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Gainesville, GA-Lanier Technical College’s 2023 SkillsUSA National Gold Medal Winners, Ashley Watson, Janet Penaloza, and Lillian Phillips, took the opportunity to present their Career Pathway for Healthcare Science showcase to Lanier Tech’s Board of Directors on August 7, 2023. This very presentation won the trio the National Gold Medal in Atlanta, Georgia, a few months…

Gainesville, GA- Lanier Technical College’s Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) Class of 2023 received their medical pins at the annual pinning ceremony on August 3, 2023 at the Ramsey Conference Center. Program Director, Sara Helton and Instructors, Suzanne Smith, Ashley Morgan and Marie Melvin were on hand to award this year’s class. These pins signify their…

Gainesville, GA-Lanier Technical College’s Economic Development Division serves as Northeast Georgia’s foremost workforce development center serving Banks, Barrow, Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Jackson, and Lumpkin counties. This division provides continuing education both in-person and online, customized industry training, and ammonia refrigeration training in one of the very few “live” ammonia refrigeration labs in the country. During…

Gainesville, GA – Lanier Technical College’s SkillsUSA Chapter competed in the 2023 SkillsUSA National Competitions at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia during the week of June 19, 2023. SkillsUSA Nationals are held after state competitions to test the best competitors from each state in the country. In all, Lanier Technical College sent…

Gainesville, GA- Lanier Technical College, for the fourth consecutive semester, has surpassed previous enrollment records as the demand for technical education continues to rise. According to Lanier Tech President, Tim McDonald, “Academic year 2023 continues to be a year of historical milestones at Lanier Tech! Fall and spring semesters brought all-time high academic enrollment for…

Gainesville, Ga – Lanier Technical College held its 57th Annual Commencement Ceremony on May 5, 2023. Following a record-breaking academic year of enrollment, 332 graduates walked through the Hall Campus Quad to receive their certificate, diploma, or degree from Lanier Technical College President, Tim McDonald. College Leadership, Board Members, Community Leaders, Academic Deans, Instructors, and…

Gainesville, Ga— Annually, Lanier Technical College’s best and brightest compete in the Georgia Post-Secondary state SkillsUSA Competitions.  During the week of March 6, 2023, competitors from around the State of Georgia met at the Georgia World Congress Center to compete in many of the high-demand career-based academic programs that the Technical College of Georgia (TCSG)…

ATLANTA, GA–The Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) named the 2023 Dinah Culbreath Wayne Exceptional Adult Georgian in Literacy Education (EAGLE) Award winner for outstanding achievement in the state’s adult education program. Kayla Hill from Lanier Technical College was named TCSG’s 2023 Adult Education Student of the Year. TCSG State Board Chairman, Trey Sheppard, TCSG…

Gainesville, GA – Two years ago, four employees from Northeast Georgian manufacturers took the initiative to attend a new two-year Quality Control Technician Apprenticeship at Lanier Technical College. The apprenticeship, a non-credit U.S. (DOL) Department of Labor registered apprenticeship, was designed by manufacturers to fulfill the growing workforce need for Quality Control Technicians. This revolutionary…