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SGTC Student of Excellence overall winner Samuel Cover (left) and nominees (top row) Antonio Myrick, Christopher Stephan, Jesus Mendoza, (bottom row) Kelli Rees, Lonnie Rogers, and Austin Carpenter.Samuel Cover of Americus was recently recognized as the South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Student of Excellence for September on the Americus campus. Cover studies Precision Machining and Manufacturing and was nominated by his instructor, Chad Brown. The Student of Excellence is selected...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford recently announced the college’s President’s List for the summer semester, which included 50 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: Cook County: Shamari Lashan Stafford of...

SGTC CIS Alumni Chance Simpson is shown above in front of the Johns Hopkins University sign where he has been hired as a Computer Lab Assistant.Marshallville, GA – Chance Simpson of Marshallville signed up as a dual enrollment student at South Georgia Technical College at the start of his 10th grade year at Macon County High School.  He graduated with his associate degree in Computer Networking Support just a few weeks shy of graduating from high school and earned acceptance into the elite...

SGTC Practical Nursing instructor Christine Rundle donates blood at the recent American Red Cross blood drive on the SGTC Americus campus.South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) recently hosted a blood drive for the American Red Cross that resulted in the donation of 23 units of blood. Students, faculty and staff members, as well as community members attended the drive to donate blood. SGTC Nursing students assisted with the event to gain valuable experience. According to the American Red...

Jeremy Wicker of GSW leads SGTC students in a group activity during a recent meeting for students interested in joining the SGTC orientation team.South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) recently held a meeting for students interested in joining the orientation team, a student organization that assists new and returning students during SGTC orientation and registration. Students on the orientation team also serve as ambassadors for the college and help host campus events. Dr. Deo...

Shown above are the South Georgia Technical College Electrical Lineworker students touring the Crisp County Power Commission dam in Warwick.   Seventeen members of the South Georgia Technical College Electrical Lineworker class traveled to Warwick to take a tour of the Plant Crisp which is owned and operated by the Crisp County Power Commission.     Harold Ergle, SGTC adjunct instructor for the Electrical Lineworker Program and retired lineman from Crisp County Power Company, conducted...

SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers, Financial Aid Director Vickie Austin, Registrar Kari Bodrey, Vice President of Student Affairs Eulish Kinchens, Admissions Director Candie Walters are shown of the back row along with Sean McAuley from North Georgia Tech, SGTC High School Coordinator Vickie Austin and Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs Vanessa Wall on the middle row. The front row included North Georgia Tech individuals including: Dr. Fran Chastain, Mallory...

Pictured left to right are: Lacy Bailey, Financial Aid Specialist; Jasmine Mercer, Financial Aid Specialist; and Kelly Everett, Financial Aid Director of the SGTC Financial Aid department. Not pictured is Danyel Tobias, Financial Aid Specialist on the Cordele campus.South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) recently celebrated Constitution Day by distributing colorful bookmarks to students, which displayed the American flag behind the Preamble to the Constitution and information about the...

SGTC Fire Services/EMT students Will Toms and Clay Owens are shown above after participating with veteran fire fighters in the 9.11.2001 remembrance. (Photos by Leila Henderson Toms)   Two South Georgia Technical College Fire Fighter/EMSP students joined members of the Sumter County Fire and Rescue department in paying tribute to the memory of the 343 firefighters who lost their lives in the 9.11.2001 tragedy in New York City by climbing the equivalent of the 2,200 steps it would take the...

South Georgia Technical College President Emeritus Sparky Reeves is shown above with SGTC Athletic Director James Frey and the first-place team of Chandler Studdard, Corey Stallings and Bray Bishop and SGTC President Dr. John Watford.   The Team Peterson team of Chandler Studdard, Corey Stallings, and Bray Bishop won the coveted “Red Jackets” when they captured first place in the seventh annual South Georgia Technical College Jets Booster Club Sparky Reeves Golf Tournament held at the...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above (right) congratulating Chance Simpson of Macon County at the SGTC Spring 2021 graduation ceremony. Simpson was a dual enrollment student who earned his Computer Information Systems associate degree prior to graduating from high school. The Marshallville native was accepted into the elite and prestigious John Hopkins University (Whiting) School of Engineering with a full academic scholarship. He is double majoring in...

South Georgia Technical College Director of Economic Development for the Crisp County Center Michelle McGowan is shown above with Jamie Register, Human Resources Manager for Big Tex.South Georgia Technical College Dean of Enrollment Management Julie Partain is shown above with Crisp County Sheriff’s Department’s Colonel Denise Youngblood, Chief Deputy of the Crisp County Sheriff’s Office; Haley Wade, Public Information Officer, and Major Al Smith, Field Operations.CORDELE, GA – Over 25...