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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Sunday, M»rch 28,1999
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Industrial leaders (at right) urged legislators to support funding for adult and technical education
programs across the state at a January forum held at the Lanier Tech - Forsyth campus.
Chamber gets new president
Elyse Cochran, currently presi
dent and CEO of the Cartersville-
Bartow County Chamber of
Commerce, Cochran will begin
her new role in Forsyth County on
May 1.
Cochran will fill the
local leadership position
vacated in January by Pat
Topping.
“We feel extremely
excited and honored to
have Elyse joining our
team as president of our
Chamber,” says Donna
Wade, chairman of the
Cumming/Forsyth
County Chamber of
Commerce. “She brings a
great amount of experience with
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Cochran, who , has served vari
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of Commerce for 13 years, con-
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more than 1,200 new
manufacturing jobs to
north Georgia. During the
past five years, she has
been responsible for
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Commerce and economic
development for Bartow
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the business and industrial community is often
through its advisory committees.
“The mix is very different in each community,”
Willis said. “We ask for business involvement so that
what we offer is what is needed in each individual
area.”
The objective, he said, is to leam what skills local
ly trained workers will need to gain employment at
home. “If we train them in what they need to know,
they will be able to go to work for these companies.”
Advisory committee members were assigned to
each of the schools sections, including automated
manufacturing technology, computer information
systems, industrial maintenance technology, man
agement supervisory development, machine tool
technology, printing graphics technology, telecom
munications, emergency medical technology, busi
ness office technology, electronics technology and
others.
Most committee members met on several occasions
to review curriculum and equipment needs. “We’re
very appreciative of all the efforts of business and
industry to support our efforts at Lanier Tech. We
want to be their school for the community, and their
help has been instrumental,” he said.
Willis often acknowledges the efforts of James
Harrington, who serves on the state board of techni
cal and adult education. “He had a monumental role
in making the Forsyth Campus a reality.”
Representatives of several employers working with
Lanier Tech and its Forsyth campus in the Quick
Start program as well as other industry training
opportunities spoke to the legislative delegation of
the Lanier Tech service area in January. They
expressed their desire for continued state support for
adult and technical education. ■ <• '
Reps. Mike Evans, James Mills, Carl Rogers,
Clint Smith and Bobby Reese and Sens. CaseyCagle
and Billy Ray were invited to join the legislative
panel.
The forum also featured several of Lanier Tech’s
customers, including representatives of the business
es and industries.
Richard Hagler, plant manager of Hayes-
Lemmerz International Inc., of Gainesville, was one
of the panelist. He praised the “smorgasbord of class
es to chose from.”
Georgians are getting their money’s worth when
state dollars are invested in Adult and Technical
Education, and earmarking added funds for educa
tional institutions such as Lanier Tech is money well
spent was the message of the forum.
> The Georgia Department of Technical and Adult
Education currently receives .035 of an education tax
dollar, compared to .375 for the Department of
Education and .135 for the Board of Regents. The
remaining .455 is not designated to those depart
ments. «
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