BEN HILL, COFFEE, and LOWNDES COUNTIES, GA –  The last day to withdraw from Part Term B classes for all Wiregrass Georgia Technical College campuses will be Wednesday, November 14.

For more information contact your local Wiregrass Georgia Technical College.

LOWNDES COUNTY, GA – The Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday that the preliminary unemployment rate in the Southwest Georgia area declined to 9.0 percent in September.

The rate declined primarily because there were 370 fewer layoffs in manufacturing, construction, retail trade, transportation and warehousing, administrative and support services, and accommodations and food services, plus 1,037 more people were employed.

The September unemployment rate for Lowndes County it is 8.4 percent.

VALDOSTA, GA - Wiregrass Georgia Technical College’s received accreditation on their Health Information Technology program from The Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM).

CAHIIM approved the program’s accreditation status during their September meeting. The WGTC Health Information program was reviewed by the CAHIIM Commissioners as well as the Panel of Accreditation Reviewers and ended up meeting and or exceeding the minimum accreditation standards set by CAHIM.