Chattahoochee Technical College Radiography Students Achieve 100 Percent Pass Rate 
3/1/2010 - For the first time in the history of the Radiography Program at Chattahoochee Technical College, 100 percent of the students in the most recent graduating class successfully passed their national certification exam on their first attempt. In the past, the program had always boasted an impressive pass rate in the 90th percentile, which is in line with the national average.
The exam is given by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT), the world's largest credentialing organization that seeks to ensure high quality patient care in radiologic technology. The ARRT test and certify technologists and administer continuing education and ethics requirements for their annual registration.
“As the program director and instructor, I am so proud of this group of graduates,” said Deanne Dotson Collins, MSRS, R.T. (R), Director of the Radiography Program. “They have successfully accomplished something that no other class has been able to do since the inception of this program. Each and every one of them worked very hard and put in many hours of studying in order to gain this honor. With the tremendous support of Chattahoochee Technical College as well as WellStar, these graduates can go forward with a sense of accomplishment and pride as they seek to obtain employment in the field. Any clinical facility would be lucky to have any one of them.”
The Chattahoochee Technical College Radiography Program is located on the college’s North Metro campus in Acworth. For more information, visit the college website at www.ChattahoocheeTech.edu or contact a health care advisor at the North Metro campus at 770-975-4000.
A unit of the Technical College System of Georgia, Chattahoochee Technical College is the largest technical college in the state with a student population of more than 11,000 students. The college has seven campus locations throughout the counties of Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Gilmer, Paulding, and Pickens counties. Chattahoochee Technical College offers over 100 certificate, diploma and associate degree programs through traditional classroom courses as well as online training. The college also provides the community with learning opportunities including customized workforce training, adult literacy and continuing education programs. For more information, visit www.ChattahoocheeTech.edu.
Photo caption:
First Row: Stacey Banks (Cartersville); Karl Giersberg (Woodstock); Jeff Atwood (Dallas); Melissa Mailhes (Canton); Joe Jackson (Powder Springs); and Anna Logan (Marietta).
Second Row: Deanne Collins, Program Director; Joel Reines (Smyrna); Lorie Rice (Kennesaw); Rosemary Butler Alvarez (Marietta); Jessica Andres (Woodstock); Jan Rice (Kennesaw); Tiffany Davis (Cartersville); and Jennifer Owens, Clinical Coordinator.
Third Row: Leisa Cash (Dallas); Dennis Slayton (Dallas); Heidi Schulenberg (Marietta); Nathan Cox (Woodstock); Lauren Blackwelder Thiessen (Acworth); and Robert Bartlett (Smyrna.)
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