Chattahoochee Technical College

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Chattahoochee Technical College

Established: 1961
Type: Public
President: Dr. Scott W. Grimsley
Students: 6,443
Postgraduates: 0
Location: Marietta, Georgia, United States
Campus: Suburban
Website: http://www.chattcollege.com

Chattahoochee Technical College (commonly Chattahoochee Tech, sometimes CTC, sometimes The Hooch ) is a two-year state technical college located in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is governed by the Technical College System of Georgia. Chattahoochee Technical College has four campuses in the northwest metro Atlanta area. It is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award technical certificates of credit, diplomas, and associate of applied technology degrees.

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Chattahoochee Technical College was founded in 1961. There are over 6000 students currently enrolled in 27 programs of study, making CTC Georgia's largest technical college by enrollment.

The Blue Heron is the official mascot of Chattahoochee Technical College, created in 2004 by marketing management student Kevin M. Moss (2005 alumni), who later went on to serve as secretary/treasurer of CTC's student government (2004-2005) and student body president (2007-2008) of nearby Southern Polytechnic State University's student government [1]. [1]

Students of the school's video production major produce some of the programming seen on Cobb edTV, the local educational-access channel seen on Comcast (or Charter Cable in Smyrna).

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There are four campus locations in Metro Atlanta. The main campus is located in south Marietta, between South Cobb Drive (Georgia 280) and Sandtown Road. Its three satellite locations are: Paulding, Mountain View (northeast Cobb), and Mableton (south Cobb). Recent graduation ceremonies have been at the Mable House amphitheatre in Mableton.

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  1. ^ Southern Polytechnic State University, SPSU SGA Website

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