Valdosta, GA – Wiregrass Georgia Technical College held the Fall 2022 Commencement Exercises Thursday, December 15. The ceremony honored the Fall Semester graduates. Fall Semester had 534 students who were awarded their associate degree, diploma, or technical certificate of credit, and 45 students who were High School Equivalency graduates. Among those graduating, the college awarded 73 associate degrees, 156 diplomas, and 566 technical certificates. The commencement ceremony was held...

Valdosta, GA – Wiregrass Georgia Technical College has recognized Rachael Propson and Chief Tim Allmond as its 2022-2023 Employees of the Year. These employees were honored for their dedication, hard work, and leadership skills by the faculty and staff of the college. Wiregrass employees annually nominate a staff member and a supervisor for their exemplary performance on the job. The nominations are narrowed down by a committee and the finalists are interviewed by a panel of judges...

Valdosta, GA – Wiregrass Georgia Technical College is the recipient of a $125,000 Community Transformation Grant from the Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL). The college be using the grant money to offer STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Make and Take Training for Early Childcare providers. This training will be offered for the next 18 months and facilitated through the college’s Economic Development team. These monthly...

Valdosta, GA – Wiregrass Georgia Technical College announces the 9th Spring Guardian Bank Entrepreneurship Academy starting in February and March, free for current Wiregrass students and alumni. The UGA Small Business Development Center at Valdosta State University is partnering with Guardian Bank and Wiregrass Georgia Technical College to deliver six courses with 12 hours of total class time. The business topics to be discussed include: writing a business plan, money finance and...

Valdosta, GA – Michael Kelly, an Electrical Engineering student on the Valdosta Campus, has been named the 2023 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) winner for Wiregrass Georgia Technical College. GOAL honors excellence in academics and leadership among the state’s technical college students, and is a statewide program of the Technical College System of Georgia. Local GOAL winners are selected at each of the state’s 22 technical colleges and one Board of Regents college...

Valdosta, GA — Wiregrass Georgia Technical College President, DeAnnia Clements, announced English Instructor, Miriam Jackson, as the 2023 Rick Perkins Award winner. The Rick Perkins Award for Excellence in Technical Instruction is the Technical College System of Georgia’s Instructor of the Year program. The Rick Perkins Award program is designed to recognize and honor instructors who make significant contributions to technical education through innovation and leadership in their...

Valdosta, GA – The Adult Education program of Wiregrass Georgia Technical College is offering the new HOPE High School Equivalency (HSE) Exam Grant where GED® candidates could earn their HSE diploma for free. Those qualifying for the grant would be able to take the test for free, not to exceed $200. This will cover the cost of the high school equivalency examination. The grant will be available once per subject area exam. Currently, the grant is only available for those seeking to...

Valdosta, GA – The Testing Center Department of Wiregrass Georgia Technical College has announced extended hours for GED® testing on all campuses. The extended hours include evening GED® testing from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm on each campus, twice a month on the Valdosta and Coffee Campus, and once a month on the Ben Hill-Irwin Campus. Those dates will vary on each campus. Saturday GED® testing has begun on the Valdosta, Coffee, and Ben Hill-Irwin campuses. The college will open for Saturday...

Valdosta, GA – Wiregrass Georgia Technical College President DeAnnia Clements is pleased to announce the Fall Semester President’s List and Dean’s List. The President’s List includes outstanding students who were enrolled full-time for 12 credit hours or more and achieved a grade point average of 3.8 or higher on a 4.0 scale during Fall Semester of 2022. The following students are on the President’s List for Fall Semester 2022 and are listed by county: Atkinson: Guillermo...

Douglas, GA — Since 1937, Satilla Rural Electric Membership Corporation (REMC) has been dedicated to improving the quality of life in South Georgia. Satilla provides affordable electric service to its Members and actively supports the educational institutions in the communities it serves. This was recently demonstrated once again when the Satilla Rural Electric Membership Corporation Foundation made a $5,000 donation to Wiregrass Technical College. This gift is intended to benefit the...

Valdosta, GA— Students in the Precision Machining and Manufacturing program have been named as recipients of the Gene Haas Foundation Scholarship. The 2022 recipients are Will Smith, Ramsey Merritt, Joshua Snyder, El Williams, and Richard Terry. The Gene Haas Foundation has been a generous supporter of the Wiregrass Precision Machining program for several years. The Gene Haas Foundation recognizes that the future of manufacturing in the United States, and around the world, depends...

Valdosta, GA - Thanks to support from Whitehead Industrial Hardware of Valdosta, Wiregrass students who are preparing to graduate now have the tools needed to go to work. Recipients of the Whitehead Distinguished Tradesman Award received a plaque and a $250 credit to purchase tools for their new careers. "It's a great honor to have the opportunity to present each of these deserving individuals with the Whitehead Distinguished Tradesman Award,” shared Jonathan Miller, Whitehead...