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Eight South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Electrical Lineworker students were selected to receive the South Georgia Technical College Foundation’s Southeastern Electric Exchange’s (S.E.E.) Electrical Lineworker Scholarships. The $1,000 scholarships were awarded to: Christopher Allen Gagliano of Covington, Michael Haas of Leesburg, Dereck Smith of Macon, Nathan Scheller of Nashville, Benjamin Luke Miller of Wadley, Carter Howard of Jeffersonville, Jhobany Perez of Lyons, and...

The South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Culinary Arts students from the Americus and Crisp County Center campuses gained valuable practical experience by catering the South Georgia Technical College Foundation Annual Donor Appreciation Dinner in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the campus recently. Approximately 200 guests attended the event. The SGTC Foundation Donor Dinner event is designed to thank the individuals who have supported the college and the...

The South Georgia Technical College Foundation thanked the members of the Flint Energies Foundation for their support of the faculty, staff, and students at South Georgia Technical College. Flint Energies Foundation has been supporting South Georgia Technical College and the SGTC Foundation since 2004 and were recognized recently for achieving the Silver Club member status and for being a member of the Foundation’s President’s Club for giving over $5,000 in a single year. ...

The Flint Energies Foundation recently granted South Georgia Technical College Foundation (SGTC) $8,500 to assist with High School Equivalency and General Education Diploma (GED) scholarships for SGTC students. Marian McLemore, Flint Energies Vice President of Cooperative Communications presented the check to South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford and Su Ann Bird, SGTC Vice President for Institutional Advancement and Executive Director for the SGTC...

A South Georgia Technical College mother-daughter duo, Danielle Murphy and Shermit Sims. were awarded the very first South Georgia Technical College Foundation Magnolia Manor Senior Living Scholarships recently. Murphy and Sims both graduated from the South Georgia Technical College Practical Nursing program and applied and were accepted into South Georgia Technical College’s first LPN to RN Bridge program this past fall. They are currently in their second semester. ...

The “Fly High Goose Foundation” and Thompson Foundation each made $10,000 donations to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation’s Adrian “Fly High Goose” Johnson endowed scholarship recently to provide tool scholarships for Thompson Tractor students enrolled in South Georgia Tech’s Heavy Equipment Dealer’s Service Technology program. Adrian “Goose” Johnson, was a 19-year old student from Stockton, AL, who passed away from a tragic car accident in 2019. He...

Seven South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Electrical Lineworker students were selected to receive the South Georgia Technical College Foundation’s Southeastern Electric Exchange’s Electrical (S.E.E.) Lineworker Scholarships. The $1,000 scholarships were awarded to: Landon Brown of Wrens, Aston Cook of Lakeland, Ga., Darryl Cuyler of Wadley, Jim Galvin of Morris, Bo Miller of Valdosta, Zackery Neal of Woodbury, and Kanard Wynn of Savannah. S.E.E. has been supporting...

Amber Batchelor, CEO and President of Batchelor & Bradley Insights Group, LLC in Americus, presented South Georgia Technical College Early Childhood Care and Education student Keyara Williams of Americus with a stipend after Williams was recognized as the college’s 2026 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) winner by SGTC President Dr. John Watford at the college’s GOAL luncheon recently. “Congratulations on your selection as the South Georgia Technical College...

Americus Rotary Club member and Past President Katherine Fowler Moore presented South Georgia Technical College Early Childhood Care and Education student Keyara Williams of Americus with a stipend recently on behalf of the Americus Rotary Club. Williams was recognized as the college’s 2026 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) winner by SGTC President Dr. John Watford at the college’s GOAL luncheon recently. “I am very pleased to be able to present you with...

Americus, Ga.—Three students in the Diesel Equipment Technology program at South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) were awarded the South Georgia Technical College Foundation Caterpillar Excellence Scholarships recently in recognition of their hard work, work ethics and grade point averages. They were recommended by Diesel Technology instructor Chase Shannon. Chandler Highnote of Americus, Bruce Thaxton of Butler, and Brayden Pilkenton of Molena, were the students selected to receive...

South Georgia Technical College’s Cosmetology Instructor Dorothea Lusane McKenzie was recognized by SGTC President Emeritus Sparky Reeves’ wife, Allene Reeves, recently after McKenzie was named the SGTC 2026 Outstanding Instructor of the Year. The late Sparky Reeves and his wife, Allene, established an endowed fund with the South Georgia Technical College Foundation to honor the college’s Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year and Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL)...

South Georgia Technical College Cosmetology Instructor Dorothea Lusane McKenzie was presented with a check from Synovus in Americus recently after she was selected as the SGTC Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year for 2026. Each year Synovus or the former SB&T branch presents the winner of the South Georgia Technical College Instructor of the Year award with a stipend. This year South Georgia Technical College Cosmetology Instructor Dorothea McKenzie was selected for that...