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Lanier Technical College Names Semi-Finalists for 2012 GOAL Award
Four Lanier Tech students have been selected as the college’s semi-finalists for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL), according to Jennifer Pulliam, coordinator for Lanier Tech’s GOAL program.
Chosen as semifinalists are: Tammy Baker of the Oakwood Campus Cosmetology program; Leisa Stevens of the Oakwood Campus Business Administrative Technology program; Jennifer Whaley of the Winder Campus Medical Assisting program; and Sue Ferguson of the Dawson Campus Business Administrative program.
GOAL, a statewide program of the Technical College System of Georgia, honors excellence in academics and leadership among the state’s technical college students. GOAL winners are selected at each of the state’s 25 technical colleges as well as one Board of Regent college with technical education division.
All the college GOAL winners will compete in regional judging, which will include students from the other 26 colleges of the Technical College System of Georgia as well as the two Board of Regents colleges with technical education divisions.
GOAL winners from each college will compete in regional judging in February. In April, all college winners will come to Atlanta where the nine semi-finalists, three finalists from each of the three regions, will be announced and compete at the state-level in April and one student will be named as the statewide GOAL winner.
"The purpose of the GOAL program is to spotlight the outstanding achievement by students in Georgia's technical colleges and to emphasize the importance of technical education in today’s global workforce," said coordinator Jennifer Pulliam.
According to Pulliam a screening committee of administrators at Lanier Tech selected the four semi-finalists from a list of students nominated by their instructors.
"The next step is for a panel of business, civic and industry leaders from the community to interview and evaluate these four students and select one to be the college’s 2012 GOAL winner," explained Pulliam. “The one judged most outstanding will compete in the Northeast Regional Judging. Three finalists from this region will compete in the state GOAL competition in Atlanta and vie to be named as the 2012 statewide GOAL winner.”
The state GOAL winner becomes the student ambassador for the Technical College System of Georgia and receives a grand prize of a new car provided by Chevrolet, the statewide corporate sponsor of Georgia’s GOAL program.
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