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Faculty, staff and students show support at the Red Ribbon Week EventSouth Georgia Technical College’s Campus Life and Student Government Association held a Red Ribbon Week event on the Americus campus recently in Hicks Hall.  Students attending the rally received a Red Ribbon. Janice Harris, Chairperson for the Americus and Sumter County Red Ribbon campaign, gave an overview of Red Ribbon Week and how drug awareness will be promoted throughout the week. A community-wide kickoff was held...

South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) President Dr. John Watford announced the college’s Summer Semester President’s List recently, which included 39 students. In order to qualify for the President’s List, a student must be enrolled in an associate degree or diploma program and have a 4.0 GPA for that semester’s coursework. Those students who qualified included: Bacon County: Colyn A. Johnson of Nicholls, Aviation Maintenance Technology. Crisp County: Desiray Chantay Kenney of...

Pictured left to right are SGTC Medical Assisting Advisory Committee members Vanessa Wall, Denise Burgess, Diana Skipper, Carolyn Campbell, Juanita Nelson, Shannon Cranford and Lynn Lightner.The South Georgia Technical College Medical Assisting advisory committee met recently in McLain Hall on the SGTC Americus campus. The purpose of the advisory committee is to assist South Georgia Tech faculty and staff in continuous quality improvement of the Medical Assisting program. SGTC Medical...

A 27-foot Lexington Pontoon Boat sits parked in front of the John M. Pope Center to draw in interested applicants. The Job Fair was held in the Pope Center on SGTC’s Americus campus. South Georgia Technical College hosted a job fair for Sumter County’s newest marine manufacturer, Lexington Pontoon Boats, in the John M. Pope Center on the college’s Americus campus recently. Over 50 applicants attended the event. The company interviewed attendees in hopes of filling some of its 80...

SGTC’s newly elected student organization officers are pictured at a recent leadership retreat with SGTC’s Assistant to the President Don Smith. (Back row) Pictured left to right: Michael Karns, Joshua Chappell, Tonya Rodgers, Christian Holloman, Mary Solis, Michael Dewberry, Alexandra Joiner, Desiray Kennery and Dakota Hall. (Front row) Pictured left to right: Don Smith, Branyon Kendrick, Adrienne Clayton, La’Keista Davis, Andrea Burton-Willis, Diamond Taylor, Kimberly Trejo, Amber...

South Georgia Technical College will host a blood drive for the American Red Cross on the Cordele Campus on Thursday, October 26 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The blood drive will be held in the LaPorte Auditorium and all eligible donors are encouraged to participate. Following recent natural disasters, blood is needed for emergency transfusions as well as replenish supplies that have expired. According to the American Red Cross the average shelf life of refrigerated blood is 42 days. By...

Pictured from left to right are SGTC Cosmetology and Barbering advisory committee members Xavier Jackson, Daimian Jackson, Adrain Hicks, Dr. David Finley, Martha Bruce, Tracy Lusane-Finch, Francis Gill, Danielle McSpadden, Jessica Brown and Dorothea Lusane-McKenzie.The South Georgia Technical College Cosmetology and Barbering advisory committee met recently in the Odom Center Conference Room on the SGTC Americus campus. The purpose of the advisory committee is to assist South Georgia Tech...

Scholarships for Veterans available. The Technical College System of Georgia and the Phoenix Patriot Foundation will be awarding a $1,000 annual scholarship for tuition and books to an honorably discharged post 9/11 veteran who was injured or combat wounded who is enrolled in a Technical College System of Georgia college full-time. The mission of Phoenix Patriot Foundation is to provide direct support to injured and combat wounded veterans who served post 9-11 enabling them to fully...

SGTC Orientation members are shown above with Coordinator Deo Cochran and SGTC co-coordinators Nikki Thompson and Kierra Sparks on the Fort Valley State University campus to visit the FVSU Open House recently.Fort Valley, GA – The South Georgia Technical College Orientation Team attended the Fort Valley State (FVSU) Open House in Fort Valley recently to observe FVSU Ambassadors in action as they welcomed prospective students to the campus. “Our South Georgia Technical College students...

Pictured from left to right are SGTC Marketing Management advisory committee members April Hilliard, Andrea Tatum, Leah Windham, Jasmine Mercer, and Mary Cross.The South Georgia Technical College Marketing Management advisory committee met recently in the Odom Center Conference Room on the SGTC Americus campus. The purpose of the advisory committee is to assist South Georgia Tech faculty and staff in continuous quality improvement of the Marketing Management program. SGTC Marketing...

Pictured from left to right are SGTC Accounting, Business Technology, and Marketing Management advisory committee members Mark Lewis, Karen Bloodworth, Dr. Andrea Oates, Julie Partain, Shearer Turton, David Wade, Jessica Carter, and Teresa Jolly.South Georgia Technical College’s Accounting, Business Technology, and Marketing Management advisory committee recently held an advisory meeting on SGTC’s Crisp County Center campus in the boardroom. Members of SGTC’s Accounting, Business...

SGTC Board of Directors Chairman Richard McCorkle (l) is shown above with newly named board member Mattye Gordon of Taylor County and with retiring board member Jem Morris, and SGTC President Dr. John Watford (r). Americus, GA - The South Georgia Technical College Board of Directors welcomed one new member and said goodbye to another member as its October meeting recently. Mattye Gordon of Taylor County was welcomed as the newest member of the South Georgia Technical College Board of...