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Griffin Technical College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• Griffin Technical College traces its roots to September of 1963 when students began attending classes in temporary quarters of the Griffin-Spalding County Area Vocational Technical School, under the supervision of the Georgia Department of Education. The first 48,000 square foot building was completed in 1966. The school was expanded in 1978 with the addition of 18,748 square feet of classroom space.
• In August of 1990, Griffin Tech dedicated a new facility, a 26,000 square foot office, classroom and lecture hall addition. In the spring of 1995, the new Academic Building provided 15,297 square feet of additional classroom and office space. In September 1995, seven acres were acquired from the City of Griffin, and in February 1997, an additional 7.49 acres vacated by the Georgia State Patrol Station was acquired providing an additional 7,223 square feet of classroom and office space.
• Griffin Tech's general education core courses are designed to allow students to develop and demonstrate their reading, writing, oral communication, and fundamental mathematical skills. Griffin Tech constantly updates the contents of its technical courses and acquires modern equipment for use in the classrooms and labs. Students are taught by instructors who strive to stay current in their field.
• The Academic Affairs Division offers 27 degree programs, 35 diploma programs, and 78 technical certificates of credit programs. New programs are implemented as needed and as resources become available. Our goal is to stay abreast of these needs and to offer students a wide range of occupational programs. Surveys and needs analyses are conducted periodically to validate programs in demand by our service area businesses and industries and our students.
• Griffin Technical College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, to award the associate degree.

In the News:

• Running business suits Slaughter (Macon Telegraph)
  posted on October 4, 2009 at 04:02:48 am
  Against the advice of his parents and friends — but with the blessing of his wife — Perry Slaughter quit a perfectly good job with Delta Airlines and went into business for himself five years ago.
• SPLOST-funded ‘spec’ campus may host multiple colleges (The Fayette Citizen)
  posted on September 8, 2009 at 09:42:02 pm
  Assuming that voters in November approve a six-year extension of the 1 percent sales tax, there would be $5 million set aside for a university campus in Fayette County.
• PTC Homeland Security expert to run Brenau Univ. in Fairburn (The Fayette Citizen)
  posted on July 28, 2009 at 08:24:31 pm
  Retired U.S. Army Col. Andrew J. Jurchenko, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, anti-terrorism expert and criminal justice educator, has been hired as director of Brenau University’s new campus in Fairburn.
• Fayette’s free medical clinic needs more help, volunteers (The Fayette Citizen)
  posted on June 23, 2009 at 09:23:16 pm
  Fayette CARE Clinic, which provides free medical and dental care to uninsured local residents, has seen a surge in demand for its services with the weakening economy.
• Technical colleges get more transfer options (Macon Telegraph)
  posted on May 27, 2009 at 04:02:42 am
  The leadership of the Technical College System of Georgia, Southern Polytechnic State University and the University System of Georgia met May 21 to sign an agreement that expands articulation between the TCSG and SPSU.

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