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SGTC Cosmetology instructor Dorothea McKenzie (left) is pictured with Cosmetology students Morgan Whaley (standing) and Sabrina Kelley. The Cosmetology program was recently recognized as a top cosmetology program in the country.   South Georgia Technical College’s Cosmetology program has been recognized as one of the best in the nation by The Community for Accredited Online Schools (AccreditedSchoolsOnline.org). As a leading resource for higher education and college accreditation...

South Georgia Technical College was spotlighted at the “A Taste of TCSG” event. Shown above (l to r) are: South Georgia Technical College Vice President of Institutional Advancement and SGTC Foundation Executive Director Su Ann Bird, SGTC President Dr. John Watford, SGTC and TCSG State Goal winner Ashley Rodgers, Daniel Linginfelter, Jr. (son of Daniel Linginfelter, Sr.), SGTC and TCSG Distinguished Alumni Daniel Linginfelter, Sr., and his wife Gloria, former SGTC President and TCSG...

Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) State Board Chairman Joe Yarborough along with state board member Judge Richard Porter from Thomasville, Georgia, is shown above presenting South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford with a proclamation naming South Georgia Technical College as a finalist for the 2016 Technical College of the Year award. Also shown congratulating President Watford is TCSG Commissioner Gretchen Corbin. The announcement was made at the TCSG State...

GOAL logoSouth Georgia Technical College (SGTC) instructors have nominated thirteen of their students for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership( GOAL) competition, according to SGTC GOAL Coordinator Cynthia Carter. GOAL, a statewide program of the Technical College System of Georgia, honors excellence in academics and leadership among the state’s technical college students. GOAL winners are selected at each of the state’s 22 technical colleges as well as one Board of Regents...

Tyler Stanford (right) was named SGTC Student of Excellence for November. He is pictured with SGTC Dean for Academic Affairs Raymond Holt. Seated from left to right are SGTC Student of Excellence nominees Amy Griffin, Stephen Simmons, Marvin Johnson, Tyler Stanford, and Shelby Arnett. Standing, from left to right, are Dean for Academic Affairs Raymond Holt, instructors Charles Christmas, John Wilder, Starlyn Sampson, Craig Kelly, Kevin Beaver, and Dean for Academic Affairs Dr. David...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford and his wife, Barbara are shown above at the gourmet hot chocolate bar manned by SGTC's O-Team. The SGTC Air Conditioning Technology group had a snow man lighted up for the event. Here is one of the guests shown with the “snow” man. Over 500 individuals participated in South Georgia Technical College’s first “Light Up Your Future” event using Christmas Lights to illuminate the programs and opportunities it offers. The event was held in Gailey Park...

Christian Powell is named Student of Excellence.  Pictured on the first row from left to right are Student of Excellence nominees Russell C. Wright, Mykaula Harvey, Christian Powell, Dontavious Harrell, and Halie Fennell. On the second row from left to right are nominees Nichelle Martinez, Troy Gilliam, Christopher M. McGee, Alliyah Sutton, Felicia Young, and Clay Oxford (not pictured is nominee Kevin Davis). Standing from left to right are nominating instructors Vicki Gilbert, Mike...

Shown above (l to r) are: SGTC Diesel Equipment Technology Instructor Craig Kelly with his students who received the Caterpillar Excellence Scholarships recently. They are Tyler Stanford of Adel, James Stroup of Americus and Kent Short of Taylor County. SGTC Academic Dean Raymond Holt is also shown with the scholarship recipients. Americus, Ga.—Three students in the Diesel Equipment Technology program at South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) were recently awarded Caterpillar Excellence...

Shown above are: South Georgia Tech PBL Advisor Donna Lawrence with American Free Enterprise Day Speaker Tone Williams, PBL officers Kimberly Jackson Ashley Halstead, Brayon Kendrick PBL Advisor Dr. Andrea Oates, Racarda Blackmon, Alicia English, Andrea Burton-Willis, Fierra Riley, and Jaleun Willis.Actor and entrepreneur Tone Williams of Atlanta was the special guest speaker at the South Georgia Technical College Phi Beta Lambda American Free Enterprise Day program held recently in the...

Shown above from left to right are: South Georgia Tech PBL President Racarda Blackmon, SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers and Americus Mayor Barry Blount signed the American Enterprise Day program.South Georgia Technical College’s Phi Beta Lambda celebrated Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda (FBLA-PBL) week recently with the signing of a proclamation. SGTC’s Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers and Americus Mayor Barry Blount joined SGTC...

Tone Williams will be the guest speaker for SGTC’s PBL Free Enterprise Day on Tuesday, November 15th at 9:00 a.m. The event is part of Fall PBL week, which will be held Monday, November 14th until Thursday, November 17th. South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) student leadership organization will sponsor a series of events the week of Monday, November 14th through Thursday, November 17th. SGTC’s Americus campus PBL chapter has invited other regional PBL...

Pictured from left to right are SGTC Fire Science Technology advisory committee members Chief Roger Bivins, Chief John Ekaitis, Chief Darrell Holbrook, Chief Allen Erkhart, and Chief David Trussell. The South Georgia Technical College Fire Science Technology advisory committee met recently in the Fire Science classroom on the SGTC Americus campus. The purpose of the advisory committee is to assist South Georgia Tech faculty and staff in continuous quality improvement of the Fire Science...