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South Georgia Tech GED Graduation Officials - Shown above (l to r) are South Georgia Technical College GED Chief Examiner Connie Wise, SGTC Interim Director of Adult Education Michelle McGowan, Instructor Tonya Visage, SGTC Board Chairperson Janet Siders, SGTC Eagle winner and speaker Pable Castaneda, SGTC President Dr. John Watford, Vice President of Economic Development Wally Summers, Rev. Michael Cunningham, Assistant to the President Don Smith, Vice President of Academic Affairs David...

Chase Shannon Chase Shannon of Preston has been selected as the new full-time Diesel Equipment Technology instructor at South Georgia Technical College, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford. He will report to South Georgia Technical College Academic Dean David Finley and SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers. Shannon received an associate of applied science in Agriculture in 2005 from Southwest Georgia Technical College in Thomasville. He has...

Lamaiyah Zybrekkia Ashley is the recipient of the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County High School Class of 1965 scholarship.Lamaiyah Zybrekkia Ashley of Cordele, a member of the 2017 graduating class of Crisp County High School, was nominated and selected to receive the Crisp County High School Class of 1965 scholarship at South Georgia Technical College for the 2017 – 2018 year. The scholarship can be utilized for tuition, books, supplies, and educational tools while she...

Shown above (l to r) are: City of Cordele employees Kenneth Bratcher, Richard Cross, and Osvardo Feijoo with SGTC Commercial Truck Driving Instructor Ryan Barton. These individuals along with Brain Penn took part in the pre-trip contract training for the City of Cordele recently from South Georgia Technical College.Need a job? Enjoy driving? South Georgia Technical College may have the perfect career opportunity for you and it’s not too late to enroll in classes. South Georgia...

Chad BrownChad Brown of Ellaville has joined South Georgia Technical College as the full-time Machine Tool Technology instructor, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford. He will report to South Georgia Technical College Academic Dean David Finley and SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers. Brown, who is a 2005 graduate of the South Georgia Technical College Machine Tool Technology program, has worked as a Machinist with the Marine Depot...

1. South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford and SGTC Academic Dean Vanessa Wall (l to r) are shown above with Americus Police Chief Mark Scott (far right) and members of the SGTC Law Enforcement Academy class 17-01. Cadets include: Quinntin Ja’colby Mann of Americus, Larry James Bennett of Vienna, Chandler Ridge Buchanan of Cuthbert, Christopher J. Gaddy of Ellaville, Marcus Allen Ford of Leesburg, Michael Johnson of Americus, and Charles Hale Kinnamon of...

Charles Hale Kinnamon of Americus is shown above (l to r) receiving the Lt. Michael Sangster Scholarship award for the 17-01 class from Lt. Michael Sangster’s mom, Connie Sangster Youngblood, his sister, Melissa and Michael’s father, Robert Sangster, Sr.Charles Kinnamon of Americus was selected as the recipient of the South Georgia Technical College Lt. Michael Sangster Law Enforcement Academy endowed scholarship from the SGTC Law Enforcement Academy (LEA) Class of 17-01. Kinnamon earned...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above with the SGTC Lou Crouch Scholarship winner from Class 17-01, Quinntin Ja’Colby Mann from Americus, Georgia. Also shown is SGTC Law Enforcement Academy Director Brett Murray.Quinntin J. Mann of Americus was presented with the Lou Crouch Law Enforcement Scholarship at the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Class 17 – 01 graduation ceremony held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above (l to r) with SGTC Law Enforcement Academy Director Brett Murray, the Smallwood-Sondron Scholarship Class 17-01 Winner and Class Representative Christopher J. Gaddy, and members of the Sondron family from Peach County. They included Patrick Sondron’s sons, Jacob and Ethan and his wife, Melissa Sondron. Lou Crouch, who endowed the scholarship, was unable to attend the ceremony.Christopher J. Gaddy of Ellaville was...

Walmart store Manager John Davis (third from left), Ethics/Compliance Coordinator Paul Thomas (fourth from right), Personnel Coordinator Angelic Holmes (far left), and Walmart associates are pictured with SGTC Director of Career Services Cynthia Carter (second from right) and some of the SGTC students who sat in on the employment opportunity presentation.Recruiters from Walmart recently visited South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) students to talk about employment opportunities with the...

Shermel McCluster earned her Associate’s Degree from South Georgia Tech and graduated nine days before her high school graduation at Americus Sumter High South. SGTC President Dr. Watford presented Shermel McCluster with her degree at South Georgia Tech’s spring commencement ceremony earlier this month. Shermel McCluster, a seventeen year-old high school senior from Americus, has just accomplished an amazing feat—she walked across the stage to receive her Associate of Applied Science...

Chief Mark Scott of the Americus Police Department will be the keynote speaker at South Georgia Tech’s next Law Enforcement Academy graduation. Chief of Police of the Americus Police Department Mark Scott will be the featured speaker at South Georgia Tech’s upcoming Law Enforcement Academy (LEA) graduation. Seven cadets from LEA class 17-01 will graduate from the academy on Friday, May 19th at 11:00am in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on SGTC’s Americus campus. Chief...