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The advisory committee for the drafting program at South Georgia Technical College recently held its fall semester advisory meeting in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus campus. Representatives from the drafting profession met with faculty and staff of SGTC to discuss the continued development of the college’s drafting program. South Georgia Technical College drafting instructor Kristie Hudson provided the committee with updates on the program and other...

Moultrie, GA - South Georgia Technical College instructors and administrators debuted the college’s new self-contained mobile STEM educational lab at the Southwestern FFA Rally in Moultrie recently and allowed students to try out the new technology.    SGTC Academic Dean Dr. David Finley and a number of academic instructors took the large SGTC mobile self-contained STEM educational lab and treated approximately 2,000 students to the opportunity to learn how to virtually paint...

South Georgia Technical College precision machining instructor Chad Brown recently presented well-deserved Technical Credit Certificates to several dedicated students for their outstanding performance in various disciplines. A certificate in precision machining enhances job prospects for entry-level machinists by demonstrating their competence and dedication to potential employers. It opens doors to a wide range of positions in manufacturing, aerospace, automotive, and other...

South Georgia Technical College offers skills training in a variety of industries that may seem completely unrelated to each other. Sometimes, though, students learn about interesting ways seemingly disparate programs can intersect. Such was the case recently when SGTC Marketing Instructor Mary Cross asked Electronics and Unmanned Aerial Systems Technology instructor Mike Collins to give students in her Integrated Marketing Communication class an overview and demonstration of drone...

South Georgia Technical College recently held a resource fair for students on the Americus campus. Those attending learned about a variety of services available to them as well as opportunities to enhance their college experience by participating in student clubs and activities. On hand for the event were campus representatives for SkillsUSA, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS), Student Support Services, Tutoring, Student...

The American Red Cross will conduct a blood drive on Tuesday, September 12 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. By...

By Olivia Yepez of WRBL AMERICUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Some go to school for English and math degrees, others go to work on race cars. August is Motorsports Awareness Month in the United States, and South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) is one of two schools in the state which offers a motorsports vehicle technology program. The four-semester long program takes on 10 to 12 students a semester and focuses on preparing them for an entry-level position at a professional racing team shop. While...

   A little “Sparky Magic” might have been present when the “Sparky Reeves Team” of Kevin Reeves, Brian Simmons, and Stan Gann took home “Red Jackets” and the first-place trophy with a score of 42 in the ninth annual South Georgia Technical College Jets Booster Club Sparky Reeves Golf Classic Tournament held at the Griffin Bell Golf and Conference Center in Americus, Georgia.  South Georgia Technical College President John Watford is shown above with the first place Sparky...

    South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford has announced that South Georgia Technical College will close on Wednesday, August 30th due to weather concerns.  No classes will be held and faculty and staff will not be asked to report.

Lisa Wade, a second semester Environmental Horticulture student from Americus, was the first recipient of the Early Bloomers Garden Club annual scholarship at South Georgia Technical College recently. Mary Len Walker, President of the Early Bloomers Garden Club, and other members of the club were on hand during the scholarship presentation with SGTC President Dr. John Watford and SGTC Foundation Executive Director and Vice President of Institutional Advancement Su Ann Bird. “On...

   Exergen Corporation of Watertown, MA, provided 100 Exergen home TemporalScanner thermometers and five professional TemporalScanner model thermometers to the South Georgia Technical College practical nursing students and programs on both the Americus and the Crisp County Center campuses recently.    Exergen Corporation, manufacturer of the only thermometer whose accuracy has been proven in more than 100 peer-reviewed, published clinical studies, and is the only non-invasive medically...

The Early Bloomers Garden Club presented the South Georgia Technical College Foundation with a donation to provide a scholarship for a student enrolled in the Environmental Horticulture Program recently.  This is to be an annual scholarship specifically for the Horticulture program.  Mary Len Walker, President of the Early Bloomers Garden Club, and other members of the club presented the donation to SGTC President Dr. John Watford and SGTC Foundation Executive Director and Vice President...