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Russell Johnson of Americus is shown above receiving his associate degree in Criminal Justice from SGTC President Dr. John Watford.The proud past and promising future of South Georgia Technical College was on full display recently at the college’s Spring 2018 commencement ceremony Tuesday, May 8th at 6 p.m. in the James S. Peters Gymnasium on the Americus campus in front of a capacity crowd. South Georgia Tech is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. Approximately 200 students, 35 of...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above with Sam Minnema, SGTC Electric Power Generation instructor Keith McCorkle, Sander Torgeson, Mace Gjerman, Russ Dunnington, Galen Smith, SGTC Heavy Equipment Dealer’s Service Technology Instructor, CAT’s Kelly Maxwell and Bobby Kellum, SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers, Kenneth Trantham and Wes Adams.South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford was serving as the Dean of...

From left to right stand SGTC Electrical Systems Technology advisory committee members Dr. David Finley, Mike Enfinger, Dan Torbert, Ronnie Miller, Darrell Crenshaw and Tyler Wells. The South Georgia Technical College Electrical Systems Technology advisory committee met recently in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the college’s Americus campus to discuss several aspects of the industry. The purpose of the advisory committee is to assist South Georgia Tech faculty and staff...

In the midst of high school and college graduation ceremonies around the area, South Georgia Technical College held a special ceremony recently for 30 high school students who completed SGTC’s Nurse Aide certificate through the Dual Enrollment program. The 30 students who participated in the Nurse Aide (CNA) Technical Certificate of Credit program received their certificate and were pinned at the ceremony and will now be eligible to sit for the National Nurse Aide Assessment program...

SGTC’s 2018 GOAL Winner Noah McCleskey (shown above) will be the speaker at SGTC’s Spring Graduation Exercise on Tuesday, May 8th, 2018.South Georgia Technical College will be hosting its 2018 spring graduation exercise Tuesday, May 8th at 6 p.m. in the James S. Peters Gymnasium on the Americus campus. Noah McCleskey of Pinehurst, GA, South Georgia Technical College’s 2018 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) winner, is scheduled to be the guest speaker at the event. The...

South Georgia Technical College Jets head coach Travis Garrett is shown above (l to r) with Rico Simmons, who is signing a letter of intent to play basketball at Mississippi Valley State University, and Jets assistant coach Chris Ballauer.South Georgia Technical College standout sophomore guard Rico Simmons has signed a letter of intent to continue his education and athletic career at Mississippi Valley State University in Itta Bena, Mississippi, the heart of the Mississippi Delta. “I...

Retired South Georgia Technical College Caterpillar Heavy Equipment Dealers’ Service Technician Instructor Rick Davis (center) is shown above with the Caterpillar dealer’s and college officials. The CAT dealers’ presented him with a Big Green Egg cooker and table for his retirement. Shown above with Davis are: SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers, SGTC Instructor Donald Rountree, Jim Larson with Yancey, SGTC’s Raymond Holt and Don Smith, Ashley Self of Thompson...

Sign up for the free professional development program for teachers scheduled to be held at the SGTC Crisp County Center on June 12th. The event is sponsored by Georgia Public Broadcasting, Tata Consultancy Services and Discovery Education.“Ignite My Future in School - Day of Discovery” will be held at the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center Campus at 402 N. Midway Road in Cordele on Tuesday, June 12th from 8:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. The event is a customized in-person...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (seated left) is shown above with Sandra Eskew Capps, Director of Academic Relations for CHSGa (seated center) and SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers during the scholarship presentation. Also shown (standing) are: Melissa Dupree of the Lillian G. Carter Health and Rehabilitation in Plains, Georgia; Debra Mims, Regional Vice President for the Southwest Region, Ethica; Tonya Mathis of the Lillian G. Carter Health...

Students and faculty members march through SGTC’s Americus campus, holding “green” protest signs and picking up trash along the way in observance of Earth Day. South Georgia Technical College students and faculty members celebrated Earth Day recently by picking up trash around both campuses, parading through campus with awareness signs, hugging trees and doing yoga in the grass. On the Americus campus, Nikki Thompson, Orientation Team Co-Coordinator, organized the event for students...

South Georgia Technical College graduate Stephanie Preskitt has been hired as the college’s Human Resources Specialist, SGTC President Dr. John Watford announced recently. She will report to Sandy Larson, Human Resources Director and Lea Coe, Vice President of Administrative Services. As the Human Resources Specialist, Preskitt’s responsibilities will include preparing and conducting new hire orientation, coordinating and processing new and existing employee benefits during open...

From left to right is National Technical Honor Society advisor Raven Payne and new inductees Joshua Smallwood, Dakota Kuhn, SheKetta Wakefield, Megan Yarbrough, Prince Burns, Adrian Queenie, Andrew Stevens and Anniya Barron.A new slate of South Georgia Technical College students were inducted into the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) Americus Campus chapter recently. The eight new inductees were invited to join the organization based on their high academic achievement. The new...