Wiregrass Georgia Technical College (WGTC) is a unit of the Technical College System of Georgia

Technical College System of Georgia

The Technical College System of Georgia , formerly known as the Department of Technical and Adult Education , is the body which supervises the U.S...

 (TCSG) providing education for an eleven-county service area in south-central Georgia. The school's service area includes Atkinston, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Coffee, Cook, Echols, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, and Wilcox counties. WGTC 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.

WGTC was formed on July 1, 2010 from a merger of East Central Technical College

East Central Technical College

Until July 1, 2010, East Central Technical College was a technical college within the Technical College System of Georgia. Its primary locations were in Fitzgerald and Ocilla, with a satellite and extended campuses located in Douglas, Pearson, and Rochelle. The school served the counties of Ben...

and Valdosta Technical College. This merger had previously been approved by the State Board of Technical and Adult Education on September 4, 2008, as part of a major series of mergers and geographical restructuring in the TCSG system.

WGTC's full campuses are located in Valdosta

Valdosta, Georgia

Valdosta is the county seat of Lowndes County, Georgia, United States. It is the principal city of the Valdosta Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 Census, the city had a total population of 54,518. The Valdosta metropolitan area, according to the 2010 estimate, has a population of 139,588...

, Fitzgerald

Fitzgerald, Georgia

Fitzgerald is a city in Ben Hill in the U.S. state of Georgia, and is the county seat of Ben Hill County. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 9,053...

, Douglas

Douglas, Georgia

Douglas is a city in Coffee County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 11,589. Douglas is the county seat of Coffee County and the core city of the Douglas, Georgia Micropolitan Statistical Area which has a population of 48,708 as of the 2008 census...

, and Sparks

Sparks, Georgia

Sparks is a town in Cook County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,052 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Sparks is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000,...

. Some classes are also taught at extended campuses located at Moody Air Force Base

Moody Air Force Base

Moody Air Force Base is a United States Air Force installation located in Lowndes County and Lanier County, about northeast of Valdosta, Georgia, United States.Moody Air Force Base is home to the 23d Wing...

 in Valdosta and in Rochelle

Rochelle, Georgia

Rochelle is a city in Wilcox County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,415 at the 2000 census.-History:Rochelle was named for La Rochelle, France by the daughter of a local railroad magnate in 1887.-Geography:...

. In addition, there are "Adult Education Centers" in all 11 counties of the school's service area, offering Basic Education, GED and ESL classes.

On December 2, 2010, WGTC was named the first recipient of the Governor Sonny Perdue Award for Technical College of the Year.

External Links

• Official website for Technical College System of Georgia
• Official website for Wiregrass Georgia Technical College