Ìð¹Ïapp Foundation awards 2024 NGE Scholarship

January 18, 2024

Ìð¹Ïapp (Ìð¹Ïapp) student Darryl Gibbons Jr. has received the college’s third NGE Scholarship.

Funded by North Georgia Equipment Heating and Air Conditioning (NGE), this scholarship provides financial support to students enrolled in any Air Conditioning diploma or certificate program.

Gibbons is a student in the Air Conditioning Technology diploma program on Ìð¹Ïapp’s Floyd County Campus in Rome.

“We have hired graduates from Ìð¹Ïapp. Students that attend Ìð¹Ïapp demonstrate a desire to improve themselves through a different path than traditional college,” explained David Perry, NGE’s president and owner. “These students also see that a very good living can be made in this industry.”

NGE funded the scholarship to increase the number of qualified applicants entering the workforce in the Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVACR) industry, he said.

(From left) Lauretta Hannon, Ìð¹Ïapp executive director of Institutional Advancement and executive director of the Ìð¹Ïapp Foundation; Ìð¹Ïapp student Darryl Gibbons Jr.; David Perry, president and owner of North Georgia Equipment Heating and Air Conditioning (NGE); and Chad Wheat, program director and instructor of Air Conditioning Technology, celebrate Gibbons’ receipt of the NGE Scholarship.
(From left) Lauretta Hannon, Ìð¹Ïapp executive director of Institutional Advancement and executive director of the Ìð¹Ïapp Foundation; Ìð¹Ïapp student Darryl Gibbons Jr.; David Perry, president and owner of North Georgia Equipment Heating and Air Conditioning (NGE); and Chad Wheat, program director and instructor of Air Conditioning Technology, celebrate Gibbons’ receipt of the NGE Scholarship.

“North Georgia Equipment has been a great partner over the past year,” said Dr. Heidi Popham, president of Ìð¹Ïapp. “We appreciate NGE’s support of our Air Conditioning Technology students and look forward to future collaboration.”

provides quality workforce education to the citizens of northwest Georgia. Students have the opportunity to earn an associate degree, diploma or a certificate in aviation, business, health, industrial or public service career paths. This past year, 11,601 people benefited from Ìð¹Ïapp’s credit and noncredit programs. Ìð¹Ïapp has an annual credit enrollment of 8,071 students and an additional enrollment of 3,530 people through adult education, continuing education, business and industry training and Georgia Quick Start. Ìð¹Ïapp is a unit of the Technical College System of Georgia and an Equal Opportunity Institution. 

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