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To: Faculty, Staff and Students Albany Technical College Date: Thursday, April 18 Subject: Cancelled Classes This notice is to advise you that the Albany Technical College classes are cancelled for Friday, April 19 due to inclement weather expected in our area. You are encouraged to monitor local media for weather updates. Further information will be shared with local media and by way of your college e-mail accounts, albanytech.edu website, and all official college social media accounts.

  ALBANY, GA – Albany Technical College’s Healthcare Technology division will hold the spring 2019 Capping and Pinning ceremony on Thursday, April 18, 2019, beginning at 6 pm, in the Kirkland Conference Center. Almost 40 students will be recognized in the following programs: Practical Nursing, Pharmacy Technology and Paramedicine. Keynote speaker will be Lisa Stephens, MBA, R.T., (R)(CT)(MR) Radiologic Technology Program Chair Albany Technical College. Lisa Stephens is the Program...

Albany, Georgia – Albany Technical College will hold its annual Titans Athletic Banquet on Friday, April 12, 2019, beginning at 6 pm in the Kirkland Conference Center. The event will honor basketball players and cheerleaders from the 2018-2019 season. Keynote speaker for the banquet will be Brandon Dawkins, Head Boys Varsity Basketball Coach and Head Boys and Girls Varsity Soccer Coach at Brooks County High School. While at the school, Dawkins has set school records for wins and playoff...

Albany, Georgia – Albany Technical College will hold a Spring Career Fair Thursday, April 11 from 9 AM to 12 PM in the Kirkland Conference Center. Over 50 employers from the surrounding area will be on hand to speak with students and the public about jobs that are available right now.  “Job placement is our number one goal. We not only train our students for jobs that are in demand in the community, but we work hard to make sure that they find jobs with employers right here in our...

Albany, Georgia – Albany Technical College announces a new opportunity for students starting in the fall of 2019. A new E-commerce Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree and a Fire and Emergency Services Occupation AAS degree will be added to the program offerings. These two programs will be included because it has been determined that there was a need in our community for these services.  E-commerce AAS degree is five terms in length and was designed for students who are interested...

ALBANY, GA – Albany Technical College held a Work Ethics Special Recognition Program on Wednesday, April 2, 2019, at 11 a.m. in the Kirkland Conference Center. This is the third year that the college has held this ceremony in honor of these students.  Each semester of the academic year, students who exemplify one of the ten work ethics traits are recognized in this special observance. As part of the technical education criteria, Albany Tech students are required to excel in Work Ethics...

Albany, Georgia – Albany Technical College is announcing a change in their admissions testing process making it easier for many students to enroll in programs at the College.  For many people who want to enter or re-enter College programs or for high school students, this may mean bypassing admissions testing altogether. To take advantage of this policy change, Albany Tech officials invite anyone who has considered advancing their skills to get a better paying job or to continue their...

Albany, Georgia – Albany Technical College has partnered with Sherwood Baptist Church to host a Community Resource Event.  Free clothing, water, and other donated items will be distributed. Employees from Albany Tech’s Programs will also be on hand accepting applications and student referrals. After Hurricane Michael’s devastation in Albany and Southwest Georgia, October 10, 2018, the community has worked hard to get back to some sort of normalcy and move forward. The storm left 90%...

ALBANY, GA – Nineteen students from Albany Technical College and advisors will attend the SkillsUSA State Conference March 21-23 in Atlanta, GA.  Winning students will continue on to compete in national competition later in the year.   The majority of the technical colleges have SkillsUSA chapters. Membership in SkillsUSA affords students the opportunity to demonstrate occupational and leadership skills by competing in state and national competitions. SkillsUSA State competitions are...

ALBANY, GA – Albany Technical College Culinary Arts will host a special program showcase on Friday, March 15, 2018, 10 a.m., Logistics Education Center (LEC), Room 112. On hand for the event will be current and former students, faculty, staff, and area employers such as Austin’s Fire Grill, Doublegate Country Club, and The Bread House. The employers will highlight the economic importance of the food industry in this region and the partnerships that have been built between the local...

ALBANY, GA – On March 1, RegisteredNursing.org .a nursing advocacy organization .released its 2019 Best RN Programs list. Albany Technical College’s Associate of Science (ASN) in Nursing (RN) program was ranked number seven out of 53 schools in Georgia analyzed by the organization. The ranking was based primarily on the student pass rates on the NCLEX-RN exam. The NCLEX-RN exam is used by all state boards of nursing across the United States to help assess a student’s competency and...

ALBANY, GA – Albany Technical College has changed the name of a program, Drafting Technology, to Engineering Graphics, to better define what is being taught and to keep up with changes in technology in the industry. A “refreshed” Engineering Graphics Program will be rolled out on Tuesday, February 26, 2019, 10 a.m., Center for Excellence in Information Technology and Electronics (CEIT), Room 132. Dr. Emmett Griswold and employers from the community such as Metro Power, RHC, SRJ...