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Shown above is South Georgia Technical College President Dr. Watford with a representative stack of college textbooks that are provided for students to use at no cost at SGTC when they enroll for Spring semester. Classes start January 13th. The New Year is a great time to look at expanding or exploring new career options.   South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) President Dr. John Watford announced that the college’s Spring semester registration and the start of Spring Semester has been...

South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Director Brett Murray is shown above (left) with Grayson H. Watson (center) of Sycamore, Georgia, who is a graduate of the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy and a recipient of the SGTC Smallwood-Sondron Law Enforcement Scholarship. SGTC President Dr. John Watford (right) is also shown.     Eric Austin Taylor-Hair of Hawkinsville, GA, was awarded the Smallwood-Sondron Law Enforcement Academy Scholarship at the...

SGTC will be closed for the holidays from December 21st – 25th and then is delaying the start of Spring Semester for one week due to COVID-19 precautions. Registration is planned for January 11th and classes start January 13th.   South Georgia Technical College will close its campuses and adult education sites for the holidays December 21st through December 25th.  The college is also delaying Spring Semester registration until January 11th and the start of Spring Semester until January...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above presenting the Lt. Michael Sangster Law Enforcement Academy Scholarship to Wesley Roshawd Poke of Ashburn, GA. Also shown are Law Enforcement Academy Director Brett Murray (left) and SGTC Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs and Law Enforcement Academy instructor Vanessa Wall (right).     Commitment is more than just a word to South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Class 20-02 cadet Wesley R....

   Jack W. Stanley, a 1967 Electronics graduate, returned to South Georgia Technical College 53 years after his first graduation ceremony to receive his Associate Degree in Electronics with Honors during the college’s Drive-Thru graduation ceremony held recently.  He was presented with his associate degree by SGTC President Dr. John Watford.     Over 400 individuals earned the right to participate in the SGTC Drive-Thru graduation ceremony along with Jack W. Stanley, a retired...

Courtney Seay of the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Class 20-02 is shown above (left center) with her Lou Crouch Law Enforcement Academy Scholarship award. Shown with Seay is SGTC Law Enforcement Academy Director Brett Murray (left), South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (right center) and SGTC Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs and Law Enforcement Academy instructor Vanessa Wall (right).   Courtney Seay of Albany was presented with the...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (front center), LEA Academy Director Brett Murray (front center left) and SGTC Assistant Vice President of Academic Affairs and LEA Academy Instructor Vanessa Wall (front center right) are shown above with the members of the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Class 20-02 cadets who competed their training recently. The cadets earned their POST certification and a technical certificate of credit for their course...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (right) is shown above with Tanner Joseph Rundle who received an associate degree in Criminal Justice and his mom, SGTC Practical Nursing Instructor Christine Rundle, who got to present her son with his degree.Over 400 individuals earned the right to be recognized at the South Georgia Technical College’s Fall 2020 drive-thru commencement ceremony Thursday, December 10th at 6 p.m. in the outdoor circular drive area between the John...

Some of the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center students are shown above enjoying the Student Appreciation “Grab and Go” refreshments in the auditorium.   The South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center hosted a student appreciation day recently to thank students for choosing South Georgia Technical College and also to share some snacks to help propel them toward the end of the semester and finals.    The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many classes to meet in on...

Shown above are Cedric Smith, Chandler Buchanan and David Rueda-Fierros, the three SGTC POST certified Criminal Justice students who returned to earn their Criminal Justice associate degree and were awarded the Smarr-Smith scholarship.Americus, GA – Three POST certified Criminal Justice Technology students were awarded Smarr-Smith scholarships recently at South Georgia Technical College.       Cedric Smith of Americus, Chandler Buchanan of Cuthbert, and David Rueda-Fierros of Americus...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (far left) is shown above with the members of the SGTC Adult Education department that planned and executed the Drive-Thru graduation ceremony for the 2020 graduates.   South Georgia Technical College held its 2020 Fall General Educational Development Diploma (GED) High School Equivalency Drive-Thru Graduation ceremony in the outdoor circular drive area between the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center and the Odom Center on the...

Pictured are the Fall 2020 graduates of the South Georgia Technical College Licensed Practical Nursing Program.Twelve graduates of the South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Licensed Practical Nursing program received their nursing pins in a small, classroom ceremony. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, only the students and their instructors participated in the traditional pinning ritual. Receiving their pins were Yolynda Brown of Americus, Kristanna Carnes of Americus, Keleisha Dowdell of...