RINCON, Ga. – Savannah Technical College Cosmetology students hosted a hair show at the Effingham Campus this week. This annual event provides an opportunity for students to demonstrate their skills and creativity for family, friends, and the community. This year’s theme was masquerade. 

Ariella Gallegos participated in the hair show and plans to work at her mom’s salon, Chic & Co. Studio. Ariella earned her GED with prep classes from Savannah Tech and then enrolled in Cosmetology. She is projected to graduate with a Cosmetology Diploma in May 2023.

Jada Lovett is a dual enrollment Cosmetology student at the Effingham Campus and a South Effingham High School senior, who will graduate from high school next month. She is on track to complete the Shampoo Technician TCC this spring and will continue the Cosmetology diploma program at the College. She plans to work in a nail salon and eventually open her own shop.

STC’s hair show started as a fun option for second-year students also known as “seniors.” After the College’s first hair show in 2011, all Cosmetology students were invited to participate, including STC’s dual enrollment students.

To see photos from STC’s 2023 Hair Show visit: https://bit.ly/SavTechHairShow2023.

STC Cosmetology Instructor Denean Reynolds came up with the idea of a hair show after attending a Bronner Brother’s hair show, one of the biggest in the world. She thought it would be fun and exciting for students to showcase their talent and a great opportunity to promote the program.

Cosmetology is offered at the College’s Effingham, Liberty and Savannah campuses. The program emphasizes not only specialized training in the field of cosmetology, but also interpersonal relations development, employability skills and work ethics. The curriculum meets state licensing requirements of the State Board of Cosmetology, and STC’s graduates have a 100% pass rate.

Once program graduates receive a Cosmetology diploma and pass their board exams, they are eligible to work as a hair stylist, nail technician, makeup artist, salon manager/owner, skin care specialist, and more. Students may also take short-term training to earn a technical certificate of credit with for designer, nail technician, and shampoo technician. Cosmetology’s occupational programs are open to high school students in 10-12th grade through Dual Enrollment. For more information about Cosmetology training visit www.savannahtech.edu/Cosmetology.

The College offers hair, skin and nail care services for the public when classes are in session. Visit www.savannahtech.edu/beautyshop for a list of services, pricing, and the schedule that shows when the shops are open based on academic instruction. Prices are subject to change without notice. Student services are offered in conjunction with coursework in an educational environment and may take longer than similar services provided with non-educational service providers.

#2339 | April 21, 2023

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Twelve students from the Savannah Technical College Peace Officer Academy celebrated graduating from the program with a ceremony on April 20, 2023.

These graduates have completed coursework containing the entire Georgia Peace Officer Standards & Training (P.O.S.T.) Basic Law Enforcement Training Course. Their successful completion of the program qualifies them to be state-certified peace officers.

This is the 41st group of students to complete the program since its inception in 2009. To date, the program has graduated more than 400 P.O.S.T.-certified officers. Eleven of these graduates have been hired by area police departments. STC’s Peace Officer Academy has a 100% placement rate (AY21).

Each cohort selects a fallen officer for whom the graduating class will be named. The cohorts have a tradition of giving the family of the fallen officer a challenge coin dedicated to the officer. A challenge coin is a symbol of an unbreakable bond of dedication and allegiance among military personnel and law enforcement officers. The challenge coin tradition started as a military tradition in World War I and was later adopted by law enforcement.

This cohort honors Capt. Ramsey Mannon of Effingham County Sherriff’s Office, who passed away on August 12, 2021 from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty. Captain Mannon was a U.S. Air Force Veteran and had served with the Rincon Police Department and Effingham County Sheriff’s Office for 38 years in various law enforcement positions. He is survived by his wife, two children, and two grandchildren.

The Basic POST Certification Technical Certificate of Credit (TCC) provides students with the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to become competent law enforcement officers. The 11-week cohort program utilizes classroom instruction pertaining to criminal justice theory and the prevailing principles of modern law enforcement, as well as practical application of pertinent enforcement skills. College coursework contains the entire Georgia Peace Officers Standards & Training (P.O.S.T.) Basic Law Enforcement Training Course so that successful completion of the program will qualify the student to be a state-certified peace officer. Students that qualify for HOPE may receive additional funds through the HOPE Career Grant with this program.

