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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…

Lanier Technical College and Brenau University have collectively signed an articulation agreement on Thursday, March 10, 2022. This agreement will ease the transfer process of degree credits for Interior Design and Business courses taken at Lanier Tech. Lanier Tech Associate of Applied Science in Interior Design Graduates can now seamlessly transfer their course credits towards…

Lanier Technical College has selected Adult Education High School Equivalency Instructor, Jennifer Parker, as the 2022 Adult Education Teacher of the Year. Parker teaches Adult Education courses at Lanier Tech’s Dawson Campus as well as the Lumpkin Satellite Learning Center. With over twenty years of teaching experience, she is known for consistently being one of…

Lanier Technical College has recognized recent GED® graduate, Ashlee Adams, as its 2022 Dinah Culbreath Wayne Exceptional Adult Georgian in Literacy Education (EAGLE) Award winner. Technical College System of Georgia’s (TCSG) EAGLE Award acknowledges the outstanding accomplishments of Georgians who enroll in TCSG’s adult education program in order to study for and earn their High…

Lanier Technical College’s Fire Science Program is well known for turning out top-notch graduates that are exceptionally prepared for the workforce. The students experience real-world scenarios that test them as individuals and as a team. This claim is confirmed by recent graduate, Ebony Crump. Crump found her love for first responders while in the midst…

TCSG will provide $9 million to establish academies in Mitchell, Candler, and Lumpkin counties ATLANTA, GA–The State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) approved grants totaling $9 million in bond funds to establish new College and Career Academies in Mitchell, Candler, and Lumpkin Counties. TCSG Commissioner, Greg Dozier will award three partnerships…

Gainesville, GA – Lanier Technical College held its annual Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) Student of the Year and Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year Luncheon on November 22, 2021 at the Ramsey Conference Center. Community Leaders, College Leaders and Instructors alike all attended the annual event. Of the four finalists, Criminal Justice student…

Gainesville, GA – Lanier Technical College’s Adult Education Program held an in-person graduation to honor students who have achieved their GED® or High School Equivalency Diploma on Monday, November 15, 2021. The long-anticipated 32nd graduation was held at the Ramsey Conference Center. It was a welcomed sight for Lanier Tech, as it was the first…