Recent Highschool Grads Enter Workforce After Graduating Five-Week Bootcamp

Recent Highschool Grads Enter Workforce After Graduating Five-Week Bootcamp
August 1, 2023

Gainesville, GA-Lanier Technical College’s Economic Development Division serves as Northeast Georgia’s foremost workforce development center serving Banks, Barrow, Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Jackson, and Lumpkin counties. This division provides continuing education both in-person and online, customized industry training, and ammonia refrigeration training in one of the very few “live” ammonia refrigeration labs in the country. During…

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Lanier Tech SkillsUSA Chapter Shines at Nationals

Lanier Tech SkillsUSA Chapter Shines at Nationals
June 28, 2023

Gainesville, GA – Lanier Technical College’s SkillsUSA Chapter competed in the 2023 SkillsUSA National Competitions at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia during the week of June 19, 2023. SkillsUSA Nationals are held after state competitions to test the best competitors from each state in the country. In all, Lanier Technical College sent…

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Lanier Tech Enrollment Record Trend Continues in Summer of 2023

Lanier Tech Enrollment Record Trend Continues in Summer of 2023
June 8, 2023

Gainesville, GA- Lanier Technical College, for the fourth consecutive semester, has surpassed previous enrollment records as the demand for technical education continues to rise. According to Lanier Tech President, Tim McDonald, “Academic year 2023 continues to be a year of historical milestones at Lanier Tech! Fall and spring semesters brought all-time high academic enrollment for…

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Lanier Technical College Holds Record-Breaking 57th Annual Commencement Ceremony

Lanier Technical College Holds Record-Breaking 57th Annual Commencement Ceremony
May 5, 2023

Gainesville, Ga – Lanier Technical College held its 57th Annual Commencement Ceremony on May 5, 2023. Following a record-breaking academic year of enrollment, 332 graduates walked through the Hall Campus Quad to receive their certificate, diploma, or degree from Lanier Technical College President, Tim McDonald. College Leadership, Board Members, Community Leaders, Academic Deans, Instructors, and…

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Lanier Tech Students Shine at SkillsUSA State Competitions

Lanier Tech Students Shine at SkillsUSA State Competitions
March 13, 2023

Gainesville, Ga— Annually, Lanier Technical College’s best and brightest compete in the Georgia Post-Secondary state SkillsUSA Competitions.  During the week of March 6, 2023, competitors from around the State of Georgia met at the Georgia World Congress Center to compete in many of the high-demand career-based academic programs that the Technical College of Georgia (TCSG)…

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Lanier Tech GED® Grad Wins State-Wide Dinah Culbreath Wayne EAGLE Award

Lanier Tech GED® Grad Wins State-Wide Dinah Culbreath Wayne EAGLE Award
March 6, 2023

ATLANTA, GA–The Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) named the 2023 Dinah Culbreath Wayne Exceptional Adult Georgian in Literacy Education (EAGLE) Award winner for outstanding achievement in the state’s adult education program. Kayla Hill from Lanier Technical College was named TCSG’s 2023 Adult Education Student of the Year. TCSG State Board Chairman, Trey Sheppard, TCSG…

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Workforce Development Pipeline Widens with Lanier Tech Apprenticeship

Workforce Development Pipeline Widens with Lanier Tech Apprenticeship
February 15, 2023

Gainesville, GA – Two years ago, four employees from Northeast Georgian manufacturers took the initiative to attend a new two-year Quality Control Technician Apprenticeship at Lanier Technical College. The apprenticeship, a non-credit U.S. (DOL) Department of Labor registered apprenticeship, was designed by manufacturers to fulfill the growing workforce need for Quality Control Technicians. This revolutionary…

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Career Fair – February 2, 2023

Career Fair – February 2, 2023
January 25, 2023

Get to know over 40 companies and jump-start your career! Contact Debbie Pruitt, Career Services Coordinator with questions or resume preparation: dpruitt9@laniertech.edu Register Now Register Now

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Work-Based NGHS Program with Lanier Tech Helps to Fill Nursing Shortage

Work-Based NGHS Program with Lanier Tech Helps to Fill Nursing Shortage
January 18, 2023

Gainesville, GA – The well-known nursing shortage is getting some relief because of Northeast Georgia Health Systems’ (NGHS) new Patient Care Technician (PCT) Advancement Program. The PCT Advancement Program is designed to send participants to Lanier Technical College’s Certified Nurse’s Aide (CNA) program to expeditiously educate, train, and promote future healthcare workers to fill the…

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