Their program is one of the best in the country! Let’s look at ABD’s October Conference and Expo where Dr. Jermaine Whirl, president of Augusta Technical College, speaks about how the school is incorporating cyber safety into as many curriculums as possible.
Under the leadership of Dr. Jermaine Whirl, Augusta Tech is seeing an uptick of support for the college based on relationships being built with manufacturers and other area businesses. He outlined that growth at the recent ABD Business EXPO.
Augusta Technical College is receiving a $264,000 grant from the state of Georgia’s Office of Workforce Development. The funds are through the office’s “Apprenticeships for Economic Recovery Grant,” also called the “Apprenticeship Grant.” It provides funding for eligible Registered Apprenticeship Programs (RAPs) across the state. The goal is to support post-pandemic economic recovery. Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) has accepted the role of apprenticeship sponsor. “The SRS apprenticeship School is excited to expand our existing technical school partnerships to include Augusta Technical College,” stated Dr. Dorian G. Newton, Deputy Director
A multi-million dollar renovation will bring one of Augusta Technical College’s in-demand training programs to Walton Way and 12th Street. The former Johnson Motor Company is being re-purposed to house the automotive training programs available at Augusta Tech. On Wednesday, the college issued an invitation to attend a soft launch and unveiled renderings, showing how it will look. Augusta Tech was able to purchase the former dealership, thanks to $1 million donations from The Knox Foundation, The Augusta National Golf Club, and Jim Hudson Automotive Group. The campus will be
Donald Cheeks built his career in the machine tool industry, from being a machinist to operations manager, to owning and leading the Southeastern Tool Company. Now, through a $25,000 donation from the Gifting Tree Foundation, his family has established the Donald C. Cheeks Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund with the Aiken Technical College Foundation to help future generations create their own career paths as machinists. “Don lived his life always helping others. Even though he’s no longer with us, this scholarship will still allow his memory to live on for years to come,” said his widow,
Aiken Technical College President, Forest E. Mahan, Ph.D., has been named the Chief Executive Officer of the Year for the Southern Region by the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT). “I am elated to be nominated and selected for the ACCT CEO Award for the state of South Carolina and the Southern Region! Our team at Aiken Tech exemplifies what it means to be committed, innovative, and collaborative, consistently making excellence the standard,” said Dr. Mahan. “It is an honor to lead this team and guide our college as we
One of Richmond County’s newest corporate citizens has presented scholarships to four students at Augusta Technical College (ATC). The financial aid from Aurubis Richmond, LLC came through its Women4Metals program. The goal of the program is to attract more women to the metal industry while filling more expert and leadership positions with women. Aurubis started the program in 2019 and in 2022 invited other companies and organizations in the metals industry to participate. “The whole idea was to bring more awareness to the industry, because the metal industry is now
Members of the Joint Study Committee on Dual Enrollment for Highly Skilled Talent at Young Ages met on Oct. 11 to discuss final recommendations. Dual enrollment is a pathway for students in high school to jumpstart their post-secondary education, generally at one of Georgia’s technical colleges. Currently, under HB 444 passed in 2020, dual enrollment targets high school juniors and seniors who are allowed to take core and career and technology education (CTE) courses. High school sophomores can also participate, but are limited to CTE courses. Prior to 2020, freshmen
A new program announced by Governor Brian Kemp (R-GA) is designed to streamline how students will move on to one of Georgia’s colleges, universities, and technical colleges. “This program will ensure that every high school student in our state knows they have options to learn and succeed here in the No. 1 state for business,” said Kemp. The “Georgia Match” program will send personalized letters to more than 120,000 high school seniors with the list of post-secondary institutions they are eligible to enroll in for the Fall 2024 semester. “I
Aiken Technical College will launch its new Unique Conversations guest lecture series tonight, and the featured speakers are His Royal Highness, Dr. Jacob E. Agbor and his wife, the Honorable Dr. Meg Agbor, royal leaders of Ndekwai village in Cameroon. Here is the 411 on Cameroon: Cameroon is a lower-middle-income country with a population of over 25 million. Located along the Atlantic Ocean, it shares its borders with the Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Nigeria. The country is well known for its native styles of music, particularly makossa,
