SRTC Commencement Ceremony Honors Class of 2024
Thomasville, GA (08/15/2024) — On July 30, 2024, Southern Regional Technical College (SRTC) held a Commencement ceremony at SRTC-Bainbridge in honor of the graduates who completed their programs during the spring and summer semesters of 2024. The ceremony recognized the accomplishments of 1,325 graduates, with over 300 graduates in attendance. The graduates' friends and family members filled the Student Wellness Center gym to capacity, celebrating the class of 2024.
SRTC's graduation was a morning of awarding degrees, diplomas, and certificates to students who have completed their respective credit programs or high school equivalency credentials. Many graduates received multiple honors as several programs include embedded certificates that students earn in the course of completing a program. The commencement speaker was Rhea Brashear, the 2024 Georgia Outstanding Adult Education Teacher of the Year and Adult Education Faculty at SRTC. Brashear serves as the technical college system's ambassador for adult education and a representative of her fellow instructors at Georgia's 22 technical colleges.
Brashear has been an educator her entire career, beginning as the owner of a home-based developmental assessment and tutoring program. She began working with Adult Education students at SRTC-Thomasville in 2021. In 2023, she earned her Student Achievement in Reading (STAR) Certification, a rigorous professional development initiative for adult reading instruction created by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education. Brashear also serves as the Vice-Chair of Literacy for Thomas County, a local Certified Literate Community program, and as the Adult Education Program Representative on the Thomasville Chamber of Commerce Workforce Plan.
SRTC President Jim Glass thanked the graduates in attendance for choosing Southern Regional Technical College and extended his appreciation to the gathered family and friends for supporting the students during their college journey. He encouraged the students to continue to work hard and take the lessons that they have learned at SRTC with them as they move forward in their education and their careers.
SRTC offers over 150 degree, diploma, and certificate programs that are designed to get you quickly into your desired career, and 28 general education courses that transfer to the University System of Georgia institutions and 19 private colleges and universities in Georgia. SRTC has instructional sites located in Colquitt, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, Thomas, Tift, Turner, and Worth counties for the convenience of our students. The College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). SACSCOC is the regional body for the accreditation of degree-granting higher education institutions in the Southern states. For the most up-to-date information on registration, class dates, and program offerings, log on to www.southernregional.edu.
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