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Technical College System of Georgia Assistant Commissioner for Adult Education, Beverly Smith is shown above with SGTC Adult Education Assistant Lisa Jordan, SGTC Assistant Vice President for Adult Education, LaShondra Coleman, and TCSG Commission Gretchen Corbin. SGTC’s adult education department was recognized for having the Highest Postsecondary Transition rate in the state for FY2016. This is the second year that SGTC has won this honor.ATLANTA – South Georgia Technical College...

Pictured from left to right are the newly elected Crisp County Center PBL officers at a recent Student Leadership Retreat: MyKaula Harvey, D.W. Persall, Christian Powell, and Lisa Ray. South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) student organization for the Crisp County Center campus recently elected new club officers for the 2016-2017 academic year. Those officers included: D.W. Persall, a Business Technology student from Cordele, President; Lisa Ray, a Business...

Schley County Middle School students are pictured outside SGTC’s Odom Center on the Americus campus. The students took a tour of several of SGTC’s program areas, including Cosmetology, Early Childhood Care and Education, Practical Nursing, Medical Assisting, Diesel Equipment Technology, Heavy Equipment Dealers Service Technology, Air Conditioning Technology, Welding and Joining Technology, and Diesel Equipment Technology.   South Georgia Technical College faculty and staff recently...

Shown above are the members of the South Georgia Technical College Foundation Trustees, Board of Directors and Administrative Staff who were present at the TCSG Leadership Conference in Savannah when the Charles L. Mix Fund received the Technical College Foundation Association Benefactor of the Year award. Shown above (l to r) on the front row are: South Georgia Technical College Foundation Executive Director Su Ann Bird, SGTC President Emeritus Sparky Reeves, 2016 TCSG GOAL Winner Ashley...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (l) is shown above thanking Sumter EMC Foundation Chairman Greg Crowder (c) for the donation to the SGTC Foundation. South Georgia Technical College Foundation Executive Director Su Ann Bird is also shown (r).The Sumter Electric Membership Corporation Foundation, Inc. awarded a grant in the amount of $5,000 to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation recently. Sumter Electric Membership Corporation Foundation Chairman Greg...

Shamekia “Polly” Murray, 10, is shown above in her South Georgia Tech Lady Jets uniform. This is her photo that is shown on the SGTC Wall of Fame in the gym. She has now signed a control to play in a professional basketball league.RICHMOND, Ky. — Former South Georgia Technical College and Eastern Kentucky University standout Shameekia “Polly” Murray has signed a professional contract with the DePiro Basketball Club. DePiro is an affiliate of the Malta Basketball Association...

Shamekia “Polly” Murray, 10, is shown above in her South Georgia Tech Lady Jets uniform. This is her photo that is shown on the SGTC Wall of Fame in the gym. She has now signed a control to play in a professional basketball league.

SGTC’s newly elected club officers are pictured at a recent leadership retreat with their club advisors and workshop facilitators.   South Georgia Technical College students elected into student club and organization leadership positions had the opportunity to participate in a local student leadership retreat and installation ceremony, held recently in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on SGTC’s Americus campus. Club Presidents, Vice Presidents, Secretaries,...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford thanks the different agencies involved for participating and planning the active shooter drill on the SGTC Americus campus recently.Over 10 different area agencies participated in the drill.South Georgia Tech Assistant to the President Don Smith with Campus Safety Coordinator for the Technical College System of Georgia Donna Burns and Sumter Emergency Management Systems Director Nigel Poole are shown together after the wrap-up for...

2. Seated from left to right are SGTC Student of Excellence nominees LaWarrior Gardner, Elizabeth Lumpkin, Judashia Eley, Linda Kent, Norma Hardester, Grady Barfield, Lindsey Massey, and Taylor Hatfield. Standing from left to right are nominating instructors Xavier Jackson, Dorothea Lusane-McKenzie, Teresa McCook, Ricky Watzlowick, Jaye Cripe, Terry Westbury, Diana Skipper, and Debra Smith. Linda Kent of Montezuma, a South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Culinary Arts student, was named...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above (l) thanking Georgia Power Area Manager Jem Morris (r) for the donation to the SGTC Foundation.Georgia Power Area Manager Jem Morris presented a donation from the Georgia Power Foundation to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation 2016 TechForce annual fund drive recently. South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford and SGTC Foundation Executive Director Su Ann Bird accepted the donation on behalf...

LaShondra D. Coleman named SGTC Assistant Vice President for Adult EducationLaShondra D. Coleman of Marietta has been named Assistant Vice President for Adult Education at South Georgia Technical College effective immediately, announced President Dr. John Watford.  She will be reporting to South Georgia Technical College’s Vice President of Economic Development Wally Summers. “South Georgia Technical College’s Adult Education department is one of the finest in the state,” said...