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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – The city of Augusta is going to send some money to our local colleges.
On Friday, the Downtown Development Authority approved more than $2.3 million to endow a new Small Enterprise Center at Augusta Tech.
The school has also been given additional funds. Provost said they want to use it well.
The difference is Augusta Tech’s $1.6 million STEAM grant over the next five years to take their engineering programs to a new level.
“This grant allows us to provide more education in virtual and augmented learning, augmented reality,” said Augusta Technical College Ph.D. Provost Melissa Frank-Alston.
Augusta Tech plans to bring in a stem coordination that recruits other students in the community for STEM programs, such as high school students.
“We want to get our students into the talent pipeline,” Frank-Alston said.
Frank-Alston says women are underrepresented in engineering and engineering technology, and this grant will help break that barrier.
“So our grant provides camps specifically for high school students and also for women who are thinking about pursuing engineering technology,” she said.
With the grant money, Augusta Tech plans to build a second lab specifically for virtual and augmented reality.
“We’ve made efforts and we’ve stepped up some student success efforts and the Department of Education has recognized that,” Frank-Alston said.
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