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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,

Augusta Technical College’s (ATC) president looked back at successes the past year, ahead to new, near-term projects, and unveiled three major, new initiatives. During his State of the College address, Dr. Jermaine Whirl said at the end of the day, ATC’s mission is workforce development. He said the college’s number one strategic priority to fulfill its mission is investing in the school and students’ success. “In terms of enrollment, FTE (full-time employment), dual enrollment, adult ed, and graduates for the academic year 2022 versus 2023, we had about an 8.7%