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Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) Commissioner Gretchen Corbin is shown above (l to r) congratulating South Georgia Technical College Board of Directors Chairperson Janet Siders and SGTC President Dr. John Watford for South Georgia Tech’s 2016 – 2017 Board of Directors earning their 100% certification award from the Technical College System of Georgia and the Technical College Directors Association recently. TCSG Deputy Commissioner Matt Arthur is also shown.The South Georgia...

Pictured from left to right are SGTC Accounting, Business Technology, and Marketing Management advisory committee members D.W. Persall, Teresa Jolly, Karen Bloodworth, Sara Benson, Mark Lewis, Julie Partain, Becky Fitzgibbons, and Tracy Stewart.  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...

Pictured from left to right are SGTC Recreation and Leisure Management advisory committee members James Frey, Tim Estes, Terri Battle, Travis Garrett, Jeff Fussell, and Jimmy Green. The South Georgia Technical Recreation and Leisure Management advisory committee met recently in the James S. Peters Gymnasium hospitality suite 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 Recreation...

  South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) President Dr. John Watford announced the college’s summer semester President’s List recently, which included 36 students. In order to qualify for the President’s List, a student must be enrolled in a degree or diploma program and have a 4.0 GPA for that semester’s coursework. Those students who qualified included: Chatham County: Troy L. Jandura ofTybee Island, Heavy Equipment Dealers Service Technology. Crisp County: Patricia E. Bellamy...

Book Drive graphic  South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) is collecting new or gently used children’s books for its “Books for Brighter Beginnings” annual book drive. Both the Americus campus and the Crisp County Center chapter of NTHS will be collecting books, which will be distributed at the state level through the Georgia Fall Leadership Conference and at the local level to Pre-K, elementary, and primary schools in SGTC’s service...

South Georgia Tech students, faculty, and staff wore pink and gathered at the flag pole outside the Odom Center on the Americus campus to observe a moment of silence for those affected by breast cancer. The “Pink Out” was coordinated by the SGTC Student Government Association. South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) Student Government Association (SGA) recently asked SGTC students, faculty, and staff to participate in a “Pink-Out” by wearing pink clothing to support the fight...

Pictured from left to right are SGTC Cosmetology and Barbering advisory committee members Leonard Lassiter, Xavier Jackson, Adrian Hicks, LaWarrior Gardner, Kembrial Harris, Tracy Finch, Quentavious Bell, Martha Bruce, 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 faculty and...

Pictured from left to right are SGTC Criminal Justice Technology advisory committee members Vanessa Wall, Mike Tracy, Chris Hall, Jimmy Colson, Blake Hill, and Teresa McCook.   The South Georgia Technical College Criminal Justice Technology advisory committee met recently in the Criminal Justice Technology classroom 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 Criminal Justice...

SGTC students and advisors gathered to raise awareness for domestic violence by participating in a Domestic Violence Awareness Month walk recently on SGTC’s Americus campus.   South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) for the Americus campus recently sponsored a Domestic Violence Awareness Walk for the month of October, which is National Domestic Violence Awareness month. NTHS officers and members, as well as other club and organization members and...

Celtics' Crowder fights way to the top By: On Pro Basketball Michael Muldoon Lawrence Eagle Tribune LAWRENCE ¬— Jae Crowder was pounding nails Tuesday, repairing benches in the playground at Lawrence’s Frost Middle School. It was perfect. That’s what the Celtic forward is ... blue collar through and through. In the NBA, blue-collar is a double-edged sword. It means you are tough and driven. It also usually means you aren’t physically gifted like so many of your freakishly talented...

Approximately 150 individuals attended the South Georgia Technical College Jets Booster Club 2016 Tip Off banquet recently in the James S. Peters Gymnasium (The Hangar) at South Georgia Technical College in Americus. All Jets Booster Club members, prospective members, guests, and interested persons were invited to attend the “Tip-Off Event” which featured a Low Country Boil Dinner and door prizes. Individuals had the opportunity to meet and greet the Jets and Lady Jets coaches,...

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...