Moultrie Tech Announces 2010 GOAL Finalists
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Moultrie Campus GOAL 2010 nominees |
Tifton and Turner County Campus GOAL 2010 nominees |
Moultrie Technical College (MTC) announced its 19 student nominees and five finalists for the 2010 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) on February 17, according to Lisa Newton, MTC’s GOAL coordinator. Annual GOAL winners represent MTC as the Student of the Year.
Moultrie Tech’s finalists are Esthetics program student Cara Cousino and Electronics Technology student Chad Waltman of the Moultrie campus; and Surgical Technology student Rusty Harris, Business Administrative Technology student Margo Ransom and Industrial Systems Technology student Marvin Smith of the Tifton campus.
All 28 of Georgia’s technical colleges statewide, including two with technical divisions in the university system, present these awards. Local winners serve as ambassadors to their communities on behalf of their colleges. 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 more than 170,000 students studying 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 five finalists on February 24.
"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 College's most outstanding student."
The announcement will be made at a luncheon scheduled for March 2nd in the MTC Conference Center on the Moultrie Veterans Parkway campus. The Chamber will present the winner with a cash award of $200 and each runner-up with a $100 prize.
Additional nominees from Moultrie Tech’s various campus locations are Business Administrative Technology students Cassandra Hurst, Susan Martin and Pamela Williams, all of the Moultrie campus; Cosmetology student Tina Jordan (Turner Co.); Criminal Justice student Dolly Boyd (Moultrie); Early Childhood Care and Education student Katie Harrod (Moultrie); Industrial Systems Technology student Xavier Armijo (Tifton); Medical Assisting students Letitia Baisden, Marla Baker, Natalie Davis, Tina Franklin and Danyta Jones, all of the Tifton campus; Surgical Technology student Clara Killion (Tifton); and Welding and Joining Technology student Larry Crow (Tifton).
A statewide winner will be selected in May and will travel the state for a full year on behalf of Georgia’s Technical College System.
