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MGT Winter-Spring Quarter 1994
Presidents Perspective
MGT scores big on SACS
By now. every member of the faculty and
staff of MGT should know that we “watered
their eyes!” Of course, I am speaking of the
superb results of our recent Southern Asso
ciation of Colleges and Schools (SACS)
Commission on Occupational Education In
stitutions (COEI) accreditation.
After the Institutional Effectiveness Re
view (IER) outbrief, in which the IER team
continually praised the job we had done, we
knew we were in great shape to take on the
SACS/COEI inspection team. But I must
admit that I never dreamed we would do so
well. We received “no findings, no recom
mendations, and no suggestions” for all fif
teen of our programs that were evaluated.
We received an unbelievable perfect score!
I am proud of everyone's dedicated ef
forts in helping to prepare for these evalua
tions. The results speak for themselves. We
must be doing something right. But now we
have an even greater task ahead of us. We
must keep things moving in the right direc
tion. We are challenged to continue our an
nual reviews, keep our materials updated,
stay on top of our inventory, and document
everything. As a team we can succeed in
making Middle Georgia Tech the best it can
be. This is our challenge for 1994.
MGT salutes...
Viola Clay! Besides celebrating her 20th
year with MGT as 1993 drew to a close, she
recently earned a Master's degree in Reha
bilitation Counseling from Fort Valley State
College. Clay has done additional graduate
studies at Georgia Southern University, the
University of Georgia, and George Wash
ington University.
Vic Rozeboom, Sr.! He was given the
Rotary Vocational Award for 1993. This
award recognizes people who exemplify the
ideals of excellence in the workplace.
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Billy G. Edenfield! He is President-Elect
of the Warner Robins Rotary Club and Salva
tion Army Chairman for 1994. Probably the
most pleasurable invitation that he recently
accepted was the role of Grand Marshall for
the 1993 Hawkinsville Chamber of Com
merce Christmas Parade. He was waving
from a classic convertible marked Middle
Georgia Technical Institute. Along for the
ride was Senator Sonny Perdue.
Georgia students find ‘HOPE’ is NO HYPE
In the fall of 1993, over 30.000 Georgia
students took advantage of the HOPE grant.
Of over 750 students currently enrolled in
diploma programs at MGT. only 5 percent are
not receiving the HOPE grant or some other
form of financial aid. Sound like a great deal?
It is!
HOPE (Helping Outstanding Pupils Edu
cationally) makes it easy for Georgia resi
dents to attend MGT or any of Georgia’s
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MGT President Billy Edenfield and Automotive Technology instructor Steve VVooiey
(right) hold the ASE Master Certification as Vice President of Instructional Services
Charles Stone (center) looks on.
Automotive technology program
achieves highest award
The National Institute for Automotive Ser
vice Excellence (ASE) recently bestowed the
award of ASE MASTER certification to Mid
dle Georgia Technical Institute for the Automo
tive Technology program. This is the highest
level of achievement recognized by the ASE.
Middle Georgia Technical Institute
received “the Master Certified Plaque”
in acknow ledgement of this award.
Ronald H. Weiner, President of ASE. as
serted that “Many educational institutions
strive for this certification, but only a small
percentage achieve it.”
Steve Woolev. Master Technician and Au
Distance learning has potential to shatter boundaries
Imagine a new world of learning unlimited
by space and distance. A world where a teach
er in one location can enlighten students in
multiple locations that are miles apart.
It’s not hard to imagine, because that new
world of learning, called distance learning,
exists today in Georgia and is coming soon to
Middle Georgia Technical Institute.
Through distance learning, a teacher in a
central classroom is broadcast to television
monitors in other locations. But this isn't or
dinary television. The students in remote lo
cations ask questions and debate points as if
they were in the same room.
Distance learning opens the door of oppor
other public technical schools. The HOPE
grant, when applied to a technical institu
tion, places no limitations on a student's age
or family income.
Heck, even if you weren’t an “outstand
ing” pupil, there are no grade point restric
tions attached, so you can leave the past
right where it belongs, in the past.
You’re probably thinking. “There’s got to
be a catch here. ‘Fess up.” If so, you’re ex-
tomotive Technology Instructor at MGT, not
ed that “Certification w'as a long process, but
it was well worth the effort." MGT is now el
igible to participate in various training pro
grams with major automotive manufacturers.
“ASE guidelines state that we should be
teaching 80% of high priority tasks. MGT is
now teaching over 95% of high priority
tasks,” explained Wooley. “When a student
graduates from MGT. they have the neces
sary knowledge to take and successfully
pass the ASE test. We strive to graduate the
most qualified technicians possible, and this
award is proof of that commitment.”
tunity to students who want to take classes
that are only available at other schools. It en
courages advanced study, reduces the cost of
learning and promotes sharing limited public
resources between urban and rural schools.
Middle Georgia Tech is part of the forma
tion of two distance leamina networks that are
being funded through the Distance Learning
and Telemedicine Act of 1992. The first net
work links twelve classrooms in ten sites in
Middle Georgia w ith a broad band fiber optic
network to provide interactive video. This net
work links MGT with Middle Georgia Col
lege, the Macon campus of Georgia College,
Taylor Regional Hospital, several secondary
actly right. There is one catch with HOPE.
Once you receive your diploma, you are ex
pected to go out and get a good job. That’s
another great deal. You take the classes, the
state pays the tab, and you get the job.
Wow!
If you are interested in finding out more
about HOPE, contact the Financial Aid Depart
ment of MGT. They’ll help you get started on a
brighter future, and that’s NO HVTE.
MGT to oversee Quick
Start for Frito-Lay, Inc.
Middle Georgia Technical Institute
will be directly involved in a Quick
Start project for the upcoming Frito-
Lay, Inc. plant expansion. MGT’s Busi
ness and Industry Services staff will
oversee the start-up training required
for the 100 new employees anticipated.
Dean Maly, Plant Manager of the
Perry Frito-Lay plant, announced a
$25 million expansion project that will
add an additional 100 jobs at the Kath
leen facility. The current number of
employees, at 410, is more than dou
ble what it was when Frito-Lay
opened the facility in 1988. The ex
pansion will add another complete
production line for potato chips to a fa
cility that produces 56 million pounds
of snack foods a year and processes
40.000 pounds of potatoes in one hour.
Training for the new production
line will be provided through the
Georgia Quick Start program. Mr. Jim
Newton of MGT will be"project man
ager. In coordination with the Georgia
Quick Start staff in Vidalia and Frito-
Lay management, MGT will develop
a detailed training plan which will
provide approximately two weeks of
intensive, full-time training for each
new employee prior to start-up of the
new production line this spring.
Georgia Quick Start is a function of
the Department of Technical and
Adult Education that has been singled
out by Fortune, Training, and Site Se
lection magazines for providing some
of the best training in the nation.
Quick Start has offered “no cost” start
up training as an incentive to compa
nies considering new or expanding op
erations in Georgia for more than 25
years. During this time. Quick Start
has trained over 135,000 people for
more than 2,000 businesses.
schools and two correctional facilities. Shared
resources will allow these institutions to pro
vide more advanced offerings, adult education
and training, staff development, continuing
education, and specialized training for busi
ness and industry.
The second project, under the auspices of
Augusta Technical Institute, will provide
MGT with two sets of state-of-the-art multi
media presentation equipment and the associ
ated software to produce professional quality
multimedia packages.
The combination of these two projects will
create a new and exciting opportunity for learn
ing by our students and instructors.
