Vollmer to Address MTC Graduates
Michael Vollmer, Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education, will deliver the keynote address at Moultrie Technical College’s graduation ceremony on June 17 in Withers Auditorium at Colquitt County High School at 7:00 p.m.
Vollmer to Address Moultrie Tech Grads Friday
MOULTRIE , GA. Best known thus far for his implementation of the HOPE scholarship and grant program that has sent thousands of Georgians to college, Mike Vollmer, now Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education, will come face to face with the faculty, staff and students he serves at Moultrie Technical College’s annual graduation ceremony on June 17.
South Georgians may also recognize Vollmer, 55, from his three-year term as the president of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton through the fall of 2004. He is credited with the privatization of ABAC campus housing and a college enrollment boom.
Or they may associate his name with Georgia’s Pre-K program, which he started as the state’s head of the Office of School Readiness.
However, in an interview with Georgia Trend Magazine published in April, Vollmer himself admits to humble beginnings. He was raised in the coal country of Pennsylvania by his mother and father, a maid and a barber, respectively; both of whom didn’t finish high school.
Vollmer’s commitment to seeing the people of Georgia get a quality education is evident by looking at the positions he has held in his long career as a public servant.
To name a few more, he has also served as the executive assistant to Gov. Joe Frank Harris for Health and Education, as the Executive Director for the Commission on Drug Awareness and Prevention, as the interim vice-president for fiscal affairs at Clayton College & State University, as the interim president at both Middle Georgia College and Clayton State and as the first director of the Office of Education Accountability under Gov. Roy Barnes.
As DTAE Commissioner, Vollmer oversees Georgia’s 34 technical colleges in addition to four other college’s technical divisions. He boasts of the academic programs that have been developed in recent years and urges Georgia’s citizens to dispel “the old trade school stereotype.”
In a recent editorial, he said of Moultrie Tech, “You can see these dramatic changes that have taken place by visiting the campus of your local technical college. Moultrie Technical College’s new and expanded facilities, for example, reflect the investment the state has made in our system. In Moultrie Technical College’s classrooms, state-of-the-art equipment gives students hands-on experience in any of dozens of high-demand programs.”
Vollmer and the technical college system place a high priority on job placement following graduation.
“We graduated 700 students from five campuses and online studies in 2004. And we are proud that 98 percent of those graduates were placed in jobs or chose to continue their educations. We are hopeful for even stronger numbers in 2005,” stated Jana Wiggins, Moultrie Tech’s marketing director.
Vollmer added in his editorial, “And, more than likely, a Moultrie Tech graduate has helped make your life in Colquitt, Tift, Turner or Worth counties better by providing you with healthcare services, support for your computer network, or even cosmetic and hair care advice.”
Friday’s commencement exercises begin at 7:00 p.m. in Withers Auditorium at Colquitt County High School.
Michael Vollmer, Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education, will deliver the keynote address at Moultrie Technical College’s graduation ceremony on June 17 in Withers Auditorium at Colquitt County High School at 7:00 p.m.
Vollmer to Address Moultrie Tech Grads Friday
MOULTRIE , GA. Best known thus far for his implementation of the HOPE scholarship and grant program that has sent thousands of Georgians to college, Mike Vollmer, now Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education, will come face to face with the faculty, staff and students he serves at Moultrie Technical College’s annual graduation ceremony on June 17.
South Georgians may also recognize Vollmer, 55, from his three-year term as the president of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton through the fall of 2004. He is credited with the privatization of ABAC campus housing and a college enrollment boom.
Or they may associate his name with Georgia’s Pre-K program, which he started as the state’s head of the Office of School Readiness.
However, in an interview with Georgia Trend Magazine published in April, Vollmer himself admits to humble beginnings. He was raised in the coal country of Pennsylvania by his mother and father, a maid and a barber, respectively; both of whom didn’t finish high school.
Vollmer’s commitment to seeing the people of Georgia get a quality education is evident by looking at the positions he has held in his long career as a public servant.
To name a few more, he has also served as the executive assistant to Gov. Joe Frank Harris for Health and Education, as the Executive Director for the Commission on Drug Awareness and Prevention, as the interim vice-president for fiscal affairs at Clayton College & State University, as the interim president at both Middle Georgia College and Clayton State and as the first director of the Office of Education Accountability under Gov. Roy Barnes.
As DTAE Commissioner, Vollmer oversees Georgia’s 34 technical colleges in addition to four other college’s technical divisions. He boasts of the academic programs that have been developed in recent years and urges Georgia’s citizens to dispel “the old trade school stereotype.”
In a recent editorial, he said of Moultrie Tech, “You can see these dramatic changes that have taken place by visiting the campus of your local technical college. Moultrie Technical College’s new and expanded facilities, for example, reflect the investment the state has made in our system. In Moultrie Technical College’s classrooms, state-of-the-art equipment gives students hands-on experience in any of dozens of high-demand programs.”
Vollmer and the technical college system place a high priority on job placement following graduation.
“We graduated 700 students from five campuses and online studies in 2004. And we are proud that 98 percent of those graduates were placed in jobs or chose to continue their educations. We are hopeful for even stronger numbers in 2005,” stated Jana Wiggins, Moultrie Tech’s marketing director.
Vollmer added in his editorial, “And, more than likely, a Moultrie Tech graduate has helped make your life in Colquitt, Tift, Turner or Worth counties better by providing you with healthcare services, support for your computer network, or even cosmetic and hair care advice.”
Friday’s commencement exercises begin at 7:00 p.m. in Withers Auditorium at Colquitt County High School.
