West Georgia Technical College Foundation Awards Record-Breaking $63,168 in Scholarships for Fall Semester 2022

CARROLLTON, GA., October 5, 2022 – For the 2022 Fall Semester, the West Georgia Technical College Foundation awarded scholarships to 84 students totaling $63,168.

This semester marked the highest participation and awards the Foundation has had in quantity and total amount given in the Foundation’s history. WGTC scholarship funds assist students with education-related costs such as tuition, fees, books and more.

Award recipient holding award

“On behalf of the WGTC Foundation Board of Trustees, congratulations to all of this semester’s scholarship award recipients. We are proud to celebrate our students’ accomplishments. Thank you to all of our generous donors who make this possible for our students,” said Brittney Henderson, Executive Director for the West Georgia Technical College Foundation.

Scholarships are offered each semester to students in a variety of programs and locations at WGTC.

For more information about scholarship opportunities available, please visit our website at: https://www.westgatech.edu/discover-wgtc/foundation/foundation-scholarship/. To learn more about establishing or contributing to a scholarship fund, please contact Brittney Henderson at brittney.henderson@westgatech.edu.

The WGTC Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization established in 1998 to encourage, solicit, receive and administer gifts and bequests of property and funds for the benefit of the college and its students. Partnerships and gifts enable the foundation to support the best possible learning environment for our students.

West Georgia Technical College, with campuses in Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Haralson and Troup counties and class sites in Heard and Meriwether counties, offers more than 120 associate degree, diploma and technical certificate programs of study. A unit of the Technical College System of Georgia, West Georgia Tech is one of the largest of the state’s 22 technical colleges. For more information, please visit westgatech.edu.

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