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Meaghan Harkleroad, Practical Nursing instructor on the Alma campus, is the 2024 Rick Perkins Award for Excellence in Technical Instruction winner for Coastal Pines Technical College. Meaghan has been employed with CPTC since May 2020 as a practical nursing instructor, as well as being employed as a nurse with Bacon County Hospital & Health. Meaghan is married to Kevin Harkleroad and they have 4 children: Madison, Drew, Allie Kate & Daxton. Meaghan loves everything teaching has to...

Emily O’Bara, a Computer Support Specialist (CIS) student on the Waycross campus, has been named as the 2024 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) winner for Coastal Pines Technical College. GOAL honors excellence in academics and leadership among the state’s technical college students and is a statewide program of the Technical College System of Georgia. Local GOAL winners are selected at each of the state’s 22 technical colleges. Emily was nominated by her instructor,...

Tasaka Lasha Jones has been chosen as the 2023-2024 EAGLE winner for Coastal Pines Technical College! Tasaka is a Bacon County Adult Education student currently enrolled at Coastal Pines Technical College in the Phlebotomy Program. Ms. Jones will go on to represent Coastal Pines Technical College at the Dinah Culbreath Wayne EAGLE Leadership Institute on March 25-27, 2024. The Leadership Institute recognizes and honors those students who have demonstrated superior achievement in adult...

Outstanding Career and Technical Students at Coastal Pines Technical College were honored today as the newest inductees into the National Technical Honor Society, the honor society for Career & Technical Education (CTE). Seventy-three students were inducted for membership based on their skill development and academic achievement in their Career & Technical courses. Students must have at least a 3.0 GPA, completed 12 credit hours of courses, and receive an endorsement from an instructor to be...

Coastal Pines Technical College (CPTC) is proud to announce the Alumni of the Year nomination for CPTC alumni, Joey Bullard. Joey Bullard is a Practical Nursing graduate from Coastal Pines Technical College. After graduating from Pierce County High School as an honor graduate, Joey began his studies in 2006 with Okefenokee Technical College (now CPTC) and Waycross College (now South Georgia State College). By enrolling in a joint program with two colleges, he completed his Imaging...

Southern Pines College and Career Academy (SPCCA) hosted a Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting ceremony on Wednesday, October 25, 2023. This event comes on the heels of the construction completion and opening of the College and Career Academy in late August. Since opening the doors, classes have been held daily on the Baxley instructional site offering area high school students a number of program opportunities not otherwise available to them. SPCCA partners with Coastal Pines Technical...

The CPTC Foundation hosted a luncheon on the Jesup Instructional Site for the Charles Eames Travel Scholarship on Wednesday, October 11, 2023. A total of 14 Travel Scholarships were awarded for the Fall Semester (not all awardees attended the luncheon) to students taking classes at the college. After the luncheon, Mr. Eames was presented with a plaque at the entrance of the Jesup Library to indicate the room naming. Earlier in the year, the CPTC Foundation announced the naming of the...

Coastal Pines Technical College (CPTC) is proud to announce the three GOAL (Georgia’s Occupational Award of Leadership) Finalists for the 2023-2024 year. These outstanding students were chosen after being nominated by their instructors for good academic standing and impressive work during their time at Coastal Pines Technical College. These three students will sit in front of a panel of community judges and give their speeches. Of these three students, one will be named the 2023-2024...

The Coastal Pines Technical College’s Practical Nursing program continues to see great success! The newest accomplishment comes from the Baxley, Alma, and Golden Isles campus students. All three cohorts of students from these campuses have received a 100% pass rate on the NCLEX-PN on their first attempt. Congratulations to these students! The Practical Nursing diploma program at Coastal Pines is designed to prepare students to write the NCLEX-PN for licensure as practical nurses. The...

Coastal Pines Technical College has recently purchased a 52-foot mobile welding lab. This self-contained trailer is outfitted with state-of-the-art welding tool sets and equipment to make up 8 working welding booths. The trailer also has its own ventilation and air conditioning systems to allow for a safe working environment. The equipment is set up to train 16 welding operations 1G, 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, and 6G Welding positions and Gas Metal Arc, Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GMAW/MIG), Shielded...

Coastal Pines Technical College (CPTC) Accounting students have had the opportunity for the last two years to participate in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) VITA program. This program allows CPTC students to get real world accounting experience during their time in the accounting program. VITA is a program that allows you to get your taxes prepared and filed for free. The program is coordinated locally by volunteers from one or more community-based organizations. Volunteers are...

Michele Acevedo, an Interdisciplinary Studies student in the Golden Isles campus recently received the Golden Isles ACT scholarship from the CPTC Foundation. CPTC Foundation Trustees Donna Gowen Poe and Woody Woodside presented the check to Michele. Golden Isles ACT scholarship funds are used to support students with tuition, fees, and supplies. The mission of the CPTC Foundation is to further the mission and goals of Coastal Pines Technical College by providing financial and other...