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EDUCA TION
Augusta Tech maintains a Military
Service Center on its main Augusta
campus to assist active duty military
service members, their spouses and
dependents, and veterans.
Financial aid options are available
via the Georgia Hope Scholarship and
Grant, Federal FAFSA/PELL Grant,
and numerous local scholarship
opportunities. The college is an
affordable source of education that
directly and positively impacts the
economic development of the area.
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Students can avail themselves
of an exciting and extensive variety
of online and traditional lecture
classes. Augusta Technical College
serves a wide variety of students,
from high school students to
working adults.
Thomson/McDuffie Campus
388 Tech Drive NW, Thomson, GA 30824
(706) 595-0166
Augusta Campus
3200 Augusta Tech Drive, Augusta, GA 30906 (706) 651-7368
(706) 771-4028
Grovetown/Columbia County Center
3500 John Huffman Way, Grovetown, GA 30813
Waynesboro/Burke Campus
216 Highway 24 South, Waynesboro, GA 30830
(706) 437-6801
 Thomson-McDuffie
County Library
The Thomson-McDuffie County
Library houses 44,000 print items and
3,000 non-print items (such as DVDs,
videos, microfilm, and audio books). The
library also offers 19 Internet workstations.
More than 3,000 children, parents, and
caregivers participated in the annual
eight-week summer reading program
that includes story times, workshops, and
special literacy-based programs. The
library has plenty of programs that are
geared toward adults as well.
Other services available at the library
include photocopying, sending and
receiving faxes, voter registration,
notary, children’s programs, genealogy
materials, meeting rooms, and WiFi.
Bookmobile service is available for
home-bound citizens, neighborhood
stops, day care centers, schools and
other institutions.
This library is a member of Georgia
Library PINES (Public Information
Network for Electronic Services), the
public library automation and lending
network that provides equal access to
materials beyond what is available on
local shelves. Any Georgia resident is
eligible to receive a free PINES
library card.
Thomson-McDuffie County Library
338 Main Street
Thomson, GA 30824
(706) 595-1341
Library Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.;
Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 