Job placement for graduates was 94 percent for FY 2000. Recognizing that technology is the driving force behind the new digital economy, Swainsboro Tech is offering courses that lead to industry and vendor certifications. Degree, diploma and certificate program students can now take classes that lead to various certifications. This means that students can complete the training and then take the vendor certification exams at the testing center without leaving Swainsboro. Of course, high on the list of memorable events for the year 2000 was the ceremony and celebration of changing our name from Swainsboro Technical Institute to Swainsboro Technical College.
Education is the key to human resource development.
Swainsboro Technical College is dedicated to the mission of enhancing the quality of technical instruction, improving campus operations, securing input from our external community, implementing innovative uses of technology and establishing and attaining strategic goals and priorities. Four years ago we entered into cooperative effort with the Emanuel County Board of Education known as the Career Academy. This collaborative effort is housed in the old Elementary School building and consists of students starting in the 9th and 10th grades receiving technical education with their normal curriculum. This gives them the opportunity to obtain technical skills while attending high school. This can result in a student being able to obtain a diploma from Swainsboro Technical College by the time they graduate from high school or shortly thereafter.