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SGTC Marketing students and alumni are shown above with SGTC Marketing Instructor Mary Cross helping out at the front table in the gym lobby.   South Georgia Technical College’s faculty, staff and students supported the Innovation Senior Solutions Southwest Georgia’s Got Talent Senior Fall Festival held at the South Georgia Technical College Gymnasium recently. SGTC Jets are shown above helping Phoebe Sumter and Healthy Sumter give out produce bags. SGTC Cosmetology students helped...

SGTC’s Chad Brown is shown above with other instructors at the HTEC Conference recently.    Chad Brown, South Georgia Technical College’s Precision Machining and Manufacturing Instructor, has been selected to serve as a two-year college representative on the 2023-2024 Haas Technical Education Community (HTEC) Member Council.    The Haas Technical Education Community (HTEC) is a worldwide partnership program, established to transform CNC (Computer Numerical Control) classrooms into...

Alecia Pinckney joins South Georgia Tech as the Administrative Assistant to Vice President of Academic Affairs Julie Partain.   Alecia Pinckney of Americus has joined South Georgia Technical College as the full-time Administrative Assistant to Julie Partain, Vice President of Academic Affairs.  She will be located on the SGTC Americus campus.    “On behalf of everyone at South Georgia Technical College, I would like to welcome Alecia Pinckney to the college as a full-time employee,”...

Students in the SGTC Horticulture program recently volunteered to help perform tree care at Andersonville National Historic Site with Saving Branches, a non-profit organization providing tree care services at national cemeteries and other properties dedicated to veterans.South Georgia Technical College Horticulture instructor, Brandon Gross, and his students recently assisted in tree care service at the Andersonville National Historic Site. The students worked with arborists from Saluting...

Shown above are the members of the South Georgia Technical College Internal TechForce 2023 fund drive. They include: Leah Cannady, Tami Blount, Josh Curtin, Melissa Grantham, David Cox, Teresa McCook, Pat Peacock, Dr. Michelle Seay, Jason Wisham, Tammy Hamilton, Matthew Burks, Dorothea Lusane McKenzie, Chester Taylor, Lisa Jordan, Jeff Sheppard and Lillie Ann Winn.    The South Georgia Technical College faculty and staff kicked off the internal portion of the SGTC Foundation’s 2023...

Pictured from left to right are members of the SGTC Culinary Arts Advisory Committee Hunter Little, Kelli Alexander, Katrice Martin, Culinary Arts instructor Ricky Watzlowick, Shirley Trice, Ethel Waters, and Larry Jackson.SGTC Culinary Arts students prepared and served a meal for the advisory committee.The South Georgia Technical College Culinary Arts program advisory committee met recently in The Landings Culinary Arts Dining Room on the Americus campus. The Culinary Arts students prepared...

Brandie Chappell hired as new South Georgia Technical College Practical Nursing Instructor.     Brandie L. Chappell of Leesburg has been hired as a Practical Nursing Instructor at South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) in Americus, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford.  She will report to SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs Julie Partain.    Chappell is an alumna of South Georgia Technical College and has over 13 years of progressive experience in the nursing field.  She earned her...

SGTC Vice President of Student Affairs Eulish Kinchens is shown above with SGTC Student Affairs Assistant Peiare Adderley of Oglethorpe showing off the SGTC “Celebrating 75 Years of Success” t-shirts.    “You will never know how your gift will change lives,” said South Georgia Technical College Vice President of Student Affairs Eulish Kinchens when asked why she chooses to support the South Georgia Technical College Foundation’s 2023 TechForce annual fund drive.    Kinchens is...

Shirley Trice surprised at a celebration honoring her 40 years with Aramark Collegiate Hospitality.Shirley Trice, Director of Food Services at South Georgia Technical College (SGTC), was recognized by Aramark in a surprise celebration for 40 years with Aramark Collegiate Hospitality in the John M. Pope Center on the Americus campus, recently.    Community leaders, family, friends, South Georgia Tech co-workers and Aramark officials all joined in to help surprise Shirley Trice with the...

SGTC Foundation’s 2023 Internal Techforce Employee Luncheon and Silent Auction Chairperson Teresa McCook is shown above bidding on items at the 2019 TechForce Silent Auction internal fund drive.   South Georgia Technical College faculty, staff, and administrators have supported the South Georgia Technical College Foundation’s annual TechForce fundraisers for the past 24 years.  And this year is no different as they rally behind the college’s 75 years of success.    “Celebrating...

Pictured is the SGTC Automotive Technology Advisory Committee (L-R): Dr. David Finley, Carey Mahone, Kevin Beaver, Starly Sampson, David Miller, Ron Peacock, Matt Kiley, and Brandon Dean.The South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Automotive Technology advisory committee met recently in the Morgan Transportation building on the SGTC Americus campus to discuss the state of the program and the industry as a whole. The purpose of the advisory committee is to assist South Georgia Tech faculty and...

Shown above is the TechForce 2023 postcard design with the Foundation’s “Celebrating Success @ South Georgia Technical College” theme.    “Celebrating Success @ South Georgia Tech for 75 Years” is the theme for the South Georgia Technical College Foundation’s 2023 TechForce fund drive and SGTC foundation members are hoping that everyone will give generously to provide a positive impact on the nearly 10,000 lives touched each year by South Georgia Technical College.  All donations...