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CVTC News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 27, 2005
Contact:
Amber Jordan, Assistant Director, Marketing & PR
706-295-6768
Coosa Valley Technical College’s Patrick O’Ferrall Finishes In the Top 12 At State GOAL Competition
Coosa Valley Technical College’s 2005 GOAL Winner, Patrick O’Ferrall was recently named as a top 12 finalist at the Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education’s State GOAL competition, held in Atlanta, Georgia.
O’Ferrall went through a series of interviews in front of a panel of judges made up of Georgia’s government and industry leaders. There were 37 local GOAL winners from Georgia Technical Colleges who competed at the state level. Kimberly Wilson from Augusta Technical College was named as the 2005 GOAL winner.
In 2005, the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) program celebrated its 34th year. GOAL focuses on excellence in technical education. During GOAL Week, as declared and named by Governor Perdue, outstanding students attending Georgia’s technical colleges and divisions are recognized for academic excellence and personal achievement. From this outstanding group of students, a panel of judges selects one student, the GOAL Winner, to serve as the statewide student-of-the-year and ambassador of technical education in Georgia.
GOAL competition begins early in the year. Technical college instructors across Georgia identify their most promising students and nominate them for GOAL based on academic achievement and personal leadership. The first phase of GOAL takes place at the local technical college level. As nominees move through an interview process, the screening committee selects the top student to represent their college and community. The state-level competition involves another round of interviews as each college winner receives individual consideration from a panel of judges for the state title. Wilson, this year’s winner, will serve as an ambassador for technical education in Georgia. She will make many public appearances throughout the year including addresses to the Georgia General Assembly, the Governor, the Legislative Breakfast, and the Georgia Technical College System Leadership Conference to name a few.
GOAL is more than an awards banquet; it is a weeklong who’s who event where Georgia’s business, government and industry leaders join our technical colleges to celebrate technical education’s vital impact on Georgia’s workforce, prosperity and future. GOAL strives to stimulate the community’s interest in and knowledge of technical education by recognizing outstanding student talent as well as strengthening the association between educators and the business community. GOAL emphasizes the importance of technical education in today's world and rewards students who exemplify excellence in their chosen program of study. Wilson, the recipient of the statewide GOAL award is recognized as the Georgia technical education system’s Student of the Year and received a new car as the grand prize.
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