Moultrie Tech Announces
2006 GOAL Finalists
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Moultrie Technical College announced its nominees and finalists for the 2006 GOAL award which highlights excellence in student leadership in Georgia’s Technical College System. The college’s winner will be announced on March 20 at the GOAL Award luncheon on the Veterans Parkway campus in Moultrie. The 33 nominees are pictured here with Dr. Tina Anderson, MTC president, front row center. |
MOULTRIE , GA. Moultrie Technical College announced its 33 student nominees and four finalists for the 2006 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership [GOAL] on March 2nd, according to Lisa Newton, MTC’s GOAL coordinator.
Moultrie Tech’s finalists are Marketing Management student Paul Lowry and Medical Assisting student Tamellia Wallace of the college’s Moultrie campus and Practical Nursing student Dustie Jackson and Surgical Technology student Katrina Giddens of the Tifton campus.
All 38 technical colleges and divisions statewide present these awards, and each winner serves as an ambassador to their communities on behalf of their college. Moultrie Tech’s winner will represent the college in its four-county service area of Colquitt, Tift, Turner and Worth.
The objective of the GOAL program, says Newton, is to recognize and reward excellence among the more than 155,000 students studying full-time at Georgia's technical colleges. GOAL was the first statewide program in the nation to honor outstanding technical education students.
Members of the Moultrie-Colquitt County Chamber of Commerce Workforce Development committee will select Moultrie Tech's winner through a series of interviews and speeches given by the four finalists.
"The screening and selection process is fairly involved and time consuming," added Newton. "But our job is to find the very best candidate to represent Moultrie Tech. When the evaluations are complete, we hope to have found the school's most outstanding student."
The announcement will be made at a luncheon scheduled for March 20 in the Moultrie Tech Conference Center on the Veterans Parkway campus. The chamber will present the winner with a cash award of $200 and each runner-up with a $100 prize.
This year's other nominees from Moultrie Tech are Accounting students Danver Coney and Krystle Williams; Administrative Office Technology student Rhonda Presley; Automotive Technology student Heath Carmichael; Business Office Technology students Amy Broderick, Brenda Chafin, Marshall Davis, Regina DePriest, Michelle Eutsler, Kimberly Swain and Michelle Walker; Computer Information Systems students Rochelle Carey, Karen McCardle and Glenda Snow; Cosmetology students Ray Bloser and Shelby Hogan; Criminal Justice students Selena Bodiford and Jennifer Hadden; Early Childhood Education students Betty Gonzales and Marguerite Harper; Electronics Technology student Xavier Glenn; Esthetics Technology student Michaela Underwood; Industrial Systems Technology student Michael Jones; Marketing Management student Renee Truitt; Medical Assisting students Michelle Cook and Benita Harper; Practical Nursing students Lindsey Gay and Jenni Gibson; and Surgical Technology student Michelle McKinney.
A statewide winner will be selected in April and will travel the state for a full year on behalf of Georgia’s Technical College System.
March 8, 2006
Contact: Jana Wiggins, Moultrie Technical College, Director of Marketing
(229) 217-4139 or (229) 891-7000
Lisa Newton, Moultrie Technical College, Student Activities Advisor
(229) 217-4132 or (229) 891-7000
Email: jwiggins@moultrietech.edu or lnewton@moultrietech.edu
