Douglas, GA — Coffee Regional Medical Center President and CEO Vicki Lewis announced at a ceremony Thursday that the hospital is committing $300,000 payable over the next four years to the Wiregrass Tech Foundation North. The pledge will support costs for the new Associate of Science in Nursing (RN) for the Wiregrass Georgia Technical College on the Coffee Campus. “Assuring we have the number of talented and well-trained RN’s needed to care for our patients is challenging and a...

Valdosta, GA – Wiregrass Georgia Technical College announces the 8th Fall Guardian Bank Entrepreneurship Academy starting in October and November, free for current Wiregrass students and alumni. The UGA Small Business Development Center at Valdosta State University is partnering with Guardian Bank and Wiregrass Georgia Technical College to deliver six courses with 12 hours of total class time. The business topics to be discussed include: writing a business plan, money finance and...

Fitzgerald, GA – Fitzgerald High School College and Career Academy (FHSCCA), Wiregrass Georgia Technical College, and Dorminy Medical Center were selected to participate in the Healthcare Pilot for the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEER) II Award. Earlier this month, the Governor’s office announced the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Pilot Program which is designed to support the work and partnership of Georgia’s College and Career Academy sites, their local...

Valdosta, GA – Wiregrass Georgia Technical College recently hosted a dedication ceremony renaming the Radiologic Technology program after long-term college supporters, Dr. Charles and Nancy Hobby. The dedication ceremony celebrated the many years of support by the Hobby’s before a crowd of family, friends, co-workers from South Georgia Medical Center, and Wiregrass Radiologic Technology students, faculty, and staff. The newly named Dr. Charles and Nancy Hobby Radiology Technology...

Valdosta, GA – Wiregrass Georgia Technical College is accepting new students for the Social Media Specialist Program for Fall Express term. Social Media Specialist is a technical certificate of credit program, and classes start on September 21. Elan Reaves has been hired as the college’s Social Media Marketing Instructor and he brings years of experience in managing social media. “Social media is becoming a large percentage of the overall marketing in a business today. This is...

Valdosta, GA — Wiregrass Georgia Technical College Practical Nursing students received their nursing pins in a recent pinning ceremony on the Valdosta Campus. The nursing pins not only signify the hard work and dedication, but they are also a physical symbol of their transition into the nursing field. The pinning ceremony is more than a nursing tradition, it is a symbol of the nursing students’ hard work and dedication towards their coursework and clinicals. Not only does it mark the...

Wiregrass Georgia Technical College wishes to announce that it will host a site visit for continuing accreditation of its Associate of Science in Nursing program by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN). You are invited to meet with the site visit team and share your comments about the program in person at a meeting scheduled at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, September 21, in the Tina K Anderson Conference Room of the Edward and Rhonda Mark Health Sciences Building located...

Valdosta, GA – Wiregrass Georgia Technical College President DeAnnia Clements is pleased to announce the Summer Semester President’s List and Dean’s List. The President’s List includes outstanding students who were enrolled full-time for 12 credit hours or more and achieved a grade point average of 3.8 or higher on a 4.0 scale during Summer Semester 2022. The following students are on the President’s List for Summer Semester 2022 and are listed by county: Atkinson: Melody...

Valdosta, GA – Kathy Ballard has been named the new Air Conditioning Technology Program Coordinator for Wiregrass Georgia Technical College on the Valdosta Campus. Ballard has been working in the field of heating and air conditioning for over 20 years. She is a graduate of Valdosta Technical College (now Wiregrass) and began working in-field for a local company as well as apartment complexes maintaining their equipment. In 2009, she returned to Wiregrass Georgia Technical College as an...

Valdosta, GA— Wiregrass Georgia Technical College Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) students received their nursing pins during a recent ceremony. The nurse’s pin is part of the nurse’s uniform and is symbolic of a badge of office and achievement, and a great honor to receive. The ASN graduates participated in the commencement ceremony held at the UGA Conference Center in Tifton in July. Students receiving their pins include Shelly Peacock of Cook County, Heidi White of...

Fitzgerald, GA – James Hall has been named the new Automotive Instructor for Wiregrass Georgia Technical College on the Ben Hill-Irwin Campus. A native of Ocilla, Hall is a graduate of East Central Tech (now Wiregrass) and brings 18 years of experience in the automotive field to the classroom. While attending college he was a member of the SkillsUSA chapter. He earned a gold medal at the state SkillsUSA competition and placed 19th at National SkillsUSA in Automotive. Hall started...

Today, the Lowndes County 911 Center received a bomb threat against the Valdosta campus of Wiregrass Georgia Technical College that had come in on their line at about 12:30 pm. The 911 Center immediately dispatched Lowndes County Deputies and the 911 Center contacted the Chief of Wiregrass Campus Police. The building was evacuated. The Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office assisted with the evacuation and conducted a search and nothing was found. As an extra step of precaution, a K-9 unit...