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Pictured are SGTC Student of Excellence nominating instructors (standing l-r) Wanda Bishop, Brianna Greenberg, Teresa Jolly, Lisa Penton, and Karen Bloodworth, and nominees (seated l-r) overall winner Ke’Andrea Ray, Jer’Risha Hamilton, and Haley Wade. Not pictured are nominees Deontay Buckholts and Princess King.The Crisp County Center of South Georgia Technical College recently recognized Ke'Andrea Ray of Cordele as the September Student of Excellence. Ray, a Criminal Justice student,...

Chef Ricky Watzlowick (right) is shown above with some of the Americus Culinary Arts students who helped with the TechForce Silent Auction.     South Georgia Technical College Culinary Arts instructor Ricky Watzlowick and the culinary arts students on the Americus campus gained valuable experience and also donated their time and talents for a good cause recently when they provided the luncheon meal and silent auction goodies for the South Georgia Technical College Foundation 2021 Internal...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (l), is shown above with SGTC Board members Michael Coley and Grant Buckley who underwent TCDA training recently conducted by TCDA Executive Director Adie Shimandle (right).            Grant Buckley, Executive Director of the Cordele-Crisp County Industrial Council in Cordele, and Rev. Michael Coley of Americus, SGTC Electronics Alumni and retiree from the Warner Robins Air Force Base, participated in training through the Technical...

Shown above are the members of the South Georgia Technical College Internal TechForce 2021 fund drive. They include: (Back row) Pat Peacock, Dr. David Finley, Teresa McCook, Tami Blount, Minnie Williamson, Katrice Taylor, Chester Taylor, Kyle Hartsfield, Nancy Fitzgerald, and Vanessa Wall. Shown on the front row are: Leah Cannady, Lillie Ann Winn, Virgillia Edge, Eulish Kinchens, Jennifer Robinson, Michelle McGowan, and Kari Bodrey.    The South Georgia Technical College Foundation 2021...

SGTC Student of Excellence overall winner Samuel Cover (left) and nominees (top row) Antonio Myrick, Christopher Stephan, Jesus Mendoza, (bottom row) Kelli Rees, Lonnie Rogers, and Austin Carpenter.Samuel Cover of Americus was recently recognized as the South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Student of Excellence for September on the Americus campus. Cover studies Precision Machining and Manufacturing and was nominated by his instructor, Chad Brown. The Student of Excellence is selected...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford recently announced the college’s President’s List for the summer semester, which included 50 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: Cook County: Shamari Lashan Stafford of...

SGTC CIS Alumni Chance Simpson is shown above in front of the Johns Hopkins University sign where he has been hired as a Computer Lab Assistant.Marshallville, GA – Chance Simpson of Marshallville signed up as a dual enrollment student at South Georgia Technical College at the start of his 10th grade year at Macon County High School.  He graduated with his associate degree in Computer Networking Support just a few weeks shy of graduating from high school and earned acceptance into the elite...

SGTC Practical Nursing instructor Christine Rundle donates blood at the recent American Red Cross blood drive on the SGTC Americus campus.South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) recently hosted a blood drive for the American Red Cross that resulted in the donation of 23 units of blood. Students, faculty and staff members, as well as community members attended the drive to donate blood. SGTC Nursing students assisted with the event to gain valuable experience. According to the American Red...

Jeremy Wicker of GSW leads SGTC students in a group activity during a recent meeting for students interested in joining the SGTC orientation team.South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) recently held a meeting for students interested in joining the orientation team, a student organization that assists new and returning students during SGTC orientation and registration. Students on the orientation team also serve as ambassadors for the college and help host campus events. Dr. Deo...

Shown above are the South Georgia Technical College Electrical Lineworker students touring the Crisp County Power Commission dam in Warwick.   Seventeen members of the South Georgia Technical College Electrical Lineworker class traveled to Warwick to take a tour of the Plant Crisp which is owned and operated by the Crisp County Power Commission.     Harold Ergle, SGTC adjunct instructor for the Electrical Lineworker Program and retired lineman from Crisp County Power Company, conducted...

SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers, Financial Aid Director Vickie Austin, Registrar Kari Bodrey, Vice President of Student Affairs Eulish Kinchens, Admissions Director Candie Walters are shown of the back row along with Sean McAuley from North Georgia Tech, SGTC High School Coordinator Vickie Austin and Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs Vanessa Wall on the middle row. The front row included North Georgia Tech individuals including: Dr. Fran Chastain, Mallory...

Pictured left to right are: Lacy Bailey, Financial Aid Specialist; Jasmine Mercer, Financial Aid Specialist; and Kelly Everett, Financial Aid Director of the SGTC Financial Aid department. Not pictured is Danyel Tobias, Financial Aid Specialist on the Cordele campus.South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) recently celebrated Constitution Day by distributing colorful bookmarks to students, which displayed the American flag behind the Preamble to the Constitution and information about the...