"I had to learn on the job," says Jeff Imbrescia, CEO and President of Douglas Education Center (DEC), talking about his beginnings as the owner what was then called Douglas School of Business. Mr. Imbrescia’s leadership has proven to be the foundation that Douglas Education...
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Guqg-4xLiGM&feature=youtu.be[/embed] When a mutual friend introduced Tom Savini and Douglas Education Center (DEC) President Jeffrey D. Imbrescia over twenty years ago who could have known what was in store? Surely not a program that would acquire local, national and international attention...
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGdy8DCQo3k&feature=youtu.be[/embed] Douglas Education Center is committed to providing safe and healthy facilities for our students, employees, and visitors to ensure the lowest likelihood of COVID-19 exposure while maintaining the highest level of educational capability. Upon entering a DEC facility everyone is required to wear a mask, have...
Today DEC staff is celebrating Mr. Imbrescia’s 31 years at the helm. His vision and persistence has transformed an old secretarial school into a premiere career school. We can all agree that without Jeff’s plan, the then “Douglas School of Business” would most certainly not...
Douglas Education Center isn’t just where students can learn to make movies, it’s also where they can watch the final production. On June 13th, DEC held a movie premier for Back Fork, a movie produced by the director of DEC’s George A. Romero’s Filmmaking program. Written,...
Douglas Education Center Student Matters Joy Greenlee Douglas Education Center 2016 Graduate of the Medical Assistant Program Joy Greenlee is a person with great compassion, who has a sense of caring for others, who has stated that there is nothing better than knowing that you really helped someone who...
Douglas Education Center Student Matters Laura Mushenheim Douglas Education Center 2005 Graduate of Tom Savini Special Make-Up Effects Program 2009 Graduate of Esthetics Program 2010 Graduate of General Cosmetology The saying goes that, “The third time is a charm!” Just ask Laura Mushenheim about that saying and she would probably concur, with a bit...
Douglas Education Center Student Matters Tarelle Irwin Douglas Education Center - Commercial Driver’s License Program Graduate ’’I just am really thankful for the opportunity that I was given to come to Douglas and go through the Commercial Driver’s License Program (“CDL”) because it was just amazing. I think it...
Douglas Education Center Student Matters Gracie Abel Douglas Education Center - Graphic Design Program Graduate – January 2013 Some would suggest that one of the first major decisions a person makes in life is in deciding upon which institution to attend to further their education beyond high school. When...
Rhonda Bergman Cosmetology Program Graduate Rhonda Bergman is a 2011 graduate of Douglas Education Center’s Cosmetology Program Douglas Education Center Programs give students the tools needed to succeed and prepare them for a career after school. This can’t be truer for Rhonda Bergman a 2011 graduate of the Cosmetology...
