Funded Programs

CATEGORY I: SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

Priority 1: General Student Support and Scholarships

Description/Purpose: General support for student awards, needs and academic-based scholarships to be given each quarter to students to supplement expenses related to the cost of their attendance at ATC.

Priority 2: Emergency Hardship Funding for ATC Students

Description/Purpose: To provide ATC students with immediate funding to meet unusual and unexpected expenses beyond the ordinary educational expenses met through financial aid. These type expenses (e.g., transportation, medical, or child care)often serve as barriers to graduation.

Priority 3: International Cultural Awareness & Exchange Program

Description/Purpose: This program provides student and teacher exchange to our sister school, Felix-Fechenbach Berufskolleg, in Detmold, Germany. Our students travel to Germany and stay approximately two weeks living, studying, and working with students from Felix-Fechenbach. Likewise, students from the Germany campus travel to Atlanta for a similar experience.

Priority 4: Faculty Awards and Support

Description/Purpose: One of the major goals of the college is maintaining a quality workforce. This not only benefits the college in helping it meet accreditation requirements, but insures that our students are getting the best possible instruction.

CATEGORY II: EQUIPMENT FUNDING

Priority 1: Matching Grant Equipment Program

Description/Purpose: To ensure our students train on modern equipment that will prepare them for the high-demand careers of the 21st century, the college depends on local industry to donate up-to-date instructional equipment. State funds received by Atlanta Technical College cannot meet the rapid pace of equipment changes. Matching funds (1:1) are available from the state based on the value of equipment or cash raised for this program.

CATEGORY III: COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Priority 1: Community Rebuilding Program

Description: Construction-related programs at Atlanta Technical College may occasionally partner with locally based non-profit organizations to build and renovate homes in the disadvantaged neighborhoods surrounding the college.

Priority 2: Healthy Community Program

Description: Health programs at Atlanta Technical College may occasionally partner with locally based non-profit organizations to host health seminars and medical screenings.

Priority 3: Culinary & Cosmetic Collaborations Program

Description: The Human Service programs of Atlanta Technical College may occasionally partner with locally based non-profit organizations to host events aimed at feeding the hungry and pampering the elderly with pedicures, manicures, haircuts,and hairstyling.