Central Georgia Technological College is the talk of the town as it has created two new labs for students to pursue their dreams and to better support the area surrounding them.
Central Georgia Technological College opened its doors to the community March 4 to celebrate the completion of two additional labs added to the campus. CGTC used the $6.5 million in funding from the State of Georgia to build labs for both Electrical Vehicle Automotive Technology and a new major, Mechatronics.
Mike Pace, dean of Aerospace, Trade & Industry, reiterated that one of the main reasons for placing so much funding and work into these new state-of-the-art labs was to provide students with more opportunities while also helping the community.
“We felt that there was a need in Baldwin County to grow some of our capabilities so we could better support the manufacturers and businesses in this part of our region,” Pace said.
The EV program has already begun operations at CGTC; however, the Mechatronics labs will be open for the student body next semester.
Pace spoke highly of the overall importance of marketing these new programs to help them develop further and provide the student body with a clear path for their desired career.
“We already have the EV program up and running,” Pace said. “For the mechatronics, we have some enrollments, but right now we’re searching for some faculty members, and soon some of our students who are enrolled at our other locations will move to this campus to continue studying mechatronics once it’s up and running.”
The newly added labs are not the only change occurring at CGTC’s Milledgeville campus as construction has begun on an area where future welders will be able to sharpen yet another skill. This additional lab will help further the variety of trades and courses available.
New advancements including an technology advancements assisting in EV.
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