Michael Kelly named Wiregrass Tech Pupil of the 12 months

Michael Kelly, an Electric Engineering pupil at the Valdosta Campus, has been named the 2023 Georgia Occupational Award of Management (GOAL) winner for Wiregrass Georgia Technical School.  GOAL honors excellence in teachers and management a few of the state’s technical faculty scholars, and is a statewide program of the Technical School Device of Georgia.  Native GOAL winners are decided on at each and every of the state’s 22 technical faculties and one Board of Regents faculty with a technical schooling department. 

Joshua Whittington, Assistant Dean for Technical and Business Methods and Trainer, nominated Kelly for this honor. “Throughout my categories, Mr. Kelly has displayed most of the traits of a transformational chief. The power at the back of his language and his original taking care of technical schooling create a good studying surroundings for each instructors and scholars. I’m assured that Mr. Kelly has the power to constitute some great benefits of technical schooling within the state of Georgia,” shared Whittington.

Kelly shared, “It is an honor to be selected to constitute myself, my circle of relatives, and my  neighborhood! I am thankful I after all get the chance to percentage my tale. I want to encourage others to by no means lose hope for your desires and to paintings fearlessly for the existence you need! I thank God for this second and I will be able to do my absolute best not to best permit my gentle to polish, but additionally encourage others to be courageous sufficient to reciprocate the similar.”  Kelly has additionally been nominated by way of his trainer to compete at state SkillsUSA convention and compete in automation era.  His profession function is is to transform a Robotics Engineer someday.

Kelly competed towards different nominees from Wiregrass’ 4 campuses in Valdosta, Douglas, Fitzgerald, and Sparks earlier than being named as probably the most best 4 nominees and faculty winner.  The runners-up had been: Wilmer Calles, Recreation Building, Valdosta Campus; Tetiana Denysenkp, Paramedicine, Valdosta Campus; Heather Foskey, Welding and Becoming a member of Generation, Espresso Campus.

Kelly will now advance to the regional pageant in February. In April, he’ll be informed if he is likely one of the 9 state finalists on the State GOAL Awards rite in Atlanta.  A panel of industrial, trade, and executive leaders will interview the finalists and select one to be the 2023 State GOAL winner and recipient of the GOAL medallion. The grand prize features a new automobile, courtesy of KIA, the statewide company sponsor of the GOAL program.  Final 12 months’s state winner used to be Wiregrass’ 2022 GOAL Winner, Ryan Degner who graduated Spring Semester in Welding and Becoming a member of Generation.