Americus Rotary Club presents South Georgia Tech’s 2017 outstanding student with stipend

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 Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) program for many years. “We are appreciative of both organizations for their sponsorship of this event and for their support of our students,” said South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford. “This Americus Rotary Club stipend is a wonderful way to honor our top students, but it also means a great deal to the college and this community.” McGee was selected for this honor by a panel of local community leaders. An internal committee interviewed all of the college nominees and narrowed the selection to three GOAL finalists. McGee was selected to represent the Crisp County Center from the Marketing Management department and he was competing against finalists Gage Greene of Williamson, a CAT Heavy Equipment Dealers Service Technology student, and Racarda Blackmon of Americus, a Networking Specialist student. Crisp County Center Marketing Management Instructor Karen Bloodworth nominated McGee for this honor. He is involved in Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) on the Crisp County Center as well as works full-time for Marvair, a Heating and Air Conditioning contracting company in Cordele. Christopher McGee will now represent South Georgia Technical College at regional and state competitions in an effort to be selected as the top student within the Technical College System of Georgia. South Georgia Tech’s Ashley Rodgers of Macon County was the 2017 Technical College System of Georgia state GOAL winner for 2016.