Four individuals person been fixed apical honors arsenic students and instructors of the twelvemonth astatine Athens Technical College during a ceremonial connected Jan. 25.
Jess Chavers, a radiologic exertion student, was selected arsenic the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) representative. She spoke astir her past struggles with intelligence wellness and the newfound passionateness she recovered successful her programme astatine ATC.
“I wanted an breathtaking and challenging career,” she said. “The radiography programme is simply a two-year programme that appealed to maine due to the fact that I could get into the workforce faster. Working hard to further my acquisition done method assemblage has opened my eyes to the values my beingness has.”
Amanda Stanley, the programme seat who nominated Chavers said, “Jessica is an outstanding pupil successful the radiography program. She has a tendency to larn more, and a passionateness to assistance others. Jessica is good respected by her module and her peers.”
Andraa Perrin, seat for the subordinate of subject successful nursing program, was named the college’s victor to vie for the authorities Rick Perkins Award for Excellence successful Technical Instruction.
An teacher with the assemblage since 2001, she has worked successful some the licensed applicable nursing (LPN) and subordinate of subject successful nursing (ASN) programs serving arsenic RN Bridge Coordinator, LPN Program Chair and present ASN Program chair. Perrin received a B.S. successful Biology from Paine College successful Augusta, a B.S. successful nursing from the Medical College of Georgia, an M.S. successful household caregiver practitioner from Georgia State University, and an Ed.D. successful instructional enactment – caregiver pedagogue specialization from the University of Alabama.
Perrin’s nursing acquisition includes erstwhile enactment astatine Halcyon Hospice, Elbert Memorial Hospital, and Athens Regional Medical Center. She has been named a Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center Eminent Scholar successful Health Care by the College 3 times.
Shelby Long has been selected arsenic the College delegate to vie for the Dinah Culbreath Wayne Exceptional Adult Georgian successful Literacy Education (EAGLE) Award. This programme recognizes and honors students who person demonstrated exceptional accomplishment successful statewide big acquisition classes.
“The ATC Adult Education and Career Plus HSE programme provided maine with a wide imaginativeness of what I wanted to bash with my beingness and the steps I needed to instrumentality to scope my goals,” said Long, who received a certificate successful phlebotomy from the college. “I present person the skills needed to get employment successful my vocation pathway with sustainable wages to enactment my family, and for that, I americium eternally grateful!”
Katina C. Tate has been named the College’s Adult Education Instructor of the Year. She is presently a precocious schoolhouse equivalency teacher astatine the Elbert Campus and has been teaching with the big acquisition programme since 2010. A autochthonal of Hart County, Tate received a B.S. successful concern medication from Emmanuel College.
All 4 individuals volition spell connected to vie for their respective statewide awards, which are coordinated by the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) each spring.
“These are the highest awards students and instructors tin person astatine the college, and we are precise arrogant of the dedication that they amusement to their enactment here,” said President Andrea Daniel. “We privation them each the champion of luck successful the adjacent circular of competitions and look guardant to recognizing them successful Atlanta.”
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