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  Beginning Friday, October 2nd, the Student Service Division (including Admissions, Financial Aid, Registrar, Career Services, Special Needs and all Counselors) will be closing at 12:00 noon every Friday to complete essential processing of student documents.     Please visit our offices: Monday – Thursday8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Fridays 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noonThis change in service hours will enable our staff to serve you more efficiently. Thank you for your support.

Sep 29, 2009 - (WALB) Governor Sonny Perdue today announced 24 Work Ready Golden Opportunity grants have been awarded to state agencies and organizations providing Work Ready skills gap training to help citizens improve their core job skills and earn gold-level Work Ready Certificates. "The Work Ready Certificate shows that an individual is skilled and ready to succeed at jobs throughout our state," said Governor Perdue. "By helping our citizens reach the gold level we are showing that...

  September 25, 2009 - (FOX31) Beef O’ Brady’s donates $1,287.86 to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Friday, September 25, 2009.  Beef O’ Brady’s donated $1,287.86 to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Friday.  The restaurant hosted fundraisers the past seven Thursday nights and donated 10% of all profits to the organization.  Albany Tech President Dr. Anthony Parker says the money will be put to good use.   *Beef O' Brady's presents a check to Dr. Anthony Parker, 2009 chair...

  September 24, 2009 (WFXL) - Albany Technical College will have at least 900 more students than ever before when classes start Thursday morning.   A week ago today FOX 31 News told you about Albany Technical College’s record enrollment numbers, and over 500 students have registered since then.   Albany Tech will have at least 900 more students than ever before when classes start Thursday morning. As a result, the college has opened more classes, but also capped enrollment in four...

    1)    Keep your hands clean: Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Those are open pathways for germs to enter your body.     2)    Gel In/Gel Out: Although nothing can replace the effectiveness of simply washing your hands with soap and warm water, using an alcohol-based hand sanitizer between hand washings is an important preventative measure to take.  Your instructors will urge you to...

Record enrollment for Albany Tech September 18, 2009 (WALB) - Classes for the fall quarter at Albany Tech don't start for another week, but already the school has reached record enrollment. More than 3,300 students had enrolled for the fall quarter. That's the largest group of students ever to enroll at Albany Tech, and you can bet one of the reasons for the growth is the struggling economy.Catherine Hytower isn't a traditional college student, she fits better into that traditional...

September 17, 2009 – For the first time in its nearly 50-year history, the administration at Albany Technical College has capped enrollment on four programs and has expectations to cap as many as three more before fall classes begin next week. Currently, there are more than 3,300 enrolled for fall quarter – the largest group of students to enroll in classes at any one time since the College was founded in 1961.  “It’s not too unusual for programs that have extremely limited lab...

  September 9, 2009 – Albany Technical College has named a new Director of Public Relations & Information for the College. Miloy Schwartz will join the PR staff on Monday, September 14. Schwartz comes to Albany Tech from Langstaff Marketing where she served as a Communications and Marketing Consultant. While at Langstaff, Schwartz led public relations, social media and strategic marketing efforts for a variety of local, regional and international accounts. Prior to her employment with...

August 29, 2009 (WALB) - Although it took about five more months than they expected, Kathryn McPhail will soon be living in the same home and town as her husband. Following the recent sale of their Lee County home, McPhail was able to move to Hattiesburg, Miss., to join her husband, Darren, who in January accepted a job with ISP Sports in the city nearly 400 miles west of Albany.McPhail's last day as marketing and public relations director at Albany Technical College was Friday. Albany Tech...

August 31, 2009 (WALB) - It's a program that's helped more than one million Georgia students go to college..but officials are worried lottery funds may not be strong enough to pull the HOPE scholarship program through.When Mary Williams moved to Albany, it was difficult for her to find a job, so like thousands of others, she decided to go back to school. "I heard about the HOPE scholarship and how they help pay for your books and your education so I came here and within a day I was done,...