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PATRICK WELCH SIGNS LETTER OF INTENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE.South Georgia Technical College’s Patrick Welch, a sophomore member of the Jets basketball team which finished second in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association conference this past season, has signed a letter of intent to continue his basketball career as a Spartan at the University of South Carolina Upstate in Spartanburg, South Carolina, announced SGTC Jets head basketball coach Travis Garrett. The...

Mark Kauffman is featured on cover of the University of Georgia Terry College of Business “Terry Magazine” Spring 2017 issue. He talks about Kauffman Tire’s partnership with South Georgia Technical College in that article.South Georgia Technical College made the University of Georgia Terry College of Business “Terry Magazine” Spring 2017 issue in the cover story on Mark Kauffman and Kauffman Tire Company. The article was titled, “Runs in the Family: Mark Kauffman (BBA ’84)...

Trenika Mapp has been named Bookstore Assistant at SGTCTrenika Mapp of Americus has been named Bookstore Assistant at South Georgia Technical College, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford recently. She will report to Director of Administrative Services Mark Brooks and Vice President of Administrative Services Lea Coe. Trenika has been the part time Bookstore Clerk on SGTC’s Americus campus since 2013. She will continue to assist with the day-to-day operations of SGTC’s bookstore,...

Americus Civitan Club President Dale Davis (right) is shown above presenting a check to South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (left) for the Americus Civitan Club’s endowed scholarship for nursing students at South Georgia Technical College.The Americus Civitan Club continued its support of South Georgia Technical College and the South Georgia Technical College Foundation recently by making a donation to the club’s licensed practical nursing endowed scholarship fund...

Valerie Hines of Americus has been selected as the Library Services and Technology Coordinator for the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center in Cordele, announced Dr. John Watford. Her new position is effective immediately and she will report to Dean of Enrollment Management Services Julie Partain as well as Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers with shared responsibilities to SGTC Information Technology Director Diane Trueblood. Hines has been working at South...

The Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership (GaMEP), a division of Georgia Tech’s Enterprise Innovation Institute, presented a lunch and learn workshop called How to Run a Successful Kaizen Event for Cordele area business and industry at South Georgia Tech’s Crisp County Center recently. Derek Woodham is pictured talking to attendees about GaMEP. South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center was the recent host of a workshop that was called How to Run a Successful Kaizen...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (l to r) is shown above thanking Ila and Sharad Patel for their new endowed scholarship for Culinary Arts students at South Georgia Technical College.Americus, GA – Sharad and Ila Patel, owners of the Best Western Plus Windsor Hotel in Americus, endowed a new Culinary Arts scholarship at South Georgia Technical College. Sharad Patel is the Vice Chairman of the South Georgia Technical College Foundation and has been able to see how...

Angela Wright has been promoted to Administrative Services Coordinator at SGTC. Angela Wright has been promoted to Administrative Services Coordinator at South Georgia Technical College, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford. Angela has been the Bookstore/Accounting Technician at SGTC since 2010. Prior to that, she was Bookstore Assistant at SGTC, and had also worked as a Warehouse Clerk for B.C. Moore’s Warehouse. She is a graduate of SGTC’s Marketing Management program. In her new...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford is shown above (l to r) with Technical College Directors Association Executive Director Adie Shimandle, SGTC incoming Board Chair Richard McCorkle, Willie Patrick and his wife, Dorothy, with the awards and recognition presented to him at the SGTC Board meeting recently.(Americus, GA)- The South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Board of Directors, SGTC President Dr. John Watford and Technical College Board of Directors Association Executive Director Adie...

Shown above are the John Deere officials who participated in the “South Georgia Classic” golf tournament to raise funds for the South Georgia Technical College Foundation and the John Deere Tech scholarships.John Deere dealers from Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and Alabama hosted the “South Georgia Classic” golf tournament recently to raise scholarship funds for the John Deere Tech Agricultural Technology students at South Georgia Technical College. The dealers raised nearly...

Shown above (far right) is South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford talking with a handful of the students that are taking advantage of the education provided at South Georgia Technical College which was just named as the Best Community College in Georgia for 2017 for the second time. Niche and Best Colleges in Georgia both selected SGTC as the top community college in the state.Shown above (far right) is South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford talking...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (r) is shown above with Bob Cunningham (l) from John Deere and SGTC John Deere Ag Tech instructor Matthew Burke (c) during a break in the two-day training session hosted on the SGTC campus recently.Americus, GA – Approximately 300 John Deere officials from Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and Alabama took part in the John Deere 2017 Division P Optimization Training event at South Georgia Technical College in Americus, GA recently....