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South Georgia Technical College Student Government Association (SGA) and National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) members of the Crisp County Center campus recently attended the 2017 GSGA and NTHS Winter State Conference in Callaway Gardens and competed in various events. Competition winners were Mykaula Harvey of Cordele, Business Technology student, 1st place GSGA Outstanding Student of the Year; Valerie Byron of Cordele, Business Technology student, Dontavious Harrell of Cordele, Criminal...

Americus, GA - PharmaCentra, LLC and Concentra Solutions, Inc. made a donation to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation recently to provide scholarship opportunities to its current employees enrolled at South Georgia Technical College (SGTC). PharmaCentra and Concentra Solutions’ CEO Dan Berman said the catalyst for the program stems from the companies’ desire to reward ‘the radical resourcefulness in South Georgia,’ which always creates inventive solutions to challenges,...

Pictured from left to right are NTHS members Leah Windham and Annie Streeter, NTHS Advisor Raven Payne, and NTHS member Tonya Barrett, who helped distribute donated books to the children of the Americus Head Start program. South Georgia Technical College’s National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) of SGTC’s Americus Campus recently distributed books collected from a Book Drive to the local Head Start Program in Americus. NTHS members went to a few classrooms and let the students choose...

South Georgia Technical College’s Marketing Management class recently welcomed Kaylon Harvey to their class and listened to him speak about his time on the Food Network Kids Sweets Showdown television show. Kaylon and his mother, Pamela, spoke to SGTC Marketing Management instructor Mary Cross’s Marketing Channels class, and opened with a few icebreaker activities. The first was a factor or fiction ice-breaker game on different facts about Kaylon. The class also participated in a “5...

Georgia Power Training Supervisor Gordy Morris and Georgia Power Methods and Training Specialist Michael Hardester, who is also a graduate of the South Georgia Technical College Electrical Lineworker Program, visited South Georgia Technical College recently to present the SGTC Foundation with a donation for the college’s Electrical Lineworker program. South Georgia Technical College Vice President of Economic Development Wally Summers and SGTC Foundation Executive Director and Vice...

South Georgia Tech’s Crisp County Center PBL members are pictured taking a celebratory selfie after award winners were announced. They are, from left to right, Christopher McGee, Ramona Williams, Tonekita Rogers, Jordan Smith, and Alexandra Joiner. MACON, GA - South Georgia Technical College students earned a total of 29 awards in the Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) South District Competition held recently at Central Georgia Technical College in Macon.  Students from both the Americus and Crisp...

South Georgia Technical College’s Nation Technical Honor Society (NTHS) on the SGTC’s Americus campus is having a Penny War fundraiser starting in February and continuing through April 1st. NTHS’s Penny War is a fundraiser activity that allows any SGTC program or department to collect rolled pennies. All of the collected funds will support the NTHS members as they participate in conferences and competitions this academic school year. The department or program with the most rolled...

South Georgia Technical College Culinary Arts Instructor Chef “Ricky” Ludwig Watzlowick and his culinary arts students helped to put smiles on the faces of the special guests, their parents, and the volunteers participating in the “Night to Shine” prom event for people with special needs. The event was hosted by First Baptist Church in Americus in sponsorship with the Tim Tebow Foundation. “We were asked to help provide cookies for this unforgettable prom night experience for...

South Georgia Technical College President Emeritus Sparky Reeves and his wife, Allene, presented Crisp County Marketing Management student Christopher McGee with a $500 scholarship after he had been recognized as the college’s 2017 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) winner by SGTC President Dr. John Watford at the college’s GOAL Luncheon recently. “Allene and I are pleased to be here today to present Christopher McGee with this scholarship,” said President Emeritus...

Americus Rotary Club President Reda Rowell presented Crisp County Marketing Management student Christopher McGee with a stipend recently on behalf of the Americus Rotary Club after he was recognized as the college’s 2017 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) winner by SGTC President Dr. John Watford at the college’s GOAL Luncheon recently. The Americus Rotary Club and the Sumter County Chamber of Commerce have been premier sponsors of the South Georgia Technical College Georgia...

SGTC Crisp County Center PBL district competitors are, from left to right, Dravian McGill, Ramona Williams, Tonkita Rogers, Christopher McGee, Jordan Smith, and Alexandra Joiner. South Georgia Technical College students from both the Americus campus Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) chapter and the Crisp County Center chapter will compete in the upcoming Phi Beta Lambda District Competition hosted at Central Georgia Technical College in Macon. The competitors and their events include Nykeria Marshall...

Students in the South Georgia Technical College Medical Assisting program assisted the Sumter County Health Department in providing a health screening at TSG, Inc. in Americus recently. “This was an excellent opportunity for our students to get some practical experience,” said South Georgia Technical College Medical Assisting Instructor Dianna Skipper. “I would like to thank the Sumter County Health Department and TSG, Inc. for allowing our students to participate in this health fair....