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Cynthia Carter has been named SGTC GOAL Coordinator for 2017.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...

The final product at Veterans State Park in Cordele. SGTC Welding students created a whimsical Halloween display with a welding theme for Veterans State Park in Cordele’s Scarecrow Strut. Instructor Brenda Gilliam integrated the construction of the display into her Ornamental Welding curriculum.   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...

SGTC students take a trip to Perry Fair.  Eleven South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) students recently took a trip to the Georgia National Fair in Perry. The activity was sponsored by SGTC’s Student Government Association (SGA) and is one of the many student activities sponsored by the organization annually. SGA Advisors Paul Farr and Dr. Michele Seay accompanied the students. The SGTC students who went to the Georgia National Fair included Kimberly Baker of Americus, Arthur Brown of...

Shirley Kisor is shown above center (with ball cap) with her husband and some of your children and grandchildren at the Perry Fair.Shirley Kisor, an SGTC LPN alumni.A South Georgia Technical College licensed practical nursing graduate, Shirley M. Kisor, who went on to complete her RN degree at Georgia Southwestern State University, was recognized recently as a member of the prestigious International Nurses Association organization and will be spotlighted in their upcoming publication...

The award recognizes SGTC adult education accomplishments.AMERICUS, GA (WALB) - South Georgia Technical College is being recognized as a leader in adult education. The Technical College System of Georgia honored the school for the second year in a row for having the highest percentage of students transition to credited programs after earning GEDs. School leaders said the program's reputation is attracting students. "We have a student that's actually enrolled in the program now," Assistant...

Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) Commissioner Gretchen Corbin is shown above (l to r) congratulating South Georgia Technical College Board of Directors Chairperson Janet Siders and SGTC President Dr. John Watford for South Georgia Tech’s 2016 – 2017 Board of Directors earning their 100% certification award from the Technical College System of Georgia and the Technical College Directors Association recently. TCSG Deputy Commissioner Matt Arthur is also shown.The South Georgia...

Pictured from left to right are SGTC Accounting, Business Technology, and Marketing Management advisory committee members D.W. Persall, Teresa Jolly, Karen Bloodworth, Sara Benson, Mark Lewis, Julie Partain, Becky Fitzgibbons, and Tracy Stewart.  South Georgia Technical College’s Accounting, Business Technology, and Marketing Management advisory committee recently held an advisory meeting on SGTC’s Crisp County Center campus in the boardroom. Members of SGTC’s Accounting, Business...

Pictured from left to right are SGTC Recreation and Leisure Management advisory committee members James Frey, Tim Estes, Terri Battle, Travis Garrett, Jeff Fussell, and Jimmy Green. The South Georgia Technical Recreation and Leisure Management advisory committee met recently in the James S. Peters Gymnasium hospitality suite 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 Recreation...

  South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) President Dr. John Watford announced the college’s summer semester President’s List recently, which included 36 students. In order to qualify for the President’s List, a student must be enrolled in a degree or diploma program and have a 4.0 GPA for that semester’s coursework. Those students who qualified included: Chatham County: Troy L. Jandura ofTybee Island, Heavy Equipment Dealers Service Technology. Crisp County: Patricia E. Bellamy...

Book Drive graphic  South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) is collecting new or gently used children’s books for its “Books for Brighter Beginnings” annual book drive. Both the Americus campus and the Crisp County Center chapter of NTHS will be collecting books, which will be distributed at the state level through the Georgia Fall Leadership Conference and at the local level to Pre-K, elementary, and primary schools in SGTC’s service...

South Georgia Tech students, faculty, and staff wore pink and gathered at the flag pole outside the Odom Center on the Americus campus to observe a moment of silence for those affected by breast cancer. The “Pink Out” was coordinated by the SGTC Student Government Association. South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) Student Government Association (SGA) recently asked SGTC students, faculty, and staff to participate in a “Pink-Out” by wearing pink clothing to support the fight...

Pictured from left to right are SGTC Cosmetology and Barbering advisory committee members Leonard Lassiter, Xavier Jackson, Adrian Hicks, LaWarrior Gardner, Kembrial Harris, Tracy Finch, Quentavious Bell, Martha Bruce, and Dorothea Lusane-McKenzie.   The South Georgia Technical College Cosmetology and Barbering 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...