Colleges and Universities, Est. 1958
Athens Technical College is a two-year public institution located in Athens, Georgia. Founded in 1958 as Athens Area Vocational Technical School, the college originally had classes in the former army barracks on Pop Street and in classrooms in the Winterville community. In 1966, it moved to the current location. After joining the state system, the institution changed its name to Athens Area Technical Institute, in 1987, and within a year it received the regional accreditation from Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The institution provides comprehensive technical education through certificate, diploma, and associate degree programs. Among the degree programs are Accounting Technician, Business Management, Cosmetology, General Marketing Operations, Machine Shop Assistant, and Nursing. Continuing education and training, and public adult education programs are also offered. As part of its expansion, the institution opened Walton County Technical Education Center in Walton Plaza, in Monroe in 1995. The 7,500-square-foot facility features training programs for business and industry, continuing education courses, adult literacy classes, and special programming such as New Connections to Work, for single parents and displaced homemakers and the Georgia Fatherhood program. Two years later, the Elbert County Campus was opened on a 43-acre plot at about 1.1 miles west of Elberton. Along with academics, the campus provides Early Childhood Care and Education program as well as a day care facility for the children. Greene County Technical Education Center, opened in 1998 in Greensboro, is a 10,500-square-foot facility with similar programming as the Walton County center. Finally, in 2000, the institution renamed Athens Technical College.
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