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Gainesville – Three Sherwin Williams employees at their Atlanta Distribution Center answered the call when given an opportunity to participate in a two-year Industrial Maintenance Apprenticeship with Lanier Technical College. Upon completion of the apprenticeship in the Spring of 2023, Ben Bailey, Gabe Bremmer, and Jose Gonzalez will be promoted to Full-Time Maintenance Technicians. During…

Gainesville – Lanier Technical College’s Adult Education Program held an in-person graduation ceremony to honor students who have achieved their GED® or HSE (High School Equivalency) Diploma on Thursday, September 1, 2022. The heartfelt 33rd annual graduation ceremony was held at the Ramsey Conference Center. Approximately 278 graduates have received their High School Equivalency Diploma…

Gainesville – The Mission of Lanier Technical College, “Workforce Development”, serves its seven-county service area well as the college once again set an all-time enrollment record. 5,611 students started instruction at one of Lanier Tech’s five campuses at the start of the fall semester on August 15, 2022. When compared to the fall semester of…

Gainesville – Lanier Technical College’s SkillsUSA Chapter competed in the 2022 SkillsUSA National Competitions at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia during the week of June 20, 2022. SkillsUSA Nationals are held after state competitions to test the best competitors from each state in the country. In all, Lanier Technical College sent ten…

Gainesville – Lanier Technical College was proud to host the 2022 Paramedic Games. Paramedics from Hall County Fire Rescue and two teams from the city of Gainesville went head-to-head against each other in three simulated medical scenarios. Volunteer judges from Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) and Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) Georgia were on…

Lanier Technical College’s Fire Science Program received a new piece of life-saving equipment earlier this week. A 2008 Pierce Enforcer fire engine rolled into Lanier Tech’s Hall Campus to be transitioned from an active-duty engine with the Alpharetta Fire Department to become a teaching aide for Lanier Tech’s Fire Science students. Fire Science and Emergency…

As everyone will remember, the Lanier Technical College Police Department lost Officer, Steve Hemphill to COVID on January 16, 2021. Officer Hemphill was recently honored at our Nation’s Capital in Washington D.C. during the Forty-First Annual National Peace Officer’s Memorial Service on Sunday, May 15, 2022. Chief Strickland and his wife Linda were able to…

Lanier Technical College held its 56 Annual Commencement Ceremony on May 6, 2022. Following two years of drive-through commencements due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 328 exhilarated graduates walked in-person through Lanier Tech’s Hall Campus Quad to receive their credentials. College Leadership, Board Members, Academic Deans, Instructors, and Staff were all present to cheer on the…

Pleasurecraft Marine Engine Group, with the support of Watersports Central, presented Lanier Technical College’s Marine Engine Technology program with a new inboard motor to enhance technical training in the classroom. The Marine Engine Technology program at Lanier Tech is a sequence of courses designed to prepare students for careers in marine engine technology and related…