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  December 7, 2012- ATLANTA, GA-The State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia has recognized Albany Technical College for being one of three finalists for the board's Perdue Award for the Technical College of the Year for 2012. Atlanta Technical College was the board's choice for the top award, which was announced during the board's monthly meeting in Atlanta on December 6. Albany Technical College was the other runner- up for the award. Albany Tech President Dr. Anthony O....

  December 4, 2012- ALBANY, GA-On Wednesday, December 5, 2012, Albany Technical College's Health Care Technology Division will hold its Capping and Pinning Ceremony beginning at 12Noon in the Kirkland Conference Center. Keynote speaker for the ceremony will be Charles Proctor, Program Chair for the Paramedicine Technology Program at Albany Technical College. A native of Atlanta, Proctor has been a Paramedic since 1986. He worked as a Paramedic in Valdosta in 1999 when he began teaching EMT's...

January 9, 2013 - ALBANY, GA- Georgia Power has awarded the Albany Tech Foundation a $5,000 grant from its Foundation. A check will be presented to Albany Tech by local Georgia Power representative, Jay Smith, on Thursday, January 10, 2013, at 11am in the President's Office at Albany Tech. The Georgia Power grant will assist students enrolled in one of the Engineering Technology (ET) programs offered at Albany Tech. Currently, there are three ET programs offered including Electromechanical...

  November 29, 2012- ALBANY, GA-Albany Tech's Horticulture Program will host the fifth annual Future Farmers of America (FFA) Floriculture Team Challenge Competition on Thursday, November 29, 2012, at 4pm, in the campus Environmental Horticulture building off Newton Road. The Floriculture Team Challenge is a competition of area FFA Floriculture Junior and Senior level teams. The Team Challenge is conducted using the same criteria as local and state FFA Floriculture CDE's with each team...

  November 27, 2012- ALBANY, GA- Norman Barber, Human Resources and Safety Manager for American Proteins, Inc., will present Dr. Anthony Parker, President of Albany Tech, with a check for $6,500 for the Foundation's scholarship funds on Wednesday, November 28, 2012, at 10am in the President's office in the Kirkland Administration Building. Forsyth County business and civic leader, Tommy Bagwell and his wife, Chantal, established the $500,000 Bagwell Family Scholarship Endowment to provide...

  November 19, 2012- ALBANY, GA- Albany Technical College is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Director of Financial Aid in the Student Affairs division. Mr. Kenneth Wilson will officially begin at Albany Tech on January 2, 2013. Having worked in the financial aid arena for 17 years, Kenneth Wilson is no stranger to Albany Tech. He served in the position at Albany Tech from April of 2001 to August of 2006. Currently, he is the Director of Student Financial Aid and Scholarships at...

  November 14, 2012- ALBANY, GA-On Thursday, November 15, 2012, Albany Technical College's Student Fellowship for Christians (SFC) organization will host a Thanksgiving Luncheon from 12 Noon to 1pm in the Kirkland Conference Center. Guest speaker for the luncheon will be Ken Bevel, Senior Associate Pastor of Connections and Events at Sherwood Baptist Church and co-star of the motion pictures, Fireproof and Courageous. A native of Jacksonville, Florida, Bevel has been a member of Sherwood...

  November 5, 2012- ALBANY, GA from WALB- The US Labor Department expects the number of logistics jobs in the country to grow by nearly 1.1 million by 2016. The growth rate in Georgia is expected be 5% higher than the nationwide average. UPS made the word "logistics" popular with their commercials, but what does logistics mean? It's the science of moving a product or people from point A to point B the quickest and cheapest way possible. "Your supply chain manager is like your conductor and...

  November 5, 2012- ALBANY, GA-Albany Technical College has officially launched its new Center for Business Solutions (CBS), which will serve as an extension of the College's Economic Development division to provide expanded business solutions for area employers. Dedicated to improving workplaces around all of Southwest Georgia, CBS will focus heavily on providing customized business training and continuing education, as well as provide outlets on the college campus for venues and...

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  October 29, 2012- ALBANY, GA- Beginning spring semester 2013, Albany Technical College will add an Operations Management associate degree program to its list of areas of study. The Operations Management program will train students to enter the workforce as an entry-level supervisor within a manufacturing community. The program will afford students the ability to organize, and lead an organization in its daily performance of the tasks of creating and producing a product that meets the needs...

  October 25, 2012- ALBANY, GA from WFXL- Albany Technical College held a ribbon cutting for their new bookstore Thursday morning. It cost $450,000 dollars to transform the old student center into the new 5575 sq/ft book store. Their old facility only had two cash registers and sometimes left students waiting more than two hours to purchase their books. The new facility has five registers for quicker service. "We're able to get more students in, service more students, and let them be able to...