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May 3, 2012 - Albany Technical College will hold its annual Athletics Banquet for the Titans basketball players and cheerleaders from season 2011-2012 on Friday, May 4, 2012, at 6pm, in the Kirkland Conference Center on campus. Several players on the men and women’s teams for the Titans will receive awards and be recognized for their athletic achievements throughout the season.Speaker for the evening event will be Clint Bryant, Director of Athletics at Augusta State University. Now in his...

April 11, 2012 - Over 50 southwest Georgia employers will participate in the Fourteenth Annual Spring Career Fair Thursday, April 12, 2012, at the Kirkland Conference Center from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.The Career Fair is a great opportunity for Albany Tech students to speak with employers and learn about various companies and career opportunities.Employers will accept resumes, offer information about employment opportunities and conduct interviews for internships, part-time and full-time...

April 10, 2012 - Recently, the drafting technology program at Albany Technical College was asked by Chehaw Park to provide some drawings for solicitation of donation dollars to build exhibits. The final drawings will be presented to Chehaw Park on Wednesday, April 11, 2012, at 10am in the drafting lab at Albany Technical College (Center for Excellence in Technology Building, First Floor, Room 132).Students in the Albany Tech drafting program completed drawings of the first project, which...

April 5, 2012 - ALBANY, GA from WALB - Some Albany Tech culinary students step out of the classroom kitchen to help charity.The aspiring chefs turned their recipes into money for Relay for Life.They put their red velvet cake, parfaits, cupcakes, and many more sweet treats on sales Thursday morning. All of the money raised was donated to help raise money for cancer. A representative for Relay for Life says it is great to see students helping."It's extremely important as far as Albany Tech to...

March 30, 2012 - Albany Technical College’s Vice President of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, Pam Heglar, has received an International Exemplary Leader award from the Chair Academy. Heglar received the award during an awards ceremony held during the Chair Academy’s Leadership Conference at the Sheraton Atlanta earlier this week.Heglar has worked in education for over 30 years. She came to Albany Tech over five years ago from Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Florida,...

March 29, 2012 - A current Albany Technical College staff member, Valerie Williams, was recently promoted as the new Director of Continuing Education in the Economic Development division.A graduate of Texas Southern University where she received her bachelor’s degree in business administration, Williams moved to Albany from Seattle, Washington in the fall of 2010 with her husband, Erich, and her stepsons, Nicholas and Donovan.Williams has worked in the corporate sector for over 15 years,...

March 23, 2012 - Albany, GA - During a ceremony held on Thursday, March 22, 2012, Albany Technical College’s chapter of the National Technical Honors Society (NTHS) inducted several students for spring semester.NTHS is the acknowledged leader in the recognition of outstanding student achievement and technical education. The organization also offers scholarships every year to its members.Albany Tech inducted over several students into the College’s NTHS chapter. Keynote speaker for the...

March 15, 2012 - On Friday evening, March 16, 2012, 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” retired educator and former Dougherty County School Superintendent, Dr. John Culbreath. A silent auction will also be held in the Conference Center atrium beginning at 6 p.m.Throughout his career, Dr. Culbreath has been a teacher, an assistant principal,...

March 7, 2012 - Albany Technical College will host the seventh annual workshop and luncheon for area clergy on Thursday, March 8, 2012, from 11:30a.m. until 1 p.m. in the Kirkland Conference Center. The theme for the luncheon is “Strengthening the Community ~ One Family at a Time.” The purpose of this event is to provide information to clergy in our community about educational choices at Albany Tech, financial aid options and employment opportunities available to graduates.“We...

February 14, 2012 - Albany Technical College had three students earn placements at the State DECA Competition held this past weekend in Valdosta. These placements have earned these students the right to compete at the International Career Development Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah in April. The winning students included: Arthur Love and Kayla Robinson, who placed first in website design and Vanessa Wright, who placed second in Prepared Business Plan/Entrepreneurship.Other Albany Tech...

February 8, 2012 - The Albany Tech Foundation accepted a $500 scholarship donation from the Emerson Electrical Foundation. The Emerson Electrical Foundation is made up of about a dozen former Albany Tech students and faculty members who studied electrical systems under former instructor Willie Emerson.They asked for the scholarship dollars to go to deserving industrial electrical, air conditioning technology or electrical construction and maintenance students. The scholarships will pay for...

February 8, 2012 - An Albany Technical College drafting student will be recognized on Thursday, February 9, 2012, at 10am in the drafting technology lab on campus as the winner of a design competition recently held through an internship with ASM Sheet Metal, Inc.Last year, Vince Dettore, VP of Marketing and Product Development for ASM Sheet Metal, Inc. and Drawdy Outdoor Brands met with Chinelo Ochie, chairperson for the drafting program at Albany Technical College, to begin an internship...