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Anthony Parker: Ability to Benefit, Move on When Ready can be a boon to region June 21, 2015- Albany, GA from The Albany Herald- In an effort to boost sagging enrollment, Albany Technical College is pushing two programs to encourage dual enrollment with high school students and another that allows adults to gain a high school equivalency degree (GED) while taking college-level classes. ATC President Anthony Parker asserts that the college's Ability To Benefit and Move on When Ready programs...

June 19, 2015- Atlanta, GA from WALB- College students in Georgia and Brazil will soon be able to take advantage of additional reciprocal educational and training opportunities, thanks to an agreement between the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) and São Paulo's technical education system, Centro Paula Souza (CPS). "International companies in Georgia look to our technical colleges every day to provide the skilled workforce they need to stay competitive," said Commissioner Corbin....

June 19, 2015- Albany, GA- Albany Technical College (ATC) will host their annual Open House event Saturday, June 20, 2015, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Kirkland Conference Center. For those ready to apply, register, and test, representatives will be available in the Logistics Education Center next door to Kirkland during the event. This is an annual event held at ATC every June since the late 1990s where potential students can come and preview more than 53 academic programs available at the...

June 12, 2015- Albany, GA- Albany Technical will hold a "Move On When Ready" Parent Forum on Tuesday, June 16, 2015, beginning at 5:30pm in the Logistics Education Center Auditorium off South Slappey Boulevard. The purpose of the forum is to inform parents and high school students who attend, of the recent changes to dual enrollment in the state of Georgia due to House Bill Two. The new "Move On When Ready" (MOWR) Dual Enrollment program combines the older Accel, HOPE Grant Dual Enrollment,...

ALBANY, GA - May 27, 2015 - Albany Technical College will hold their third annual Memorial Day ceremony on Thursday, May 28, 2015, at 2pm in the George Kirkland Conference Center. Keynote speaker for this year’s ceremony will be Michael Eric Hooper of Moore, Clarke, Duvall and Rodgers, PC of Albany. Michael Eric Hooper comes from a more current era and saw combat that many of us experienced only in television broadcasts. Serving as an attorney with Moore, Clarke, Duvall and Rodgers of...

May 21, 2015 - ALBANY, GA – Albany Technical College’s Healthcare Technology and Computer Technology Programs will hold two Careers In High Demand Summer Enrichment Camps. The Health Enrichment Academy Training (HEAT) will be held May 26th through June 18th and the Technology Enrichment Academy (TEA) will be held July 7th through the 30th. Camp days will be Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays of each week from 8:30am to 11:30am. In order to align its mission with the Governor’s High...

Albany Technical College Named to the List May 21, 2015- Columbus, OH- The Center for Higher Education Enterprise (CHEE) announces the results of the 2015 Most Promising Places to Work in Community Colleges. It was an honor to conduct this study as part of a partnership with Diverse: Issues in Higher Education and NISOD, a membership organization committed to promoting and celebrating excellence in teaching, learning, and leadership at community and technical colleges. For the first time...

May 19, 2015- Albany, GA- Werhner Washington, Plant Manager at the Albany Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) and Albany Technical College Board Member, was featured as the May "Faces of Manufacturing in Georgia," a segment produced by the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership (GaMEP), a part of the Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute. Faces of Manufacturing was developed by the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership (GaMEP) at Georgia Tech and is supported by Georgia Tech,...

May 8, 2015- Albany, GA- Albany Technical College will host Andrew Greenberg, Executive Director for the Georgia Game Developers Association, and Diego Lizarazo, Microsoft Technical Evangelist for the region, on Monday, May 11, 2015, beginning at 12:30pm and ending at 5pm for a campus tour and to discuss potential partnerships. Andrew Greenberg is best known for designing computer games and roleplaying games. Lead developer on the upcoming Fading Suns: Noble Armada mobile and tablet game,...

May 2, 2015- Albany, GA from The Albany Herald- Georgia Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle was the speaker at Albany Technical College's Spring Commencement Thursday, but took a moment to talk about a couple of his favorite initiatives — charter schools and career academies — which he says will change the face of education in the state. "In 2007 we began the journey with the GaCAN initiative by putting money in the budget for charter schools and career academies," Cagle said. "We now have 34 charter...

April 30, 2015- Albany, GA from WALB- Lt. Governor Casey Cagle spoke at Albany Tech's Spring commencement. He worked on legislation Governor Deal signed today to expand dual enrollment opportunities. Cagle believes the laws will boost workforce production. "If we're going to continue to be the number one state to do business in we have to be continually committed to workforce development," said Lt. Governor Casey Cagle. "There's a skills gap that exist within our state and certainly within...

April 30, 2015- Albany, GA- The Titans Alliance, a group of high school students who are dually enrolled in Engineering Technology at Albany Tech, claimed the Rookie Inspiration Award sponsored by National Instruments at the World Championship 2015 Robotics Competition in St. Louis, Missouri. The Rookie Inspiration Award celebrates one rookie team's outstanding success in advancing respect and appreciation for engineering and engineers, both within their school, as well as in their...