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Kelsi Cannon, South Georgia Technical College’s Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) winner for 2019, was invited to speak at the WIOA regular board meeting recently which was held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the South Georgia Technical College Americus campus.    Cannon, a practical nursing student from Ellaville is scheduled to graduate with her licensed practical nursing diploma this summer. She has been enrolled in the Workforce...

David Kyle Hartsfield has been hired as a Heavy Equipment Dealers Service Technology Instructor at South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) in Americus, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford recently.    Hartsfield worked with South Georgia Technical College from 2012 until 2017 until he moved to the Atlanta area to become a full-time Training Instructor with Yancey Brothers in Austell, GA. He and his family are now relocating back to this area.    Hartsfield is a...

South Georgia Technical College nominated Jessica Wright, Chief Operating Officer and co-owner of Innovative Senior Solutions (ISS), as a Technical College System of Georgia Foundation outstanding alumni, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford.    Wright, a 2005 licensed practical nursing graduate of South Georgia Technical College, utilized her education at South Georgia Technical College to continue her education and earn her RN degree. She and...

South Georgia Technical College was one of over 20 vendors that participated in the Parent Engagement Event sponsored by the Crisp County Community Council Family Connection at Crisp County Middle School.    Kari Bodrey, Admissions Coordinator for South Georgia Technical College, attended and shared information about the over 200 associate degree, diploma, and technical certificate of credit programs available at South Georgia Technical College in Cordele and Americus.   ...

Don E. Smith of Americus, has faithfully served three different educational leaders as the Special Assistant to the President at South Georgia Technical College for nearly 20 years. Today, he has announced his plans to retire effective December 31, 2019.    During his administrative career at South Georgia Tech as the Special Assistant to the President, Smith has worked in different capacities including overseeing student affairs, campus life, operations, global initiatives and...

South Georgia Technical College’s mobile app has been updated and students can now access their entire academic life via their smartphone, thanks to new technology implemented by the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) for the 22 colleges statewide. TCSG is one of the first system in the country to deploy this comprehensive mobile platform across all of its colleges.    Today’s students access the Internet and perform most transactions via smartphone. In the past, higher...

South Georgia Technical College was one of the special tours planned as part of the Sumter Historic Trust’s History Camp for the area’s rising 5th and 6th graders, which was made possible through a joint sponsorship of the Charles Mix Foundation and the Charles R. Crisp Preservation Trust.    The History Camp participants had the opportunity for hands on learning about Sumter County’s history beginning with early settlers through the early 1900’s. The History Camp also...

   Brandon McLemore of Americus was awarded a South Georgia Technical College Foundation automotive scholarship recently. The scholarship was sponsored by Jason Holloway and John Dixon of Jason’s Touchless Car Wash and J & J Oil Change on Tripp Street in Americus. Kevin Beaver is his instructor.    Jason Holloway and John Dixon partnered with the South Georgia Technical College Foundation to provide scholarships for deserving students enrolled in the automotive programs at South...

Jake and Margie Everett turned a personal tragedy into a blessing for others when they endowed the Rose Ann Everett Scholarship at South Georgia Technical College in memory of their daughter. Rose Ann Everett passed away in a car accident at the age of 20, but now her memory will live on through the gift of education that her parents are giving to others.    Tears of joy flowed freely when the first ever Rose Ann Everett endowed scholarships were awarded to two young men who...

Orlando, FL – Approximately 15 South Georgia Technical College cosmetology students, instructor trainees, and instructors attended the 2019 Premiere Orlando International Beauty Event at the Orlando/Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL recently. “This was a great opportunity for the South Georgia Technical College cosmetology students who were in their last semester of college,” said South Georgia Technical College Cosmetology Instructor Dorothea Lusane McKenzie. ...

South Georgia Technical College’s culinary arts students recently set up a pop-up restaurant in the college’s Hicks Hall “Landings” Restaurant. The menu included New England Cuisine and was served to SGTC faculty and staff as part of their hands-on curriculum.    The menu consisted of traditional New England foods such strawberry salad, marinated tomato and zucchini salad, classic house salad, New England chicken chowder, cod cakes with tartar sauce, pork loin with...

Shown above is Culinary Arts student Yakira Lipscomb with SGTC employee Gloria Bell and Culinary Arts Instructor Chef Ricky Watzlowick.