Adel, GA – The Cook County Adult Education program of Wiregrass Georgia Technical College is now accepting new students to enroll in free GED Classes. The Cook County Adult Education program is located on the Wiregrass Campus at 1676 North Elm Street in Sparks, and classes are offered Monday-Thursday from 8:30 am-12:30 pm and Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 4:00 pm-8:00 pm. Call 229-549-7368 for more information, or visit www.wiregrass.edu/adult-education.

Pictured L-R: Wiregrass President Dr. Tina K. Anderson; Wiregrass Dean of Academic Affairs Michael Williams, Wiregrass Industrial Systems student Dillan Gray, Automotive Technology student Megan Wolfe, Welding student Ariel Adams, Welding student Cody Peeples, and Whitehead Industrial Hardware Principal Johnathon Miller. Not pictured is Mark Musslewhite. Valdosta, GA – Recent and soon-to-be graduates from Wiregrass Georgia Technical College were recognized by Whitehead Industrial...

Douglas, GA – Wiregrass Georgia Technical College will offer a Georgia Electrical License Exam Prep course beginning August 24 on the Coffee Campus from 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. The exam prep will be offered for ten consecutive Saturdays beginning on August 24. This training will provide 100 hours of class time. Participants will need to bring 2017 NEC or 2017 NEC Ultimate Code book, 2017 Ugly’s Electrical Reference, note-taking materials, and a scientific calculator. The cost is...

Wiregrass Tech’s 2019 National SkillsUSA Gold Medal Winners are: Back Row l-r- Deric Jackson, Geremy Brantley, Steven Sauls, and Emilie Hall; Middle Row l-r - Jeff Gary, Emily Anderson, Jeffrey Betts, Chris Rampley, and Ginna Chaney; Front Row l-r - Heather Bennett, ShaDawn Powell, Rose Sysskind, and Carson Poindexter Valdosta, GA – Wiregrass Georgia Technical College students attended the 55th Annual SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference held recently in Louisville,...

Seated is Wiregrass student and employee at Premium Waters, Cameron Jones. Standing is Bill Tillman Bill Tillman Wiregrass Director of Economic Development and Cook Campus; Mike Lord Premium Waters Plant Manager; Phillip Taylor, Wiregrass Industrial Systems Technology Instructor, Dr. Tina K. Anderson, Wiregrass President; and Michael Williams, Wiregrass Dean of Industrial and Technical programs Douglas, GA — Students from the Wiregrass Precision Machine and Manufacturing and Industrial...

Seated: Shane Palmer, Machinist at Steeda and Wiregrass Precision Machine Tool student; Standing: Stan Crance, Project Manager/Existing Industry Coordinator with Valdosta-Lowndes County Development Authority; Dr. Tina K. Anderson, President of Wiregrass; Scott Boda, Director of Manufacturing at Steeda; Darron Lanier, Wiregrass Precision Machine and Manufacturing Technology Instructor, and Michael Williams, Wiregrass Dean of Industrial and Technical programs. Valdosta, GA – Wiregrass...

Wiregrass’ Opticianry program is one of the 40 new majors added to the HOPE Career Grant list beginning this Fall Semester. Valdosta, GA – What if your college education could be free? No student loans, no additional debt to incur. Would that be the thing you needed to finally make the decision to earn a college credential? That’s what new and current students are finding at Wiregrass Georgia Technical College with the recent addition of 40 more majors to the HOPE Career Grant...

Valdosta, GA – The state board that oversees the Technical College System of Georgia has approved the system’s request for a tuition increase. Effective Fall Semester (August) 2019, there will be a tuition increase of $11 making tuition $100 per credit hour. For five years, the tuition rate at TCSG colleges, including Wiregrass Georgia Technical College, has remained at $89 per credit hour. The last time TCSG had a tuition increase was in 2014. The tuition increase will provide...

Seated: Cass Burch, Owner of Cass Burch Dealerships; Walter Rogers, Wiregrass Automotive Technology student and Cass Burch Automotive Technician; Dr. Tina K. Anderson, Wiregrass President. Standing: Bill Tillman, Wiregrass Director of Economic Development/Cook Campus; Ray Adams, Cass Burch Automotive Technician; Wiregrass Automotive Repair Technology Instructor; Bobby Joseph, Cass Burch General Manager. Valdosta, GA — What if you could have the best of both worlds; go to college and...

Valdosta, GA – Wiregrass Georgia Technical College President Dr. Tina K. Anderson is pleased to announce the Spring 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 Spring Semester 2019. The following students are on the President’s List for Spring Semester 2019 and are listed by county: (Ben Hill)...

Joy Sexton, Advanced Patient Care; Wiregrass President Dr. Tina K. Anderson; and Ayat Odeh (Technical Specialist). Sparks, GA — Students on the Cook Campus of Wiregrass Georgia Technical College learned at a special Scholarship Signing Day event that their hard work is paying off. Thanks to the generous donation of friends and supporters of the college, two students were awarded scholarships that will help pay for tuition, fees, books, and/or supplies needed for their programs....

Wiregrass Tech’s Mechatronics Instructor, Joshua Whittington is headed to Russia in August as the 2019 National SkillsUSA Mechatronics Team Coach. Valdosta, GA – Wiregrass Georgia Technical College’s Mechatronics Instructor, Joshua Whittington is headed to Russia with the National Champions for Mechatronics for the WorldSkills 2019 competition this August. Whittington has coached the National Mechatronics Champion team since 2017. The WorldSkills competition is held every two...