SWGTC Holds Groundbreaking for New Health Science Building

A large crowd braved the heat and the rain showers on Tuesday morning to witness the groundbreaking for the new Health Science Building for Southwest Georgia Technical College.  The new building will be erected on the site of the former Toyota dealership on US Highway 19 between existing SWGTC buildings A and D.  Plans call for construction of a 52,010 square foot building to begin later this year.  According to officials, the building will include a state-of-the-art Virtual Hospital, a large tiered lecture hall, and classrooms and labs for anatomy and physiology, biology, microbiology, physics, and chemistry. Major programs of study occupying the building include: Associate Degree Nursing, Practical Nursing, Patient Care Assisting, Land, Forest, and Wildlife Management, and Veterinary Technology.

Participating in groundbreaking ceremonies at SWGTC for the new Health Sciences Building are L-R: SWGTC Board of Directors Vice Chair Julia Singletary, Board of Directors member Ray Muggridge, Foundation Trustee Treasurer Roy Lilly, Foundation Trustee member Janet Liles, State Representative Ellis Black, Board of Directors member Charles Stafford, State Representative Gene Maddox, State Senator John Bulloch, Board of Directors Chairperson Fran Milberg, Board of Directors member Zach Wheeler, Board of Directors member David Burton, Foundation Trustee Secretary Jane Shirah, SWGTC President Dr. Glenn Deibert, Technical College System of Georgia Commissioner Ron Jackson, State Senator Tim Golden, Technical College System of Georgia Deputy Commissioner Dr. Freida Hill, Foundation Trustee Chairman Bob Hutchinson, and Foundation Trustee Vice Chairman Tommy Hill.