GACE Virtual Career Fair Scheduled for November 9

GACE will hold a virtual career fair November 9The GACE (Georgia Association of Colleges & Employers) statewide virtual career fair is scheduled for Tuesday, November 9, from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. This virtual event is open to students and Alumni from South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) and other participating schools. To register online, visit https://app.highre.co/events/virtual-career-fair and select “attendee.”  Approximately 75 employers are scheduled to participate in the...



SGTC Holds Activities for Halloween and Red Ribbon Week

Pictured with the SGTC Red Ribbon Week display are (l-r): SGTC Criminal Justice Instructor Teresa McCook; Diesel Technology student and SGA President Donald Gay; Criminal Justice student and SGA member Kimberly Sadecki; and SGTC WIOA Coordinator Sandhya Muljibhai.The SGTC Student Affairs department won the college’s recent Halloween costume contest in the employee group category.The South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Student Government Association (SGA) recently held a series of events...



SGTC alumnus brings high school students for tour

South Georgia Technical College alumnus Danny Hale (shown above right on the back row) is shown above with the group of students that he brought to take a tour of South Georgia Technical College recently.    Danny Hale, an Automotive Instructor at Heard County High School, graduated from South Georgia Technical College in 1998.  He believed in the education he received from South Georgia Tech so much he returned recently with a group of 12 students for a tour of the campus in Americus,...



SGTC Training Leads to Exciting Opportunities

SGTC offers several programs in the automotive field leading to a variety of exciting and unique career opportunities.Feld Entertainment is seeking truck technicians and body shop technicians for their Monster Jam monster truck shows. Positions with Monster Jam include building, repairing and/or maintaining monster truck bodies, loading and unloading race haulers, and more. South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) offers the training required to qualify for these and other...



SGTC Crisp County Students Learn Effective Strategies for Studying

SGTC Crisp County Center Media and Library Services Specialist D.W. Persall conducts a workshop for students on effective studying skills.SGTC Crisp County Center Media and Library Services Specialist D.W. Persall conducts a workshop for students on effective studying skills.South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) recently offered a workshop on effective studying skills for students at the college’s Crisp County Center. D.W. Persall, Media and Library Services Specialist on the Cordele...



South Georgia Technical College receives Law Enforcement Training Grant

South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Director Brett Murray is shown above (l to r) with LEA cadet Richard Franklin, Firearms Trainer Lt. Tony Bobbitt, LEA Cadet Julie Soto, and LEA Cadet Marcellous Deshun using the simulator for a judgement training exercise and SGTC Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs Vanessa Wall, who also works with the Law Enforcement Academy training.Americus, GA - Governor Brian P. Kemp and Criminal Justice Coordinating Council Executive...



SGTC’s Lady Jets ranked 9th in nation in NJCAA preseason poll

Coach James Frey and the 2021 – 2022 Lady Jets ranked 9th in pre-season poll and will play a scrimmage game against Albany State University on Tuesday, October 26th in the Hangar on the SGTC Americus campus. In the photo (seated l to r) are: Luana Leite, 1; Maikya Simmons, 2; Kamya Hollingshed, 30; Laurie Calixte, 14; Cintia Lopez-Bevia, 13; and Majomary John Ubi, 3. Standing (l to r) are: Assistant Coaches Demetrius Colston and Adenike Aderinto, team manager Cania Dawson, and players Alexia...



Job Fair Held at South Georgia Tech

Job seekers met face-to-face with prospective employers at a recent job fair on the SGTC campus.South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) and The Staffing People, a staffing and human resources company in Americus, recently joined forces to hold a hiring event in John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the SGTC campus. Approximately thirty companies were on hand with jobs available for qualified candidates. More than 100 job seekers participated in the event. Cynthia Carter, SGTC Director...



SGTC Holds Breast Cancer Awareness Day

Over 50 SGTC students, faculty, and staff gathered for a walk around the campus and other activities during SGTC’s Breast Cancer Awareness Day.The South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Student Government Association (SGA) recently sponsored Breast Cancer Awareness Day on the SGTC campus in Americus to promote awareness and raise funds for the fight against breast cancer. Members of the SGTC community were encouraged to wear pink for the day’s activities. Over 50 SGTC students, faculty,...



South Georgia Technical College’s Vanessa Wall to retire

Vanessa Wall, SGTC Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs to retire in January 1, 2022.    “Well done good and faithful servant,” is an appropriate phrase to describe the career of South Georgia Technical College Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs Vanessa M. Wall, who has devoted over 42 years of service to the fields of education, law enforcement, public safety, and emergency management.  Today, she is announcing her plans to retire from SGTC effective January 1,...



South Georgia Technical College hosts exhibit at Sunbelt Ag Expo

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (right) is shown above with a group of interested students who are checking out the college’s #99 Aarons Rents Race Car, which was on exhibit at the Ag Expo.Moultrie, GA – South Georgia Technical College in Americus was one of the over 1,200 vendors who took part and set up an exhibit at the 2021 Sunbelt Ag Expo in Moultrie.  The Sunbelt Ag Expo was canceled for the first time ever last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic but large...



SGTC receives $1,029,733 grant to assist students

SGTC is changing lives through an outstanding workforce education and helping students with funding opportunities to gain the education that will help them attain the career of a lifetime.     South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford announced that South Georgia Tech has been awarded a $1,029,733 Supplemental Assistance to Institutions of Higher Education (SAIHE) grant for additional funds for its students affected by COVID-19.     “The entire amount of this grant...