TCSG honors 30 Adult Learners

ATLANTA - The Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) recently paid tribute to 30 adult learners - including one each from Lanier Tech, North Georgia Tech and Gwinnett Tech - for their outstanding achievement in the state's adult education program.

The students were recognized during a luncheon as Georgia's 2011 EAGLE delegates. EAGLE (Exceptional Adult Georgian in Literacy Education) is a TCSG Office of Adult Education program that annually honors an outstanding student from each of the state's 30 local adult education programs.

This year's EAGLE delegates represent the more than 95,000 men and women who are enrolled in adult education classes throughout Georgia.

The event, held at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta Hotel, was in conjunction with the TCSG Office of Adult Education' s annual Leadership Institute.

Gwendolyn Boyd, the executive assistant to the chief of staff at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and chair of the Johns Hopkins Institutions Diversity Leadership Council, gave the luncheon keynote address. An engineer who received her doctorate from Yale University, Boyd was recently was appointed by President Obama to serve as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation.

Both Boyd and TCSG Commissioner Ron Jackson spoke of how the EAGLE delegates overcame life's obstacles to earn the education and respect that they deserve. This year's EAGLE delegates, they said, are role models for the million-plus adults in Georgia who have never obtained their high school diploma or a GED.

"The EAGLE program inspires all of us with the personal stories of our fellow Georgians who have found success through education and whose accomplishments make them so very deserving of our deepest admiration and respect," said Jackson.  "These men and women are shining examples of how adult education can transform lives, improve job prospects, and created a brighter future for people throughout our state."

Here are Georgia's 2011 EAGLE delegates and the adult education program at the college, school system or authority that they represent:

Albany Technical College
Keonna Tumblin

Altamaha Technical College
Winifred Nails

Athens Technical College
Elaina Stowers

Atlanta Public Schools
Annie White

Augusta Technical College
Dorothy Smith

Central Georgia Technical College
Julian Gallemore

Chattahoochee Technical College
Caroline Gaddy

Clayton County Schools
Monica Duron

Cobb County School District
Jamie Albee

Dalton State College
Angela Kaye Nicholson

Decatur County Schools
Armeta Griffin

DeKalb Technical College
Marcia Enamoraldo

Georgia Northwestern Technical College
Shavanti Hiles

Gwinnett Technical College
Selvin Morales Lopez

Heart of Georgia Technical College
Brandon Stanley

Lanier Technical College
Lisa Beck

Middle Georgia Technical College
Keturah Feldman

Muscogee County Schools
John James

North Georgia Technical College
Jennifer Holbrooks

Northwest Housing Authority
Debbie Hamilton

Ogeechee Technical College
Alvin Smiley

Okefenokee Technical College
Claire Armstrong

Sandersville Technical College
Wiley Tremaine

Savannah Technical College
Daniel Speer

South Georgia Technical College
Catherine Volley

Southeastern Technical College
Maureen Copleand

Southern Crescent Technical College
Kerry Stusak

Southwest Georgia Technical College
Michaela Rivers

West Georgia Technical College
D. Amanda Trapp

Wiregrass Valdosta Technical College
Brittany Gray

Wiregrass Georgia Technical College (East Central)
Vicky McKinnon