Free Application Week Happening June 13 - 17 at Wiregrass Tech

Staff Report

Monday, June 13th, 2022

Wiregrass Georgia Technical College is hosting Free Application Week online and on all campuses June 13 - 17, from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm Monday through Thursday, and online-only on Friday.  Any new student who applies during the week of June 13 will have their application fee waived. Fall Semester begins on August 16. 

In response to the growing demand for Telecommunications and Security professionals in our area, the college is expanding this program the Cook County Workforce Development Center.  Students located in the southern region of the college’s 11-county service area can now take this program closer to their location.  The 11-county service area includes; Lowndes, Echols, Brooks, Cook, Lanier, Berrien, Irwin, Atkinson, Coffee, Ben Hill, and Wilcox.  The college is also excited to expand the application to the Transitions in Nursing program to licensed paramedics.  This program prepares licensed healthcare professionals (practical nurses and paramedics) to work as a safe and competent Registered Nurse and complete the NCLEX-RN Exam.  The college’s RN program was recently named the number one program in the state for 2002 according to NursingProcess.org.