Ground broken for Coweta Campus

April 29, 2011 – WestGeorgiaTechnicalCollege broke ground on what will soon be the brand new, stand-alone, full-service Coweta Campus. State and local dignitaries, board members and Foundation trustees were in attendance at the groundbreaking ceremony.

“We are excited and delighted for the citizens of Coweta,” said West Georgia Technical College President Dr. Skip Sullivan. “This is a time to celebrate, not only for our new campus, but also for new opportunities and the investment of this community on the Coweta campus.”

“The level of support that the WestGeorgiaTechnicalCollege has received shows that education is an important priority in CowetaCounty,” said Dawn Cook, West Georgia Technical College Vice President of Institutional Advancement. “The West Georgia Technical College Foundation is tremendously grateful for the community’s investment in technical education and our students.”

“The economic development impact this campus will have on this community cannot be overstated,” said Ron Jackson, Commissioner of the Technical College System of Georgia. “I cannot think of a better investment of state government money. It’s not wasted; it changes people’s lives.”

The state of Georgia has budgeted $8.5 million for phase two of the campus which will include three classroom buildings, a maintenance and operations building, outdoor education and shops and parking. “Eighty percent of the workforce is going to need technical training. To be able to meet the needs of workforce development is a great asset,” said Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle. “Students need more options and more relevance in the workplace. That’s where the CEC and WestGeorgiaTechnicalCollege come into place.”

The new CowetaCounty campus will offer a number of programs including general education classes, criminal justice, early childhood development, robotics, electronics, computer information systems and healthcare. The location will also bring a stronger adult education and economic development presence to the area.

West Georgia Technical College, with campuses in Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Haralson and Troup counties and additional class sites in Heard and Meriwether counties, offers over 110 associate degree, diploma and technical certificate programs of study. A unit of the Technical College System of Georgia, West Georgia Tech is the second largest of the state’s 26 technical colleges and one of the fastest-growing two-year colleges in the nation.

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