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A capacity crowd of South Georgia Technical College Caterpillar Heavy Equipment Dealer’s Service Technician and Electric Power Generation graduates, their families and CAT dealer representatives gathered prior to graduation for a dinner sponsored by the CAT dealers for their graduates in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center.Americus, GA – Caterpillar dealers from Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, and Tennessee hosted a dinner for the South Georgia Technical College...

John Deere Tech program graduates stand with their instructor, Matthew Burks (right), in front of a John Deere tractor following their graduation ceremony.The South Georgia Technical College John Deere Tech program ushered in 13 new technicians to the field at its annual graduation banquet recently. The students were awarded with a completion award plaque from John Deere for completing the two-year program, and later went on to receive their Associate of Applied Science Degree...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above with Christopher Waller, a high school student from Marion County who earned a diploma in Automotive Technology prior to his high school graduation. He has been accepted into the South Georgia Technical College Caterpillar Think Big Heavy Equipment Diesel Technology program this fall and will be returning to South Georgia Tech to earn his associate degree.   The proud past and promising future of South Georgia...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford is shown above (r) with John and Alice Argo who were recognized at the SGTC Foundation Donor Dinner for being members of the Scholars Club for their life time giving. The Argo’s also endowed the John and Alice Argo Aviation Maintenance scholarship for aviation students at South Georgia Tech. They were also recognized as members of the 2018 President’s Club.Americus, GA – The South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Foundation paid tribute to over 200 of...

SGTC's practical nursing advisory committee members, (left to right) Debra Mims, Christine Rundle, Tammi Johnston, Jennifer Childs, Debra Webb and Sandhya Muljibhai, stand together following their semi-annual meeting.South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) practical nursing advisory committee met recently on the college’s Americus campus to discuss the current state of the program and the industry as a whole. The six members met in a McClain Building classroom to discuss the topics over...

Shown above are the individuals who attended the 2019 Manufacturers Appreciation Luncheon with South Georgia Technical College.ATLANTA, Ga - Sumter County’s Café Campesino, Crisp County’s Norbord GA, LLC division, Macon County’s International Paper Flint River Mill, and Webster County’s Interfor Preston Division were nominated by South Georgia Technical College to be recognized at the 2019 Georgia Manufacturing Appreciation Week Manufacturers of the Year Governor’s Award Luncheon...

SGTC’s 2019 GOAL Winner Kelsi Cannon (shown above) with SGTC President Dr. John Watford, will be the speaker at SGTC’s Spring Graduation Exercise on Thursday, May 2nd, 2019.South Georgia Technical College will be hosting its 2019 spring graduation exercise Thursday, May 2nd at 6 p.m. in the James S. Peters Gymnasium on the Americus campus.   Kelsi Cannon of Ellaville, GA, South Georgia Technical College’s 2019 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) winner, is scheduled...

South Georgia Tech’s Katherine Murphy with her Who’s Who award.Atlanta, GA - Katherine Murphy, a business technology student at South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center was recognized as a member of the Who’s Who in Georgia PBL at the Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) State Leadership Conference in Atlanta recently.   Murphy of Ashburn was recognized with the “Who’s Who” in Georgia PBL for her efforts in raising the most funds for the March of Dimes charity.  ...

Sixteen of the 23 new National Technical Honor Society members of South Georgia Technical College's Crisp County Center chapter stand with their membership certificates.South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center chapter of the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) recently inducted 23 new members into the organization which recognizes students’ outstanding academic achievement. The induction ceremony was held in the LaPorte Auditorium of the Crisp County Center campus in...

Colyn Johnson, right, accepts his Student of Excellence award from SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers. South Georgia Technical College’s Americus campus held its final Student of Excellence ceremony of the semester recently, where they named Colyn Johnson of Nicholls, Georgia the overall winner. The avionics student, who is set to graduate next semester, received the recognition over six other nominees who were all in the transportation programs division. The ceremony...

Student of Excellence winner Kennedy Allen, right, accepts her award from SGTC dean of enrollment management Julie Partain. Kennedy Allen, a business administrative technology student from Vienna, was named South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center Student of Excellence for the month on April. She was awarded the title at a recent ceremony on the Cordele campus, which honored her and five other nominees for their outstanding work ethic. Allen was nominated for the award by her...

Shown above (l to r) at the SGTC Crisp County Advisory meeting are: Shearer Turton of Turton Investments; Dametra Patterson of Crisp County High School; Hannah Weaver, Marketing Management student; Kennedy Allen, Business Technology Student; Karen Bloodworth, Marketing Management Instructor; Christopher Mathews, Business Technology Student; Becky Fitzgibbons of Crisp County Power Commission; Teresa Jolly, Business Technology Instructor; Julie Partain, Dean of Enrollment Management; Allysia...