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December 30, 2009 - Albany Tech has eight disciplines on U.S. News and World Reports list of the 50 best careers to pursue in the futureOut of more than 100 programs at Albany Tech, eight made the “best careers” list.  Albany Tech President Dr. Anthony Parker says it’s reassuring to know the school is aligned with that report.  “If we can impart these skill sets to students in such a way that they can prove to employees that they provide value added…then these students get to...

December 16, 2009 — American Proteins, Inc. donated a $6,500 scholarship to Albany Technical College this morning. Cuthbert division manager, Brandon Kyzar and human resources manager, Jimmy Rice, presented ATC president, Dr. Anthony Parker, with the scholarship money.Forsyth County business and civic leader Tommy Bagwell and his wife, Chantal, established the Bagwell Family Scholarship Endowment to provide scholarships for students attending technical colleges located near their family...

December 9, 2009 — Believed to be the first foreign student to attend Albany Tech, Alexander Eliseer will receive a fire science associate’s degree. Russian Alexander Eliseer first visited the United States as an foreign exchange student when he was 16 years old.He attended high schools for six months in Salt Lake City and in Arizona on an American Indian reservation.Click here to find out more!Having good experiences at both, Eliseer wanted to attend a English-speaking college either...

  December 08, 2009 –Some Albany college students are making a big impact outside the classroom. Future Habitat For Humanity homes will be designed by Albany Technical College students. It's a partnership that will improve our community as it gives students valuable experience.To the average viewer, some lines on Edrian Mallory's computer screen may look a little boring. For Edrian, it's what she's always dreamed about."It's the first house that I've done," said Mallory, "I want to create...

December 3, 2009 - (Albany Herald) Wilbur Lake scores 21 points and Justin Wilcox adds 17 as the Albany Tech men’s team crushes Sound Doctrine on Saturday, 101-65.   Original Story HERE!

  Nov 20, 2009 – (WALB) After more than five years of waiting, Albany Technical College broke ground on an important new campus building Friday.The Logistics Education Center will allow 175 employees to be trained in specialized welding to repair armored vehicles at the Marine Corps Logistics Base. The building is also expected to be an economic boost for the region."It is going to be an opportunity for us to provide distance education we're going to be able to produce learning object...

Nov 19, 2009 - (WALB) Albany Technical College opens the doors on two new labs to help students experience real world job training before they leave school.  The programs are at maximum capacity at a time when enrollment is at a record high at the college. Better job training while in school, means a better chance of finding a job when they leave.   Desks, phones, computers... it looks just like any other office in Corporate USA, but this is a classroom. "It's important for our...

November 18, 2009 — The Albany Technical Foundation, Inc. accepted a $50,000 grant from AT&T* Georgia today to provide technical education and training support for evolving workforce development needs of Southwest Georgia. The Foundation was established to support the programs of Albany Technical College.Albany Tech utilizes traditional, online and distance learning methods to provide quality competency-based associate degrees, diploma and technical certificates of credit programs that...

  November 18, 2009 - (Albany Herald) The Albany Tech men and women swept East Georgia on Monday with the Titans winning, 99-82, and the women winning, 82-36. The Lady Titans were led by Quanisha Smith with 12, Tierra Harrison 12 and Tikaya Sherrod with 12. “It was good to get that second win,” said women’s coach Kenneth Mitchell, whose team earned its first Saturday and now is 2-1. “Hopefully, we can keep building on that. The men, meanwhile, were led by Jerry Lewis with 17,...

November, 12 2009 - (Georgia Trend) Georgia’s academic and corporate leaders are joining forces to strengthen business ethicsYou hear it every time another corporate scandal makes headlines, whenever an Enron, an Arthur Andersen or Bernie Madoff rears its misguided, greedy head: “Whatever happened to business ethics?”And on the heels of that, the jokes, beginning with the oldest of the bunch: “Business ethics? That’s a contradiction in terms, an oxymoron, like jumbo shrimp or...

November 12, 2009 - Barely into his second season as a Titan, one of Albany Technical College’s best men’s basketball players is already planning the next phase of his academic and athletic career. Today Waylon Jones, a power forward from Rocky Mount, N.C., will sign a letter of intent to play basketball for Southeast Missouri State University.  The official signing is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. in the Student Activities Lounge in Freedom Hall on Albany Tech’s main campus. A law...