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GACE will hold a virtual career fair April 6 to connect jobseekers with employment opportunities across Georgia.South Georgia Technical College is partnering with over 40 colleges and universities across the state of Georgia this year to hold the GACE (Georgia Association of Colleges and Employers) Virtual Statewide Career Fair on Wednesday, April 6, from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. This virtual event is open to students and alumni from South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) and other...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (seated second from left) is shown above with the SGTC Georgia SkillsUSA medal winners. They are (seated left to right) Kimberly Sadecky, Gold winner in Job Skills Interview; Jonathan Large, Gold winner in Aviation Maintenance Technology, and Carson Innarino, Silver winner in Aviation Maintenance Technology. Shown on the back row are instructors who nominated the students and helped prepare them for the competitions. They are SGTC...

SGTC Super Smash Bros. intramural tournament champions Jason Simon-Pena and Zach Draper are shown above with their SGTC Intramural Champions t-shirts. Jacob Groesch, finalist, is also shown in a t-shirt.   Jason Simon-Pena, a Firefighter/EMSP student, took first place in the South Georgia Technical College Intramural Super Smash Bros Tournament on Nintendo WII U and then he and Zach Draper, an Aviation Maintenance student, teamed up to take first place in the doubles’ competition.   ...

SGTC Crisp County Center Admissions Coordinator Katrice Taylor (left) with a group of 4-H students at the SGTC Crisp County Center in Cordele. The students learned about South Georgia Technical College and toured the Cordele campus.The Crisp County Center of South Georgia Technical College recently hosted a group of home-schooled 4-H students ranging in age from elementary school to 11th grade. Randy West, University of Georgia Crisp County Extension Agent for 4-H Youth, brought the group to...

Potential LPN students attended a recent information meeting on South Georgia Technical College’s LPN program on the Cordele campus.South Georgia Technical College recently held a meeting for people interested in the LPN (Licensed Practical Nursing) program. The meeting was held at the SGTC Crisp County Center in Cordele. Katrice Taylor, Admissions Coordinator at the Crisp County Center, provided an overview of the competitive process for acceptance into the LPN program. Traci Griffen,...

SGTC Aviation Maintenance graduate Terry Thomas is shown above. He is now working as a Senior Consultant, MSG3 Maintenance Programs at Hexagon US Federal.     “Courage doesn’t always roar.  Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying ‘I will try again tomorrow.’”  Mary Ann Radmacher, an American author and artist, is credited with that quote but she could have been speaking about Terry Thomas who graduated from the Aviation Maintenance Technology program at...

March is Free Application Fee at South Georgia Technical College.   South Georgia Technical College will be waiving application fees for high school seniors during the month of March as part of the GA Futures/Georgia Student Finance Commission’s March is “Apply to College Month.”    “This is a great opportunity for high school students graduating in May to go ahead and apply to South Georgia Technical College and have their application fee waived,” said SGTC President Dr. John...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (third from left) and Georgia Power’s and SGTC Board of Directors Chairman Don Porter (second from right) are shown above with individuals included in the Internship Coordination Meeting recently. Also shown are Sumter County Schools Young Farmer Coordinator Phillip Gentry, SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers, SGTC Director of Business and Industry Services, Sumter County Schools CTAE Director John Drew, and Dr....

SGTC Student of Excellence overall winner Kimberly Sadecky (left) and nominees (top row) Christianna Smith, Derrick Carson, Brandon Price, (bottom row) Sha’Brea Hicks, and Jasmine Williams.Kimberly Sadecky of Montezuma was honored recently as the Student of Excellence for February on South Georgia Technical College’s Americus campus. Sadecky studies Criminal Justice and was nominated by her instructor, Teresa McCook. “I nominated Kimberly because of all she brings to South Georgia...

Pictured center is SGTC Crisp County Center Student of Excellence winner Amaya Brown with nominees Fabiola San Martin Garcia (left) and Shelby Wood. Not pictured are nominees Destiny Taylor and Santana Canady.The South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Crisp County Center in Cordele recently recognized several students for outstanding work in their respective programs. Amaya Brown of Pineview, a student in the Criminal Justice program, was named the overall Student of Excellence. Brown was...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (left) is shown above with the SGTC Black History Celebration program participants. They were: SGTC Director of Business and Industry Services Paul Farr, SGTC Auto Collision Repair and 2022 Teacher of the Year Starlyn Sampson, Amber and Rowdy Batchelor, SGTC Executive Assistant to the President Teresa O’Bryant, SGTC 2022 GOAL winner Zakyah Cameron, Shannon Jones, and SGTC Academic Dean David Finley.   Sumter County Chamber of...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford (right) is shown above the GADA Scholarship winner Jacob Eubanks (center) and SGTC Automotive Technology Instructor Brandon Dean (left).South Georgia Technical College Automotive Technology student Jacob Eubanks of Americus was presented with the Georgia Automotive Dealers Association (GADA) scholarship recently by the South Georgia Technical College Foundation.  SGTC President Dr. John Watford made the presentation.    Eubanks, who is a homeschooled, is a...