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February 15, 2011 - Albany Technical College honored seven nominees for its annual Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) on Monday, February 14, 2011, at 5:30pm, at the Manufacturing Technology Center. Albany Tech President, Dr. Anthony Parker, presented awards to the seven nominees. At the end of the recognition, four out of the seven were recognized as the four finalists for the competition. The final four include: Brandon Bass (Radiologic Technology); Chancy Davis (Marketing...

February 15, 2011 - Albany Technical College will hold its annual High School Partners Workshop on Wednesday, February 16, 2011, from 8 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. in the Kirkland Conference Center. The purpose of this event is to provide information to high school counselors, technical education directors, graduation coaches and other high school officials. Following a welcome by Albany Tech President, Dr. Anthony Parker, attendees will have the opportunity to tour occupational areas and learn...

February 16, 2011 - Albany Technical College inducted over 70 students into the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) during a ceremony held at 6pm on Tuesday evening, February 15, 2011, in the Kirkland Conference Center. Among the 70-plus, were two of the recently named Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) and husband and wife, Patrick and Beverly Jenkins. Both are enrolled in the Environmental Horticulture program at Albany Tech. Patrick Jenkins was named in the top four...

February 14, 2011 - The Technical College System of Georgia recently paid tribute to 30 adult learners, including Albany Technical College’s EAGLE winner, Keonna Tumblin, for their outstanding achievement in the state’s adult education program. The students were recognized during a luncheon as Georgia’s 2011 EAGLE delegates. EAGLE (Exceptional Adult Georgian in Literacy Education) is a TCSG Office of Adult Education program that annually honors an outstanding student from each of the...

February 14, 2011 - Albany Technical College will hold its annual Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) ceremony to honor its seven nominees and the four finalists out of the group of seven today, February 14, 2011, at 5:30pm, at the Manufacturing Technology Center on campus. The GOAL program recognizes exceptional technical college students from across the state for their academic excellence and personal achievement. The program also spotlights the important role of technical...

February 13, 2011 - The Fourth Annual Albany Technical College FFA Floriculture Team Challenge was once again a success with 10 FFA Chapters participating and approximately 70 attendees. One team, Brantley County Middle School traveled over 120 miles to participate. The Teams competed in Plant Identification, Disorder Identification, Problem Solving and General Horticulture Knowledge. Albany Tech Horticulture students hosted the event, proctored/judged categories and assisted with score...

February 10, 2011 - The Telecommunications Engineering Technology program at Albany Tech is celebrating its first degree graduate of the program. Ricardo Roberts is the first of what the College hopes will be many to graduate from the program. Roberts, a native of Albany, is a graduate of Albany High School. He served for three years active duty in the Air Force as a sheet metal mechanic. When he left the Air Force, he decided he wanted to come to Albany Tech to pursue his dream of doing...

February 8, 2011 (WFXL) - Albany Tech’s Horticulture Program hosted its fourth annual Future Farmers of America Floriculture Team Challenge Competition Tuesday. The Floriculture Team Challenge is a competition of area FFA Floriculture Junior and Senior level teams.   Each team competes in plant identification, problem solving, general knowledge, and plant disorders. The event is geared toward providing practice and preparation for teams to compete on the local and state ...

February 7, 2011 - Albany Tech’s Horticulture Program will host the fourth annual Future Farmers of America (FFA) Floriculture Team Challenge Competition on Tuesday, February 8, 2011, at 4:30pm, in the campus Environmental Horticulture building off Newton Road. The Floriculture Team Challenge is a competition of area FFA Floriculture Junior and Senior level teams. The Team Challenge is conducted using the same criteria as local and state FFA Floriculture CDE’s with each team competing in...

January 31, 2011 (WFXL) - Homecoming Week kicked off Monday at Albany Technical College with a pep rally.   It comes in midst of an already big year for the school, which is celebrating their 50th anniversary. This is their first time holding a homecoming week, but administrators say it won't be their last.   “We’ll have basketball games of course, today we have a pep rally, as you can hear. And we're kicking off what we hope will be an ongoing homecoming event for Albany...

January 31, 2011 (WFXL) - Albany Technical College has launched a job skills survey to regional businesses and industries.   “Albany Tech produces valuable, employable graduates. In order to ensure we stay on par with our mission, we want to gather feedback from our area’s businesses and industries to see if we need to improve or build on any specific areas,” said Dr. Anthony Parker, President of Albany Tech.   The survey was designed to specifically assess the workforce needs...

January 31, 2011 (WALB) – Albany Tech is working to make sure the students they educate, meet the needs of the business community.  Right now, a workforce assessment survey is being done to find out what the needs of employers within Southwest Georgia will be in the next five to ten years.   President Anthony Parker says the goal is to make sure that when industries are hiring, they are able to draw from graduates of Albany Tech, and that students get jobs when they graduate.   Dr....