Education

Commercial Truck Driving Expands Offerings To Meet Students' Needs

This semester, Ogeechee Technical College’s Commercial Truck Driving program began offering weekend courses in Sylvania and day or night courses in Hagan, to accommodate a growing array of student needs.

Sep 8, 2020 12:25 PM Read more >

COVID-19 Positive SHS Football Player in Pediatric ICU at Memorial

Jayden Keyshawn Parrish, known as Key by his friends is a 14-year-old freshman at Statesboro High School (SHS). On Thursday, August 27th, he came home from football conditioning and practice and was not feeling well.

Sep 7, 2020 2:20 PM Read more >

Ogeechee Tech Adult Education Program participates in COABE

The Ogeechee Technical College Adult Education program has been selected to participate in the 2020 COABE (Coalition on Adult Based Education) Google Applied Digital Skills initiative.

Sep 5, 2020 3:49 PM Read more >

Large freshman class signals strong fall enrollment at Georgia Southern

Preliminary enrollment projections for the fall 2020 semester at Georgia Southern University indicate a record-setting freshman class may be enrolled this year.

Sep 2, 2020 2:15 PM Read more >

Statesboro High Cancels Football Season Opener For Safety

Statesboro High School (SHS) has cancelled its football season opener against Wayne County Friday night after confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 on campus and in the community have affected the school’s athletic program.

Sep 1, 2020 3:54 PM Read more >

College communities in Georgia, U.S. emerge as COVID hot spots

The top 10 metro areas in the nation for the highest rates of COVID-19 cases over the past two weeks are all college towns. Atop the list, as compiled Monday by the New York Times, is Ames, Iowa, the home of Iowa State University. No.

Aug 31, 2020 6:32 PM Read more >

Georgia Southern Reported 548 COVID Positives in Two Weeks

Georgia Southern released a statement along with their weekly COVID-19 report that included shockingly high numbers of 508 total positive cases over the past week. They confirm they anticipated the rise in the statement.

Aug 31, 2020 4:58 PM Read more >

GSU Fraternity and Sorority Council Votes to Stops Social Events

Out of an abundance of caution to keep the university community safe, Georgia Southern fraternity and sorority life councils voted last week to refrain from hosting social events and moved in-person organizational meetings and events to a virtual for

Aug 31, 2020 11:46 AM Read more >

Sean Payne Invited To Speak On National Panel For Black Designers

Sean Payne, Executive Director for PR and Marketing at Ogeechee Technical College, was invited to speak at the 2nd iteration of UCDA’s (University and College Designers Association) “Elevating Black Design Voices” digital panel discussion on Friday,

Aug 30, 2020 12:52 PM Read more >

Grace Waits Appointed To Local Board Of Directors

Ogeechee Technical College announces the appointment of Grace Waits as a new member of its Local Board of Directors.

Aug 29, 2020 3:05 PM Read more >