Four Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) students have been selected as the college’s semifinalists for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL), according to Dione Hodge, coordinator for the college’s GOAL program.
Chosen as semifinalists are:
• Daniel Groce, business management, Whitfield Murray Campus, nominated by Gerald McFry.
• Jeffery Hughes, networking specialist, Walker County Campus, nominated by Dwight Watt.
• Nathan Kaiser, automotive technology, Walker County Campus, nominated by Troy Peco.
• Oscar Reyes, business management, Whitfield Murray Campus, nominated by Gerald McFry.
GOAL, a statewide program of the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG), honors excellence in academics and leadership among the state’s technical college students. GOAL winners are selected at each of the state’s 25 technical colleges as well as one Board of Regents’ college with a technical education division.
According to Hodge, a screening committee of administrators at GNTC selected the four semi-finalists from a list of students nominated by their instructors.
“The next step is for a panel of business, civic and industry leaders from the community to interview and evaluate these four students and select one to be the college’s 2013 GOAL winner,” explained Hodge. “The student judged most outstanding will be announced at the GOAL and Rick Perkins Awards luncheon held on Feb. 5, 2013, 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 25 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 on April 25 and vie to be named as the 2013 statewide GOAL winner.
The state GOAL winner becomes the student ambassador for the Technical College System of Georgia and receives a grand prize of a new car.
Local News
January 25, 2013
Two from Whitfield County semifinalists for GOAL award
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Police and Fire Games: Dalton firefighter snags second place
Mason Martin, back right, cheers on his mother, Serena Martin, an officer with the Dalton Police Department, as she pushes a patrol car as part of an obstacle course to determine the “Toughest Overall” during the Georgia Police and Fire Games on Monday at the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Department’s firing range. (Misty Watson/The Daily Citizen)
A seasoned Dalton firefighter placed second in the Toughest Overall Competitor event at the Police and Fire Games in Dalton on Monday.
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