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South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (far right) and SGTC Crisp County Business and Industry Director Michelle McGowan (second from right) are shown above with Motor Graders participants from Crisp County (l to r): Hubbard Odom, Doug Steward, Mike Morris, and Charles Mozo.   South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford awarded certificates to the participants in the SGTC Crisp County Center’s Motor Grader Operator Skills Training session. Nineteen...

SGTC Horticulture student Jordan Jones is shown above picking the first harvest from SGTC’s small organic raised bed garden.    South Georgia Technical College Horticulture students were able to pick their first crop of vegetables from a small organic raised bed garden planted earlier as part of their classroom and lab studies.    “The Horticulture program encompasses more than just growing flowers and greenery,” said Instructor Brandon Gross.  “There are 10 different...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford (right) is shown above with Georgia Power local manager Don Porter (left) and Georgia Power Vice President South Region Audrey King (center).    Audrey King, Vice President for Georgia Power South Region, toured South Georgia Technical College and the college’s Electrical Lineworker Program recently with SGTC President Dr. John Watford and Don Porter, Georgia Power local manager and SGTC Board of Directors member and immediate past chairman.     King met...

SGTC Horticulture Instructor Brandon Gross is shown above with horticulture students Jordan Jones and Charles Collins at the Georgia Green Industry Association Trade Show in Duluth.Duluth, GA -  South Georgia Technical College Horticulture students Jordan Jones and Charles Collins attended the Georgia Green Industry Association Trade Show in Duluth, Georgia recently along with SGTC Horticulture Instructor Brandon Gross.    The SGTC Horticulture students met and talked with vendors and...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (l) is shown above signing the articulation agreement with DeVry Dean of Campus and University Partnerships Dawn Moore and SGTC Vice President of Student Affairs Eulish Kinchens, who is a DeVry alumnus.DeVry to Accept all 60 Credits from several of South Georgia Tech’s Associate Degree Programs Americus, GA –South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) is helping its graduates continue their education by seamlessly transferring the 60...

SGTC WIOA Coordinator Sandhya Muljibhai (right) is shown above with Brian Ogletree, a 2017 nursing graduate who returned to campus to thank South Georgia Technical College and the WIOA office for their support.   South Georgia Technical College and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) grant had a big impact on Brian Ogletree.  He credits both for helping him complete his practical nursing degree and gain full-time employment in that field.  He returned to SGTC recently to say...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above (l to r) with SGTC’s Bronze National SkillsUSA winner Kimberly Sadecky and her Criminal Justice Instructor Teresa McCook.Atlanta, GA - South Georgia Technical College’s Kimberly Sadecky of Montezuma took third place and a bronze medal in the 2022 National SkillsUSA Job Interview competition in Atlanta recently.  She is a criminal justice student in Teresa McCook’s program at South Georgia Technical College.   ...

Nadeen Green and Ned Cone establish scholarship for technical and industrial program students at South Georgia Technical College in Americus, GA.   Nadeen Green and Ned Cone of Atlanta have established a new scholarship for South Georgia Technical College students enrolled in technical and industrial programs.  The scholarship will assist students with tuition, housing, and tools and will be administered through the South Georgia Technical College Foundation.     “On behalf of South...

South Georgia Technical College utilizes cutting edge technology to produce realistic scenario-based engagements and exercises to assist LEA cadets in making the correct split-second decisions while maintaining public safety and effectively de-escalating dangerous situations.   South Georgia Technical College will be offering an 11-week Peace Officers Standards Training (POST) law enforcement training class beginning in August that will allow successful HOPE Grant qualified candidates to...

Janelle Dodson (left) and her grandmother, Alice Bridges (right), are both enrolled in the SGTC Culinary Arts program this summer.   Nearly 45 years of life experiences separate Alice Bridges and her granddaughter, Janelle Dodson, but because of a love of cooking and a desire to own and operate their own restaurant, the two have both enrolled in the South Georgia Technical College Culinary Arts program this summer.    “This has been a lifelong dream of mine to get an education,” said...

Shown above are the 2022 High School Equivalency graduates.   South Georgia Technical College held its 2022 Summer High School Equivalency graduation ceremony recently in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the SGTC Americus campus.  Thirty-four students earned their General Educational Development (GED) Diploma and were recognized for that accomplishment.    Faith Dunford, South Georgia Technical College’s 2022 Exceptional Adult Georgian in Literacy Education (EAGLE), was...

Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) Deputy Commissioner Dr/ Ray Perren, TCSG Commissioner Greg Dozier, SGTC President Dr. John Watford, and TCSG Assistant Commissioner Mark Peevy are shown above (seated l to r) with SGTC senior leadership (standing l to r) Karen Werling, Cynthia Carter, Eulish Kinchens, Michele McGowan, Lea Coe, David Kuipers and Paul Farr. Not shown is Su Ann Bird.Americus, GA -   Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) Commissioner Greg Dozier along with Deputy...