LTC nominates 16 students for GOAL Award; 3 from Hall Co. included

OAKWOOD - Lanier Tehnical College instructors have nominated 16 of their students for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) competition, according to Kari Register, coordinator for the college's GOAL program. <br /> <br /> GOAL, a statewide program of the Technical College System of Georgia, honors excellence in academics and leadership among the state's technical college students.GOAL winners are selected at each of the state's 23 technical colleges as well as one Board of Regents college with a technical education division.<br /> <br /> The nomnees are: William Hancock (Barrow County), Meghann Hancock (Barrow County), Tiffany Soto (Forsyth County), Karen Ballew(Barrow County), Ashley Carr, Marco Olivas Olave, Judith Davenport, (Hall County), Anna Miller (Gwinnett County),Caitlin O'Hara (Forsyth County), Mike Funk (Forsyth County),James Hammond (Barrow County), Daisy Gonzalez (Hall County), Jessica Castaneda (Hall County), Julie Doster(Jackson County), Tonya Sheets (Dawson County), and Leah Humphrey (Dawson County). <br /> <br /> "The purpose of the GOAL program is to spotlight the outstanding achievement by students in Georgia's technical colleges and to emphasize the importance of technical education in today's global workforce," said Register. <br /> <br /> A screening committee of administrators at Lanier Technical College will review each of the instructors' nominations then conduct personal interviews with the students. After the nominees have been ranked, four finalist will then be chosen to compete to be the Lanier Technical College's GOAL winner for 2015. <br /> <br /> The four finalists will then take part in another round of interviews and evaluations by a selection committee of representatives from local business and industry. That panel will consider the students' qualities like academic achievement, personal character, leadership abilities and enthusiasm for technical education. <br /> <br /> The student judged most outstanding will be designated as the college's GOAL winner and move on to the regional competition. Then three from each of the three regions will make up the nine regional finalists, who will be named in April at the state GOAL conference in Atlanta. The nine regional finalists will then move to the state level and compete for the title of state GOAL winner. <br /> <br /> The student who earns the state GOAL winner title is also awarded the important responsibility of traveling the state as the ambassador for the entire technical college system. To make that travel easier, the winner also receives a new car from Chevrolet, the statewide corporate sponsor of Georgia's Goal

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