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SGTC’s 2019 GOAL Winner Kelsi Cannon (shown above) with SGTC President Dr. John Watford, will be the speaker at SGTC’s Spring Graduation Exercise on Thursday, May 2nd, 2019.South Georgia Technical College will be hosting its 2019 spring graduation exercise Thursday, May 2nd at 6 p.m. in the James S. Peters Gymnasium on the Americus campus.   Kelsi Cannon of Ellaville, GA, South Georgia Technical College’s 2019 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) winner, is scheduled...

South Georgia Tech’s Katherine Murphy with her Who’s Who award.Atlanta, GA - Katherine Murphy, a business technology student at South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center was recognized as a member of the Who’s Who in Georgia PBL at the Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) State Leadership Conference in Atlanta recently.   Murphy of Ashburn was recognized with the “Who’s Who” in Georgia PBL for her efforts in raising the most funds for the March of Dimes charity.  ...

Sixteen of the 23 new National Technical Honor Society members of South Georgia Technical College's Crisp County Center chapter stand with their membership certificates.South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center chapter of the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) recently inducted 23 new members into the organization which recognizes students’ outstanding academic achievement. The induction ceremony was held in the LaPorte Auditorium of the Crisp County Center campus in...

Colyn Johnson, right, accepts his Student of Excellence award from SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers. South Georgia Technical College’s Americus campus held its final Student of Excellence ceremony of the semester recently, where they named Colyn Johnson of Nicholls, Georgia the overall winner. The avionics student, who is set to graduate next semester, received the recognition over six other nominees who were all in the transportation programs division. The ceremony...

Student of Excellence winner Kennedy Allen, right, accepts her award from SGTC dean of enrollment management Julie Partain. Kennedy Allen, a business administrative technology student from Vienna, was named South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center Student of Excellence for the month on April. She was awarded the title at a recent ceremony on the Cordele campus, which honored her and five other nominees for their outstanding work ethic. Allen was nominated for the award by her...

Shown above (l to r) at the SGTC Crisp County Advisory meeting are: Shearer Turton of Turton Investments; Dametra Patterson of Crisp County High School; Hannah Weaver, Marketing Management student; Kennedy Allen, Business Technology Student; Karen Bloodworth, Marketing Management Instructor; Christopher Mathews, Business Technology Student; Becky Fitzgibbons of Crisp County Power Commission; Teresa Jolly, Business Technology Instructor; Julie Partain, Dean of Enrollment Management; Allysia...

17 of the 25 National Technical Honor Society stand as a group with their membership certificates.South Georgia Technical College inducted 25 new members into the Americus campus’ chapter of the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) recently during a special ceremony in the John M. Pope Center. The induction marks one of the largest classes the student organization has ever ushered in. The new inductees included: Taariq Abdullah of Covington; Brady Bennett of Molena; Eric Blake of...

SGTC cosmetology and barbering advisory committee members stand together in the college's salon lab. Left to right: Dr. David Finley, Xavier Jackson, Adrain Hicks, Angelo Baisden, Anna Horton, Kembrial Harris, Tracy Finch,Martha Bruce, Armenta Battle, Danielle McSpadden, Yesenia Gutierrez and Dorothea Lusane-McKenzie.South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) barbering and cosmetology program advisory committees jointly met recently on the college’s Americus campus to discuss the current...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford welcomed Ron Clark to the SGTC campus and the Community Healthcare Forum.Americus, GA – Ron Clark, teacher and administrator of the award-winning and internationally acclaimed Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta, was the keynote speaker at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center’s Community Health Symposium recently in the South Georgia Technical College gymnasium.   The Community Health Symposium, was free and open to the public and covered...

Advisory committee members (l to r) John Hayes, Caleb Abell, Brian McDowell, Paul Battle, Raymond Holt, Glynn Cobb, Brian McMichael and Paul Farr stand together.South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) air conditioning technology program advisory committee met recently on the college’s Americus campus to discuss the current state of the program and the industry as a whole. The purpose of the advisory committee is to assist South Georgia Tech faculty and staff in continuous quality...

South Georgia Technical College’s members and advisors from Phi Beta Lambda, Student Government Association and National Technical Honor Society come together for a picture during the recent State Leadership Conference. The student organizations collectively brought home 39 awards and recognitions from the event.Student organizations from South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County and Americus campuses recently traveled to Atlanta to participate in the 2019 Georgia State Leadership...

South Georgia Technical College Americus Campus’ chapter of PBL attended the State Leadership Conference recently and brought home 20 awards and recognitions. (Left to Right): Jasmin Tovar, Bentura Nunez, Donna Lawrence, Jordan Jackson, Shantelle Brito, Heather Hinton, Andreas Edwards, Andrea Oates, and Sachariah Vincent.South Georgia Technical College’s Americus chapter of Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) participated in the State Leadership Conference recently and brought home 20 awards and...