Albany Tech to host MOWR signing ceremony

ALBANY – Albany Technical College will hold a Move On When Ready (MOWR) Pathways signing on Monday at 10 a.m. in the Logistics Education Center Auditorium. Six MOWR students will sign to move on to several universities to complete bachelor’s degrees.

Nilkumar “Nil” Patel, a Terrell County High School MOWR student in Albany Tech’s Electronics and Engineering Technology associate degree program, has been accepted to the University of Georgia this fall to complete his bachelor’s degree in Engineering. Maintaining better than a 4.0 GPA, Patel will be graduating as the valedictorian of his class at Terrell High. An active member and captain of Albany Tech’s Titan Alliance Robotics Team, he was instrumental in establishing a robotics team at Terrell County High in 2015. He is also Albany Tech’s 2017 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) winner.

King La’Keit Randall, a Westover High School MOWR student in Albany Tech’s Culinary Arts associate’s degree program, has been accepted at the Art Institute of Atlanta’s Culinary Arts program this fall. Randall was voted “Most Likely to Succeed” and “Likely to be Famous” in his class and was also voted Pro Star Student of the Year in Georgia. He is a member of the NAACP and a motivational speaker to other students. He was also the keynote speaker at the MLK Day March at Albany’s Government Center recently.

Tonyari Scott, a Westover High School MOWR student in Albany Tech’s Electronics and Engineering Technology associate degree program, has been accepted to attend the Georgia Institute of Technology this fall. Scott is expected to graduate from Westover in the top 10 percent of her class. As an active member and captain of Albany Tech’s Titan Alliance Robotics Team, she was a nominee for the GOAL competition this year.

Jamekia Collins, a Monroe High School student in Albany Tech’s Law Enforcement Technology associate’s degree program, has been accepted at Georgia Southern University this fall. Collins is involved with the tennis team and Student Council at Monroe and is the recipient of the Georgia Certificate of Merit. She was also one of Albany Tech’s 2017 GOAL finalists. She is involved in Girl Talk Inc. as the Project Inside Out Counselor and is the 2015-16 president of the Georgia Civic Awareness program for students.

Tylexus Robinson, a Monroe High School student in Albany’s Tech’s Law Enforcement Technology associate degree program, has been accepted to Fort Valley State University this fall. Robinson was named his school’s 2017 STAR Student and attended the Governor’s Honors program, currently holding the position of treasurer for the 2017 senior class. She is in the top 10 percent of her graduating class and has maintained over a 3.0 GPA at both Monroe High School and at Albany Tech.

Brittany Hamilton, a Monroe High School student in Albany Tech’s Law Enforcement Technology associate’s degree program, has been accepted to Fort Valley State University this fall. She has maintained better than a 3.0 GPA at both Monroe High and Albany Tech and has been on the honor roll her entire high school career. Hamilton is a participant in the DECA Club, Tennis Team, and G.I.R.L.S. Organization. She is also active with the Stepping Out Organization.

This year marks the first year Albany Tech has conducted a formal signing for MOWR Pathways students. With the Georgia MOWR program, all Technical College System of Georgia colleges are seeing tremendous growth, especially those who move on to four-year universities to obtain higher levels of degrees. The goal is to highlight these students each academic year.

“The Georgia MOWR program is one of the best programs available for high school students and we anticipate growing our program even more here at Albany Tech in the 2018 academic year and each year to come,” Albany Tech President Anthony O. Parker said.

For more information about Albany Tech’s MOWR program and the Pathways agreements Albany Tech holds with several four-year universities, visit albanytech.edu.