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CGTC Dual Enrollment Students in Bibb County Have a New Opportunity with Macon-Bibb Fire Department

Posted on March 21, 2023March 22, 2023 by Jordyn Riedmiller-Virgillio

Warner Robins, Ga. – Macon-Bibb county recently announced a partnership for Bibb County students in the Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC) dual enrollment program at W.S. Hutchings College and Career Academy to help grow the Macon-Bibb County Fire Department and increase career opportunities for high school seniors.
Learn more about the program in this news report from WGXA News:
Macon-Bibb Fire Training Academy for high school seniors, to ‘build tomorrow’s workforce’ | WGXA Read More

^{March 21, 2023}

CGTC Dual Enrollment Growth Doubles in Fall Semester for Bibb County

Posted on January 4, 2023January 18, 2023 by JoBen Rivera-Thompson

Macon, Ga. – Fall Semester at Central Georgia Technical College saw double the enrollment growth in dual enrollment students from Bibb County, leading to the College’s largest number from the county in recent years.
The CGTC Office of High School Initiatives recently reported these numbers to College leadership to recognize the impact the tuition-free program is having on youth in the community.
High school students have the opportunity to earn college course credit through a variety of options at CGTC. Read More

^{January 4, 2023}

Hutchings College and Career Academy, CGTC, Perdue Foods Celebrate Work-Ready Students

Posted on October 9, 2020October 9, 2020 by Cambri Steadman

Macon, Ga – William S. Hutchings College and Career Academy (HCCA), Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC) and Perdue Foods Perry Cook Facility (Perdue Foods) celebrated the full-time employment of two recent graduates with a signing ceremony on Friday, October 9, at 1 p.m. The event was held at the Robert J. Williams Complex, 1780 Anthony Road in Macon.
The two graduates, James Jordan of Westside High School and Maurice Woodford of Howard High School, were among the first students to participate in the Industrial Systems Technology (IST) Pathway that launched last summer. Read More

^{October 9, 2020}

Georgia High School Students Prep for CGTC’s Inaugural Dual Enrollment Study Abroad Trip to Ireland

Posted on June 6, 2019 by Cambri Steadman

Warner Robins, Ga. – In just one year Central Georgia Technical College’s (CGTC) Office of Global Initiatives (OGI) has pulled together the unthinkable; plan, price and promote a first-of-its-kind dual enrollment study abroad trip for the entire Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG).
Now, as a group of 37 students, chaperones, faculty, and staff from around the state prepare for their trip to County Donegal, Ireland, leadership can see how much commitment was at play to pull it off. Read More

^{June 6, 2019}

Dual Enrollment Alum from CGTC Defines Success for Middle Georgia’s Generation Z, #NoFilter

Posted on May 31, 2019May 31, 2019 by JoBen Rivera-Thompson

Warner Robins, Ga. – As Generation Z makes their way through college in the years ahead, they may discover there is no clear handbook for how they should go about building their futures.

Perhaps they thumb through an abridged version of the millennial manual or as Generation Y likes to call it, “a student loan receipts folder stored in the cloud”. On the other hand, maybe they go back further into a chapter on the booming days when part-time jobs and full-time parents could afford a young adult an education. Read More

^{May 31, 2019}

From Homeschool to Apprenticeship with GE Healthcare, CGTC Dual Enrollment Student Blazes Trail

Posted on April 30, 2019April 30, 2019 by JoBen Rivera-Thompson

Milledgeville, Ga. – It’s electric! Well, at least that is certainly the excitement Appleton Boone, an 18-year-old homeschool student from Wilkinson County, feels as he heads into his apprenticeship with GE Healthcare later this spring following his graduation from Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC) with an Electronics Technology diploma.
Boone, a homeschool student since seventh grade, enrolled at CGTC’s Milledgeville campus because of the hands-on approach, pace, and rigor of the academic courses.
“I like being a homeschool student and college student with CGTC because I am going after two things at once,” he said. Read More

^{April 30, 2019}

Consul General of Ireland Meets with CGTC Dual Enrollment Students Ahead of Inaugural Summer Study Abroad

Posted on April 12, 2019April 12, 2019 by JoBen Rivera-Thompson

Warner Robins, Ga. – The Consul General of Ireland for the southeastern United States, Hon. Shane Stephens, visited the Warner Robins campus of Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC) on Thursday to speak with high school dual enrollment students who will be studying abroad this June in Bundoran, County Donegal, Ireland.
Stephens, a guest of the Office of Global Initiatives and it’s executive director, Rick Hutto, came to celebrate the first cohort of high school dual enrollment students in the State of Georgia to earn academic college credit while studying abroad through a technical or community college. Read More

^{April 12, 2019}

Female Dual Enrollment Student in Putnam County Wins a Very Non-traditional Beta Club Competition

Posted on February 18, 2019 by JoBen Rivera-Thompson

Eatonton, Ga. – Putnam County High School (PCHS) dual enrollment student, Annabell Sapp, put new-fashioned welding skills to the test for the 80th Annual Senior Beta Convention held in January for Georgia’s high school Beta clubs, winning 1st place in a competition for a technical subject largely dominated by her male counterparts.
Sapp assembled metal roses for her submission to the Sculpture Division 1 competition, a skill learned in her Welding Studies course at Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC). Read More

^{February 18, 2019}

Jones County Awarded $3 Million College & Career Academy Grant

Posted on December 10, 2018December 10, 2018 by JoBen Rivera-Thompson

Atlanta, Ga. – Lt. Governor Casey Cagle, along with the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG), recently presented Jones County High School College and Career Academy with a grant of $3 million to build a workforce engine for Jones County Schools.
Lt. Governor Cagle praised the partnership between local school systems, technical colleges, and industry, which has proven effective in increasing student achievement and workforce development across our state. Because of Lt. Governor Cagle’s initiative, Read More

^{December 10, 2018}

Dual Enrollment Instructors at CGTC Named Semifinalist for $1 Million Cash Prize for Programs at Houston County Career Academy

Posted on August 23, 2018 by JoBen Rivera-Thompson

Warner Robins, Ga. – Harbor Freight Tools for Schools, an initiative of the California-based company’s foundation, recently named three instructors in Central Georgia Technical College’s (CGTC) Aerospace, Trade and Industry Division as finalists for its 2018 Prize for Teaching Excellence.
As part of a team of trade instructors for the Houston County Career Academy (HCCA), the selection places the three CGTC instructors in the running for a share of $1 million in cash prizes amongst a field of six in Georgia and 52 nationwide. Read More

^{August 23, 2018}