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!
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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 Lynette Macfarlan
2022- “My passion is teaching students to become intentional in their approach to educating young children. This occurs by being authentically engaged and fully present as an instructor and mentor.”
Lynette Macfarlan was hired in 2000 as the Director of the Great Basin College Child & Family Center and later transitioned into full-time instruction and supervision of the GBC Early Childhood Program. As the ECE Program Supervisor and Lead Professor, Lynette oversees three associate degrees and two certificate programs. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in Humanities with an emphasis in Education at Sierra Nevada College and holds a Master’s Degree in Reading and Literacy from Walden University.
With over thirty years of experience in the field of early childhood education, Lynette understands the need to accommodate students both online and on-campus. To meet the needs of rural and working students, Lynette made the decision to blend recorded live lectures into online courses. This enabled online students to receive the same level of instruction as live students. Based on this decision, enrollment tripled within two years, thus all ECE courses and programs are presently offered online. The GBC Early Childhood AAS program is rated 7th in the nation for affordability and quality by affordablecolleges.com.
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.
