Category Archives: Community Event

Business After Hours: Valdosta-Lowndes Chamber of Commerce!

Wiregrass hosted the April Business After Hours with the Valdosta-Lowndes County Chamber of Commerce. Guests was able to stroll around campus while enjoying appetizers & drinks catered by Wiregrass Culinary Arts Alum, Heidi Shelley, with Billiards on Baytree and The Cove. The college was celebrating 60 years of workforce development in our great community! ThankContinue reading “Business After Hours: Valdosta-Lowndes Chamber of Commerce!”

Breaking Ground: A New Commercial Truck Driving and Diesel Technology Facility

Wiregrass Georgia Technical College celebrated the groundbreaking of the new Commercial Truck Driving and Diesel Technology Facility. The new facility is a public and private partnership that began fifteen years ago with the land that was donated to the college by the Douglas-Coffee County Development Authority with the purpose of offering Commercial Truck Driving classes. InContinue reading “Breaking Ground: A New Commercial Truck Driving and Diesel Technology Facility”

Geekfest/STEM&M Spring 2022

This was our 2nd in-person event since the pandemic and our largest crowd with over 1,000 high school students attending! The college showcased careers with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) activities in the Medical field and Computer Science and Business fields. The purpose was to engage these students in activities where students could learn and askContinue reading “Geekfest/STEM&M Spring 2022”

SkillsUSA State Conference 2022 – A Visual Story

Thirteen students from Wiregrass Georgia Technical College are headed to the National SkillsUSA competition in Atlanta this June after winning gold medals at the state-wide SkillsUSA Championship this past weekend. This was the first in-person competition since 2019. The college had an exceptional showing bringing home 13 gold, 4 silver, and 2 bronze medals. ForContinue reading “SkillsUSA State Conference 2022 – A Visual Story”

STEM & Manufacturing 2022!

This is the first in-person event the college has hosted in two years and excited to welcome students from the following school systems to our campus in Valdosta – Atkinson County High School, Berrien Academy, Cook High School, Delta Innovative School, Echols High School, Fitzgerald High School College and Career Academy, PMLC – Lowndes Alterative,Continue reading “STEM & Manufacturing 2022!”