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August 5, 2013 - Albany, GA - Albany Technical College will hold an informational session for “Troops to Trucks” on Tuesday, August 6, 2013, beginning at 5:30pm in the Kirkland Conference Center. Troops to Trucks is a program created by Georgia Governor Deal’s Office of Workforce Development designed specifically for veterans to become trained as CDL truck drivers. The program was created to provide the 60,000 to 80,000 veterans expected to return home to Georgia in the next few years...

July 30, 2013- Albany, Ga.--  Albany Technical College will hold a Capping and Pinning Ceremony for summer semester on Wednesday, July 31, 2013, at 12Noon, in the Kirkland Conference Center. Health Care Technology programs participating in the ceremony will include Dental Assisting, Medical Assisting, Practical Nursing, Pharmacy Technology, and Radiologic Technology. Guest speaker for the ceremony will be Vicki Tucker. Recently retired from Albany Technical College where she served as the...

July 16, 2013- Albany, Ga.--  Albany Technical College's Students Achieving Success in Engineering Technology (SASET) program is kicking off its first annual Robotics Competition as part of the Summer Robotics Enrichment Academy, which started in May. The competition will be held on Wednesday, July 17, 2013, in the Kirkland Conference Center of the ATC campus. The Robotics Camp is part of the $2.4 million camp Albany Tech received almost two years ago from the Department of Education to...

 July 15, 2013- Albany, Ga.--  Effective fall semester 2013, Albany Technical College will enter an agreement with the Southwest Georgia Workforce Investment Board as administered by the City of Colquitt to help General Education Development (GED®) students gain affordable access to higher education. For over 25 years, high school dropouts were able to attend America's technical colleges with financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Education based on a specific provision within the...

June 27, 2013- Albany, Ga.--  What was once seen as a means of communication, shopping, or simply curing boredom has quickly grown into an alternative platform to get a degree with more than 5,000 online courses offered in the state of Georgia. Though roughly 60,000 students take advantage of taking a class in their pajamas, officials say it's not for everyone. "You have to manage your time, you have to be structured, you have to be a focused individual because the work is not watered down...

June 21, 2013- Albany, Ga.--  Albany Technical College will host its annual Open House event at the main campus off South Slappey Boulevard on Saturday, June 22, 2013, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. The theme for this year's event is centered around the college's current advertising campaign, which is "Real World Training for the Real World Workforce." Albany Tech's faculty and staff will provide guests with information about the College's academic programs, financial aid, student activities and...

June 19, 2013- Albany, Ga.-- On Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at 2pm, the Dougherty County Rotary Club donated two $500 scholarships to the Albany Tech Foundation, Inc. for Albany Tech students: Gennell McGarrah, Air Conditioning Technology student and Trilene Barber, Hotel/Restaurant/Tourism Management student. A GED® scholarship check for $160 was also presented to the Albany Tech Foundation, Inc. Pictured (left to right): Shirley Armstrong, Executive Vice President and Vice President for...

June 14, 2013- Albany, Ga.--  Albany Technical has announced the promotion of current Associate Vice President of Adult Education, Linda H. Coston, to Vice President of Adult Education. A native of Leesburg, Georgia and graduate of the Lee County School System, Coston received her bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the Albany State University School of Business and her master's degree in Administration from Georgia Southwestern State University. She also completed the...

June 14, 2013- Albany, Ga.-- Albany Technical College and AIC Wireless will hold a press conference on Monday, June 17, 2013, in the Electronics Technology Lab of the Center for Excellence in Technology, Room 226, to signify a partnership designed to provide customized training for Electronics Technology students. AIC Wireless, a division of Automated Irrigation Controls, LLC, was founded in 2005 in Sylvester, Georgia. The company specializes in custom DDC controls applications and the...

June 5, 2013- Albany, Ga.-- Albany Technical College's Special Needs Program will be hosting the Albany Advocacy Resource Center's (ARC) Center for the Blind Fourth Annual Summer Transition program on Thursday, June 6, 2013, from 9am to 11:30am in the Student Government Conference Room on the First Floor of the Logistics Education Center. The transition program is designed for high school students who are blind or visually impaired from the Southwest Georgia area. These students will spend...

June 10, 2013 - Albany, Ga.-- Albany Technical College’s Carlton Construction Academy students will volunteer their services to two Habitat for Humanity projects on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 11th and 12th, from 10am to 3pm at two properties located in East Albany (2903 and 2905 Rosebrier Avenue). Students from the Carpentry, Air Conditioning Technology, Building Maintenance, Masonry, and Plumbing programs will use the skills they have learned in their programs to get real world...

June 10, 2013 - Albany, GA - Albany Technical will officially launch a new website on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. The new website will offer many new features and enhancements including improved layout, a mobile friendly version, and enhanced job listings and contacts. Designed with every audience in mind, the new site presents the end user with only the information they are interested in. The simple design of the front page easily directs the user to the most critical information first. This is...