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Lanier Technical College has recognized recent GED® graduate, Ashlee Adams, as its 2022 Dinah Culbreath Wayne Exceptional Adult Georgian in Literacy Education (EAGLE) Award winner. Technical College System of Georgia’s (TCSG) EAGLE Award acknowledges the outstanding accomplishments of Georgians who enroll in TCSG’s adult education program in order to study for and earn their High…

Lanier Technical College’s Fire Science Program is well known for turning out top-notch graduates that are exceptionally prepared for the workforce. The students experience real-world scenarios that test them as individuals and as a team. This claim is confirmed by recent graduate, Ebony Crump. Crump found her love for first responders while in the midst…

TCSG will provide $9 million to establish academies in Mitchell, Candler, and Lumpkin counties ATLANTA, GA–The State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) approved grants totaling $9 million in bond funds to establish new College and Career Academies in Mitchell, Candler, and Lumpkin Counties. TCSG Commissioner, Greg Dozier will award three partnerships…

Gainesville, GA – Lanier Technical College held its annual Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) Student of the Year and Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year Luncheon on November 22, 2021 at the Ramsey Conference Center. Community Leaders, College Leaders and Instructors alike all attended the annual event. Of the four finalists, Criminal Justice student…

Gainesville, GA – Lanier Technical College’s Adult Education Program held an in-person graduation to honor students who have achieved their GED® or High School Equivalency Diploma on Monday, November 15, 2021. The long-anticipated 32nd graduation was held at the Ramsey Conference Center. It was a welcomed sight for Lanier Tech, as it was the first…

Gainesville, GA — Lanier Technical College along with the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) celebrates this year’s National Apprenticeship Week (November 15-19, 2021) by highlighting the importance of Registered Apprenticeship Programs to growing Northeast Georgia’s skilled workforce. Lanier Tech is among Georgia’s 22 technical colleges, including the system office, to serve as registered apprenticeship…

Gainesville – Instructors at Lanier Technical College have nominated several students to compete for the 2022 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL). GOAL, a statewide program of the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG), honors excellence in academics and leadership among the state’s technical college students. GOAL winners are selected at each of the state’s…

Lanier Technical College’s mission of “Workforce Development” continues to be its driving force as skilled graduates enter the workforce. The college’s Economic Development Division recently completed its second Electromechanical/Ammonia Refrigeration Academy. The academy is designed to provide business and industry partners with access to entry-level Maintenance Technicians that have electrical and mechanical experience. The academy…

Lanier Tech’s Motorsports Vehicle Technology (MVT) students received hands-on experience at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta during its 44th HSR Atlanta Fall Historic Races. Drivers, crews, and twenty-nine students coexisted in the garage area of Road Atlanta as vehicles of various origins drove on and off the track. Four students used their skills to work on…