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Americus Rotary Club President Reda Rowell (l) is shown above presenting a check to Christopher McGee (r), who was selected as the SGTC 2017 GOAL student of the year.Americus Rotary Club President Reda Rowell presented Crisp County Marketing Management student Christopher McGee with a stipend recently on behalf of the Americus Rotary Club after he was recognized as the college’s 2017 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) winner by SGTC President Dr. John Watford at the...

Seated, from left to right, are some of the Americus chapter PBL competitors Ashley Halstead and Fierra Riley, and standing from left to right are Racarda Blackmon, Alicia English, and Branyon Kendrick. SGTC Crisp County Center PBL district competitors are, from left to right, Dravian McGill, Ramona Williams, Tonkita Rogers, Christopher McGee, Jordan Smith, and Alexandra Joiner. South Georgia Technical College students from both the Americus campus Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) chapter and the...

Shown above are the SGTC Medical Assisting students and instructor who helped with the health fair at TSG, Inc. in Americus recently. They are: (l to r) instructor Lynn Lightner and students, Melissa Griffith of Andersonville, Kiara Wallace of Plains, Shannon Cranford of Americus, Loetheta Walton on Leesburg, Heather Worth of Americus, Martika Holmes of Americus and Lyndsey Massey of Rupert in Taylor County.Students in the South Georgia Technical College Medical Assisting program assisted...

SGTC’s Sandhya Muljibhai, Robin Bell, and LaKenya Johnson (pictured here from left to right) were a few of the individuals who helped fill one of SGTC’s Commercial Truck Driving trailers with items to help disaster victims in need across South Georgia after the recent devastation from severe weather in South Georgia. South Georgia Technical College faculty and staff members were recently called on for help in assisting the victims of severe weather in SGTC’s service area and beyond,...

The top-ranked Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association’s South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets moved up three spots into 18th place in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I women’s basketball Top 25 poll released February 7th. South Georgia Tech was in the 21st place spot last week and is still the only Georgia women’s team included in the NJCAA Division I national rankings. They have moved up six spots since reentering the polls two weeks ago. ...

South Georgia Technical College’s National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) is holding a Valentine’s Day Cupid’s Arrow campaign in order to raise funds for upcoming NTHS competitions. Leading up to the deadline of February 13th, members of NTHS will visit program areas and departments to give SGTC students, faculty, and staff the opportunity to purchase a bag of sweets to support the Cupid’s Arrow fundraiser. This fundraiser allows the chance for people to recognize, congratulate,...

SGTC Kauffman Tire graduates are pictured with Kauffman Tire officials Steve Smith (first row, far right) and Brian Sisson (first row, second from left), as well as SGTC officials Vice President for Academic Affairs David Kuipers (first row, far left), Vice President for Economic Development Wally Summers (second row, far right), Dean for Academic Affairs Dr. David Finley (second row, second from right), and Automotive Technology instructor Brandon Dean (second row, far left) at the recent...

South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center Student Government Association (SGA) helped welcome students back to class as part of a monthly What’s Poppin’ in Student Activities social event in January. The students enjoyed popcorn and tea and received the Spring Semester Student Activity Calendar. The calendar lists all the upcoming activities for the different student organizations on campus. What’s Poppin’ in Student Activities will also be held in February and March....

South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets sophomore transfer guard, Camille Coleman was selected as the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association Division I women’s basketball Player of the Week for the first week in February. This is the second time that she has been selected for this honor and the seventh time in 11 weeks that a South Georgia Technical College player has been chosen as the Player of the Week. Coleman, who is from South Bend, Indiana, averaged 16 points, 6.5 rebounds and...

Faith Campbell HarnumFaith Campbell Harnum of Dooly County has joined the Resource Development/Marketing staff at South Georgia Technical College as the assistant to the Vice President of Institutional Advancement. She also will be working with the South Georgia Technical College Foundation in her new position. Harnum was employed with the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Civil Division as an Administrative Clerk prior to coming to South Georgia Technical College. She also worked for the...

SGTC’s Welding and Joining Technology department created a unique butterfly bench to be raffled off as a Relay for Life fundraiser. The color of the bench may differ from the pictured bench. South Georgia Technical College’s National Technical Honor Society (NTHS), Phi Beta Lambda (PBL), Student Government Association (SGA) and SkillsUSA members from the college’s Crisp County Center are holding a Relay for Life Raffle for a hand crafted butterfly bench. The bench was created by the...

Christopher McGee (right) was presented the SGTC GOAL award by SGTC President Dr. John Watford at the recent GOAL luncheon. South Georgia Technical College Marketing Management student Christopher McGee of Cordele has been named the SGTC GOAL (Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership) winner for 2017, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford at the recent GOAL luncheon held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on SGTC’s Americus campus. McGee was selected by a panel of local...