Georgia College launches free green tech course with $100K innovation grant

Green technology, solar power and entrepreneurship are the focus of a new, free course being offered at Georgia College and State University (GCSU).

MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Green technology, solar power and entrepreneurship are the focus of a new, free course being offered at Georgia College and State University (GCSU).

It’s thanks to a $100,000 grant from the Partnership of Inclusive Innovation that was awarded to GCSU’s School for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in September.

“We’re starting a Workforce Development Program,” assistant professor of business law end ethics Dr. Nicolas Creel said.

Creel will take the lead with teaching the entrepreneurship class. On the solar side, Dr. Hasitha Mahabaduge, an associate professor of physics, will take the lead.

Both professors say the only requirement to sign up is passion.

“We will start with the very basics,” Dr. Mahabaduge said, adding he will meet each student where they are when teaching the course. He says he recogznies  there could be students who have no background in physics.

The course will encompass four different cohorts and will span between the months of January and June.

At the end of the course, 10 students will be selected to install a new solar panel system on a Milledgeville building, a requirement for the college since it was awarded the grant.

To register, you can sign up through Georgia College and State University’s Department of Continuing and Professional Education here.