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CGTC Awarded $3.9 Million Grant to Enhance Education Through Artificial Intelligence

Posted on by Kiké Fuentes Duarte

Macon, Ga. – The U.S. Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) recently announced an award of $3.9 million in grant funds to Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC) for support and enhancement of artificial intelligence (AI) teaching and learning tools.
By incorporating cutting-edge AI tools, AI-supported instructional practices, and AI-related content into high-impact academic programs, CGTC looks to set its academic programs in-line with the nation picture of AI advancement.
“Our Strengthening Technical Education Programs through Artificial Intelligence (STEP-AI) award will advance the understanding and use of artificial intelligence in education through a two-pronged approach: expanding the utilization of generative AI to enhance tutoring, Read More

January 13, 2026

CGTC Receives $130,240 Grant Award from Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Posted on by Kiké Fuentes Duarte

Warner Robins, Ga. – Central Georgia Technical College received $130,240 in funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) through a Commercial Motor Vehicle Operator Safety Training (CMVOST) grant for fiscal year 2024. The funding will cover tuition and required fees for at least 80 commercial truck driving students, including 40 military affiliated and 40 students from underserved populations, and expand the number of commercial driver’s license (CDL) holders who have enhanced operator safety training. Read More

September 9, 2024

CGTC Football Program Awarded NJCAA Sport Opportunity Grant 

Posted on by Kiké Fuentes Duarte

Warner Robins, GA– The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Foundation has recently announced Central Georgia Technical College as a recipient of the NJCAA Sport Opportunity Grant. The CGTC Foundation will receive the $3,000 grant for aid in supporting the expansion of CGTC’s athletics program to include Division I Football.   
The NJCAA Foundation established the NJCAA Sport Opportunity Grant to foster the addition, growth, and sustainability of NJCAA sports. The grant is available for NJCAA member colleges that are expanding sport offerings and increasing opportunities for student-athletes.  Read More

June 21, 2024

VOTE NOW: Georgia VECTR Center in Competition for More Grant Funding with Google

Posted on by JoBen Rivera-Thompson

Warner Robins, Ga. – Google.org Impact Challenge Georgia recently selected CGTC and the Georgia Veterans Education Career Transition Resource (VECTR) Center as one of its five grant winners.
These five nonprofits are pursuing big ideas to create economic opportunity in Georgia, and each will receive $175,000 in funding to jumpstart their ideas.
But the Challenge isn’t over yet. To achieve our goal to establish and sustain training for transitioning military and veterans in high-demand advanced manufacturing and industrial equipment maintenance, Read More

August 11, 2020

CGTC Receives Federal Grant to Help Veterans and Families Fill Truck Driver Demand

Posted on by JoBen Rivera-Thompson

Warner Robins, Ga. – A grant recently awarded to Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC) from the U.S. Department of Transportation‘s (USDOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), through its Commercial Motor Vehicle Operator Safety Training (CMVOST) Grant program, will soon help local veterans fill a much-needed void in the country’s economy, tuition-free.
$111,247 in funding will become scholarships to veterans at the Georgia Veterans Education Career Transition Resource (VECTR) Center, which under the operation of CGTC, Read More

October 23, 2018