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Bobblehead ACE is shown in the rotunda of the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center.Post a photo or video with South Georgia Technical College’s new Bobblehead ACE on social media for a chance to win a scholarship and great prizes! South Georgia Technical College’s mascot, ACE, arrived on campus recently in Bobblehead form. To welcome him to campus, a special SGTC Bobblehead ACE Social Media Contest has been planned. It will be open to all SGTC students, faculty, staff, and the...

A student from the South Georgia Technical College Schley County High School CNA program is shown above utilizing a computer to assist with the American Red Cross Blood drive held at their high school recently. The SGTC Schley County CNA students helped with several duties including the check-in, escorting students to and from the staging room, and the refreshment area.South Georgia Technical College’s Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) program has been ranked as the 24th Most Affordable CNA...

South Georgia Technical College Computer Information and Networking Specialist Instructor Andrea Ingram is shown above with a student enrolled in the CIS program. Computer Information and Networking Specialist programs are one of the many STEM career programs offered at South Georgia Technical College.South Georgia Technical College and Georgia Southwestern State University are part of a $3 million grant to prepare more underrepresented minority undergraduate students for careers in...

Stewart County High School juniors and seniors are shown above with the South Georgia Technical College mascot “ACE” and SGTC Board member and Georgia Power representative Don Porter, Georgia Power Engineering Supervisor Patrick Harris, as well as SGTC Vice President of Economic Development Wally Summers and Paul Farr, SGTC Director of Business and Industry Services. A group of nearly two dozen juniors and seniors from Stewart County High School in Lumpkin, Georgia, visited South Georgia...

Shown above (l to r) are Anne Isbell, President of the Americus Kiwanis Club, presenting SGTC Foundation Executive Director Su Ann Bird with a donation for the SGTC Foundation and the Jets Booster Club.The Americus Kiwanis Club presented the South Georgia Technical College Foundation with a check recently in support of the Foundation’s annual fund drive to help students “Celebrate Success With South Georgia Tech.” They also presented a donation to the Jets Booster Club. Anne...

SGTC Cosmetology Instructor Dorothea Lusane McKenzie (second from left) is shown above with her lab instructor Samantha Willis, Instructor Trainee and former cosmetology student Shantray Ross, Jennifer Bowens of Miss J’s Salon in Fort Valley and her assistant Jessicia Keister, and SGTC Instructor Trainee Mikeeshia Towns.Jennifer Bowens of Miss J’s Salon and Hair Loss Clinic in Fort Valley was the special guest speaker at the South Georgia Technical College’s Cosmetology “Color Made...

Shirley Trice, Director of Food Services at South Georgia Tech. Photos by David Parks Photography and reprinted with permission from With You In Mind Publications.Shirley Trice, Director of Food Services at South Georgia Technical College (SGTC), was featured in an eight-page spread in the Fall 2018 Sumter County Living Magazine. The article was written by June B. Anderson and David Parks Photography provided the photos. The article, beginning on page 94, can be found at:...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (r) and SGTC Precision Machining and Manufacturing Instructor Chad Brown (l) are shown above with the $10,000 donation to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation. They are shown in front of one of the college’s Haas machines that students train on in the Precision Machining and Manufacturing program. The Gene Haas Foundation donated $10,000 to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation recently to support scholarships...

Chef Ricky Watzlowick (right) and one his Culinary Arts students are shown above getting the basket of cookies ready for the silent auction.South Georgia Technical College Culinary Arts instructor Ricky Watzlowick and his culinary arts students on the Americus campus gained valuable experience recently and also donated their time and talents for a good cause. The SGTC Americus Culinary Arts program uses hands-on instruction to teach students and as part of their “hands-on baking”...

Shown above helping students to “Celebrate Success with South Georgia Tech!” is the South Georgia Technical College TechForce 2018 Internal Committee who worked so hard to make the internal drive and silent auction such a success. Shown (l to r) are: David Finley, Shane Peaster, Minnie Williamson, Faith Harnum, Vanessa Wall, Tami Blount, Don Rountree, Matthew Burks, Teresa McCook, Chester Taylor, Leah Windham, and Nancy Fitzgerald. Not shown are: Dr. Andrea Oates, Andrea Ingram,...

Student of Excellence winner Clay Mizell holds his plaque and poses with his instructor Glynn Cobb in front Student of Excellence banner. The banner will be displayed in the AC Technology room until a new Student of Excellence is chosen in February. South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) student Jeremy Clay Mizell of Americus was recently named the Student of Excellence for the month of September. Mizell, an air conditioning technology student, was recognized for his hard work at the recent...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (r) and SGTC Financial Aid Director Carrie Wilder (l) are shown above in front of the U. S. Flag with the bookmarks that were printed up for the faculty, staff, and students in observance of Constitution Day recently.South Georgia Technical College observed Constitution Day and Citizenship Day recently, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford. Each educational institution in the United States that...