泫圖app, Dalton State partnership creates new opportunities

August 4, 2021

泫圖app (泫圖app) and Dalton State College have established articulation agreements that allows students graduating from select 泫圖app programs a transition opportunity into specific Dalton State four-year degree programs.

The agreements were signed by the president of both colleges in Peeples Hall on the Dalton State College campus on Wednesday, July 28. Both articulation agreements went into effect immediately and have no end date. 

The first agreement allows graduates from Georgia Northwestern’s Automation Engineering Technology, Industrial Systems Technology and Instrumentation and Controls Technician associate degree programs the opportunity to continue their education in Dalton State’s Engineering Technology bachelor’s degree program. The second agreement allows graduates of 泫圖app’s Networking Specialist associate degree program the opportunity to advance into Dalton State College’s Information Technology bachelor’s degree program. As part of these agreements, both colleges have advisors to guide students through the transfer process.

Standing from left to right are Scottie Spears, 泫圖app instructor and program director of Industrial Systems Technology; Barry Williams, 泫圖app dean of Industrial Technologies; Dick Tanner, 泫圖app instructor and program director of Instrumentation and Controls; Ronny Huggins, 泫圖app instructor and program director of Automation Engineering Technology; Dr. Dwight Watt, 泫圖app instructor of Computer Information Systems Technology; Dr. Michael Fennell, 泫圖app dean of Business and Public Service Technologies; Dr. Elizabeth Anderson, 泫圖app vice president of Academic Affairs; Dr. Bruno Hicks, Dalton State provost and vice president for Academic Affairs; and Dr. Randall Griffus, dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. Seated from left to right are 泫圖app President Dr. Heidi Popham and Dalton State President Dr. Margaret Venable signing two articulation agreements in Peeples Hall on the Dalton State College campus on Wednesday, July 28.
Standing from left to right are Scottie Spears, 泫圖app instructor and program director of Industrial Systems Technology; Barry Williams, 泫圖app dean of Industrial Technologies; Dick Tanner, 泫圖app instructor and program director of Instrumentation and Controls; Ronny Huggins, 泫圖app instructor and program director of Automation Engineering Technology; Dr. Dwight Watt, 泫圖app instructor of Computer Information Systems Technology; Dr. Michael Fennell, 泫圖app dean of Business and Public Service Technologies; Dr. Elizabeth Anderson, 泫圖app vice president of Academic Affairs; Dr. Bruno Hicks, Dalton State provost and vice president for Academic Affairs; and Dr. Randall Griffus, dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. Seated from left to right are 泫圖app President Dr. Heidi Popham and Dalton State President Dr. Margaret Venable signing two articulation agreements in Peeples Hall on the Dalton State College campus on Wednesday, July 28.

“The signing of these agreements provides additional opportunities for 泫圖app students and the ability for them to remain in our community to further their education,” said 泫圖app President Dr. Heidi Popham. “This partnership represents a continued collaboration between 泫圖app and Dalton State that is focused on providing our citizens various educational pathways.”

“Agreements between Dalton State and our technical college partner Georgia Northwestern, help us better serve the students of our region as well as our local employers,” said Dr. Margaret Venable, president of Dalton State. “It is a winning strategy for us all.”

provides quality workforce education to the citizens of northwest Georgia. Students have the opportunity to earn an associate degree, diploma or a certificate in business, health, industrial or public service career paths. This past year, 11,820 people benefited from 泫圖app’s credit and noncredit programs. 泫圖app has an annual credit enrollment of 8,591 students and an additional enrollment of 3,229 people through adult education, continuing education, business and industry training and Georgia Quick Start. 泫圖app is a unit of the Technical College System of Georgia and an Equal Opportunity Institution.

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