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SGTC Career Services recently hosted a hiring event where Human Resources Craft Construction Recruiter Sherrie Searcy (seated) shared information with students and instructors about job opportunities with Overland Contracting Inc.South Georgia Technical College Career Services recently hosted an On-Campus Recruitment event for Overland Contracting Inc., (OCI) a Black & Veatch Company that provides construction services. Sherrie Searcy, Human Resources Craft Construction Recruiter, met with...

   Jasmine Day-Duncan of Preston, GA has been hired as a full-time English Instructor for South Georgia Technical College, announced President Dr. John Watford.  She will be teaching in-person and online English classes.  Jasmine Day-Duncan will report to SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs Julie Partain.     “I would like to welcome Jasmine Day-Duncan to South Georgia Technical College,” said Dr. Watford.  “I believe she will be an asset to the college and our students.  She will...

Sergeant First Class Jason Gourley of the Crisp County Sheriff’s Office received the Smarr-Smith Criminal Justice Scholarship from the South Georgia Technical College Foundation recently.Americus, GA – South Georgia Technical College Criminal Justice Technology graduate Jason Kyle Gourley of Cordele was awarded the Smarr-Smith Law Enforcement/Criminal Justice scholarship recently by the South Georgia Technical College Foundation.       The Smarr-Smith endowed scholarship at South...

Sergeant First Class Jason Gourley of the Crisp County Sheriff’s Office received the Smarr-Smith Criminal Justice Scholarship from the South Georgia Technical College Foundation recently.

SGTC Special Services Coordinator Jennifer Robinson (center) is pictured in the Jets Pantry with Claudia Phillips (left), founder of On My Mother’s Shoulders, and volunteer Mona Williams.The inventory of the Jets Pantry, an effort to supply toiletries and personal hygiene products to South Georgia Technical College students in need, recently received a generous restocking courtesy of On My Mother’s Shoulders (OMMS), a 501(c)3 organization from Marietta, GA. The mission of OMMS is to...

Pictured (l-r) are members of the SGTC CIS advisory committee William Patterson, Chris Saunders, Veronda Cladd, Mike Wilson, Nelson McCrary, and Brianna Greenberg.The South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Computer Information Systems (CIS) advisory committee met recently in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the SGTC campus in Americus. The advisory committee assists SGTC faculty and staff in continuous quality improvement of the CIS program. In the meeting, Veronda Cladd,...

Pictured is the 1961 Chevy Impala Bubbletop owned by Larry Meyers which one Best Paint Job and Best in Show at last year’s SGTC Father’s Day Car Show. The 2023 car show is Saturday, June 17.The annual South Georgia Technical College Father’s Day Car Show returns Saturday, June 17 from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. on the SGTC campus in Americus. Admission is free and lunch will be provided. Everyone is invited to enjoy the display of cars, trucks, motorcyles, and emergency vehicles....

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,...