Altamaha Technical College
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Former names | Altamaha Technical Institute |
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| Type | Community Technical College |
| Established | January 3, 1985[1] |
| President | Lorette M. Hoover |
| Students | 986 (2009)[2] |
| Location |
Jesup, Georgia, United States 31°37′18″N 81°54′36″W / 31.62167°N 81.91000°WCoordinates: 31°37′18″N 81°54′36″W / 31.62167°N 81.91000°W |
| Campus | Multiple campuses |
| Colors | Brown and white |
| Website | http://www.altamahatech.edu/ |
Altamaha Technical College (ATC) is a unit of the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) and provides education for a seven-county service area in southeast Georgia, United States. The school's service area includes Appling, Camden, Glynn, Jeff Davis, Long, McIntosh and Wayne counties.[3]
ATC is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of the Council on Occupational Education, and is a candidate for accreditation with the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate degrees, Diplomas, and Technical Certificates of Credit. Some of the school's technical programs are accredited by their accreditation organizations.[4]
History
ATC roots go back to January 1985, when the Georgia legislature was first lobbied to create the school. In December 1985, the State Board of Postsecondary Vocational-Technical Education voted to create the school, whose service area was focused on Appling and Wayne counties and was named Altamaha Technical Institute. Classes were first held in July 1989, when an LPN program was transferred to ATC from Waycross-Ware Tech (now Okefenokee Technical College). In 1992, ATC gained accreditation from the Council on Occupational Education, a national institutional accrediting agency based in Georgia and recognized by the Department of Education.[5] In early 2000, Altamaha Tech was approved by the State Board of Technical and Adult Education to offer Associate of Applied Technology (AAT) degree programs.
Altamaha Technical Institute was renamed Altamaha Technical College in September, 2000.
Locations
ATC's primary campus is located in Jesup. The school also has campuses in Baxley, Hazlehurst, Kingsland, and Brunswick.
Official symbol
The Dodecahedron is the official symbol of Altamaha Technical College. The twelve faceted sides are pentagons that represent the multiple facets of technical education, and is a reminder to stay focused on the future and to be multifaceted in the school's programs and services. The inspiration for this choice was the design for the deep space probes in the novel Contact by Carl Sagan.[1]
References
- 1 2 History and Facts page from the ATC official website. Last Accessed 2012-01-07.
- ↑ Required disclosures from the ATC official website. Last Accessed 2012-01-07
- ↑ About ATC section of the official ATC website. Last accessed 2012-01-07.
- ↑ Accreditation section of the official ATC website. Last accessed 2012-01-07.
- ↑ Official Website for the Council on Occupational Education. Last Accessed on 2012-01-07