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Wiregrass Georgia Technical College’s Online Business Management program has been ranked fourth in the nation according to Great Value Colleges.net. The rankings were based on the college’s tuition and student-to-faculty ratio. Wiregrass’s online Associate of Business Management Degree is a 64-credit hour program. Students have a choice of five specialization options: general management, human resources management, service sector management, logistics, and hospitality operations. The student-to-faculty ratio is 13 to 1. Wiregrass’ Business Management program degree is designed to prepare students for entry into management and supervisory occupations in a variety of business and industries. To learn more about the Business Management online…

Christmas is a time for sharing and that’s just what 7th grade student Maggie Minchew did. She shared Christmas goody bags with some of the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students at Coffee Middle School on Wednesday. There you have it. Kindness in action here at Coffee Middle School. Thank you Maggie and Merry Christmas!

The Satilla Rural Electric Membership Corporation through its Round Up program has made another wonderful gift to Wiregrass Georgia Technical College Foundation North. The gift was given as part of the college’s Thanks and Giving Campaign. The $5,000 donation makes funds available for scholarships to worthy students. The Satilla REMC has been a very supportive partner with Wiregrass for many years. Upon receiving the gift, Wiregrass President, Dr. Tina K. Anderson said, “This gift will enable students to complete their educational and career goals. After graduation, students can go to work without college debt. We very much appreciate Satilla Rural…

All Fall graduates from the Pharmacy Technology program at Wiregrass Georgia Technical College have attempted and passed the Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam making them Certified Pharmacy Technicians, or CPhTs. The Pharmacy Technology program is accredited by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and the Accredited Council for Pharmacy Education. The program was recognized in 2018 as one of the top 10 Pharmacy Technician Programs in the State of Georgia, ranking fourth in the state. Frank Barnett is the Pharmacy Technology Program Coordinator and Exposure Control Coordinator for the college. Starting Spring Semester, the Pharmacy Technology program will be offered as a…

Coffee Middle School students in Mrs. Heather Stodghill’s class joined students around the world in The Hour of Code, a global event that takes place each year during Computer Science Education Week. This event held the first week in December, is known as the largest learning event in history. Over 600 million hours served by students from 180+ countries. The one-hour coding challenge gives students a fun first introduction to computer science and has helped to bring computer science into schools for students of all ages.

Coffee Middle FBLA receives a donation from the Modern Woodmen of the World Matching Fund Project. This project helped Coffee Middle FBLA raise a combined total of $2552, this includes $1276 matched by Modern Woodmen along with the funds raised in the sale of Coca-Cola products. Thank you to Kevin and Beth Wright of Modern Woodmen, Sherri Berry, Coffee Middle School Principal and Vette Lott, Assistant Principal, for your support to the Coffee Middle FBLA Chapter. These funds will help to continue learning in the business and computer science classroom and to develop student leaders for Coffee Middle FBLA.

4-H members need to start planning now for the upcoming summer camp season. Junior 4-H Camp will be June 17-21 at Camp Jekyll on Jekyll Island. The cost for the camp is $365 plus transportation. Junior 4-H members can also participate in Wilderness Challenge Camp at Wahsega 4-H Center the week of July 1-5. Cost is $380 plus transportation. Another option is Marine Resource Camp at the Burton 4-H Center on Tybee Island. It will be held two times, July 8-12, or July 15-19, and costs $335 plus transportation. Senior 4-H Camp will be the week after school gets out for the summer (May 27-31). It will be held at the Rock Eagle 4-H Center and cost for the camp is $365 plus transportation. …

In an effort to express their appreciation and to honor and recognize veterans from all branches of service, the CRMC Volunteers have installed special “Veteran Parking” for visiting veterans. There are a total of four parking spaces throughout the CRMC campus. Two parking spaces are located in front of the hospital on the front row in the visitor parking lot, and, the additional ones can be found at the medical buildings, adjacent to the hospital. Sherri Jenkins, CRMC Volunteers President, said, “This was a very special project and I was pleased the volunteers could do something for the many men…

The Wiregrass Georgia Technical College chapter of SkillsUSA hosted the Wiregrass Paladins Wars eSports Open Invitational Saturday, December 8. Gamers from across Georgia competed in the tournament which was live streamed to viewers over the Wiregrass YouTube channel and the college’s Facebook page. Eight teams from across the state competed in a single-elimination siege tournament playing Paladins: Champions of the Realm, which is a free-to-play online video game developed by Hi-Rez Studios in Alpharetta, Georgia. This gameplay focuses on two teams racing to capture a center point within a map, and then pushing a payload from that point to…

It was the middle of the fall 2018 semester. Hailey Furman was sitting in her car on South Georgia State College’s (SGSC) Waycross Campus checking email to make sure she hadn’t overlooked anything in her classes for the week. That’s when she noticed an email from Harvard University. It was an acceptance letter into Harvard’s Extension School, the university’s online campus. Furman was shocked. “I saw that email and didn’t know what to do,” she said while smiling. “Receiving that message was completely out of routine for me. I called my dad first to give him the news.”…