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 ALBANY, GA – Albany Technical College’s Associate of Science (ASN) in Nursing (RN) program was recently ranked number one by a ranking conducted by RegisteredNursing.org. The ranking was based on the student pass rates on the NCLEX-RN exam. The NCLEX-RN exam is used by all state boards of nursing across the United States to help assess a student’s competency and is required for licensure. Also, many state boards of nursing use the total overall NCLEX-RN pass rate for a school as one of...

 ALBANY, GA - The 2017 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) nominees and ultimately, the winner for Albany Technical College will be announced during the Albany Rotary Club lunch on Thursday, January 25, 2017, at 12Noon at Doublegate Country Club by Albany Area Chamber President, Barbara Rivera-Holmes. During a banquet held in November, five nominees for GOAL were presented: Lise Adams-Mason (Environmental Horticulture); Travis Apperson (Electronics and Engineering Technology);...

January 19, 2016 - Albany, GA - Chef Jennifer Hill Booker will be in Albany on Friday and Saturday, January 19th and 20th, 2017, for the Dunning Dinner, but will make a stop at Albany Technical College on Friday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and again on Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to provide some culinary insight to Culinary Arts students at Albany Technical College. Chef Booker’s Southern culinary heritage, belief in healthy, seasonal foods and her classic French training to create a...

December 21, 2016 - Albany, GA - Harry Wilson, Human Resources and Safety Manager for American Proteins, Inc., presented Dr. Anthony Parker, President of Albany Tech, with a check for the Foundation’s scholarship funds in the amount of $4,000 on Wednesday, December 21, 2016, at 11 a.m. in the President’s office of the Kirkland Administration Building. This is the eleventh year in a row American Proteins has given the donation to the Albany Tech Foundation. Forsyth County business and...

December 19, 2016 - Albany, GA - Albany Technical College’s Center for Business Solutions Continuing Education department will kick off a three-day “Tech Camp” beginning today (Monday, December 19, 2016) and end on Wednesday, December 21, 2016. The camp is geared toward elementary and middle schoolers ages 10 to 14, who are interested in science and technology fields. Starting out in the Innovation Center for the Albany Tech Robotics Program, the camp will move on to computer programming,...

December 19, 2016 - Albany, GA - During a recent end of the year faculty and staff luncheon, Albany Technical College named its Employee of the Year for 2016. Dietra Windom, Administrative Assistant in the Healthcare Technology division at Albany Tech, is this year’s recipient. Dietra Windom has been employed at Albany Tech for 12 years as the Administrative Assistant in the Healthcare Technology division. However, she started her journey with Albany Tech long before then when she...

Malicious OneClass Chrome Extension May Send Email on Students' Behalf and also Attempts to Collect User Credentials Vulnerability OverviewThe OneClass Chrome extension is not available directly via search in the Chrome Extensions Store, and students are being phished to install it. During installation, the extension requests permissions to "Read and change all your data on the websites you visit," and adds a button inside the Learn pages to "Invite Your Classmates to OneClass." The...

December 7, 2016 - Albany, GA - Albany Technical College will hold Fall 2016 Commencement Exercises on Thursday, December 8, 2016, at 7 p.m. at the Albany Civic Center. A reception will be held prior to the ceremony in the Meeting Room of the Civic Center. Nearly 220 students are set to receive associate degrees, almost 500 diplomas, and 1,150 technical certificates of credit. Over 100 students are slated to receive their General Education Development (GED). In addition, nearly 90...

December 5, 2016 - Albany, GA - Albany Technical College will hold Honor’s Day program for Fall 2016 on Tuesday, December 6, 2016, beginning at 11 a.m. in the Kirkland Conference Center. The program precedes Albany Tech’s Fall Commencement set to take place on Thursday evening. Nearly 90 students will be honored in categories such as American Criminal Justice Association Club, Ambassadors, Engineering Club (E-Club), Honors with Distinction, National Technical Honors Society (NTHS), Phi...

November 30, 2016 - Albany, GA - Albany Technical College (ATC) will hold a Swearing In Ceremony to announce the new Albany Tech Police Department on Thursday, December 1, 2016, beginning at 10 a.m. in the Executive Board Room of the Logistics Education Center. For the past several years, Albany Tech has been utilizing the police department at Albany State University (ASU) for campus security, but decided it was time to create a police department at the college. The new police department...

November 29, 2016 - Albany, GA - Albany Technical College’s Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) program will pin potential graduates in the second class since the program’s inception in 2014 on Wednesday, November 30, 2016, beginning at 6 p.m., in the Kirkland Conference Center. Ten students will be pinned during the evening ceremony. In addition, two of these students will receive the Mattie Buchannon Clinical Skills Award and two will receive the Dorothy B. Garner Academic...

November 29, 2016 - Albany, GA - Albany Technical College’s Healthcare Technology division will hold the fall 2016 Capping and Pinning ceremony on Wednesday, November 30, 2016, beginning at 12 Noon, in the Kirkland Conference Center. Almost 40 students will be capped and pinned in the following programs: Practical Nursing, Health Information Coding, Health Information Management Technology, Surgical Technology, Radiologic Technology, and Advanced Emergency Medical Technician. Keynote...