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September 3, 2015 - Albany, GA - Lt. Governor Casey Cagle today hosted a $10,000 check presentation with AT&T Georgia President Beth Shiroishi and the Dougherty County/Albany Tech Community to support efforts to develop a College and Career Academy. The event held at the Kirkland Center at Albany Technical College included State Senator Freddie Powell Sims and multiple community leaders and businesses. "As Lt. Governor, I am committed to providing every student in Georgia access to a College...

August 26, 2015- Albany, GA- The Albany Technical College Associate of Science (ASN) program was ranked #52 in the Nurse Journal's Top 100 Best Nursing Schools listing for 2015 for the Eastern Region of the U.S. The ASN program was started at Albany Tech in 2013 with the first class graduating in April of 2015. The second program cohort just started the fall term at Albany Tech on August 19. According to Nurse Journal, there are several factors involved with choosing schools to make the...

August 20, 2015- Albany, GA- Albany Technical College and Savannah State University will hold an articulation agreement signing ceremony on Friday, August 21, 2015, beginning at 2:30pm in the Executive Board Room of Albany Tech's Logistics Education Center at 1704 South Slappey Boulevard. The goal with the articulation agreement is to provide Associate of Applied Science (AAS) graduates of Albany Tech's Electronics Engineering Technology program with an opportunity to continue on with...

August 10, 2015- Albany, GA- Albany Technical College and Turner Job Corps will hold a Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) articulation agreement signing ceremony on Tuesday, August 11, 2015, beginning at 10am in the Executive Board Room of Albany Tech's Logistics Education Center at 1704 South Slappey Boulevard. In support of the Complete College Georgia agenda, the goal with the articulation agreement is to assist and promote Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) in the transferability of the Turner...

August 5, 2015- Albany, GA from WALB- Albany Technical College is reaching out to local military families. The college teamed up with the Marine Corps Logistics Base Tuesday to show military families what educational opportunities ATC can offer them. LOGCOM Commanding General Craig Crenshaw says he was excited to tour the college.Albany Tech's President wants military families to know the community is here to support them. Dr. Anthony O. Parker Albany Technical College President said, "We...

August 4, 2015- Albany, GA from The Albany Herald- Maj. Gen. Craig Crenshaw, commanding general, Marine Corps Logistics Command (LOGCOM), was given a personal tour of Albany Technical College's campus by President Anthony Parker on Tuesday, as Crenshaw continued a review of Albany's post-secondary educational institutions. Crenshaw and Col. James Carroll III, Commanding Officer Marine Corps Logistics Base-Albany, paid a call on Darton State College Interim President Paul Jones last month and...

July 29, 2015- Albany, GA- Albany Technical College will hold Health Care Technology programs Capping and Pinning for summer term on Wednesday, July 29, 2015, beginning at 6pm in the Kirkland Conference Center. Keynote speaker for the program will be Jane Field. Jane Field is a graduate of Emory University School of Nursing and has worked in healthcare continuously for 47 years. She was employed in hospitals for 31 years in Atlanta, California, North Carolina, and Albany, Georgia and has...

July 6, 2015- Albany, GA- Some members of the Georgia Association of EMS have come up with a new way for first responders and hospitals to detect a heart attack. They're traveling across country to teach the new system.They stopped at Albany Technical College to teach EMS students about the system. Their goal is for all Emergency Medical Services in Georgia to use the system. "Albany Tech is one of our locations because we are trying to reach out to not just the hospitals or the EMS services...

June 27, 2015- Albany, GA from The Albany Herald- Dormant for the past three years, the opportunity for a college and career academy in Albany gained new life this week after a meeting in Dougherty County School Superintendent Butch Mosely's office. The school system may also gain a new middle school on the south side in the process. During the meeting, Mosely, Albany Technical College President Anthony Parker, two representatives from the Georgia Department of Education, a charter school...

June 25, 2015- Albany, GA- The Albany Technical College Foundation was presented with a $2,500 scholarship donation check this week by AT&T District Director, Courtney Brinson. "We are pleased to provide the scholarship donation again this year to Albany Tech and know it is needed now more than ever," said Courtney Brinson, AT&T District Director. AT&T presented the Albany Tech Foundation with a scholarship donation of $2,500 last year. The college has received almost $70,000 from AT&T in...

June 24, 2015- Albany, GA- Albany Technical College (ATC) and GeorgiaFIRST Robotics will host a "Bash of the Summer" (X- BOTS) regional scrimmage competition on Saturday, June 27, 2015, from 8am to 5pm at the Albany Civic Center. Over 20 teams from across the state will be competing in the event. The Albany Technical College Titans Alliance Team 5536, who garnered several prestigious regional and national awards in their own rookie robotics season, will be volunteering for the event and...

June 23, 2015- Albany, GA- The Special Needs Program at Albany Technical College will hold a workshop entitled "College Success vs. Substance Abuse," on Wednesday, June 24, 2015, from 11 a.m. to 12 noon in the Logistics Education Center Auditorium. The purpose of the workshop is to understand the effects of drug use on the brain and the difference between proper use and misuse of prescription drugs. Attendees will also learn about the different types of commonly abused legal and illegal...