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at Albany Technical College; she was hired as president of Okefenokee Technical College (OTC) in 2005, and she was named North Georgia Technical College president in 2012. Thaxton’s modus operandi as a leader has kept her grounded.
“I never forget we are in the people business,” she said. “I know that in technical education we are selling jobs, but at the end of the day, it’s about people. That’s why I enjoyed Georgia Southwestern so much. It was
MICHAEL MOYE (’75)
“Things really began at Georgia Southwestern,” said Dr. Michael Moye, retired president of Central Georgia Technical College. “When I was in my senior year, one of my marketing professors told me about a marketing education job at Americus High School, for which I applied and was subsequently chosen.”
Moye credits this job – his first one out of college – for setting the table on his successful career in technical education. When he retired as president of Central Georgia Technical College in 2012, he was the most senior president within the Technical College System of Georgia. He served as president at three different schools – Moultrie Technical College, Lanier Technical College and Central Georgia Tech –within the system from 1994 to 2012. He started his career in the TCSG in 1985 as the vice president of instructional and student services at West Georgia Technical College in Carrolton.
After earning his Bachelor of Business Administration from Georgia Southwestern, Dr. Moye went on to acquire his master’s and doctorate degree from the University of Georgia. “Everything began at Southwestern,” he reiterated, paying particular respect to his time in the University’s Greek system as a member of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity.
“The Greek life during my time at Georgia Southwestern was a very positive influence on me from the aspect of social development,” he said. “People think of fraternities and sororities as a place to go for parties. They don’t really look at the other benefits that a fraternity (or sorority) offers, like social and leadership development and the ability and opportunity to get involved with service projects. I met a lot of great people, too.” One of Moye’s fraternity brothers was Sparky Reeves, president at South Georgia Technical College.
08 personal; the people made it as special as it was.”
She still keeps it personal. At OTC she developed a culture of philanthropy that hadn’t existed previously by organizing the school’s first donor recognition activities and becoming more engaged with the region. Arguably the most impressive accomplishment for the school under her leadership was its CoC (Committee on Colleges) accreditation in 2009 – a three-year process.
As a leader, Moye operated on the “golden rule” philosophy. “That’s basically been my philosophy throughout my career,” he said. “Always keep students number one and treat people the way that I would want them to treat me. I provided every employee at Central Georgia Tech with a three-page document that outlined my operating philosophy. It included the things that I expected and the things that they could look for in me.”
While Moye was president at Lanier Tech (2002-2010), enrollment climbed by 66 percent, the college added three campuses, and they added a Motorsports Vehicle Technology program for NASCAR and Formula One Racing. It was named an outstanding training program in the nation 2007.
He served as president of Central Georgia Technical College from 2010 to 2012.
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