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South Georgia Technical College CDL Instructor Robert Cook is shown above with the Smith brothers who all graduated from the SGTC CDL program. They are: Jonathan Jerome Smith, Antonio Alexander Smith, and Allen O’Neal Smith, Jr. Many other members of their family have also attended South Georgia Technical College. (Photo by Charley Varnum)Allen O’Neal Smith, Sr. enrolled in the South Georgia Technical College Commercial Truck Driving program in the early 2000’s. His career choice...

Blood Drive to be held Sept. 11 on SGTC's Americus Campus.In honor of the heroic men and women who lost their lives during the 9/11 attacks in 2001, the American Red Cross and South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) will hold a blood drive on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018. The drive will be held in Hicks Hall on the college’s Americus campus from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Appointments are available, but are not necessary. In order to save up to 15 minutes in wait time, donors may also visit...

Shown above (l to r) are: SGTC Diesel Equipment Technology Instructor Chase Shannon with his students who received the Caterpillar Excellence Scholarships recently. They are Justin E. Parker from Oglethorpe, GA and Willie C. Pittman from Mauk, Georgia. Parker graduated from Americus Sumter High School in 2017 and Pittman graduated from Taylor County High School in 2017. SGTC Academic Dean Raymond Holt is also shown with the scholarship recipients. Americus, Ga.—Two students in the...

South Georgia Technical College’s medical programs are bursting at the seams. Approximately 400 individuals are enrolled in these program areas this fall.“South Georgia Technical College posted a 12.6% increase in enrollment growth for Summer semester 2018,” announced President Dr. John Watford. This is the college’s largest single semester growth since the college converted from the quarter system to the semester system in Fall 2011. It is also the third consecutive year of annual...

South Georgia Technical College Cosmetology Instructor Dorothea Lusane McKenzie (left) is shown above working with her student Codi Dozier. Dozier won the SGTC annual hairstyling competition earlier this year which makes her one of the “best of the best” in the nation.South Georgia Technical College’s Cosmetology program has been recognized as the fourth best cosmetology and beauty school program in the United States for 2018 – 2019 by EDsmart, a nationally recognized publisher of...

South Georgia Technical College Practical Nursing graduates stand on the stage during their pinning ceremony and recite the Nurse’s Pledge. Just before ushering in a new class for the Fall 2018 semester, South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) practical nursing program on the Americus campus held a pinning ceremony for its 11 graduates recently. The ceremony, held in the John M. Pope Center of the college’s Americus campus, honored the students for completing the program and pinned...

SGTC’s Accounting Specialist Tawanna Wright earns the prestigious State Financial Management Certificate from the Carl Vinson institute of Government at the University of Georgia.South Georgia Technical College Accounting Specialist Tawanna T. Wright earned the prestigious State Primary Governmental Accounting Series Financial Management Certificate from the Carl Vinson institute of Government at the University of Georgia recently, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr....

Paul Pearson has been hired as an avionics and air frame instructor at South Georgia Technical College.As the demand for careers in the aviation field continues to grow, South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford announced the hiring of Paul Pearson, who will handle the avionics and air frame instruction for the college. Pearson will report to Dean of Academic Affairs Raymond Holt and Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers. Pearson, a Waycross native and longtime...

Job Fair will be held at the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center on August 28th.South Georgia Technical College will be hosting a job fair on Tuesday, August 28th from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center campus at 402 North Midway Road. The job fair is held in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Labor, Cordele Crisp County Chamber of Commerce, and the Cordele-Crisp County Industrial Development Council. Nearly 30 different...

A student logs into her account using the new Single Sign On method. Students will have one username and password across all of their South Georgia Tech student accounts.In a move to streamline and simplify the login process for its students, South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) has moved to a Single Sign On format for the Banner Web, Blackboard and email systems on its website. As a result, students will now be able to access all three areas of the website with the same username and...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above with USDA Representative Patricia Simmons and members of the South Georgia Technical College Foundation Board of Trustees and college officials after accepting two USDA RBEG grants. Shown seated (l to r) are SGTC Foundation treasurer Rick Whaley, SGTC President Dr. John Watford, USDA’s Patricia Simmons, SGTC Foundation Trustee Ben Dupree, and SGTC Foundation Executive Director and Vice President for Institutional...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford recently announced the college’s President’s List for the summer semester, which included 50 students from around the area and across the Southeast. To be eligible for the President’s List, a student must be enrolled full time (12 or more credit hours) in an associate degree or diploma program and have a 4.0 GPA for that semester’s coursework. Those students who qualified included: Crisp County: Morris Edward Brandenburg of...