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  The South Georgia Technical College General Education advisory committee met recently in the Energy and Transportation Center on the SGTC Americus campus. SGTC General Education instructors Katrice Taylor, Paul Farr, Dr. Michele Seay, Raven Payne, Chester Taylor, and Shelly Godwin met with Academic Dean Dr. Andrea Oates, High School Coordinator Vickie Austin, and Director of Career Services Cynthia Carter to review all aspects of the South Georgia Tech General Education and Learning...

The South Georgia Technical College Marketing Management advisory committee met recently in the Odom Center Conference Room on the SGTC Americus campus. The purpose of the advisory committee is to assist South Georgia Tech faculty and staff in continuous quality improvement of the Marketing Management program. SGTC Marketing Management instructor Mary Cross provided the committee with updates and information about program changes, enrollment, community activities, and student news. The...

  The South Georgia Technical College Accounting and Business Technology advisory committee met recently in the Odom Center Conference Room on the SGTC Americus campus. The purpose of the advisory committee is to assist South Georgia Tech faculty and staff in continuous quality improvement of the Accounting and Business Technology programs. SGTC Accounting instructor Brenda Boone and Business Technology instructor Annita Barron provided the committee with updates and information about...

The “CNA Plus Annual Scholarship 2016” worth $2,000 is currently available to South Georgia Technical College students or potential students who are interested in becoming a Certified Nursing Assistant. The scholarship is offered by CNA.plus. The one-time $2,000 scholarship is being offered to help students cover some or all of the cost associated with tuition and to reward them for using their creativity to encourage better senior care. The deadline to apply is December 31,...

BUENA VISTA, GA - South Georgia Technical College and the Marion County School System offered college classes in Buena Vista fall semester and now officials are hoping to expand those course offerings in January for SGTC’s Spring Semester. Individuals who are interested in taking college introductory classes in Buena Vista beginning in January are encouraged to fill out an on-line survey at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XR7BWS2. This will give Marion County and South Georgia...

  Pictured from left to right are Crisp County Center PBL members Lisa Ray, Christian Powell, D.W. Persall, and Mykaula Harvey in Stone Mountain at the recent Georgia Fall Leadership Conference. South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) chapters recently participated in competitive events at the Georgia Fall Leadership in Stone Mountain and earned two first place awards, one second place award, and one fourth place award. Both the Americus campus chapter of PBL and...

The Kyle Glenn Holcombe Memorial Scholarship was presented to South Georgia Technical College Electrical Lineworker students Antonio B. Thornton and Hunter O’Neal recently. Hunter O’Neal is the son of Anita and Jeff O’Neal of Buena Vista and Antonio Thornton is the son of Gloria Hall of Buena Vista. The Kyle Glenn Holcombe Memorial Scholarship fund was established and endowed by Georgia Transmission and Aubrey Silvey Enterprises in memory of Kyle Glenn Holcombe, a 23-year old...

Shown above (l to r) are the 2016 – 2017 Lady Jets: SGTC Athletic Director and Lady Jets Head Coach James Frey, Shaineequah Fluellyn, Davesha Murray, Camille Coleman, Madison Cameron, Houlfat Mahouchiza, Esther Adenike, Desiree Corbin, Sceret Ethridge, La’Deja James, Trakyra Kidd, Marina Balaguer, Kanna Suzuki and Assistant Coach Kezia Conyers.Five international women’s basketball players will be donning South Georgia Technical College’s red, white, and black, uniforms for the...

  South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) Career Services Department will host a Job Fair on the SGTC Americus campus in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on Tuesday, November 1 from 1pm-6pm. Over 20 area employers will be on site to talk to job seekers about career opportunities. Cynthia Carter, SGTC Director of Career Services, has been organizing the event, and SGTC students as well as any job seekers in the area are encouraged to attend. Businesses who will participate...

The South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets basketball teams took on some tough opponents in pre-season match-ups over the weekend and struggled slightly in preparation for the real 2016-2017 season opening at home on Tuesday, November 1st. The Lady Jets hosted Columbus State University in the Hangar on the Americus campus and dropped a 72 – 55 decision. The Jets did better with a 2 – 1 record at the CB Hoops JUCO Jamboree in Cartersville. They won against USC...

Americus – South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford has announced that Cynthia Carter, the Director of Career Services at the college, will coordinate the 2017 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) program. Earlier this year, Carter advised Ashley Rodgers of Oglethorpe, a Marketing Management student, toward a state GOAL win. As the GOAL winner for Georgia, Rodgers was presented a new car by Kia Motors and has been traveling the state advocating technical...

  South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) students in Brenda Gilliam’s Welding and Joining Technology class on the college’s Crisp County Center recently welded a Halloween display for the Veterans State Park in Cordele Scarecrow Strut Halloween contest. The display features Frankenstein’s monster as a welder, a ghost, a black cat, bats, pumpkins, and other Halloween-themed welded works of art. Some of the decorations were created using templates, but others were drawn and cut by...