NGTC Announces Marlowe Evans GOAL Scholarship Winner

A Rabun County student is this year’s winner of an annual scholarship from North Georgia Technical College.

Last month, North Georgia Technical College awarded Jeffrey Nichols of Lakemont with the 2017 North Georgia Technical College Foundation’s Marlowe-Evans GOAL Scholarship.

GOAL is a statewide program of the Technical College System of Georgia that honors excellence in academics and leadership among the state’s technical college students.

The scholarship, founded in 2005 by Jim Marlowe and Bob Evans, is given to one of the 12 GOAL semifinalists at North Georgia Tech who exemplifies the spirit of the two men through their community service and willingness to help others.

This year’s award was presented by Evans to Nichols at the annual GOAL banquet in the Ramsey-Hunter Dining Hall on the Clarkesville campus.

The twelfth recipient of the Marlowe-Evans GOAL Scholarship, Nichols volunteers his time with his church and Future Farmers of America in addition to time he devotes to his college studies.

Nichols was chosen from all of the students who were nominated as candidates this year. In order to qualify for consideration to be a GOAL nominee, applicants must have a 3.0 GPA and demonstrate exemplary work ethics.

Nichols, a criminal justice student, was nominated by his instructor, Stephen Hill.

North Georgia Technical College Foundation Director Cynthia Brown said that in addition to his studies, Nichols works full time and has an internship with the Banks County Sheriff’s Department.

Brown said it is amazing that Nichols prioritizes his time so he can not only study, but also be a wonderful ambassador of the college to his family and friends at his church and the FFA in Clayton.