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April 22, 2010 - On Friday evening, April 23, 2010, at 7 p.m., the Albany Technical College Foundation will be holding their annual Roast in the Kirkland Conference Center on the college campus. This year, the College will be “roasting” Dr. Charles B. Gillespie. A silent auction will also be held in the Conference Center foyer beginning at 6 p.m.A dear friend and supporter of Albany Technical College, Dr. Gillespie taught the first EMT course in southwest Georgia at Albany Tech in 1972....

April 20, 2010 – Albany Technical College has named a new Director of Public Relations & Information for the College. Wendy Howell will officially begin her duties as the Director of Public Relations on Monday, April 26, 2010.Howell has been employed in the Public Relations office at Albany Tech since September of 2006 as the in-house graphic designer. In addition to her graphic design duties, Howell has been acting as interim director of Public Relations since mid-February.A native of...

April 15, 2010 - Several Albany Technical College students received first through fifth place awards at the Georgia Phi Beta Lambda 62nd Annual State Conference held in Atlanta April 9-11.First Place Winners included: Gregory Henry, Business Presentation; Victor Grier, Business Presentation; Brandon Pinto, Public Speaking; and Erica Savage, Future Business Executive.Second Place Winners included: John Passmore, Word Processing and received State Officer Award; and Erica Savage, Impromptu...

    April 15, 2010 - Albany Technical College sophomore, Wilbur Lake, who played for the Titans the last two seasons, will sign to play with Albany State University today at 3 p.m. in the Albany Tech Presidential Board Room.While playing for the Titans, Lake averaged 12.5 points per game and made 78 three-pointers. He was also named All Conference Player. Lake is slated to graduate from Albany Tech this summer with an associate degree in Pharmacy Technology. He will major in Chemistry at...

  * Coach Patterson and family members for each player look on while they sign.   April 14, 2010 - Albany Technical College signed five new players to the Men’s Titans 2010/2011 season team on Wednesday, April 14, at 4 p.m. in Freedom Hall (Building B) Conference Center.The players signed include: Mike Cofield, from Sound Doctrine Christian Academy in LaGrange, who will play forward; and Tristan Delaney, from Troup County High School in LaGrange, who will play guard; Andrew Reason, from...

  April 9, 2010 - Albany Tech enrollment for spring quarter approaching 4200 students Nearly 4,200 students are enrolled in classes for spring quarter at Albany Technical College today -- the largest spring quarter enrollment in the college’s 49-year history. ATC’s winter quarter student population hit the 4,000 mark and continued to rise over the previous fall quarter, which came close to breaking that record.“We believe the lagging economy is continuing to motivate many students to...

  March 19, 2010 (WALB) –  The people who direct high school students on a path after graduation got a look at one post secondary option Friday.High school counselors, career and technical educators and career coaches met at Albany Tech to discuss the different programs available.They also got a view of the career cruiser which can bring that information straight to students and help them decide if Albany Tech is right for them. "We want every high school graduate to leave with a plan...

March 11, 2010 - Albany Tech held a “Name the Bus” contest among our students during the month of February asking for name suggestions for our newly renovated Mobile Recruitment Lab. Today, Albany Tech unveiled the student winner and new name of our recruitment vehicle at an announcement ceremony held in our Carlton Construction Academy.Edrian Mallory, a drafting student at Albany Tech, chose the name “Career Cruiser.” Mallory told the story about how she came up with the name and...

March 10, 2010 - Don Laye, Fire Science instructor at Albany Tech, has been awarded the 2010 National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) Excellence Award by The University of Texas at Austin.NISOD is a consortium of over 700 community colleges and universities worldwide and has a 31-year history of recognizing faculty, staff, and  administrators for outstanding contributions to teaching, leadership, and learning.“Workforce development is the primary objective of...

March 5, 2010 - On Friday, February 19, 2010, several Albany Technical College students received first, second, and third place awards at the Phi Beta Lambda Georgia PBL South District Conference at Columbus Technical College in Columbus, Georgia. First Place Winners included: Gregory Henry and Victor Grier, Business Presentation; Reginald Sims, Contemporary Sports Issues; and Gregory Henry and Kerpasha Davis, Desktop Publishing.Second Place Winners included: Helen Knight, Hospitality...