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Earn college credit in just eight weeks by taking c-term classes.South Georgia Technical College is offering day, evening, and online eight week classes beginning March 11 on both the Americus and Crisp County Center campuses. The eight-week classes are part of the Spring Semester C-term which begins March 11 and ends May 2. C-term classes serve as an option for students who want to catch up or get ahead in their coursework. The classes, which are often fast-paced, allow students to earn an...

RVRC Executive Director Patti Cullen is shown above (center) accepting a plaque from South Georgia Technical College officials in appreciation of her 38 years of service to the River Valley Regional Commission. Shown (l to r) with Cullen are SGTC Director of Business and Industry Services Michelle McGowan, SGTC Vice President of Economic Development Wally Summers, SGTC Director of Business and Industry Services Paul Farr and SGTC President Dr. John Watford. South Georgia Technical...

Kelsi Cannon accepts her Student of Excellence plaque from SGTC vice president of academic affairs David Kuipers. In addition to Student of Excellence, Cannon was also named as the college’s GOAL representative for 2019. Twenty-one days after being announced as the GOAL winner for South Georgia Technical College (SGTC), Kelsi Cannon of Ellaville is taking home a new title: SGTC Americus Campus’ Student of Excellence, February 2019. The practical nursing student was awarded the...

Shown above (l to r) are South Georgia Technical College Economic Development Assistant Tami Blount who works with the SGTC Electrical Lineworker program along with SGTC Vice President of Economic Development Wally Summers, SGTC Electrical Lineworker scholarship recipients Thomas Houston Locke and Brandon Haire with SGTC Electrical Lineworer Instructors Sandra Kay Royal and Sidney Johnson. Two South Georgia Technical College Electrical Lineworker students were awarded South Georgia...

Searra Morehead was named the February 2019 Student of Excellence for South Georgia Technical College’s Cordele campus.South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) Cordele campus named Searra Morehead the February Student of Excellence recently at a ceremony for the seven nominees. Morehead, a medical assisting student, was nominated for the award by her instructor, Carol Cowan. “Searra is a great student with attention to detail,” Cowan said. “When she graduates from South Georgia...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford is shown above with three former basketball players who played basketball at SGTC when the team was known as the “Technics.” They are Michael Coley, Willie Yarbrough, and Eddie Wallace. The skies were overcast but the spirits were bright as South Georgia Technical College hosted its annual Sophomore/Alumni Day Celebration Saturday as a tribute to the college’s “Proud Past – Promising Future!”   Nearly 500 faculty, staff, alumni,...

A day of celebration was the best way to describe the South Georgia Technical College Alumni/Sophomore Day Celebration held recently when the Jets and the Lady Jets matched-up against Albany Technical College.   There were a total of 10 sophomores recognized during the “Sophomore Day” presentations between the men’s and women’s games. The Americus-Sumter County Chamber of Commerce cooked and provided free hamburgers and hotdogs for the faculty, staff, students,...

SGTC English intstructor Katrice Taylor spoke at the recent Black History Month program on the college’s Cordele campus. Growing up as an African American female wasn’t always easy, South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) instructor Katrice Taylor told a standing-room-only crowd at the Black History Month program held recently on the college’s Cordele campus. The National Technical Honor Society (NTHS), the student organization who sponsored the event, invited Taylor to serve as the...

Central Georgia Technical College president Dr. Ivan Allen served as the guest speaker for South Georgia Technical College’s Black History Month program recently. South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) president Dr. John Watford welcomed fellow technical college president, Dr. Ivan Allen of Central Georgia Technical College, as the guest speaker of the college’s annual Black History Month program recently. The program was held in the John M. Pope Center on the college’s Americus campus...

Cover of the Spring 2019 Sumter County Living Magazine with South Georgia Technical College English Instructor Raven Payne featured. “Servicing the Community” was the headline for the story and the feature photo on the front cover of the Spring 2019 Sumter County Living magazine with South Georgia Technical College English Instructor Raven Payne as the featured story. Payne, along another SGTC instructor, Charles Christmas and his wife Kim, were also featured on the front cover and...

South Georgia Technical College Vice President of Economic Development (second from left) is shown above with SGTC Economic Development Assistant Tami Blount (l) with the Electrical Lineworker Kyle Glenn Holcombe Scholarship recipients Steven G. Parris and Zane Kendrick along SGTC Electrical Lineworker ¬¬instructors Sandra K. Royal and Sidney Johnson.South Georgia Technical College Vice President of Economic Development (second from left) is shown above with SGTC Economic Development...

South Georgia Technical College Vice President of Economic Development (second from left) is shown above with SGTC Economic Development Assistant Tami Blount (l) with the Electrical Lineworker Kyle Glenn Holcombe Scholarship recipients Steven G. Parris and Zane Kendrick along SGTC Electrical Lineworker ¬¬instructors Sandra K. Royal and Sidney Johnson.