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South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center chapter of the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) recently inducted 23 new members into the organization which recognizes students’ outstanding academic achievement. The induction ceremony was held in the LaPorte Auditorium of the Crisp County Center campus in Cordele. The 23 students included Kennedy Allen of Vienna, business technology; Darica Blunt of Cordele, practical nursing; Jonathan Bowen of Pinehurst, welding; Antonio...

South Georgia Technical College’s Americus campus held its final Student of Excellence ceremony of the semester recently, where they named Colyn Johnson of Nicholls, Georgia the overall winner. The avionics student, who is set to graduate next semester, received the recognition over six other nominees who were all in the transportation programs division. The ceremony was held in the John M. Pope center in front of a room full of students, instructors and family members of the...

Kennedy Allen, a business administrative technology student from Vienna, was named South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center Student of Excellence for the month on April. She was awarded the title at a recent ceremony on the Cordele campus, which honored her and five other nominees for their outstanding work ethic. Allen was nominated for the award by her instructor, Teresa Jolly. She first enrolled at South Georgia Tech during the spring C-term semester of 2018. In the...

South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center Accounting, Business Technology and Marketing Management programs held an joint advisory meeting in the boardroom on the college’s Crisp County campus recently.   Members of SGTC Accounting, Business Technology and Marketing Management advisory committee met with Business Technology instructor Teresa Jolly and Accounting/Marketing instructor Karen Bloodworth. The members reviewed all aspects of the program to keep the...

South Georgia Technical College inducted 25 new members into the Americus campus’ chapter of the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) recently during a special ceremony in the John M. Pope Center. The induction marks one of the largest classes the student organization has ever ushered in. The new inductees included: Taariq Abdullah of Covington; Brady Bennett of Molena; Eric Blake of Dawson; Nathan Brown of Dawson; Noah Foster of Mount Pleasant, TN; Frederick Gear of Americus;...

South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) barbering and cosmetology program advisory committees jointly met recently on the college’s Americus campus to discuss the current state of the programs and the industry as a whole. The purpose of the advisory committee is to assist South Georgia Tech faculty and staff in continuous quality improvement of the college’s beauty programs. SGTC’s barbering instructor, Xavier Jackson, and cosmetology instructor, Dorothea Lusane-McKenzie,...

Americus, GA – Ron Clark, teacher and administrator of the award-winning and internationally acclaimed Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta, was the keynote speaker at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center’s Community Health Symposium recently in the South Georgia Technical College gymnasium.   The Community Health Symposium, was free and open to the public and covered healthcare issues important to the community. Local experts talked about behavioral health, anti-bullying and overall health and...

South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) air conditioning technology program advisory committee met recently on the college’s Americus campus to discuss the current state of the program and the industry as a whole. The purpose of the advisory committee is to assist South Georgia Tech faculty and staff in continuous quality improvement of the air conditioning technology program. SGTC’s air conditioning instructors Glynn Cobb and Brian McDowell provided the committee with updates and...

Student organizations from South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County and Americus campuses recently traveled to Atlanta to participate in the 2019 Georgia State Leadership Conference, winning several awards and showcasing their individual skills. Members of the college’s National Technical Honor Society (NTHS), Student Government Association (SGA) and Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) student organization attended the event and collectively brought home 39 awards and recognitions. The...

South Georgia Technical College’s Americus chapter of Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) participated in the State Leadership Conference recently and brought home 20 awards and recognitions. Two of the seven competitors won first place award in their competition, qualifying them for a spot at the National competition in San Antonio, Texas, June 24-27.  The chapter as a whole was awarded the Platinum Seal Award of Merit, a first place award for their FBLA interaction, and a first place award for...

South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets sophomore guard Alyssa Nieves from Tampa, FL, was selected as a member of the All-American Honorable Mention squad for 2019 by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I Women’s Basketball Committee. Nieves helped lead the 2018-2019 Lady Jets to their third consecutive NJCAA National Tournament appearance in Lubbock, Texas. The Lady Jets finished the season with a 30 – 4 overall record, which is the...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford quoted lyrics from the song “We May Never Pass This Way (Again) by Seals & Crofts when he described how much the college appreciates the sophomores from the 2018 – 2019 Jets and Lady Jets basketball teams and the successes that they have had while they were student athletes at South Georgia Tech during the Jets Booster Club banquet held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center recently.   “We hope that you...