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SGTC President Dr. John Watford (right) administers the oath of office to new Campus Police Chief Calvin Hodge Jr. during a recent meeting of the SGTC board of directors.South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) officially welcomed Calvin Hodge Jr. of Leesburg as its new Campus Police Chief during a recent SGTC Board of Directors meeting. SGTC President Dr. John Watford administered the oath of office, marking the beginning of Hodge’s leadership of the college’s campus safety and law...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above (right) presenting International Paper Flint River Mill Manager John Nixon (left) with the Foundation President’s Club award for supporting the SGTC Foundation.    The South Georgia Technical College Foundation recognized the International Paper Flint River Mill for providing life-changing benefits to SGTC students through financial support for scholarship and educational opportunities.  They were honored for being...

SGTC Foundation Chair Bill Harris is shown above accepting a donation to the SGTC Foundation from the TCSG Foundation and TCSG Foundation Executive Director Cory Thompson to help deserving SGTC students overcome financial burdens that may otherwise prevent them from graduating and entering the workforce.   The Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) Foundation presented the South Georgia Technical College Foundation with a donation recently to help fund the TCSG Foundation Gretchen K....

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford recently announced the college’s President’s List for the spring semester, which included 103 students from around the area and several other states.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: Clayton County: Curtisey L. Atkinson of...

South Georgia Technical College Vice President of Academic Affairs Julie Partain and SGTC President Dr. John Watford (l to r) are shown above with SGTC full-time RN instructor Madeline Roberts and LPN to RN Bridge Program Director Darrell Thompson with two of the college’s new interactive Laerdal manikins. The college purchased five Laerdal manikins with grant funds.   The Georgia Board of Nursing (GBON) voted at its May meeting to grant initial approval for South Georgia Technical...

Pictured are members of the SGTC Aviation Advisory Committee (l-r) Brett Murray, Katrice Martin, Phillip Connor, David Grant, Jason Wisham, Robert Sturgeon, Paul Pearson, Alecia Pinckney, Jesse Peabody, Sandhya Muljibhai, Charles Christmas and Victoria Herron.The advisory committee for the Aviation Maintenance, Avionics, and Aircraft Structural Technology programs at South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) held its Spring Semester meeting recently in the Odom Center conference room on the...

Lakeetha Dawson (left) graduated from South Georgia Technical College in 2015, and her daughter Ja’layshia Daniels followed in 2024. Both earned their diplomas in SGTC’s Early Childhood Care and Education program.Lakeetha Dawson and her daughter Ja’layshia Daniels share more than just a close bond—they share a passion for education that has brought both of them to South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) to pursue their dreams. Dawson, a Cordele native now living in Americus, first...

Amanda Murray     Amanda Murray of Americus, has been selected as the new Shipping and Receiving Manager for South Georgia Technical College effective immediately, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford.      Murray is a graduate of Schley County High School and a 2024 graduate of the University of West Georgia with a BA in Communications.  She is an ROTC graduate and a member of the Georgia Army National Guard.  She was also on the National Service Leadership...

SGTC to close for Memorial Day, Monday, May 26.   South Georgia Technical College and all its campuses and adult education centers will be closed on Monday, May 26, in observance of Memorial Day.   The Memorial Day Holiday serves as a solemn tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to the United States.    The college and its campuses will re-open for normal operations on Tuesday, May 27.

Pictured are members of the SGTC Crisp County Center Allied Health Advisory Committee Sandhya Muljibhai, Carol Cowan, Michelle McGowan, Alecia Pinckney, Brandie Chappell, Kelly Northern, Cassandra Bellamy, Janice Wiseman, David Edwards and Jonathan Hobgood.The South Georgia Technical College Allied Health Advisory Committee met recently on the Cordele campus to discuss program updates and current trends in the healthcare field. Advisory committees play a key role in supporting continuous...

Pictured left-right are members of the SGTC Crisp County Center Welding and Precision Machining advisory board Michelle McGowan, Tom Mayo, James Rice, Ben Ergle, Anna Sainte, Lawanda Troutman and Danielle Rouse.South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) recently held a joint advisory committee meeting for its Welding and Precision Machining and Manufacturing programs at the Crisp County Center in Cordele. The meeting brought together faculty, administrators, and industry professionals to review...

Pictured is recent SGTC commercial truck driving graduate Heather Cox with instructors (l-r) Nicholas Edwards, Keadrick Pittman and Ken Coptsias.Heather Cox, a recent graduate of South Georgia Technical College’s Commercial Truck Driving program, is now applying her skills in a full-time role as a mechanic with Flint Energies in Warner Robins. Cox’s duties at Flint Energies include maintaining and repairing fleet vehicles, trailers, and excavators, as well as test-driving and making...