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Both the Sumter County School Board members and the Ignite College and Career Academy Board members and officials are shown above during the Groundbreaking ceremony. South Georgia Technical College officials were on hand to celebrate the Sumter County Board of Education’s groundbreaking ceremony for the new Sumter County High School that will be constructed on South Georgia Technical College Parkway across from South Georgia Technical College.    Several hundred community...

Shown above are a group of the SGTC culinary arts students with Chef “Ricky” Watzlowick getting ready for the restaurant project. South Georgia Technical College’s culinary arts students recently set up a pop-up restaurant in the college’s Hicks Hall “Landings” Restaurant and served Southern Cuisine to SGTC faculty and staff as part of their hands-on curriculum. This is the last pop-up restaurant in the series.    The menu consisted of southern pasta salad, potato...

Shown above are a group of the SGTC culinary arts students with Chef “Ricky” Watzlowick getting ready for the restaurant project.

Eulish Kinchens named Vice President of Student Affairs and Vanessa Wall named Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs with duties over Campus Security, On-Campus Housing and Student Activities at South Georgia Technical College. South Georgia Technical College Registrar Eulish Kinchens of Americus has been named Vice President of Student Affairs and Academic Dean Vanessa Wall of Ellaville will now serve as the Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs in charge of campus security,...

FREE SGTC STEM Camp set for July 16th – 18th in Americus. South Georgia Technical College will be hosting a FREE summer STEM camps for middle school students July 16th – 18th at the college at 900 South Georgia Tech Parkway, Americus, GA 31709. Space is limited and admission will be awarded on a first come – first sign up basis.    For more information about the camp, contact Nancy Fitzgerald at nfitzgerald@southgatech.edu or call 229-931-2508. Students can sign up for the...

Technical College System of Georgia Apprenticeship Manager for the Office of Workforce Development Holly Free-Ollard is shown above (l to r) with South Georgia Technical College Business and Industry Director Paul Farr, SGTC President Dr. John Watford, and SGTC Vice President of Economic Development Wally Summers. She presented an Industry Apprenticeship Training session at SGTC and approximately 35 individuals attended. Holly Free-Ollard, Apprenticeship Manager for the Technical College...

Chef “Ricky” Ludwig Watzlowick is shown above with some of the South Georgia Technical College culinary arts students who helped prepare the Jamaican cuisine presented as part of the “pop-up” restaurant project. South Georgia Technical College’s culinary arts students set up a pop-up restaurant in the college’s Hicks Hall “Landings” Restaurant and served Jamaican Cuisine to SGTC faculty and staff as part of their hands-on curriculum.    The menu consisted of a house...

South Georgia Technical College Dean of Enrollment Management on the Crisp County Center Julie Partain is shown above (l to r) with SGTC Crisp County Electrical System’s Instructor Mike Enfinger and Jordan Gilliam, who nominated Enfinger for the award from the Crisp County School System. South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center’s Electrical System Technology instructor Mike Enfinger was nominated for and received the Golden Apple Award from the Crisp County School...

Heidi Goodman of RESA joined Nancy Fitzgerald from South Georgia Tech and Jenna Rhodes of RESA in helping students construct a Pringle Tower. South Georgia Technical College has finished the first day of a FREE three-day STEM camp for high school students in grades 9 through 12 at the Crisp County Center on North Midway Road. Students can still sign up for day two and three by contacting Nancy Fitzgerald at nfitzgerald@southgatech.edu or 229-931-2508.    Students participated in a...

Shown above is Barry Carson of Leesburg’s 2016 Ford Mustang GT that took first place in the Best of Show for 1994 – Present and the Best Paint Category. Barry Cason of Leesburg took first place in the Best in Show New from 1994 – Present Car category as well as first place in the Best Paint Job category with his 2016 Ford Mustang GT at the South Georgia Technical College’s inaugural Father’s Day Car Show recently. Thirty-five cars were on display in front of the SGTC cafeteria...

Jennifer Ziifle, TCSG Director of Campus Safety standing left) and South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (standing right) are shown above with individuals from Technical College across the state who attended the Leadership Symposium at the SGTC Crisp County Center campus.Cordele, GA – South Georgia Technical College hosted the Technical College System of Georgia Behavioral Intervention Team and Clery Team Chairs Leadership Symposium on the college’s Crisp County...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (l) is shown above with Cordele Rotary Club President Grant Buckley at the close of the Rotary Club meeting where Dr. Watford presented the program recently. South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford was the guest speaker at the Cordele Rotary Club recently and shared with members some of the outstanding accomplishments of South Georgia Technical College and the Crisp County Center campus. He also talked about...