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SGTC offers several programs in the automotive field leading to a variety of exciting and unique career opportunities.Feld Entertainment is seeking truck technicians and body shop technicians for their Monster Jam monster truck shows. Positions with Monster Jam include building, repairing and/or maintaining monster truck bodies, loading and unloading race haulers, and more. South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) offers the training required to qualify for these and other...

SGTC Crisp County Center Media and Library Services Specialist D.W. Persall conducts a workshop for students on effective studying skills.SGTC Crisp County Center Media and Library Services Specialist D.W. Persall conducts a workshop for students on effective studying skills.South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) recently offered a workshop on effective studying skills for students at the college’s Crisp County Center. D.W. Persall, Media and Library Services Specialist on the Cordele...

South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Director Brett Murray is shown above (l to r) with LEA cadet Richard Franklin, Firearms Trainer Lt. Tony Bobbitt, LEA Cadet Julie Soto, and LEA Cadet Marcellous Deshun using the simulator for a judgement training exercise and SGTC Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs Vanessa Wall, who also works with the Law Enforcement Academy training.Americus, GA - Governor Brian P. Kemp and Criminal Justice Coordinating Council Executive...

Job seekers met face-to-face with prospective employers at a recent job fair on the SGTC campus.South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) and The Staffing People, a staffing and human resources company in Americus, recently joined forces to hold a hiring event in John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the SGTC campus. Approximately thirty companies were on hand with jobs available for qualified candidates. More than 100 job seekers participated in the event. Cynthia Carter, SGTC Director...

Over 50 SGTC students, faculty, and staff gathered for a walk around the campus and other activities during SGTC’s Breast Cancer Awareness Day.The South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Student Government Association (SGA) recently sponsored Breast Cancer Awareness Day on the SGTC campus in Americus to promote awareness and raise funds for the fight against breast cancer. Members of the SGTC community were encouraged to wear pink for the day’s activities. Over 50 SGTC students, faculty,...

Vanessa Wall, SGTC Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs to retire in January 1, 2022.    “Well done good and faithful servant,” is an appropriate phrase to describe the career of South Georgia Technical College Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs Vanessa M. Wall, who has devoted over 42 years of service to the fields of education, law enforcement, public safety, and emergency management.  Today, she is announcing her plans to retire from SGTC effective January 1,...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (right) is shown above with a group of interested students who are checking out the college’s #99 Aarons Rents Race Car, which was on exhibit at the Ag Expo.Moultrie, GA – South Georgia Technical College in Americus was one of the over 1,200 vendors who took part and set up an exhibit at the 2021 Sunbelt Ag Expo in Moultrie.  The Sunbelt Ag Expo was canceled for the first time ever last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic but large...

SGTC is changing lives through an outstanding workforce education and helping students with funding opportunities to gain the education that will help them attain the career of a lifetime.     South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford announced that South Georgia Tech has been awarded a $1,029,733 Supplemental Assistance to Institutions of Higher Education (SAIHE) grant for additional funds for its students affected by COVID-19.     “The entire amount of this grant...

Shown above are the SGTC Student Government Association leaders and advisors.     The South Georgia Technical College Student Government Association (SGA) recently held its first meeting of the 2021-2022 academic year. The SGA is composed of student representatives from different program areas.      The SGA will plan events for students on campus as well as community service events. “Each student (at SGTC) pays a student activity fee,” said Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs...

Shown above is SGTC President Dr. John Watford talking with the CAT Think Big Advisory Committee members recently.Shown above is SGTC President Dr. John Watford 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...

The South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center Financial Aid Office hosted a Financial Aid 101 workshop for currently enrolled students recently to encourage current students to complete the 2021 – 2022 FASFA for the new school year.     “Filling out the FASFA can be overwhelming for some students.  At the workshop we explained more about the Financial Aid process as well as provide guidance for students who need some assistance in filling out the online forms,” explained...

The South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center’s Accounting, Business Technology and Marketing Management programs recently held an advisory meeting on SGTC’s Crisp campus in the LaPorte auditorium.    Members of SGTC’s Accounting, Business Technology and Marketing Management advisory committee met with Business Technology instructor Teresa Jolly and Accounting/Marketing instructor Karen Bloodworth.  The members reviewed all aspects of the programs with advisory club members...