Altamaha Technical College Participates in Third Annual Taste of the Technical Colleges
Altamaha Technical College participated in the third annual Taste of the Technical Colleges recently. All 33 colleges of the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) took part in this exciting event.
The event was held in Atlanta at the Atlanta Freight Depot directly across from the State Capitol. Over 400 Legislators and state leaders toured each of the college’s booths and sampled food from the colleges with culinary programs. This year’s theme was Regional Cuisine and Altamaha Technical College had no trouble “putting on a spread”. Yes, the college had Southern Cuisine including collard greens, pork belly, and hoe cakes all of which were grown and produced locally.
Special thanks goes to the following is a list of students that attended: Ladelle Cravey, Dylan Heselwood, and the dual enrollment students were Callie Baxter, Scarlet Rollins and Michael Leggett. Special Thanks to Patsy and Roger White(The Green Patch), Herman and Corinne Sellers (Sellers Southern Chops), Jack Harris (Frogbottom Gristmill), and Wal-mart.
Altamaha Technical College Chefs Jennifer and Eric Evans, four dual enrollment students from Jeff Davis High School and two adult students from the culinary program attended the event and prepared the food on site for all the hungry officials. The event showcased for legislators and other officials the kind of learning opportunities that are attracting more people to the state’s technical colleges and highlighted the TCSG legislative agenda.
Altamaha Technical College President Lorette Hoover stated how important is for our lawmakers to see and understand the new age of Technical Education in Georgia. Hoover commented, “Altamaha Technical College’s primary mission is to serve as one of the key components of a regional economic development engine.” Altamaha Technical College also had an additional focus at the event, the importance of eliminating the HOPE cap for dual enrolled high school students.
TCSG Commissioner Ron Jackson stated, “last year, our colleges educated more than 140,000 Georgia students and our enrollment is growing. The technical colleges’ exceptional level of training, and in-demand, high paying jobs that result, is a big reason why more students than ever are making a state technical college their first choice for college education”.
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