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South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (right) is shown above with Jake and Margie Everett and the new recipients of the Rose Ann Everett Scholarships, Mae Morrison and Joshua Walker. Shown (l to r) are South Georgia Technical College welding instructor Ted Eschmann, Rose Ann Everett Scholarship winner and welding student Mae Morrison, Jake and Margie Everett, SGTC John Deere Tech student and Rose Ann Everett scholarship winner Joshua Walker with his John Deere Tech...

Tours of the Auto Collision and Repair, Automotive Technology and Diesel Equipment Technology programs will be held, Friday, July 23rd.    South Georgia Technical College is hosting program tours of the Transportation programs housed in the Morgan Diesel and Automotive Center on the Americus campus on Friday, July 23rd from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m.   Great career opportunities are available to individuals interested in pursuing careers as automotive technicians, diesel equipment technicians and...

Shown above are some of the Caterpillar students and families displaying the free Changing Lives t-shirts that they received at the orientation/registration day at SGTC.    Approximately 100 Caterpillar Heavy Equipment Dealer’s Service Technology and CAT Heavy Equipment Dealer’s Service Technology Electrical Power Generation students and their parents, family members, and Caterpillar Dealers from across the southeastern United States attended a special Fall Semester...

SGTC Electronics Instructor Mike Collins is shown above with one of the drones that he will be utilizing while teaching the new Unmanned Aerial Systems Technology program this fall.   Unmanned aircrafts or drones have been around for more than two decades, but drone technology has developed and prospered in the last few years.  South Georgia Technical College is meeting the needs created by this new technology surge by offering an Unmanned Aerial System Technology Program Fall Semester. ...

Brandon Gross named SGTC Horticulture Instructor.     Brandon D. Gross of Andersonville was hired as the new full-time Horticulture Instructor for South Georgia Technical College effective immediately, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford.  He will report to South Georgia Technical College Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers and Academic Dean David Finley     Gross earned an Associate of Applied Science in Environmental Horticulture from South...

Free “Changing Lives” t-shirts will be available to students registering for Fall Semester at South Georgia Technical College while supplies last. In-person registration will be held July 20th, 2021 in Americus and Crisp County. Shown above (l to r) are SGTC admissions staff Shonda Bodie, SGTC High School Initiatives Specialist Beth Wisham, and SGTC Admissions staff Brittany Rogers showing off the new SGTC “Changing Lives” t-shirts.   South Georgia Technical College will be hosting...

Tours are available of program areas at South Georgia Technical College. Tison Smith, a Precision Machining and Manufacturing student that took 3rd place in the SkillsUSA Additive Manufacturing competition is shown above (l to r) talking with SGTC Academic Dean Dr. David Finley about the Precision Machining and Manufacturing program at SGTC.    South Georgia Technical College is hosting program tours of the Industrial/Technical programs housed in the John M. Pope Industrial Technical...

    A good crowd attended South Georgia Technical College’s Luau/Field Day for the faculty, staff and students in front of the James S. Peters gymnasium recently.  The event was a fun activity planned by the SGTC student government association and the Student Affairs department for summer semester.     The Luau/Field day featured live music, a water slide, inflatable basketball goals and games of limbo, cornhole, kickball, sack race, water balloon toss and more.   Aramark also served...

The Lady Jets enjoyed the activity and showed off their skills with waterguns!

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above standing (r) with SGTC Business and Industry Services Director Paul Farr (l to r) along with Jefferson State Community College Associate Dean for Technical Programs Deana Goodwine and Jefferson State Director of Workforce Education Lean Bigbee. Not shown is SGTC Vice President of Institutional Advancement Su Ann Bird.   South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford hosted officials from Jefferson State...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above standing (l to r) with Wiregrass Technical College Executive Director for Academic Affairs Niki Ogletree, Executive Director for Fundraising Crissy Staley, SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers, and SGTC Aviation Maintenance Technology Instructor Charles Christmas. Shown seated (l to r) are SGTC Aviation Maintenance Instructor David Grant, Wiregrass Technical College Interim Vice President of Academic...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (l) is shown above accepting the Nutiren endowed scholarship check from William Nutt, a 1989 Diesel Technology graduate of South Georgia Technical College, who works at Nutrien as a maintenance mechanic.Americus, GA –Nutrien, the world’s largest provider of crop inputs and services, continued its support of South Georgia Technical College this year by endowing another academic scholarship at the nationally-recognized two-year...