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Americus, Ga - South Georgia Technical College held a study skills workshop recently for students on the school’s Americus campus. Deo Cochran, Retention and Coaching Specialist, presented a program on the Top 10 Study Skills for College Students to a group of SGTC students. The student support services at South Georgia Technical College are designed to enhance students’ education and college experience to help them succeed in their career goals. Educational resources available...

Sumter Electric Membership Corporation Inc. presented the South Georgia Technical College Foundation with a 1998 International Utility 4900 bucket truck to be used to help train the next generation of electrical lineworkers in the college’s Electrical Lineworker Program.     “We appreciate the partnership that we have with Sumter Electric and their willingness to provide equipment for our Electrical Lineworker students to train on,” said South Georgia Technical College...

South Georgia Technical College announced today that applications for graduation are now available for students planning to graduate this fall. On the Americus campus, Students may pick up an application at the SGTC Registrar’s Office in the Odom Center. In Cordele, applications are available from Shonda Boddie at the front desk. To be eligible for fall graduation, students must have completed all program requirements at the end of summer or fall of 2019. Students should confirm their...

Lavitrius Clark of Cordele, has joined the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center as an Electronics Technology adjunct instructor effective immediately, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford. He will report to SGTC Dean of Enrollment Management Julie Partain.    Clark is a 2004 graduate of Albany State University with a Bachelor in Business Administration and Management. He is currently pursuing an MBA in Supply Chain and Logistics...

The South Georgia Technical College Jets Booster Club will be hosting the 5th annual Sparky Reeves Classic Golf Tournament on Thursday, October 3rd, 2019 at the Griffin Bell Golf and Conference Center in Americus, GA. Everyone is encouraged to participate and all proceeds will go to the South Georgia Technical College Jets Booster Club to support the Jets and Lady Jets athletic squads. Deadline to enter is Thursday, September 26th.    “We have had a great turnout for the...

“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.” That quote is attributed to Jackie Robinson but that same sentiment might also apply to South Georgia Technical College and the impact that it has been having on students, communities, and business and industry for the past 71 years.    A small group of very impactful individuals graduated from what is now known as South Georgia Technical College in 1949, including Roy Parker, III of Americus. Roy...

Four South Georgia Technical College Adult Education students participated in a new Integrated Education Training program recently and all four students passed OSHA-10 Certification exams, received the ServSafe Food Handler Certificate and also completed Employability Skills training. The four students recognized were Ryan Lamar, Darrius Daniels, Alex Hale and Alexis White.    The Integrated Education Training Program is a promising practice based in adult learning theory. ...

Jeana Yawn of Americus was hired as a new full-time Medical Assisting Instructor for South Georgia Technical College in Americus 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.    Yawn, who is a South Georgia Technical College alumni, was working with the Riverside Treatment Center inside Flint River Hospital in Montezuma as a...

Two South Georgia Technical College Electrical Lineworker graduates took top honors in the 2019 Georgia Lineman’s Rodeo at the FFA Camp John Hope in Perry. Bradley Knowles, a Spring 2010 graduate from Hawkinsville, and John Mastin, a 2010 Fall semester graduate from Ft. Valley, were both part of a Flint Energies EMC team that finished fourth in the journeyman division.    Each year professional journeyman teams and apprentices with EMC’s statewide compete against teams and...

Four South Georgia Technical College Adult Education students passed OSHA-10 Certification exams recently and are working toward receiving ServSafe Industry certification as well as a completion certificate in Employability Skills Training as part of a new Integrated Education Training Program (IEP).    The four students who are participating in the Integrated Education Training Program are: Ryan Lamar, Darrius Daniels, Alex Hale and Alexis White. Each of them are attending...

LaGrange-based Diverse Power and Moultrie-based Colquitt Electric Membership Corp. (EMC) teamed up to provide a pole trailer to the South Georgia Technical College Electrical Lineworker program in Americus recently. The trailer donation was featured in the September 2019 edition of the Georgia Magazine.    Colquitt EMC donated the pole trailer, which was refurbished and painted by Diverse Power before it was given to the college. The trailer will now be utilized to train...

Sharad Patel and his family have chosen to make Americus home and this community is much better because of his and his family’s involvement. Patel is the owner of the Best Western Plus Windsor Hotel in Americus and serves as the Chairman of the South Georgia Technical College Foundation. He lives by the motto, “wherever you live, that is your home and that is where you give back!”    Patel was featured in the Sumter County Living magazine recently. Sherri Martin...