Valdosta, Georgia – Wiregrass Tech is expanding the current Video Production program to create a new program, Design and Media Production Technology. This program combines interests in graphic design and video design into one program. This new offering begins Fall Semester. The program is being offered as an Associates Degree where students can choose from two specialization tracts, Graphic Design and Prepress, and Video and Film Production. The program is also offered as a Diploma with...

(Pictured L-R) Wiregrass President Dr. Tina K. Anderson, Wiregrass Industrial Systems Technology Instructor Drew Vickers, Wiregrass Auto Collision and Sheet Metal Fabrication Instructor Roy Bramley, Wiregrass Air Conditioning Technology Instructor Scott Watson, Wiregrass Air Conditioning student Corintheus Henderson, Wiregrass Industrial Systems Technology student Kevin Deen, Wiregrass Welding Technology student Charlie Reese, Whitehead Industrial Hardware Principal Johnathon Miller, and...

Valdosta, GA — Wiregrass Georgia Technical College is temporarily accepting out-of-state students at in-state tuition rates for the Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 Semesters. This was approved by the Technical College System of Georgia for all 22 technical colleges in Georgia. Applicants who have not lived in Georgia for the last 12 consecutive months can now attend Wiregrass and pay tuition rates of in-state students. “Wiregrass is offering in-state tuition to students in Florida...

Pictured at the check presentation was Wiregrass President Dr Tina K. Anderson, Renasant Division President-Southeast Georgia Ed Hutchinson, Renasant Market President-Valdosta Terry Bennett, and Renasant Vice President – Commercial Relationship Office Will Kemp. Valdosta, GA – Renasant Bank of Valdosta has established a scholarship named after the bank for $500 for a full time, senior year Wiregrass Tech student. Students in a Business major on the Valdosta and Cook Campuses who...

Thanks to AT&T students in need of devices to take online classes will be able to loan equipment. . Valdosta, GA – AT&T is a longtime supporter of Wiregrass Georgia Technical College and has donated $2,000 to support the Foundations device loan program. The Wiregrass Foundation launched an electronic device loan program during Spring Semester when instruction was moved online due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Many students found themselves trying to take classes online without a laptop or...

(L-R) Wiregrass Department Chair for Technical Education/Industrial and Electrical System Program Coordinator Drew Vickers, Whitehead Hardware Principal Johnathon Miller, DeWalt Account Manager Chris Semones, Whitehead Hardware Purchasing Lee Crosby, Whitehead Hardware Principal Richard Miller, Whitehead Hardware Director of Industrial Sales John Johnson, Ace Technologies Apprentice Mark Hughes, and Ace Electric, Inc. Workforce Development Director Nichole Shanks. Valdosta, GA –...

Valdosta, GA — Wiregrass Georgia Technical College is reopening to the public beginning Monday, July 27. The college will continue to operate on a 4-day work week opening at 7:30am Monday through Thursday and closed on Friday. This week also kicks off the college’s Free Application Week Fall Semester admission. “Our Admissions, Financial Aid, and Advising and Retention Centers will be ready to safely meet with applicants starting Monday, July 27”, shared Angela Hobby, Vice President...

Valdosta, GA – The Veterans Administration Mobile Vet Center will be on the Valdosta Campus of Wiregrass Georgia Technical College on Wednesday, July 22 from noon – 4:00 pm. The Vet Center will meet Wiregrass Tech Veterans and the public in the parking lot at Berrien Hall. The Vet Center Coordinators will be on campus to assist Veterans with claims, discharge upgrade, mobile health assistance, shower station (homeless Veterans), and VA medical request. Lunch boxes will be served,...

Valdosta, GA — Beginning Fall Semester, Wiregrass Georgia Technical College will be offering a new Associate of Applied Science Degree in Occupational Studies. Wiregrass President Dr. Tina K. Anderson shared, “We are excited to be able to offer this new associate degree for our students. This new degree provides an opportunity for students to use credit hours they have already earned toward an associate degree.” This new program is ideal for high school students who have taken...

Fitzgerald, GA — Wiregrass Georgia Technical College will be holding an American Heart Association certification for Health Care Professionals in the community or workplace on August 4 from 8:00 am to 12:00 p.m. The Basic Life Support course trains participants to promptly recognize several life-threatening emergencies, give high-quality chest compressions, deliver appropriate ventilations and provide early use of AED. BLS for Healthcare Providers teaches skills using the American Heart...

Fitzgerald, GA — The Computer Support Specialist degree at Wiregrass Georgia Technical College now includes information technology service desk. This allows computer support specialists to learn the customer service skills needed to better communicate and assist with their customer’s information technology issues. “Wiregrass is excited to offer this to our computer support students,” shared Eddy Harden, Computer Information System Technology Instructor. “The average salary for...

Wiregrass President Dr. Tina K. Anderson announces DeAnnia Clements as the college’s new Vice President for Academic Affairs. Valdosta, GA — Wiregrass President Dr. Tina K. Anderson proudly announces DeAnnia Clements as the college’s new Vice President for Academic Affairs. With over 20 years of experience in the Technical College System of Georgia, DeAnnia brings a vast knowledge to her new position. Her career in technical education started as an adjunct instructor for South...