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CGTC Faculty Selected for National Global Workforce Initiative 

Posted on by Kiké Fuentes Duarte

Nursing student, Akira Lawrence, shares her success in global education with faculty selected for the national global workforce initiative.
Warner Robins, Ga. – Eleven Central Georgia Technical College faculty members have been selected to participate in the 2026 Global Workforce Initiative (GWI), a nationally recognized faculty development program designed to strengthen career and technical education through global workforce integration. 
Funded through Indiana University’s Center for the Study of Global Change, the six-month initiative prepares educators to align classroom instruction with the skills increasingly sought by globally connected industries. Read More

October 21, 2026

Nursing Student, Akira Lawrence, Becomes First CGTC Student Accepted Into Summer Global Leadership Institute in New York City 

Posted on by Kiké Fuentes Duarte

Warner Robins, Ga. – Akira Lawrence, a nursing student at Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC), is the first CGTC student to be selected to participate in the Summer Global Leadership Institute in New York City, hosted by the Borough of Manhattan Community College.  
The Institute is a week-long program set in the heart of New York City and is designed to help students better understand global diplomacy.  

During June 21-30, Lawrence spent the week invested in hands-on discussions and seminars led by industry and academia, Read More

September 8, 2026

Flint Energies Foundation Awards $5,000 Grant to Central Georgia Technical College Foundation to Support Global Initiatives Scholarships

Posted on by Kiké Fuentes Duarte

Reynolds, GA — The Flint Energies Foundation recently announced a grant of $5,000 awarded to the Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC) Foundation. The funds will be used to provide scholarships for students enrolled in CGTC’s Office of Global Initiatives program for study abroad, helping to ease financial burdens and expand access to international and cross-cultural learning.
CGTC’s Global Initiatives program was established to broaden educational and training partnerships beyond U.S. borders. It offers students opportunities such as study abroad, Read More

October 16, 2025

Global Initiatives Office Now Accepting Interest Forms for Humanities 1101 Study Abroad Ireland Summer 2026

Posted on by Kiké Fuentes Duarte

Warner Robins, Ga. – The Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC) Office of Global Initiatives is excited to announce that Humanities 1101 in Ireland will be available for regular-credit students for the summer semester 2026.
Traveling June 21-30, the program is operated by the College’s partner, the Institute of Study Abroad Ireland (ISAI) who helps administer a program for the College’s Dual Enrollment students annually for the last five years.
“Interest among regular-credit students for study abroad in Ireland has been growing,” said, Read More

September 5, 2025

Health Sciences Study Abroad Coming Soon as CGTC and Trinity School of Medicine Assess Healthcare Needs in St. Vincent and the Grenadines 

Posted on by JoBen Rivera-Thompson

Warner Robins, Ga. – A group of leadership and health sciences faculty from Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC) recently visited St. Vincent and the Grenadines to explore service-learning study abroad opportunities for health sciences students in partnership with Trinity School of Medicine. 
In 2021, CGTC began a partnership with Trinity School of Medicine whose main campus is located on the island. Trinity’s southeast campus is in Warner Robins, where they utilize allocated space in CGTC’s Roy H. Read More

July 18, 2022