More than eight hundred middle and high school students from Bacon and Coffee County Schools were busy having fun while learning on the Coffee campus recently. The students, their teachers, and counselors participated in the college’s annual Get Wired for a Career. The event featured more than 30 hands-on activities that showcased potential career fields.
“Get Wired Coffee was a wonderful event designed to connect middle and high school students with possible careers in our area,” shared Director of Recruitment Brooke Jaramillo. “We were so excited to host 850 student visitors on campus allowing them to learn more about our Wiregrass programs. We are also so thankful for the business who partnered with us to make the day successful either through participating or sponsoring. Our hope is that these students will make more informed career choices based on what they learned today, and we hope that they will all one day choose Wiregrass.”
The activities were designed to get the students involved in some aspect of a career they could eventually aspire. Students were able to test their skills with activities like the alphabet game sponsored by the Early Childhood program. This would be the kind of activity they would conduct if they were in that career field. Another hands-on activity sponsored by the Wiregrass Economic Development division tested students’ teambuilding skills with several teambuilding activities that encouraged them to work with others and set goals. Many area businesses were also in attendance with activities and information for the visiting schools. Those businesses were: Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Southwire, Dr. Lindsey and Dr. Crawford, Premium Peanut, Coffee County Board of Education, Wells Fargo, Precision Castparts Corporation, Douglas National Bank, Douglas Fire Department, Georgia Department of Labor, Shady Acres, and Dorminy Medical Center.
Sponsors for the career event included Staffmate, Southwire, Premium Peanut, Wiregrass Foundation North, Wiregrass Student Government Association, and Wiregrass Foundation South.
Wiregrass is accepting new students in the Move on When Ready (MOWR) program for Spring Semester 2017. The MOWR program at Wiregrass allows high school students to take either academic degree level core courses that will transfer to any Technical College System of Georgia (TSCG) or University System of Georgia (USG) college or university, occupational courses, and diploma level core courses. All college coursework taken through MOWR will be fully covered through MOWR funding, and students will not be required to pay out of pocket for tuition, college fees, or textbooks. No hours taken through the MOWR program will count towards a student’s HOPE Grant or Scholarship Caps. Last year Wiregrass saved parents in the 11 county area the college serves over $2 million dollars in tuition and fees and students earned over 12,000 college credits.
For more information about the MOWR program and other programs offered at Wiregrass visit www.wiregrass.edu To talk with someone about the MOWR program, contact Andrea Fletcher, high school services coordinator, at 229-468-2049 or by email at andrea.fletcher @ wirerass.edu Spring Semester 2017 classes will start January 9, 2017.
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