PROGRAMS
Colquitt County Achievement Center 1800 Park Avenue, Moultrie( 229) 890-6197 www. colquitt. k12. ga. us / schools / achievement-center / index Director: Darius Dawson GEAR Gifted Center 710 Lane Street; Moultrie( 229) 890-6185 www. colquitt. k12. ga. us / schools / gear / index Number of Students: 158 in third through fifth grade Site Coordinator: Dr. Allen Edwards Counselor: Adrien Martin
Vereen School 2510 West Blvd., Moultrie( 229) 890-6193 www. colquitt. k12. ga. us / schools / vereen / index Director: Dr. Christie Simpson Counselor: Nerily Lopez
HIGHER EDUCATION
Southern Regional Technical College( 888) 205-3449
As one of the most sprawling colleges in Georgia, Southern Regional Technical College serves students across Southwest Georgia in Colquitt, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, Thomas, Tift, Turner, and Worth counties. The college offers over 150 degree, diploma, and certificate programs on several convenient campuses and online.
Southern Regional Technical College honored three distinguished alumni and two scholarship recipients at its 2024 Comedy for a Cause fundraiser. From left are Arturo Hernandez of Moutrie, a recipient of the 2024 SRTC Legacy Scholarship; Bryan Busby of Tallahassee, Hilliary Bailey of Auburn and Leroy Akins of Bainbridge, named as the college’ s distinguished alumni; and Renee Gray of Cairo, who also received an SRTC Legacy Scholarship.
The Associate of Science in Nursing( ASN) degree at SRTC is a flagship program, graduating more registered nurses than any other technical college in Georgia. To accommodate demand, the program launches numerous cohorts on multiple campuses every semester. Because of its diverse facility affiliations, SRTC guarantees rich and varied clinical experiences for students. Furthermore, SRTC’ s Simulation Coordinator collaborates with high-fidelity patient simulators in stateof-the-art simulation labs on each campus to provide students with hands-on, lifelike learning experiences. Exceptional faculty, generous funding, and clinical partnerships continue to drive the SRTC nursing program’ s successes.
Other standout programs at SRTC include an innovative Commercial Truck Driving certificate program, a transfer-friendly Interdisciplinary Studies degree program, a groundbreaking Apprenticeship program, and augmented online courses thanks to new Simulcast classrooms. SRTC is also the home of a remarkably productive adult basic education program, producing an outsized number of the state’ s high school equivalency credentials each year. Additionally, SRTC boasts one of Georgia’ s largest dual enrollment programs, offering college courses to students at more than 20 area high schools. Admissions: admissions @ southernregional. edu Financial Aid: finaid @ southernregional. edu Business Office: studentaccounts @ southernregional. edu Registrar’ s Office: registrar @ southernregional. edu
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