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South Georgia Technical College LEA Academy Director Brett Murray is shown above with the members of the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Class 22-01 cadets who competed their training recently. The cadets earned their POST certification and a technical certificate of credit for their course work in the academy. Shown above are: Kam Chase Baker, Lakeitha Majors Ellison, Kyjuan Shikee Hudson, Marvin Smith, IV, Javarise Jamele Terry, and Charittie Faith Walker.   ...

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 meeting at South Georgia Technical College recently.  The group held the meeting in the Heavy Equipment Dealer’s...

     Sarah Teal of Americus has joined South Georgia Technical College as the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Administrative Assistant on the Americus Campus, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford.  She will report to WIOA Coordinator Sandhya Muljibhai and SGTC Vice President Campus Operations, WIOA, and Adult Education Karen Werling.     Teal graduated Cum Laude from Georgia Southwestern State University in 2013 with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a minor in...

Shown above is information about summer semester registration.    South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) will be hosting an in-person registration for Summer Semester on Tuesday, May 24th from 9 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. in the John M. Pope Center on the Americus campus and at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the Crisp County Center in Cordele.  Summer semester classes begin May 25th and it is not too late to sign up for the shortened summer semester.    “This is an awesome opportunity for...

Andreas M. Edwards    Andreas Edwards of Americus has been hired as a full-time technical support specialist for South Georgia Technical College (SGTC), president Dr. John Watford announced recently.  Edwards will report to information technology director Dianne Trueblood. Edwards was an Honor Graduate from Americus Sumter County High School – South Campus in May 2012.  He was a member of the Technology Student Association, Math Team, Symphonic Band, Concert Band, Jazz Band and Yearbook...

Presenters at Chamber State of Small Business Breakfast at SGTC - Shown above (l to r) are the presenters at the Sumter County Chamber State of Small Business Breakfast. They are: SGTC Director of Career Services Cynthia Carter, Ignite College and Career Academy CEO Dr. Don Gilliam, Sumter County Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Amber Batchelor, GSW Director of Experiential Learning Dr. Judy Orton Grissett, Entrepreneur Outreach Specialist from the University of Georgia’s Small...

Thrush officials Charles Russell, Jr., Kimberly Taylor, and Steven Jocelyn are shown above (seated front row) with SGTC officials Nancy Fitzgerald, Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers, and Chad Brown, Precision and Machining Instructor (second row) and then Aircraft Structural Instructor Jason Wisham along with SGTC Aviation Maintenance instructor Paul Larkin, Academic Dean Dr. David Finley, and Aviation Maintenance Instructors David Grant and Charles Christmas.    Three...

Picture left to right are members of the SGTC CIS Program Advisory committee: SGTC CIS instructor Andrea Ingram, Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital Network Engineer Will Patterson, SGTC Dean of Enrollment Management Julie Partain, NEOS Technologies Network Engineer Christopher Saunders, and SGTC CIS instructor Sharon Smith.The South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Computer Information Systems (CIS) advisory committee met recently in the Odom Center conference room on the SGTC campus. The...

A capacity crowd of South Georgia Technical College Caterpillar Heavy Equipment Dealer’s Service Technician and Electric Power Generation graduates, their families and CAT dealer representatives gathered prior to graduation for a dinner sponsored by the CAT dealers for their graduates in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center.Americus, GA – Caterpillar dealers from Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, and Tennessee hosted a dinner for the South Georgia Technical College...

ZaKyah Cameron, SGTC’s 2022 GOAL student and a student in the Culinary Arts program, was the featured speaker at the South Georgia Technical College 2022 Commencement ceremony.The proud past and promising future of South Georgia Technical College was on full display recently at the college’s Spring 2022 commencement ceremony Thursday, May 5th at 6 p.m. in the James S. Peters Gymnasium on the Americus campus in front of a capacity crowd. This was the first in-person graduation ceremony...

Some of the recent graduates of the John Deere Agricultural Technology program at South Georgia Technical College pose for a photo.The John Deere Agricultural Technology program at South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) recently held a ceremony to recognize new graduates from the program. The event was held in the Morgan Diesel and Automotive Complex on the SGTC campus in Americus. After brief remarks from SGTC Academic Dean Dr. David Finley, SGTC President Dr. John Watford, and...

South Georgia Technical College Director of Career Services Cynthia Carter is shown above on the front row with Blue Bird Senior SR Business Partner Stephanie Thompson, Recruiting Manager Ashley Mixon, and Director of Training Robert Jason Carrigan along with SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers. Shown on the back row are: SGTC Air Conditioning Technology Instructor Johnny Griffin, Aircraft Structural Instructor Jason Wisham, Precision Machining and Manufacturing...