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||anier lech’s Forsyth campus marks a year sparked by growth
•i&yfteth L Charter
•* MN Writer
£ Since opening its doors for the
£ first students in January of 1998,
£ the progress of Lanier Technical
£ Irttitute’s Forsyth campus has
N been nothing short of tremen
/ dous, say educators and employ
tiers taking advantage of the tech
? nical training and retraining
L offered to potential and existing
' " Only 179 students enrolled in
> classes that first winter quarter.
‘"'‘Orte’year later, that number more
tripled, with 686 students
enrolling last January.
~ Already the 57,000 square
' feoufacility off Majors Road is
-nearing capacity, and prelimi
nary plans have begun for expan
•sfon.
» “When a campus experiences
a aq;enrollment increase of this
magnitude in only one year,”
>sil|d Lanier Tech President Dr.
Jse Hill, “it indicates that the
>i|jtructional programs and ser
offered to the citizens are
. meeting their needs.”
demand for technical train
in Forsyth is being driven by
influx of high-tech corpora
tions along the Ga. 400
said Lanier Tech
. spokeswoman Lisa Wilson.
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J By next fall, we
; v have projections
that we will need
portable units on
campus to
accommodate
the overflow.
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. “By next fall, we have projec
' tions that we will need portable
| units on campus to accommodate
' the overflow,” Wilson said.
I At present, students at Lanier
Forsyth campus may
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Lanier Technical Institute’s Forsyth campus is a striking building in which technical education
is yielding employees for the growing commercial and industrial demands for skilled workers.
enroll in any of several technical
diploma programs, including:
accounting, advanced machine
tool, applied manufacturing,
automated manufacturing, busi
ness and office technology, com
puter information systems, elec
tronics, industrial maintenance;
management and supervisory
development, marketing man
agement, and printing and graph
ics.
Students registering for spring
quarter were offered a new prac
tical nursing program.
The local campus also offers a
collaboration with Gainesville
College, which allows students
who complete diploma programs
to take additional college-level
classes and obtain an Associate
of Applied Science degree from
Gainesville College.
Many of the core curriculum
classes, such as courses in
English and college math, are
offered by Gainesville College
on-site at the Forsyth campus.
Brenau College of Gainesville
already offers certain graduate
level courses at the Forsyth cam
pus, and discussions continue
aimed at creating a similar pro
gram with North Georgia
College and State University of
Dahlonega.
The Forsyth campus also offers
continuing education classes for
professionals seeking to improve
their computer or other skills,
and it houses organizations
offering adult literacy training
and GED testing and many other
programs.
If the state legislature approves
funding, expansion could begin
in the fall of 2000, adding a 3-4
story facility to house an audito
rium, additional class and office
space, and meeting rooms for
public use.
A planned needs analysis
would focus on determining
which additional courses might
be offered. Early discussions
indicate the possibility of a hos
pitality management program
and additional health care cours-
es.
Officials are already planning
for even more long-term growth,
as well, studying the possible
acquisition of 15 additional acres
of land to add to the current 35-
acre site.
Community involvement
Dan Willis, vice president and
chief operating officer of the
Forsyth campus, said technical
schools statewide seek business
and industry involvement to
guide them in the development
of curriculum, and Lanier Tech is
no exception. The involvement is
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H Industry Training ■ Workshops ■ Quick Start
Technical schools on the
right track, indicates survey
More than 10,000 new businesses
and more than 42,000 full-time
jobs can be attributed to graduates
of the Georgia Department of
Technical and Adult Education
(DTAE).
The survey was conducted by the
Carl Vinson Institute of
Government at the University of
Georgia. DTAE Commissioner Ken
Breeden commissioned the survey,
a 10-year follow-up to determine
how Georgia technical institute stu
dents have progressed professional
ly since completing post-secondary
technical training.
The employment experiences of
graduates and satisfaction with the
education and training they
received from Georgia’s technical
institutes 10 years ago were mea
sured. Forty-one percent of all
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DTAE students who graduated 10
years ago were interviewed for the
survey.
“We really wanted to know what
kind of difference our technical
institutes are making for the people
they serve. Our schools are a sig
nificant part of their communities
and of the economy of Georgia. We
wanted to test our sense of how
we’re doing and have reliable data
to build upon for the future,”
Breeden said.
“This study confirmed our belief
that the technical institutes truly
serve the needs of the communities
where they are located. Our Jocal
boards, program advisory commit
tees and state board systems were
designed to ensure responsiveness.
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