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CGTC Reaches Academic Year Enrollment Record with Over 15,000 Students

Posted on August 13, 2024August 13, 2024 by Kiké Fuentes Duarte

Warner Robins, Ga. – As the fall semester begins, Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) enrollment reports revealed that Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC) made history. In the fall, spring, and summer semesters of the Academic Year (AY) 2024, a record of more than 15,000 students attended CGTC; a first in its history.
CGTC is the only technical college in the 22-member system to achieve more than 15,000 for AY 2024. While this figure is not the largest AY enrollment in TCSG history, Read More

^{August 13, 2024}

Titan-the-Knot: CGTC Students Get Married While Completing Unique High School Program

Posted on August 9, 2024August 21, 2024 by Kiké Fuentes Duarte

Warner Robins, Ga. – High school sweethearts are nothing new, but when it happens in a non-traditional high school run by a technical college, the wedding bells ring a little louder.
Earlier this summer, Mckenzie Martinez married Aden Buenrostro-Valle as they completed high school and Cosmetology and Automotive programs, respectively, in what is known as the Dual Achievement Program (DAP) at Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC).
DAP is a part of the CGTC Academy, a COGNIA-accredited high school. Read More

^{August 9, 2024}

CGTC Students Recognized at State Leadership Conference

Posted on April 30, 2024April 30, 2024 by Kiké Fuentes Duarte

Warner Robins, Ga. – Three Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC) students took part in The Technical College System of Georgia’s State Leadership Conference in April, returning home with some recognition and awards for their involvement.
Roshon Jackson, Nandhi Mathis, and Donald Masinde, students from CGTC were present at the conference and received several awards. Students participated in an itinerary filled with workshops and motivational speakers that encouraged leadership and effective communication.
Jackson serves as the state president of the Georgia Student Government Association (GSGA). Read More

^{April 30, 2024}

CGTC Paramedicine Students Ready for December Graduation

Posted on November 21, 2023November 21, 2023 by Kiké Fuentes Duarte

Warner Robins, Ga. – Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC) will be graduating a set of Paramedicine students from its Macon, Putnam and Warner Robins Campus in December.
Macon Paramedic Cohort, the EMS Education Warner Robins Cohort, and the Putnam County Fire Department Advance Emergency students are graduating December 2023.
Students and their faculty are excited to see their skills translate into the local paramedicine workforce.
“CGTC trains and educates healthcare professionals at all levels, including EMT’s, Read More

^{November 21, 2023}

Fall Enrollment Soars Above 10,000 Students for CGTC

Posted on October 9, 2023October 9, 2023 by JoBen Rivera-Thompson

Warner Robins, Ga. – Fall semester 2023 at Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC) marks a historic moment in Titans history, as total enrollment eclipses 10,500 students, a first for the College.
Already the state leader in the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) in total unduplicated graduates for 10 consecutive years, the College earns the distinction for the largest fall enrollment in the 22-member system.
“Our commitment to students is the reason we are here today,” said. Read More

^{October 9, 2023}

Amid COVID-19 Changes, Georgia VECTR Center Keeps Military Students On-Track

Posted on May 8, 2020 by JoBen Rivera-Thompson

Warner Robins, Ga – At the end of what has been an unprecedented semester for students nationwide, those in the military, completing technical education programs at the Georgia Veterans Education Career Transition Resource (VECTR) Center, have persevered through a unique set of challenges.
When Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC) transitioned courses online in March, VECTR Center students adjusted and began completing assignments digitally. That was until they received word from their respective branches that they must return to their active duty stations, Read More

^{May 8, 2020}

CGTC Names Larry Jackson its 2020 GOAL Winner

Posted on December 16, 2019 by JoBen Rivera-Thompson

Warner Robins, Ga. – Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC) designated Larry Jackson, 42, a student in the Clinical Laboratory Technology program, as the winner of the Georgia Occupational Award for Leadership (GOAL) at the College’s Awards Day ceremony earlier this month. Jackson will now move on to the regional and state GOAL competitions in the spring of 2020.
Jackson, a part-time lab assistant with the Health Sciences Division, is grateful for the opportunities that have come to him. Read More

^{December 16, 2019}

Nursing Student-Led Bone Marrow Drive Earns $1300 Grant from DKMS

Posted on October 8, 2019 by JoBen Rivera-Thompson

Warner Robins, Ga. – DKMS, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to the fight against blood cancer and disorders, recently announced Central Georgia Technical College’s (CGTC) Nursing Division students as one of only six student groups nationwide to earn a $1,300 grant for their involvement in hosting a donor drive.
The nursing students, inspired by the donor story of their own instructor, Ashley Rivers, took on the challenge in March to register over 260 donors for DKMS, Read More

^{October 8, 2019}

Jones Family Foundation Awards Central Georgia Technical College Workforce Development Grant

Posted on June 13, 2019 by JoBen Rivera-Thompson

Macon, Ga.—The Charles H. Jones Family Foundation is investing in high-quality, technical training and equipment at Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC) by awarding a workforce development grant of $250,000. This gift will support local employer and workforce needs in high-demand career training programs.
In April, state and local leaders and Robins Air Force Base (RAFB) officials joined CGTC in announcing the relocation of aerospace training programs and a portion of the RAFB commodities workload to the former Boeing facility at the Middle Georgia Regional Airport in Macon. Read More

^{June 13, 2019}

First Cohort of Associate Degree Nursing Students Set to Graduate

Posted on May 3, 2018 by JoBen Rivera-Thompson

Warner Robins, Ga. – Student nurses at Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC) put their final hours of clinicals behind them last week, and now look ahead to graduation as the College’s first Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) degree cohort.

“We all learned a lot through this, and we maintain high hopes that each of these students will continue on to be the great nurses we know they are,” said program chair, Jessica Willcox, whom the College hired in 2014 along with a small group of instructors to see the Registered Nursing (RN) program hit the ground. Read More

^{May 3, 2018}