Moultrie Tech Holds Annual
Community Leadership Forum
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Moultrie Technical College held its annual Community Leadership Forum on November 21 st at Boggy Pond Plantation to highlight the college’s recent successes and future plans. Pictured, left to right, at the forum are State Representative Ed Rynders, MTC president Tina Anderson, State Senator John Bulloch and Mayor Bill McIntosh of Moultrie.
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MOULTRIE , GA. Moultrie Technical College hosted its annual Community Leadership Forum at Boggy Pond Plantation in Moultrie on Monday, November 21st, welcoming area legislators, community leaders, Chamber of Commerce representatives and economic developers from its service delivery area of Colquitt, Tift, Turner and Worth counties.
Following a southern quail dinner, MTC president Tina Anderson emphasized the successes of the college over the past year and plans for the near future as the college works to provide its communities with a trained workforce.
Senator John Bulloch of Ochlocknee echoed Anderson saying, “As we look at adult technical education, we are on the verge of a great opportunity, and I want to push for that. I believe in it….the number one objective is that we have a trained workforce. We can’t attract good industry without it. Moultrie Technical College should be commended.”
Among the highlights Anderson covered were the additions of new academic programs such as Entrepreneurship, Environmental Horticulture, Esthetics, Neuromuscular Therapy, Fire Science Technology and Ornamental Ironworks.
Anderson praised the increase in the college’s online studies program enrollment, which almost tripled its number of students in one year, as well as the college’s dual enrollment program for high school students in which they gain college credit while still in high school.
According to Anderson, as of summer quarter 2005, MTC had the largest group of dually-enrolled high school students of any of the technical colleges in the state of Georgia.
Discussion of the recent renovations of Moultrie Tech’s original 41-year-old Industrial Drive Campus in Moultrie was also a focus, as well as the addition of mobile units for Computer Information Systems, Welding and Cosmetology classes at Worth County High School in Sylvester.
Anderson also commended the recent Practical Nursing, Radiologic Technology, Commercial Truck Driving, Fire Science Technology and Esthetics students for achieving a 100 percent pass rate on their State Board of Licensure exams following their graduation from MTC.
She mentioned the success of the college’s Adult Literacy program which awarded 358 GEDs in past academic year and the Economic Development division’s acquisition of several state Quick Start projects for customized training for area industries, including Sanderson Farms in Moultrie and ConAgra Foods in Sylvester.
Anderson closed the forum by allowing the community leaders and legislators to comment on the college and the future of the state’s technical college system.
