MOULTRIE — Jerald Copeland of Tifton has been chosen to represent Moultrie Technical College at the EAGLE Leadership Institute Feb. 13-15. The Leadership Institute recognizes and honors those students who have demonstrated superior achievement in adult literacy classes and programs including GED test preparation.
The Technical College System of Georgia, through its Office of Adult Literacy, sponsors the annual Exceptional Adult Georgian in Literacy Education (EAGLE) Leadership Institute.
Copeland, a 47-year-old GED student at Moultrie Tech’s Tifton campus, was born in Tift County and is the mother of three adult children and grandmother of five children. She enjoys reading and working in her yard.
She says, “I had been working on my getting my GED off and on,” Copeland said, “but because of my job and my children, I could not focus on getting my GED. Now, I can and I want to further my education by first getting my GED and then becoming a paralegal.”
“Jerald works hard and tries to encourage her fellow students,” Sandra Griffin, Moore’s adult literacy instructor, said. “She has gained the respect of other students and is very dedicated. She is very outgoing and never meets a stranger.”
EAGLE is the first statewide program in the nation that recognizes and rewards excellence among students enrolled in the adult literacy programs. This student recognition program is designed to create greater awareness of educational opportunities that are available in local communities across the state and to foster greater involvement in lifelong learning pursuits.
For more information on Moultrie Technical College’s Adult Literacy program and on obtaining a GED, call 217-4181 or log onto the college’s Web site at www.moultrietech.edu.
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