About MTC
Our History…Moultrie Technical College
In the fall of 1964, the original building of Moultrie Area Vocational-Technical School was constructed at a cost of $325,000 at 361 Industrial Drive. The school opened its doors to 40 students, a staff of nine, and five programs of study; Automotive Mechanics, Diesel Mechanics, Machine Shop, Drafting and Design Technology, and Electronics. The following year, Heating and Air Conditioning, Accounting, Secretarial and Clerical Programs were added. Full-time enrollment increased to 100. In 1966, the Welding program was added, and full-time enrollment increased to 180. By the late 60’s, Cosmetology, Practical Nursing, and related instruction (Communication Skills and Mathematics) programs were added. At this time, full-time enrollment had increased to 280.
By the end of the 1970’s, full-time enrollment had increased to 430. Autobody Repair and Consumer Education programs had been added, as well as off-campus Practical Nursing programs in Tifton and Cordele. For the first time, Adult General Education for Colquitt County was added to the offerings of the school. Not only were programs added, a $210,000 expansion was completed which provided growth space for office occupations, the Career Development Center and student lounge, as well as provided space for related subject classrooms. Moultrie Vocational-Technical School was continuing to grow.
In 1990, Adult Education and GED preparation expanded to Tift and Worth Counties. Moultrie Tech opened the Tiftarea Technical Center, a 40,000 square-foot campus off I-75 in Tifton, in 1998.
On November 20, 2000, Moultrie Area Technical Institute officially changed its name to Moultrie Technical College and began offering Associate of Applied Technology Degrees. During this time, Moultrie Tech broke ground for a new 111,000 square-foot, $14 million campus located on Veterans Parkway in Moultrie. In 2001, Moultrie Tech’s service area was expanded to include Turner County. Along with the expanded service area came a new 10,000 square-foot facility with ten additional employees in Ashburn. In the fall of 2001, a 60,000 square-foot expansion was planned for the Tifton campus with construction completed in 2004, including a world class conference center.
In 2005, the original MTC campus on Industrial Drive in Moultrie received a total facelift from floor to ceiling. The Tifton Campus added a 6,000 square-foot Cosmetology lab and space was added to add dual enrollment students from Tift County High School. The same year, the College built a 6,000 square-foot building next to Worth County High School in Sylvester to accommodate dual enrollment students and night courses for adults and continuing education.
Today, Moultrie Technical College has grown to a staff of over 140 full- time and 110 part-time employees. More than 140 diploma and certificate programs, as well as eight Associate of Applied Science degrees, are offered. Credit enrollment on a quarterly basis is now over 2,500 students and continues to grow. Moultrie Technical College serves Colquitt, Tift, Turner, and Worth counties with facilities in all four counties and online studies reaching students all over the world. In 2011, the MTC Veterans Parkway Campus in Moultrie will break ground on a $10 million Allied Health building there as well allowing us to serve even more students.
MTC now touches over 11,000 lives a year through credit and adult education classes as well as continuing education and specialized industry training. MTC also has the one of the highest numbers of high school students in dual-enrollment programs in the state. The college has seen 13 consecutive years of fall quarter credit program enrollment growth. MTC boasts a 98% job placement rate and 100% pass rates on state board exams in Practical Nursing, Neuromuscular Therapy, Radiologic Technology and EMT. The college’s Surgical Technology program was recently named one of the Top 5 programs in the nation through the PAE Elite 20 honor.
In the past several years, MTC has acquired and now administers over $6 million in federal grants which are designed to work hand-in-hand with the college’s mission of workforce development and job training.
While change has been constant during Moultrie Technical College’s history, it is evident that Moultrie Tech strives to remain on the cutting edge of technology and delivery of instruction. With the full participation of individual citizens, the collaboration of business, industry and education groups, the college will continue to strive to promote individual student development and to improve the quality of life in the communities we serve.
Everywhere You Turn…Moultrie Technical College Changes Lives!
Mission
Moultrie Technical College is a multiple-campus institution of higher learning whose mission as part of the Technical College System of Georgia is to provide a culture of learning through occupational education, academic education, business and industry training, and workforce development supporting the education and economic advancement of Colquitt, Tift, Turner and Worth counties.
The College fulfills its mission by providing accessible, quality education leading to associate degrees, diplomas, technical certificates of credit, and programs to assist adults in literacy education.
Values & Beliefs
The employees at Moultrie Technical College recognize that the choices and decisions we make concerning our programs are based on our values – the beliefs that guide us. Therefore, we accept and support the following values:
• Commitment to our students
• High quality programs, services, and facilities for all customers
• Professional and caring faculty and staff
• Attractive programs, services, and facilities
• Purposeful innovation
• Cost effectiveness
Vision
Our vision is to be a part of a unified system offering easy access to a lifelong, seamless education for all adult Georgians. Moultrie Technical College will be a part of the technical education system of the future that will create a quality work force for Georgia and assure economic competitiveness in the marketplace. This system will be the preferred option for those adults whose career choices require specific occupational qualifications beyond high school.
Moultrie Technical College will provide state-of-the-art, well-maintained and safe facilities with those conditions and support systems that ensure an optimal student-learning environment. Instructors will be inventors and creators of student activities and work, which is engaging, challenging, compelling, meaningful and which results in a high quality of student learning. Moultrie Technical College will cooperate with the community, social services, business and industry and other agencies and entities as they work together to meet the needs of the service area and to plan, develop and evaluate our programs and services.