This TCC offers a first step in law enforcement.  Select courses in the Basic Law Enforcement Certificate program transfer towards an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Criminal Justice.  Many agencies pay all or part of the tuition for officers to work toward degrees in criminal justice, police science, administration of justice, or public administration and pay higher salaries to those who earn one of those degrees.

For more information about the Peace Officer Academy visit www.savannahtech.edu/PeaceOfficerAcademy or contact the office at 912.443.5191 or njones@savannahtech.edu.

The next cohort begins in May 2023.

#2338 | April 20, 2023

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Savannah Technical College won six gold, one silver, and three merit for national marketing and advertising competitions for work completed in 2022. Awards were presented by Collegiate Advertising Awards and the 38^th Educational Advertising Awards.

The College won gold for a “Wanted” flyer to recruit Culinary Arts student success stories (self-promotion), the 2022 Opportunity Award Gala honoring Bill Cathcart (invitation and total fund raising/development campaign), the 2022 Instructor of the Year environmental photo of Natural Sciences Chair Brandon Robinson (photo/illustration), the SkillsUSA 2022 team promotional photos on STC’s Facebook page (Facebook content), and a series of TV commercials in the Career Ready campaign (TV advertising series).

The 2022 Tribute to Community STARs program, slides, and social media posts won silver (special event materials). The College received the award of merit for a Career Ready commercial featuring employers (TV advertising single), COKE truck recruitment event (special event materials), and the Culinary Arts “Wanted” recruitment flyer (misc. collateral, special promotion).

For more information about STC’s national and regional awards for the past two decades visit www.savannahtech.edu/awards.

The 38th annual Educational Advertising Awards is the largest educational advertising competition in the U.S. This year more than 2,000 entries were received from more than 1,000 colleges, universities and secondary schools from the U.S. and several foreign countries. Judges for the Educational Advertising Awards consisted of a national panel of higher education marketers, advertising creative directors, marketing and advertising professionals.

The Collegiate Advertising Awards is an elite national program seeking to recognize today’s most talented marketing professionals for outstanding excellence in all forms of advertising, marketing and promotion specific to higher education products and services. All entries are centralized for judging (per category) by a panel of design and education marketing professionals with decades of combined experience. Entries are judged on: creativity, layout/design, typography, production, quality and overall effectiveness.

#2337 | April 11, 2023

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Savannah Technical College has selected Mr. Tal Loos as its Vice President of Economic Development. He was most recently the Aviation Division dean at the College. He will plan, administer and evaluate economic development services to include supervision and leadership in the activities of personnel as related to economic development. He will also maintain his leadership role with STC’s Aviation Division and Aviation Training Center.

 

 

 

Other responsibilities include:

• assisting community leaders in the recruitment of new and expansion of existing business and industry within the College’s service area;
• developing partnerships with businesses, industries, agencies, schools and other community stakeholder organizations to make community and economic development programs accessible;
• promoting, developing, providing instruction and/or administering professional development and pre-employment training programs at the College and industry settings; and
• conducting industry job and training analysis, developing training plans and designing performance-based training.

Loos was dean of the College’s aviation division for the past decade and was the dean for Industrial Technology for three years. He successfully led the College through 14 CFR Part 147 Aviation Maintenance School certification, which received full certification on the first attempt.

He has a master’s degree in aviation science from Everglades University in Florida, a bachelor’s of science in sport management from Erskine College in South Carolina, and an associate of applied technology in aviation maintenance technology from Middle Georgia Technical College. He is currently a member of the Technical College System of Georgia Senior Leadership Academy.

STC’s Economic Development division provides high-quality, affordable customized training tailored to the specific needs of businesses to strengthen their competitive advantage and professional learning opportunities for people from all walks of life seeking to acquire knowledge, skills, and industry-recognized credentials.

#2336 | April 7, 2023