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South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) President Dr. John Watford announced the college’s Fall Semester President’s List recently, which included 107 students. In order to qualify for the President’s List, a student must be enrolled in a degree or diploma program and have a 4.0 GPA for that semester’s coursework. Those students who qualified included: Crisp County: Lindsey F. Biggers of Cordele, Culinary Arts; Gayla Annette Bleach of Cordele, Early Childhood Care Education; Ginny...

South Georgia Technical College and Marion County Schools officials are offering a college English course at a Marion County site beginning January 30th.BUENA VISTA, GA - South Georgia Technical College and Marion County School System employees, and community leaders are continuing their efforts to provide additional educational resources to the individuals in Marion County who would like to begin or continue their college education. Classes will begin on Monday, January 30th. South Georgia...

Christine RundleChristine Rundle of Americus has been hired as a Practical Nursing instructor for SGTC’s Americus campus, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford recently. In her new position, she will report to Academic Dean Vanessa Wall and Vice President for Academic Affairs David Kuipers. Rundle has 21 years of nursing experience, including over 16 years as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the Operating Room (OR) and nearly five years as a Labor and Delivery Nurse at Phoebe Sumter Medical...

SGTC’s Medical Assisting program was recognized as one of the top medical assistant programs in the nation by Accredited Schools Online recently. Instructor Diana Skipper (second from right) is pictured instructing students in the medical assisting lab on a training mannequin. South Georgia Technical College’s Medical Assisting program was ranked in the top 25 medical assistant programs in the nation according to Accredited Schools Online recently. The program earned the number 23 spot...

SGTC Student Government Association advisors and members are pictured with the donations of toiletries and other essential items raised for the local homeless shelter in 2016. This year's drive will take place until Dec. 15, 2017. SGTC NTHS advisor for the Americus campus chapter, Raven Payne (left) and NTHS member Annie Streeter are pictured with the gifts donated to families in need for the annual NTHS Giving Tree. South Georgia Technical College’s Americus campus chapter of the...

PBL Advisors Dr. Andrea Oates and Donna Lawrence (far left) are pictured with SGTC PBL Americus campus chapter members at their first meeting of 2017.   South Georgia Technical College’s Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) Americus campus Chapter held its first meeting of 2017 recently in Hicks Hall on SGTC’s Americus campus. PBL members discussed the results and outcomes of their Season of Giving, Non-Stop November, and PBL Week. Also discussed were upcoming events such as the annual PBL district...

Instructor of the Year nominees for SGTC include (left to right): Teresa McCook, Charles Christmas, and Shelly Godwin. They will be interviewed by a selection committee of local educators and one instructor will be selected as SGTC’s Instructor of the Year.   Three South Georgia Technical College instructors have been selected as finalists for SGTC’s 2017 Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year award, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford recently. Those instructors include Teresa...

Representatives from the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) spoke to SGTC Criminal Justice Technology students about the daily operations of the DJJ and the different roles within the organization. Those officers included LaRhonda Jackson (right), Travis Mansfield (center), and Ameatrice Gibbons (left). South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Criminal Justice Technology students in Teresa McCook’s Juvenile Justice class recently welcomed three representatives from the Department of...

Automotive instructor Brandon Dean stands with students around a car in the Automotive Technology lab.  South Georgia Technical College’s Automotive Technology program was ranked in the top 25 automotive mechanic programs in the nation according to Accredited Schools Online recently. The program earned the number 22 spot in the rankings, which included criteria such as tuition, percentage of students receiving financial aid, student-teacher ratio, and graduation rate. “Hands-on...

SGTC Reached 5000 Facebook likes  South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) recently reached a social media milestone, surpassing 5,000 followers (or page “likes”) in the first few days of 2017. The college’s Facebook account amassed this amount of followers steadily since the page was officially live in summer of 2011. “At South Georgia Technical College, students are the most important part of what we do, and social media is one of our most effective ways of communicating with our...

SGTC’s Crisp County Center chapter of NTHS displayed a purple ribbon tree to honor those who have survived cancer, remember those who have lost their battle, and recognize those who have been affected by cancer.   SGTC’s CIS program collected toys for the Adopt an Angel program for local children in need. SGTC’s Welding and Joining Technology program organized an effort to get holiday cards to veterans through the American Red Cross’s Holidays for Heroes program. South Georgia...

SGTC’s Paul Farr named new Director of Business and Industry Services for the Americus campus.South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford announced that Paul Farr of Americus has been named as the new Director of Business and Industry Services for the Americus campus. He will report to SGTC Vice President of Economic Development Wally Summers. He will begin his new duties immediately. Farr has been employed at South Georgia Technical College since 2007. He began working at...