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The American Red Cross will conduct a blood drive on Tuesday, September 13 from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. on the campus of South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) in Americus. The blood drive will be held in the Hicks Hall student union on the Americus campus, and all eligible donors are encouraged to participate. Students from the SGTC Practical Nursing program will be on hand to assist the Red Cross. Donors will receive a limited-edition Red Cross t-shirt while supplies last. South...

    South Georgia Technical College Academic Dean Dr. David Finley hosted over 200 students at a “Meet Your Dean” reception in the Morgan Diesel and Automotive Complex on the Americus campus recently.    The SGTC Culinary Arts department provided refreshments for both the morning and afternoon receptions.  Dr. Finley introduced himself to new and returning students, praised their instructors, and talked with students about the many resources and benefits SGTC has to offer students...

   Andre Robinson of Americus has been hired as the full-time Barbering instructor at South Georgia Technical College, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford.  Robinson has been an adjunct Barbering instructor for SGTC since August of 2019.  He will report to Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers.    Robinson, who has over 30 years of professional barbering experience, owed Uptown Cuts Barbershop in Vienna, Georgia, prior to accepting the adjunct Barbering instructor...

Fifteen South Georgia Technical College Practical Nursing graduates at the SGTC Crisp County Center campus participated in a special pinning ceremony held recently in the auditorium of the Crisp County Center campus. The graduates included: Todd Barnette of Cordele; Kania S. Byron of Cordele; Sharletha C. Daniels of Eastman; Candis Samone Davis of Unadilla; Demetria Ann Freeman of Montezuma; Lawanda Monique Harper of Albany; Laura Alexander Lee of Warner Robins; Lacey Chaye Lummus of Rochelle;...

    The South Georgia Technical College Foundation presented Commercial Truck Driving student, Sanchez Graham, Jr. of Macon, with a $500 Client First Insurance Solutions scholarship recently.  Jody Wade from Client First Insurance Solutions was on hand to make the presentation.    Client First Insurance Solutions funded five Commercial Truck Driving Scholarships earlier this year through the SGTC Foundation.  Graham was the third scholarship recipient.  Julissa Gutierrez and Richard T....

   South Georgia Technical College will be hosting face-to-face Fall Semester Registration on Wednesday, August 17th on both the Americus and Crisp County Center campuses.   The Americus orientation and registration will start in the John M. Pope Center at 9:30 a.m., 1:30 and 5 p.m. and the Crisp County Center registration will begin in the main lobby area at 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.    Students who register for Fall Semester classes will receive a free South Georgia Tech t-shirt with the new...

    South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford presented Lawrence Starling, Jr., of Taylor County with the SGTC Foundation’s Mike Cochran endowed Scholarship recently.  Starling, an aircraft structural technology student, was recognized for his outstanding academic and work ethics qualities.  SGTC Aircraft Structural Technology instructor Jason Wisham recommended Starling for the scholarship.       South Georgia Technical College retired Aviation Maintenance...

     Veronda L. Cladd of Americus was hired as the new full-time Computer Information Systems and Networking Instructor for the South Georgia Technical College Americus campus effective immediately, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford.  She will report to South Georgia Technical College Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers and the Dean of Enrollment Management Julie Partain.    Cladd received a B.S. in Computer Information Systems from Georgia...

Nine graduates of the South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) program received their nursing pins in a recent ceremony in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus campus. A crowd of family, friends, administrators, and instructors attended the event to show their support as the students participated in the traditional pinning ritual. Receiving their pins were Quentavious Bell of Preston, pinned by his friend, Natalie Tullis LPN; Crasha...

   Mykaula Harvey of Cordele has been hired as a full-time High School Initiative Specialist at South Georgia Technical College effective immediately, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford.  Harvey will report to High School Initiative Coordinator Vickie Austin and SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers.    Harvey is a graduate of Crisp County High School and earned an Associate of Applied Science in Business Administrative Technology from South Georgia Technical...

    Less than one year after becoming a dislocated worker, Trinity Snelling is graduating from South Georgia Technical College with a welding diploma and a career in his field making over $5 per hour more than his previous job.  He thanks South Georgia Technical College and the Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA) for making this possible.    “I really can’t believe it,” said Trinity Snelling, who stopped by South Georgia Tech recently to fill out his graduation application...

   Makayla McCants of Oglethorpe, an Aircraft Structural student at South Georgia Technical College, was awarded the Gulf Coast Avionics Corporation endowed scholarship by the South Georgia Technical College Foundation recently.    McCants, who was a Student of Excellence at South Georgia Tech as well as a member of the SGTC President’s List for her outstanding academic record, was also inducted into the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS).  NTHS recognizes students not only for...