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South Georgia Technical College promotes Michell McGowan, Brett Murray, and Katrice Martin to new positions effective June 1, 2023.   Three South Georgia Technical College employees with over 50 years of combined institutional knowledge will be accepting new challenges and positions beginning June 1, 2023, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford.    Michelle McGowan, Director of Business and Industry Services for the Crisp County Center, has been promoted to the...

Shown above are SGTC Barbering students with instructor Andre Robinson with the Red Beauty Red Edgelining T-shaper Hair Trimmers and the Red Pro Edgelining Titanium Clippers.   Red Beauty of Piscataway, New Jersey provided nearly $8,000 worth of barbering tools for the South Georgia Technical College barbering program recently through the South Georgia Technical College Foundation.  The donated items will be distributed to the students in the SGTC Barbering program.    The donation from Red...

Shown above is SGTC Heavy Equipment Dealer Service Technology Instructor Don Rountree shown talking with the CAT Think Big Advisory Committee members recently.Americus, GA – South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford met with representatives from six Caterpillar Dealers from across the Southeastern United States, during the “ThinkBIG” Heavy Equipment Dealers Service Technology Advisory Committee meeting at South Georgia Technical College recently.  The group held the...

Shown above is information about summer semester registration.    South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) will be hosting an in-person registration for Summer Semester on Tuesday, May 23 from 9:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. in the John M. Pope Center on the Americus campus and at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the Crisp County Center in Cordele.  Summer semester classes begin Wednesday, May 24 and it is not too late to sign up for the shortened summer semester.    “This is an awesome opportunity...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford recently announced the college’s President’s List for the spring semester, which included 116 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: Barrow County: Jackson Gannon of Winder,...

Kailee Whitmer, a 2023 Crisp County High School graduate, is the recipient of the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County High School Class of 1965 scholarship. She plans to enroll in the Drafting Technology program.     Kailee Whitmer of Arabi, a member of the 2023 graduating class of Crisp County High School, was nominated and selected to receive the Crisp County High School Class of 1965 scholarship from the South Georgia Technical College Foundation. The scholarship can be utilized...

SGTC Adjunct Jessakeetha Maddox will be the instructor for the Nail Technician Certificate program on the Americus campus this summer. She is shown with several of her dual enrollment students who are completing their nail tech pathway.   South Georgia Technical College is offering the Nail Technician Certificate program beginning summer term on the Americus campus.  Classes begin Wednesday, May 24 and will conclude July 27. Licensed Cosmetologist, Hair Stylist/Nail Technician Jessakeetha...

SGTC has recorded enrollment growth for the third consecutive semester.   South Georgia Technical College recorded its third consecutive growth in enrollment following COVID-19, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford.  SGTC posted an 8.6% enrollment growth for Spring Semester which is over two times greater than the Technical College System of Georgia’s overall average growth of 3.9%.    South Georgia Technical College posted an 11.7% increase for Fall 2022...

SGTC Americus Criminal Justice Instructor Teresa McCook is shown above with one of her recent Criminal Justice graduates, John Phillip Welch. He earned his associate’s degree in Criminal Justice and received his diploma in the May 2023 SGTC 75th anniversary graduation ceremony. He was also a nominee for the SGTC GOAL competition.    South Georgia Technical College in Americus, GA, received a total of 77 awards from College Factual’s 2023 rankings which analyzed over 2,000 colleges and...

Seeing Double. South Georgia Technical College Aviation Maintenance Alumni Kip and Kolby McClelland are shown above in front of their business, Twin Aviation Repair, LLC in Douglas, GA.   Koby and Kip McClelland, twin brothers from Douglas, GA, graduated from the South Georgia Technical College Aviation Maintenance Technology program in August 2020. They were featured recently in “Flying Magazine” for their expertise in helping a retired American Airlines pilot, who experienced engine...

David CoxDavid Cox of Americus has been hired as a new full-time Diesel Equipment Technology instructor at South Georgia Technical College, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford.  He will report to South Georgia Technical College Academic Dean David Finley and SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs Julie Partain.  He is joining SGTC as a full-time instructor and will work with existing instructor Chase Shannon. Cox is a graduate of the South Georgia Technical...

South Georgia Technical College’s Jennifer Robinson (third from the left) is shown above with the items donated. Tawnya Hadley, Americus Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta, Sorority, Inc. May Week Chair, along with Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. members and SGTC Instructors Mary Cross and Brenda Boone brought the items to be donated to the pantry. Mary Cross is the SGTC Marketing Instructor on the Americus campus and Brenda Boone is the Americus campus Accounting Instructor.    ...