Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC) is a unit of the
Technical College System of Georgia
The Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG), formerly known as the Department of Technical and Adult Education (DTAE), is the State of Georgia Government Agency which supervises the U.S. state of Georgia's 22 technical colleges, while also su ...
(TCSG) and provides education for an eleven-county service area in central Georgia. The school's service area includes Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Dooly, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Peach, Pulaski, Putnam, and Twiggs counties.
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section of CGTC website CGTC is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) to award associate degrees, diplomas, and technical certificates of credit.
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History
CGTC was originally established in 1962 under the name "Macon Area Vocational-Technical School," though the school did not officially start holding classes until 1966.
The school's initial service area was focused solely on the local Macon community, but expanded in 1990 when the school, then named Macon Technical Institute, assumed control of the Baldwin County Adult Center in Milledgeville. The Georgia General Assembly approved funding for a full campus to be constructed in Milledgeville in 1993, and construction of the facility was completed in Fall 1997. The school's current service area was formally expanded to its current size on July 6, 2000, as part of the Education Reform Act in Georgia. This act also renamed the school to its current form. After passage of this act, the school built learning centers in the remaining five counties of its seven-county service area.
On September 26, 2012, the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia voted to merge Central Georgia Technical College and
Middle Georgia Technical College
Middle Georgia Technical College was a unit of the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) and provided education services for a four-county service area in middle Georgia. The school's service area included Houston County, Georgia, Houston, P ...
. The merger of the colleges created one of the largest two-year colleges in Georgia, with an 11 county service delivery area larger than the state of Delaware.
Locations and Programs
CGTC's primary campuses are located in
Warner Robins
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,
Macon and
Milledgeville, where associate degrees, diplomas, and technical certificates are available in a variety of programs. There are also Learning Centers in
Eatonton,
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,
Hawkinsville
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,
Jeffersonville, and
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. The learning centers offer technical certificates, continuing education courses, and learning support courses.
Athletics
CGTC began its athletics program in 2010 with the launching of men's and women's
basketball
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teams. In addition to basketball, the CGTC athletics program features men's and women's cross country teams. CGTC's teams are nicknamed the Titans, and participate in Division I of the
National Junior College Athletic Association
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and the
Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association
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conference.
References
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Technical College System of Georgia
Universities and colleges accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Universities and colleges in Macon, Georgia
Buildings and structures in Baldwin County, Georgia
Education in Houston County, Georgia
Education in Baldwin County, Georgia
Education in Bibb County, Georgia
Education in Crawford County, Georgia
Education in Jones County, Georgia
Education in Monroe County, Georgia
Education in Putnam County, Georgia
Education in Twiggs County, Georgia