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Free “Changing Lives” t-shirts will be available to students registering for Fall Semester at South Georgia Technical College while supplies last. In-person registration will be held July 20th, 2021 in Americus and Crisp County. Shown above (l to r) are SGTC admissions staff Shonda Bodie, SGTC High School Initiatives Specialist Beth Wisham, and SGTC Admissions staff Brittany Rogers showing off the new SGTC “Changing Lives” t-shirts.   South Georgia Technical College will be hosting...

Tours are available of program areas at South Georgia Technical College. Tison Smith, a Precision Machining and Manufacturing student that took 3rd place in the SkillsUSA Additive Manufacturing competition is shown above (l to r) talking with SGTC Academic Dean Dr. David Finley about the Precision Machining and Manufacturing program at SGTC.    South Georgia Technical College is hosting program tours of the Industrial/Technical programs housed in the John M. Pope Industrial Technical...

    A good crowd attended South Georgia Technical College’s Luau/Field Day for the faculty, staff and students in front of the James S. Peters gymnasium recently.  The event was a fun activity planned by the SGTC student government association and the Student Affairs department for summer semester.     The Luau/Field day featured live music, a water slide, inflatable basketball goals and games of limbo, cornhole, kickball, sack race, water balloon toss and more.   Aramark also served...

Shown above is the South Georgia Technical College 2020 – 2021 Lady Jets team who added an academic honor by tying for the highest cumulative GPA in the national among all two-year colleges. SGTC was the only women’s athletic team to be included in the WBCA Academic Top 25 Team honor rolls at any level. The Lady Jets were also one of the top 16 teams in the nation in the National Junior College Athletic Association for 2020 -2021.Shown above is the South Georgia Technical College 2020...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above standing (r) with SGTC Business and Industry Services Director Paul Farr (l to r) along with Jefferson State Community College Associate Dean for Technical Programs Deana Goodwine and Jefferson State Director of Workforce Education Lean Bigbee. Not shown is SGTC Vice President of Institutional Advancement Su Ann Bird.   South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford hosted officials from Jefferson State...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above standing (l to r) with Wiregrass Technical College Executive Director for Academic Affairs Niki Ogletree, Executive Director for Fundraising Crissy Staley, SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers, and SGTC Aviation Maintenance Technology Instructor Charles Christmas. Shown seated (l to r) are SGTC Aviation Maintenance Instructor David Grant, Wiregrass Technical College Interim Vice President of Academic...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (l) is shown above accepting the Nutiren endowed scholarship check from William Nutt, a 1989 Diesel Technology graduate of South Georgia Technical College, who works at Nutrien as a maintenance mechanic.Americus, GA –Nutrien, the world’s largest provider of crop inputs and services, continued its support of South Georgia Technical College this year by endowing another academic scholarship at the nationally-recognized two-year...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford recently announced the college’s President’s List for the spring semester, which included 152 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:Baldwin County: Isaiah Lee Reeder of Baldwin,...

Mark Brooks (center) is shown above with his SGTC Foundation Scholarship certificate that was presented to him by his children after they established the Mark Brooks Scholarship for aviation maintenance students as a retirement gift. Shown (l to r) are Ben and Beth Brooks Wisham, Mark Brooks, Matthew Brooks and John Brooks.    A new South Georgia Technical College Foundation scholarship was established recently in honor of South Georgia Technical College retired Administrative Services...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (seated left) is shown above with new Sumter County Chamber President and CEO Amber Batchelor (seated right) during the meeting with the college’s senior leadership team and tour of the campus. Shown standing (l to r) are Dean of Enrollment Management Julie Partain, Vice President of Administrative Services Lea Coe, Vice President of Student Affairs Eulish Kinchens, Vice President of Facilities, Adult Education, and WIO Karen...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (l to r) is shown above with SGTC Precision Machining and Manufacturing students Patrick Hortman and Tison Smith who won Bronze Medals in the National SkillsUSA Additive Manufacturing competition and Jonathan Camp who was one of the top nine finalists nationally in the SkillsUSA Aviation Maintenance Technology competition.     Three students from South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) ranked nationally in the 2021 virtual SkillsUSA...

Pictured are SGTC Director of Career Services Cynthia Carter (standing, left) with (l-r) Hannah Strouf, Nichole Adams, and Priscilla Smith of The Staffing People at a recent hiring event on the SGTC campus.South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) and The Staffing People, a staffing and human resources company in Americus, recently joined forces to hold a hiring event in the James S. Peters Gymnasium on the SGTC campus. Nearly forty companies were on hand with jobs available for qualified...