Military Times announced its Best for Vets: Career & Technical Colleges 2016 rankings and Wiregrass Georgia Technical College was ranked 10th in the nation.
 
The organization made up of Army Times, Navy Times, Air Force Times and Marine Corps Times focused on culture and curriculum that caters to military veterans when conducting and scoring the annual survey of schools that self-identify as career and technical colleges.
 
Wiregrass Georgia Tech offers credit, and non-credit classes through an office located at Moody Air Force Base. Wiregrass has a partnership with the Community College of the Air Force to provide five CCAF required general education courses through distance education.  The college also coordinates the National Testing Center located on base providing a variety of testing services including CLEP, DANTES, and Pearson Vue required for placement, academia, and certifications.
 
Since coming on board in June, Wiregrass’ Military and Veterans Program Coordinator Tabora Temple has worked to improve the Veteran Lounge on the Valdosta Campus to include a Green Zone (safe zone), Skype capabilities for communicating with deployed family members, and computer access and other features to aid veteran and military students while enrolled at Wiregrass.  Training has been provided for all faculty, staff, and students in dealing with PTSD and traumatic brain injury experienced by veterans.  Temple has also set up regular campus hours on all Wiregrass campuses (Valdosta, Adel, Fitzgerald, and Douglas) to serve students. Plans are also in the works to include a Veteran Lounge area on each campus, give more training on veteran issues for faculty and staff, and look into obtaining grants to help provide additional services to military and veteran students.   The military enrollment at Wiregrass has increased by 20.1% since last Fall.