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SGTC Stem campers and parents met in the John M. Pope Center on Sunday, June 8th for the kick-off of the STEM camp. SGTC President Dr. John Watford met with the campers on Monday and thanked them for attending.   Over 60 rising tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grade students as well as recent graduates from 10 different counties are attending the South Georgia Technical College Summer Bridge STEM camp to learn more about the educational and career opportunities available in Science, Technology,...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford (right) is shown above presenting outgoing SGTC Board of Directors Chair Jake Everett (left) with a token of appreciation for his service as Chair of the Board for the 2024 – 2025 year.     South Georgia Technical College Board of Directors Chairman Jake Everett of Preston was recognized for his service with an appreciation award at the June South Georgia Technical College Board of Directors meeting.  He served as Chair of the organization from July 1, 2024...

SGTC Campus Police Chief Calvin Hodge Jr. administers the oath of office to new Law Enforcement Academy Instructor Joshua Blake during a recent meeting of the SGTC board of directors.Joshua Blake of Vidalia was officially sworn in as a full-time Basic Law Enforcement instructor at South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) during a recent SGTC Board of Directors meeting. The oath was administered by newly appointed SGTC Campus Police Chief Calvin Hodge, Jr. SGTC President Dr. John Watford...

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.