The Board of the Technical College System of Georgia has selected Dr. Ivan Allen as president of Central Georgia Technical College in Macon.

Allen has been serving as interim president and will take over the larger college that will result from the merger of the Central Georgia Technical College and Middle Georgia Technical College in Warner Robins. That is set to happen in July 2013.

Allen has been the president of Middle Georgia Technical College since 2005 and was asked to serve as interim president of Central Georgia Technical College last June.

Also Thursday, the board voted to endorse Central Georgia Technical College as the name of the combined college.

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