SGTC Crisp County Center Celebrates Black History Month 2018

February 20, 2018
Black History Month program committee members and contributors are pictured in the SGTC Crisp County Center LaPorte Auditorium after the recent program. From left to right: NTHS Advisors Katrice Taylor and Kari Bodrey, NTHS member Felicia Young, keynote speaker Mia Collier, NTHS member Dontavious Harrell, NTHS member Joshua Chappell, NTHS President and State Officer Christian Powell, and NTHS Vice President Dakota Hall.
Black History Month program committee members and contributors are pictured in the SGTC Crisp County Center LaPorte Auditorium after the recent program. From left to right: NTHS Advisors Katrice Taylor and Kari Bodrey, NTHS member Felicia Young, keynote speaker Mia Collier, NTHS member Dontavious Harrell, NTHS member Joshua Chappell, NTHS President and State Officer Christian Powell, and NTHS Vice President Dakota Hall.

South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center campus celebrated Black History Month recently with its second annual Black History Month Program. The event was held in the LaPorte Auditorium in Cordele and featured an empowering keynote address from new SGTC Adult Education instructor Mia Collier.

Collier is a 1996 graduate of Mercer University, where she received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. She later received her Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Phoenix in 2005. In 2000, she began working at Southern Crescent Technical College in Thomaston, where she worked in several different capacities before becoming the High School Coordinator in 2008. Collier served in this role until she joined the South Georgia Technical College team in late 2017 as the Adult Education Teacher for the Taylor County site. Outside of work, Collier has been affiliated with the Family, Youth, and Children Alliance (FYCA) since 2003 and is still an active member.

Collier’s speech followed the theme: “Dare to dream to become greater.”

“We must pursue our dreams and not let them die,” she said to the audience of students, faculty and staff members, and members of the public. “There are three things that can help a person pursue their dreams: one, you have to plant your seed. Two, you have to provide for your seed. And three, you have to protect your seed. The seed is your dream and by doing all three of these, you will reach your goals and become greater than you are today.”

In addition to Collier’s speech, National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) members Joshua Chappell, Felecia Young, Dontavious Harrell and NTHS Vice President Dakota Hall delivered historical spotlights, explaining Black History Month in a historical sense.

SGTC Dean of Enrollment Management, Julie Partain, welcomed everyone to the event. SGTC instructor and NHTS Advisor Katrice Taylor led the audience in a musical tribute; SGTC Employee who is also a pastor, Keith Lewis, delivered the invocation, and NTHS President and State Officer Christian Powell delivered the closing remarks.