ANNUAL REPORT albanytech.edu ®ACADEMIC YEAR 2022
On June 6, 2022, this institution, community, and the Technical College System of Georgia lost a remarkable and admired leader in the untimely death of Dr. Anthony O. Parker. Dr. Parker dedicated a significant part of his life’s work to enhance the lives of others through technical education with innovation and courage to establish life-sized goals that often led to favorable results for our community.
Although Dr. Parker is no longer physically with us as President of this great institution, we must continue his legacy and remain steadfast in performing life-changing work we have the privilege to endure and complete. Future projects such as the Associate of Nursing expansion, LPN to RN Bridge program, Living & Learning Center, Respiratory Therapy program, Transportation Academy, and Criminal Justice Demonstration Center will impress Dr. Parker’s futuristic approach and outlook for technical education and workforce development for decades to come. Our challenge will not only be to fulfill Dr. Parker’s vision for our community, but to overcome and embrace existing and new challenges, establish new goals and new objectives and enhance career and life-changing opportunities for the citizens of southwest Georgia; therefore, the story continues...
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• Nurse Aide in less time 9 Credit Hours • Implementation of student debt relief • Enhanced infection control content is integrated into EMS Classrooms • Fire Prevention Week Proclamation Signed • One-Stop Enrollment Day Executed • Implemented day and evening Barbering program • Received SW GA Rebuild Grant funds from DCA • First students to complete a pilot program, Career Plus HSE, recognized • Titans Kick off 2021-2022 Season and Celebrate 14 Years of Basketball • National First Responders Day Celebration with Proclamation Signing • Ribbon Cutting - Sustainable, Renewable and Alternative Energy Program • Three Grants Awarded to Albany Tech Foundation • Truist’s Community Development Department • Student Wellness: Mental, Academic, and Physical Preparedness (M.A.P.P.) • Teaching Empowering African American Males to Succeed (TEAAMS) Highlights and Special Recognition
• Ribbon Cutting - Newly Renovated Simulation Lab for the Pharmacy Program • Fall 2021 Graduation Commencement • 581 students with an overall sum of awards totaling 886 • Honor Graduates recognized • Sixty-one students will be acknowledged at the event • ATC eligible to apply for the 2023 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence • Electronics Technology Refresh Community Presentation • Automotive Technology Refresh Community Presentation • New Film and Video Editor, TCC available • Titan Player, Jalen Nesmith, signs with Four-Year Division 1 College • Implemented New ProgramsMobile App Developer & iOS Mobile Programming • Implemented planning for design and construction of new Transportation building • New TEAAMS Grant Announced - “Teaching Empowering African American Males to Succeed” over $2.9 million for five years • Lending Library Expanded for Engineering students • Albany Tech Foundation receives donation from Goodwill Industries of the Southern Rivers$140,000 gift donation • Options introduced to obtain a High School Equivalency through Adult Education • Unveiling of the “Manufacturing Innovation Center”on campus
• Mobile STEM Lab is launched • 2022 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) Student announced - James Gibney, a student at Albany Tech in Paramedicine Technology • EMT/Paramedicine program received $30,000 in scholarship funds from Phoebe Putney MH • LPN program ranked #6 by PracticalNursing.org • 2022 Rick Perkins Award for Excellence in Technical Instruction – Instructor AnnouncedIvey Spears, instructor and department chair for Dental Assisting at Albany Tech • Twelve Students sent to Atlanta to Compete in State Leadership and Skills Conference • Engineering Week Celebrated on Campus and Virtually with Albany Area High Schools and Middle Schools Participating • Memorandum of Understanding signed with DeVry University • Implemented Target X Admissions and Enrollment Software • Articulation Agreements with Eastern Oregon University Highlights and Special Recognition
• HRTM ranked #2 for Best online Associate degrees • NISOD Teacher Excellence Award- Emma Johnson • New Updated Dental Assisting Lab. Renovations create a state-of-the-art environment to learn • Early Childhood Care and Education Refresh Community Presentation • Spring National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) Induction Ceremony Held on Wednesday Evening Thirteen Albany Tech students will be inducted • Phoebe & ATC Expand Educational Partnership substantially increase the number of nursing students at the college • Spring 2022 Graduation Commencement 646 students with an overall sum of awards totaling 905 • Implemented Barbering program at Autry State Prison • ASN program ranked #5 by Nursing schools Almanac in Georgia • ATC Dual Enrollment students recognized Spring 2022 • 106 Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates earned • Class of 2022 Radiologic Technology Spring Pinning and Awards Ceremony • Six students recognized • Security cameras upgrade across campus • Nurse Aide, 7-week program, Refresh Community Presentation • Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony • ASN & LPN ACEN accreditation visit • Accreditation for the Practical Nursing Program approved by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN)
• Associate of Science in Nursing Program Spring Pinning of twenty-two graduates • High demand program, Practical Nursing, Refresh Community Presentation • UPS donates semi-tractor to the CDL Program • New Degree, Wireless Engineering Technology, Introduced • Welding and Joining Technology Refresh Community Presentation • New Initiative, Dual Achievement Program (DAP), Expands Opportunities for Individuals Leaving High School Prior To Graduation • Early Childhood Care and Education won Gold for State SkillsUSA and Silver for National Highlights and Special Recognition
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Albany Technical College and the Technical College System of Georgia are equal opportunity employers and offers career and technical education programs for all regardless of race, color, creed, national or ethnic origin, gender, religion, disability, age, political affiliation or belief, genetic information, disabled veteran, veteran of the Vietnam Era, spouse of military member of citizenship status (except in those special circumstances permitted or mandated by law). This non-discrimination policy encompasses the operation of all technical college-administered programs, programs financed by the federal government including any Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) Title I financed programs, educational programs and activities, including admissions, scholarships and loans, student life, and athletics. It also encompasses the recruitment and employment of personnel and contracting for goods and services.
Albany Technical College offers additional services to students with limited English language skills or with disabilities so that they may benefit from these programs.