GNTC Announces 2015 GOAL Nominees

  • Thursday, December 18, 2014
The GOAL nominees for GNTC stand with the 2015 Chevy Cruise that will be awarded by Chevrolet to the State GOAL winner. Pictured are:
Front Row (from left to right) Mary Fran Lucas, Maria Williams, and Alice Towe.
Back Row (from left to right) Tara Glenn, Rachel Hancock, Jessica Staney, Jennifer Lively, Heather Shirley, Brent Freeman, Christopher Collins, Zachary Joslyn, McLane Hicks, Dennis Sammons, Dylan Thoreson, and Chevrolet Representative Damon Skates, sales manager at Jackson Chevrolet Buick GMC in LaFayette.
Nominees not pictured are: Chasity Baugh, Tracy Mobley, Tayla Smith, and Hannah White.
The GOAL nominees for GNTC stand with the 2015 Chevy Cruise that will be awarded by Chevrolet to the State GOAL winner. Pictured are: Front Row (from left to right) Mary Fran Lucas, Maria Williams, and Alice Towe. Back Row (from left to right) Tara Glenn, Rachel Hancock, Jessica Staney, Jennifer Lively, Heather Shirley, Brent Freeman, Christopher Collins, Zachary Joslyn, McLane Hicks, Dennis Sammons, Dylan Thoreson, and Chevrolet Representative Damon Skates, sales manager at Jackson Chevrolet Buick GMC in LaFayette. Nominees not pictured are: Chasity Baugh, Tracy Mobley, Tayla Smith, and Hannah White.

Eighteen Georgia Northwestern Technical College students have been selected as the college’s nominees for the 2015 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership, according to Dione Waddington, coordinator for the college’s GOAL program.

The nominees were announced at a reception held at GNTC’s Gordon County Campus. Each nominee was presented with a certificate and an orientation was held to explain the next steps in the competition.

“I just wanted to say how important it is to be nominated by your program instructor and to be considered for this is quite an honor,” said Pete McDonald, president of GNTC.

Listed are students chosen as nominees for the GOAL award showing (left to right) the student’s name, program of study, GNTC campus, and nominating instructor:

·  Chasity Baugh,  Early Childhood Care and Education, Walker County Campus, Susan Kendrick.

·  Christopher Collins, Radiologic Technology, Floyd County Campus, Diane Nance.    

·  Brent Freeman, Industrial Systems Technology, Walker County Campus, Matt Sosebee.

·  Tara Glenn, Networking, Walker County Campus, Dwight Watt.           

·  Rachel Hancock, Early Childhood Care and Education, Walker County Campus, Susan Kendrick.      

·  McLane Hicks, Machine Tool Technology, Walker County Campus, Philip Shirley.      

·  Zachary Joslyn, Business Management, Gordon County Campus, Gerald McFry.       

·  Jennifer Lively, Social Work Assistant, Walker County Campus, Pamela Winton-Turner.           

·  Mary Fran Lucas, Marketing Management, Floyd County Campus, Mark Upton.           

·  Tracy Mobley, Business Management, Floyd County Campus, Gerald McFry. 

·  Dennis Sammons, Internet Specialist, Walker County Campus, Dwight Watt.  

·  Heather Shirley , Marketing Management, Floyd County Campus, Mark Upton.           

·  Tayla Smith, Business Management, Gordon County Campus, Gerald McFry. 

·  Jessica L. Staney, Criminal Justice, Gordon County Campus, Tyler A. Gayan. 

·  Dylan Thoreson, Networking, Walker County Campus, Dwight Watt.   

·  Alice D.Towe, Environmental Horticulture, Floyd County Campus, Shannen Ferry.     

·  Hannah White, Radiologic Technology, Floyd County Campus, Diane Nance.           

·  Maria Williams, Marketing Management, Floyd County Campus, Mark Upton.

GOAL, a statewide program of the Technical College System of Georgia, honors excellence in academics and leadership among the state’s technical college students. GOAL winners are selected at each of the state’s 23 technical colleges as well as one Board of Regents’ college with a technical education division.

Kenneth Shuman, winner of Georgia Northwestern’s 2014 GOAL award, provided words of encouragement to the nominees.

“Your instructor saw something in you that was special, that means something, and you should be proud of that,” said Mr. Shuman. 

According to Mr, Waddington, a screening committee of administrators at GNTC will select four semi-finalists from the nominees.

The four semi-finalists will advance to a second round of judging at the Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce where a panel of business, civic, and industry leaders from the community will interview and evaluate the students and select one to be the college’s 2015 GOAL winner. The student judged most outstanding will be announced at the GOAL and Rick Perkins Awards luncheon at the Coosa County Club.

The GOAL and Rick Perkins Awards luncheon is sponsored by The Seven Hills Rotary Club, Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce, and Georgia Northwestern Technical College. All college GOAL winners will compete in regional judging, which will include students from the other 23 colleges of TCSG as well as the Board of Regents’ college with a technical education division. Three finalists from the region will be named and will compete in the state GOAL competition in Atlanta and vie to be named as the 2015 statewide GOAL winner.

The state GOAL winner becomes the student ambassador for the Technical College system of Georgia. They will make many public appearances throughout the year, including addresses to the Georgia General Assembly, the Governor, and other the TCSG functions. As the grand prize, a new automobile provided by Chevrolet will be awarded to the state GOAL winner.

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