Economic Development News

Recruits and instructors with the Law Enforcement Academy at Georgia Piedmont Technical College have new, potentially life-saving training equipment in their arsenal. The nearly $163,000 virtual shoot house simulator is now in place at the Law Enforcement Academy at GPTC’s Newton campus in Covington. Funds for the 180-degree simulator from Ti Training were secured through a federal grant from the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council. According to the grant application, “the four-room...

CLARKSTON, GA - November 14, 2022 Faculty and staff of Georgia Piedmont Technical College were treated to an extra dose of generosity at their annual Grateful Gathering holiday event and meeting this past Friday. Seven hundred and 20 thousand doses, to be exact. Amazon, the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners (on behalf of commissioner Mereda Davis-Johnson) and the City of Stonecrest each presented giant checks to the college’s Foundation which will manage and distribute the funds for...

Morris Brown College in Atlanta holds a long-standing tradition of being one of the most respected and affordable historical Black Colleges in the country. And now, schools within the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) are part of that legacy. Morris Brown recently entered into a partnership with TCSG schools, including, of course, Georgia Piedmont Technical College. Associate degree graduates from TCSG institutions now have direct system wide access to enter Morris Brown College...

Active military, veterans, and their dependents enrolled in manufacturing programs at Georgia Piedmont Technical College will soon be reaping the benefits of a recently approved grant. Monies from the four-year, $4.6 million dollar grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will be used to train and educate these students in the microelectronics and nanomanufacturing fields. Georgia Piedmont is one of nine community colleges and universities named in the grant and will receive an...

As part of its relationship with Georgia Tech, Georgia Piedmont Technical College has been named one of 21 winners of President Biden’s $1 billion Build Back Better Regional Challenge. The BBBRC has been called the most impactful regional economic development competition in decades. Its aim is to boost economic recovery in the wake of the pandemic with a focus on communities suffering from decades of disinvestment. Georgia Piedmont will partner with the Georgia Tech Research Corporation in...

CLARKSTON, GA, September 13, 2022     —           Georgia Piedmont Technical College is experiencing an encouraging trend when it comes to enrollment. At the time of this writing, just over 2,800 students have registered for fall 2022 classes; this compares to less than 2,500 at this time last year. Georgia Piedmont’s fall enrollment increase is about 12 percent (300-plus students). High schoolers represent a large part of this pool with more than 900 high school students...

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Georgia Piedmont Technical College is always touting its graduates gaining invaluable skills through hands-on quality education. But in the case of 43-year-old paramedicine student Austin Mayes of Covington, having those skills may have saved someone's life. In late July, police responded to a double shooting at a gas station in DeKalb County; Mayes was on an ambulance ride-along (a required part of his curriculum) when they got the call. July 26, 2022-(picture from fox5atlanta.com)...

CLARKSTON, GA, June 23, 2022 Georgia Piedmont Technical College’s Michelle Tiller of Stonecrest is being pulled in many different directions this week…and she loves it. “I just like winning. It’s fun to compete and show a mastery of a skill I’ve picked up,” Tiller said. Tiller is competing on a national level for two different college-level academic and professional development events in two different cities. The 46-year-old Stonecrest resident is the state winner in the...

June 3, 2022, CLARKSTON, GA - For eight years running, Georgia has been named the number one state in the nation in which to do business. But with that accolade comes a persistent challenge – serving the increasingly diverse Peach State population. Between 10 and 11 percent of Georgians – about one million people - are foreign-born. In the Atlanta area, that number is closer to 14 percent. Pathways to higher education and employment for these individuals are rife with roadblocks and...

On Saturday, May 14, Georgia Piedmont Technical College celebrated a special group of students in grand fashion. A drive-thru graduation ceremony was held at the Clarkston campus for students who completed their studies over the last academic year (Summer 2021, Fall 2021, or Spring 2022). Balloons, banners, and signs donned the parking lot area around the DeKalb Conference Center as loved ones, faculty and staff cheered on the graduates. Cars were decorated and graduates had their pictures...

Students from Georgia Piedmont Technical College's Adult Education program were the stars of the show at their commencement ceremony on April 21. The more than 50 students were joined by a packed house of family, friends, and other supporters at the DeKalb Conference Center on the GPTC campus. Thirty-eight students earned their high school equivalency while another 13 completed their English as a Second Language (ESL) studies. Adult Ed graduates sending love to their supporters The...