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HISTORY
| 1961 | Augusta Area Vocational-Technical School is founded |
| 1963 | Richmond Area Vocational School is formed |
| 1966 | The two schools combine to form Augusta Area Technical School |
| 1981 | The current site near Deans Bridge Road becomes the Augusta campus |
| 1984 | The first students graduate with an Associate Degree of Applied Technology |
| 1985 | The Automotive Mechanics Program receives the Secretary of Education’s Award of Excellence |
| 1987 | Augusta Area Technical School becomes a state school operated by the Georgia Board of Technical and Adult Education, and the name is change to Augusta Technical Institute. The Augusta Technical Institute Foundation is formed |
| 1988 | Credit enrollment exceeds 2,000 |
| 1990 | Augusta Technical Institute accepts the responsibility for the Office of Adult Literacy on Broad Street |
| 1991 | Allied Health programs move to the Augusta campus |
| 1995 | The Jack B. Patrick Information Technology Center opens. The Augusta Technical Institute Foundation launches a major gift campaign entitled The Power To Be, encompassing the Augusta campus and the projected Thomson/McDuffie and Waynesboro/Burke Campuses |
| 1996 | Construction is completed on the Center for Advanced Technology. The Jack B. Patrick Information Technology Center is dedicated. Construction begins on the Thomson/McDuffie Campus. |
| 1997 | Credit enrollment exceeds 4,000. The Office of Adult Literacy moves to the Augusta campus. The Thomson/McDuffie Campus opens |
| 2000 | Classes begin at the Waynesboro/Burke campus. Augusta Technical Institute’s name changes to Augusta Technical College. |
| 2001 | Groundbreaking for new Student Services Building on December 4, 2001 |
| 2002 | The 900 building was dedicated to Thelma “T” Ray Allgood |
| 2003 | The Student Services/Classroom Building opened. |
| 2004 | The dedication of the Student Services/Classroom Building held (April 29). |
| 2005 | Funds were appropriated for the Columbia County Center. |
| 2006 | First planned gift established with the Augusta Technical College Foundation. |
| 2007 | Groundbreaking for Columbia County Center |
| 2008 | Ribbon cutting ceremony for the Emergency Medical Services Building. |
| 2009 | Columbia County Center building construction begins. |