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January 30, 2011 (ALBANY HERALD) - Can you say redemption?   That’s one way to describe Saturday’s Albany Tech men’s basketball game against Georgia Perimeter as it blew an 18-point lead in the first half, only to be bailed out by former Westover star Jerry Lewis, who came back from suspension Saturday to score eight straight points to turn a 56-56 tie game with 8:21 remaining into a crucial Region XVII win, 77-68.   “When it was his time, we got him the ball and he really...

January 28, 2011 - As Albany Tech continues to celebrate its 50th anniversary, Homecoming Week is scheduled to start on Monday, January 31, at 10am. The week’s activities begin with a Pep Rally in front of the campus bookstore. Students will be invited to warm up with hot chocolate, coffee and doughnuts as the players and cheerleaders pump up the spirit in preparation for the Homecoming Game on Thursday, February 3rd.In addition to the Pep Rally on Monday, students will have a chance to...

January 28, 2011 - In an effort to more effectively offer programs and training in skill sets vital to our area’s businesses, 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,...

January 23, 2011 - If you wanted a game that featured tons of drama and kept the crowd on their feet most of the afternoon, then look no further than the showdown Saturday at HPER between the Albany Tech women’s basketball team and Darton College as the Lady Titans held on for a thrilling 66-63 win. And Lady Titans coach Kenneth Williams can thank Bainbridge’s Deja Cooper for that. Cooper, ATC’s shooting guard turned floor general, found the open spots Saturday — especially from...

January 23, 2011 - Forsyth County business and civic leader, Tommy Bagwell and his wife, Chantal, established the $500,000 Bagwell Family Scholarship Endowment to provide scholarships for students attending technical colleges located near their family business locations. The family business, American Proteins, Inc., currently has three locations, including one in Cuthbert, GA. Scholarship recipients are chosen using the following criteria: financial need, proximity to the company’s...

December 3, 2010 - Albany Technical College will celebrate 50 years of technical education in 2011. To kickoff the planned events for 2011, a Kickoff Celebration will be held on Tuesday, December 7, 2011, at 11am, in the Kirkland Conference Center. Refreshments will be provided. Albany Tech invites its faculty, staff, students, and community partners to join us for this prelude to a yearlong schedule of events. Upcoming events in 2011 include a dedication ceremony on January 13, 2011,...

December 8, 2010 - Albany Technical College was one of four technical colleges out of 26 technical colleges in the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) to be nominated for Governor Sonny Perdue’s Technical College of the Year Award. Judging for the award is based on almost two dozen performance criteria, including enrollment numbers,graduation rate, student retention, job placement rate, cost efficiency, completions in adult education programs, and trends in specialized...

October 18, 2010 - During an awards ceremony last week, Albany Technical College was honored for successfully completing Step Two of the four-step Georgia Oglethorpe Award Process. The Georgia Oglethorpe Award is modeled after the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award – now in its 21st year and arguably the most difficult award in the world for an organization or business to attain. Georgia Oglethorpe is a non-profit public-private partnership that provides services to Georgia’s...

For Immediate ReleaseJuly 29, 2010   West Point, Ga. -- Albany Technical College President, Dr. Anthony Parker, received a Kia “key to the future” during a special event held on Wednesday, July 28, at the Kia Georgia Training Center in West Point, Ga., when Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia Inc. (KMMG) donated 20 of the all-new Kia Sorentos to the Technical College System of Georgia. The colleges receiving the cars were chosen based on the size of enrollment in their automotive...

  For Immediate ReleaseJuly 26, 2010   Albany Technical College presented the Marine Corps Logistics Command Maintenance Center Albany (MCA) with a Manufacturer of the Year award on Monday, July 26th, at 2 p.m. in the lobby of the Maintenance Center facility.   As a vital educational partner in southwest Georgia, Albany Technical College has developed diploma and degree programs in Business Logistics Management to provide employees for MCA. In addition, Albany Tech ramped up training...

For Immediate ReleaseJuly 26, 2010 Albany Tech’s Career Cruiser will go on the road beginning Wednesday, July 28, 2010, taking several stops at area libraries. The first stop on this Library Tour will be at Clay County Library in Fort Gaines on July 28th from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.   The tour continues on Friday, July 30th at Randolph County Library in Cuthbert from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Saturday, July 31st at Calhoun County Library in Edison from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and the final tour will be at...

July 12, 2010 - Several members of the Albany Technical College faculty and staff attended the grand opening of Radium Gardens at the 11:30 ceremony today. County Commission Chairman, Jeff Sinyard, recognized Horticulture instructor, George Paul, and Albany Tech as a vital partner of the project. Justin Powell, a 2008 graduate of the Horticulture program at Albany Tech, is the supervisor for the project through the Dougherty County Public Works Department. “Albany Technical College...