Lanier Technical College student Karen Nowakowski has been named one of 12 semifinalists in the Technical College System of Georgia’s 37th annual Student of the Year competition.

Nowakowski is enrolled in the Fire Science Technology program at Lanier Tech’s Winder-Barrow campus.

The announcement was made this week at the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership dinner in Atlanta.

She was honored in March as the top student by the Oakwood-based college, and honored at a banquet sponsored by the Gainesville Lions Club.

Each year, GOAL winners are selected at each of the state’s 33 technical colleges, as well at the four Board of Regents colleges with technical education divisions.

Laura Bickerton of Ogeechee Technical College in Statesboro won the competition, earning a new car provided by Chevrolet, the statewide corporate sponsor of Georgia’s GOAL program.