Kia Georgia presented a $100,000 donation to the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) Foundation at an event in Atlanta celebrating TCSG’s top students and instructors. Kia Georgia President and CEO, Stuart Countess presented the check at TCSG’s annual Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) and Rick Perkins Awards banquet in Buckhead.
“We want to thank Stuart and everyone at Kia Georgia for their continued partnership and for this generous gift to support our technical college students,” said TCSG Commissioner, Greg Dozier. “Kia is a valued partner of TCSG and a remarkable corporate citizen in Georgia. This funding will make a lasting impact on technical college students by helping them remain on track to graduate and join Georgia’s world-class workforce.”
Since 2016, Kia Georgia has graciously provided funding to award the state GOAL winner with a brand-new Kia as the grand prize. This year’s winner will drive home a 2023 Kia K5, which is built at the Kia facility in West Point. In addition to awarding a new vehicle to the top student, the remaining funding will support The Last Mile Fund to provide gap funding for the more than 131,000 technical education students served within TCSG.
“The Technical College System of Georgia undergirds the fundamental concept of workforce development through its ability to adapt and adjust to the evolving technical needs of the state’s industries and businesses,” remarked Stuart Countess, President & CEO of Kia Georgia. “The measure of its impact can be seen through the economic growth in our great state and the continued application of the latest technologies in manufacturing, logistics, and health care, just to name a few. Kia Georgia applauds the success of the TCSG and the commitment of its outstanding team.”
In 2006, Kia made one of the largest single foreign investments in the history of Georgia by establishing a state-of-the-art-production facility in West Point. With an…
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