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South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford recently announced the college’s President’s List for the summer semester, which included 50 students from around the area and across the Southeast. To be eligible for the President’s List, a student must be enrolled full time (12 or more credit hours) in an associate degree or diploma program and have a 4.0 GPA for that semester’s coursework. Those students who qualified included: Crisp County: Morris Edward Brandenburg of...

SGTC CARE TEAM – Shown above (l to r) are members of the new SGTC CARE Team. They include: Vice President of Institutional Advancement Su Ann Bird, Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers, Director of Campus Safety Sammy Stone, Vice President of Student Affairs Karen Werling, Special Populations Coordinator LaKenya Johnson, Dean of Enrollment Management Julie Partain, and Crisp County Campus Student Affairs Coordinator Kari Bodrey. Not shown are Assistant to the President Don...

South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center practical nursing students stand holding their lamps after being pinned as program graduates at the recent Nurse Pinning ceremonySouth Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) Practical Nursing program held a pinning ceremony for its 15 Crisp County Center graduates recently on the Cordele campus. The Summer 2018 program graduates included: Sasha Cardedra Bray of Hawkinsville, Sheronda Lynn Byron of Cordele, Cassandra Lynn Cuffie of...

Kaylon Harvey, a seventh grader from Sumter County Middle School, gives a thumbs up during a session of the recent STEM camp while precision machining and manufacturing instructor Chad Brown helps a student design a 3D model in the background.Despite being on summer break, more than 40 eager young minds attended South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) STEM camps during June and July. The camps were held on both the Americus and Cordele campuses of the college. The middle and high school...

A long line of students and parents wait for their orientation session to begin at the recent Pre-registration Day event on South Georgia Technical College’s Americus campus. Both campuses (Americus, Cordele) of the college will hold a second, more engaging registration event on August 16, 2018.On the heels of a successful pre-registration day in which more than 500 students registered for classes at South Georgia Technical College (SGTC), the college announced it will hold its second...

South Georgia Technical College returning Lady Jets Bigue Sarr, Alyssa Nieves and Ricka Jackson are shown above at the NJCAA All-Star competition.ATLANTA, GA – Three returning members from the nationally ranked South Georgia Technical College 2017 – 2018 Lady Jets women’s basketball tournament were invited to participate in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) All-Star showcase in Atlanta recently. South Georgia Tech sophomore forward Bigue Sarr, a 6’ 3” center...

South Georgia Technical College officials are shown above with a team from Delta TechOps. Delta Air Lines signed a partnership agreement with South Georgia Technical College earlier this year and The Delta Air Lines Foundation presented the South Georgia Technical College Foundation with a $50,000 donation recently to enhance SGTC’s Aviation Maintenance/Avionics programs. Shown standing (l to r) are SGTC Aviation Maintenance Instructor Charles Christmas, SGTC Vice President of Economic...

Summer Semester Luau Flyer Two of South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center student organizations are planning to end the Summer semester on a high note. The Crisp County Center chapter of the Student Government Association (SGA) will close out the semester with a Luau party, and the National Technical Honor Society is sponsoring a school supply collection to help benefit a local non-profit organization. The Luau is scheduled for July 24 at 11 a.m. in the LaPorte Auditorium....

South Georgia Technical College EMT students are shown administering aid to mock victims during the emergency response drill at SGTC.Over 150 individuals participated in a multi-layered emergency response training drill on the South Georgia Technical College campus recently that involved more than 20 different emergency response agencies as well as students from South Georgia Technical College and Georgia Southwestern State University. “On behalf of South Georgia Technical College...

Hairstyling competition winner Codi Dozier stands behind her model, Lindsey Dozier, with South Georgia Technical College instructor Dorothea Lusane-McKenzie. Dozier won an engraved plaque for creating the best hairstyle of the competition.Hairstyling isn’t a competition – that is until South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) cosmetology instructor, Dorothea Lusane-McKenzie, holds an annual hairstyling competition for her cosmetology students on the college’s Americus campus. Codi...

An emergency response drill will be conducted on the Americus campus of South Georgia Technical College on Thursday, July 12 between 5 - 7 pm.An emergency response drill will be conducted on the Americus campus of South Georgia Technical College on Thursday, July 12 between 5 - 7 pm.AMERICUS, GA — South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) and Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW) will be the sites for a multi-layered emergency response training drill on Thursday, July 12. The simulated...

Bailey Mills, center, stands with SGTC President Dr. John Watford and one of his instructors Victoria Herron, following his being named as a SkillsUSA National Champion.South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) student Bailey Mills has proven himself to be the top aviation maintenance technology (AMT) student in the country after winning the gold medal at the national SkillsUSA competition in Louisville, Kentucky recently. Mills was chosen to represent South Georgia Technical College and the...