on campus (TRAD) modalities. Students should understand that a synchronous Boot Camp will involve a rigid schedule.

      Students will be required to attend class meetings – which in most cases will be 3-hour sessions, 5 days a week for 3-weeks. This means if you have a hectic and unpredictable schedule, it is important to select the modality that is most appropriate for you.

      Committing to a synchronous Boot Camp requires adhering to set schedule for the duration of the course.

      Students interested in the LRON Boot Camp should be aware that online or distance learning will happen in real time. Students and the instructor will interact in a virtual classroom using WebEx or Microsoft Teams technology. This could include video lectures, live chatting, and live streaming lectures.

    • Housatonic Campus

      CAP Summer Programs

      June 1—Start of Fall Semester

    • ONLINE iMath and iEnglish

      ONLINE—iMath and iEnglish are online programs with the option to work and get help on campus. After an orientation, you work through an online program with a goal to complete in 4 weeks. You can finish faster or take a little longer if you need. During the program, you can work and get tutoring from home or on campus. CAP English and Math Specialists will support you during your program and meet with you upon completion to discuss course placement.

      ON-CAMPUS Math and English

      CAP Summer Sessions meet for 3 weeks and provide an in-person learning experience that includes instruction, tutoring, and lab/classroom access. Both in-person attendance and homework will be required. After successful completion of all required assignments, you complete a placement assessment. Programs are taught by a CAP Specialist for English or Math 3 days per week.

      • English Session 1: July 28-August 15
        Monday/Wednesday/Friday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
      • English Session 2: July 28-August 15
        Monday/Wednesday/Friday, 1-4 p.m.
      • Math Session 1: July 21-August 7
        Monday/Wednesday/Thursday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
      • Math Session 2: July 21-August 7
        Monday/Wednesday/Thursday, 5-8 p.m.

    • You're eligible for these courses if you: 

      • are a new or continuing student and registered for courses at CT State Housatonic
      • are recommended for placement into ANY course beginning with 09. For example, English 0910 or Math 0901.

      To register, contact us:

      Location: Lafayette Hall Room B152 (ASC)
      Email: HC-TutoringCenter@ctstate.edu 
      Phone: 203-332-8585

    • Middlesex Campus

    • English

      Did you place into English 0960, 0930, or 1010/0910? Do you want to sharpen your English skills before taking (or retaking) one of these courses? Take an English Bootcamp on the Middlesex campus!

      This FREE two-week non-credit boot camp is designed to improve your reading and writing skills and prepare you for a higher-level English course.

      You are eligible if you are a student who:

      • placed into any of the following English courses: 0960, 0930, or 1010/0910
      • needs to repeat your last English course
      • struggles with reading or writing and wants a basic review before the fall semester

      This class requires:

      • accessible placement measures (SAT, GPA, self-reported GPA, or an essay challenge score).
      • a CT State student banner ID.
      • at least 75% completion of assigned work. Students who meet the completion policy will have the opportunity to take an exit assessment at the end of the workshop. This assessment will determine a student’s English course placement.

      Summer 2025 English Bootcamp

      Dates: August 4–15
      CRN: 80339
      Location: Snow Hall, Room 419 (In-Person)
      Days and Times: Monday-Friday, 9 – 11:30 a.m.

      Check back soon for upcoming courses.

      To register, contact your academic advisor or Emily DeToro at 860-343-5862 or emily.detoro@ctstate.edu.

      Math

      Did you place into MAT*0988/0900I OR MAT*0989/0900/ Take a Math Bootcamp on the Middlesex campus!

      This free non-credit math fast-track style bootcamp is designed to review and improve your arithmetic and elementary algebra skills, and allow you the chance to possibly move up to a higher-level math course! Classes are held in person on the CTState-Middlesex campus.

      You are eligible if you are a student who:

      • Did not place into a college-level math course
      • Did not do well in MAT*0989-I/0989 and need to repeat the course.

      This course requires:

      • ALEKS Placement scores on file prior to start of bootcamp
      • An ability to commit the time and effort needed to be successful
      • Completion of minimum number of hours assigned by the ALEKS PPL

      Students who meet or exceed the completion policy will be give the opportunity to retake the ALEKS placement on the last day of the bootcamp.

      Summer 2025 Math Bootcamp

      Dates: August 4–15
      CRN: 80341
      Location: Snow Hall, Room 406 (In-Person)
      Days and Times: Monday-Friday, 12-2:30 p.m.

      Check back soon for upcoming courses.

      To register, contact your academic advisor or Kim Riordan at kimberly.riordan@ctstate.edu

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Common Read

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CT State Norwalk’s Common Read Program’s mission is to provide first-year students with a shared, enjoyable, academic experience that introduces them to an educational community where intellectual discourse is fostered and valued.

This year's Common Read is The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. See Common Read selections from previous years.

Common Read 2025-2026

The Midnight Library

Matt Haig

Midnight Library book coverBetween life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. To see how things would be if you had made other choices . . . Would you have done anything different, if you had the chance to undo your regrets?”

A dazzling novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived, from the internationally bestselling author of Reasons to Stay Alive and How To Stop Time.

Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point in your life. While we all wonder how our lives might have been, what if you had the chance to go to the library and see for yourself? Would any of these other lives truly be better?

In The Midnight Library, Matt Haig’s enchanting new novel, Nora Seed finds herself faced with this decision. Faced with the possibility of changing her life for a new one, following a different career, undoing old breakups, realizing her dreams of becoming a glaciologist; she must search within herself as she travels through the Midnight Library to decide what is truly fulfilling in life, and what makes it worth living in the first place.

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The Midnight Library Introduction by the Author

Learn More

Matt Haig

Matt Haig is the internationally bestselling author of the novels The Midnight Library, The Life Impossible,  How to Stop Time, The Humans and The Radleys. His work has been translated into over fifty languages.

The Midnight Library was an instant bestseller and winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction. It has become a worldwide phenomenon and sold over ten million copies worldwide spending 52 weeks in the New York Times bestseller list. The audiobook is read by Carey Mulligan. 

His memoir Reasons to Stay Alive was a number one bestseller, staying in the British top ten for 46 weeks. His award-winning children’s book A Boy Called Christmas was a runaway hit and is translated in over 40 languages. It was made into a film starring Maggie Smith, Sally Hawkins and Jim Broadbent and The Guardian called it an ‘instant classic’. 

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Fall 2025 Common Read Week Schedule

Schedule coming soon!

Past Common Read Selections

2024

Time is a Mother book cover

Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

Additional Resources (Libguides)

2023

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Callings by Dave Isay

Additional Resources (Libguides)

  • 2022 - Girl Decoded by Rana el Kaliouby 
  • 2021 - The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman 
  • 2019 - Born a Crime by Trevor Noah 
  • 2018 - Bullets into Bells by Dean Rader, Alexandra Teague, and Brian Clements 
  • 2017 – Lottery by Patricia Wood 
  • 2016 – When the Emperor Was Divine by Julia Otsuka 
  • 2015 – Spare Parts by Joshua Davis 
  • 2014 – Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage 
  • 2013 – Garbology by Edward Humes and Joe Barrett 
  • 2012 – The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore 
  • 2011 – Outcast United by Warren St. John 
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