Albany Technical College will hold the annual awards banquet for nominees selected for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership, Rick Perkins Award (Instructor of the Year), and the Exceptional Adult Georgian in Literacy Education for the upcoming calendar year on Tuesday, November 29, 2016, at 6pm in the Kirkland Conference Center on the Albany Tech campus. A reception will precede at 5:30pm.

The five nominees for GOAL include: Lise Adams-Mason (Environmental Horticulture); Travis Apperson (Electronics and Engineering Technology); Jamekia Collins (Law Enforcement Technology); Nil Patel (Electronics and Engineering Technology); and Tonyari Scott (Electronics and Engineering Technology).

The final three GOAL nominees will be announced at Tuesday evening’s banquet. These three will be interviewed in January by an Albany Area Chamber of Commerce panel and one will be selected to compete at the State GOAL competition to be held in April in Atlanta. The state winner is the official spokesperson for technical education in Georgia for 2017. The Albany Tech winner will also have an opportunity to compete at the Regional Competition for GOAL, which will be held for the Southwest Georgia consortium in March at Southern Regional Tech’s Tifton campus.

The Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year nominees include: Elliott Bonds (Automotive Collision Repair); Nicole Lane (Business Technology); Noreen McGee (Engineering Preparatory Academy); Lynn Miller (Law Enforcement Technology); and Todd White (Culinary Arts).

The Exceptional Adult Georgian in Literacy Education (EAGLE) nominees include: Rebecca Bozeman (Calhoun County); Lotoya Jordan (Lee County); and Elouise Williams (Dougherty County).

All nominees will be honored at the banquet and the final Perkins and EAGLE winner will be presented. The final GOAL winner will be presented at a later date in January by the Albany Area Chamber of Commerce at a monthly Rotary Club meeting.