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Café Campesino in Americus, GA was recognized recently for their nomination as one of the top 100 small manufacturing companies in Georgia for 2019. Café Campesino is Georgia’s first and only 100% fair trade organic coffee company and was nominated as one of the Small Manufacturers of the Year for 2019 by South Georgia Technical College in Americus, Georgia.  A small manufacturer is classified as a company with 150 or fewer employees. As one of the nominees, Café Campesino...

   Patrick Peacock of Americus has been hired as the Marketing Specialist at South Georgia Technical College and will be assisting in planning and organizing the marketing and fundraising activities of the college,” announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford. He will report to Su Ann Bird, Vice President of Institutional Advancement and Executive Director of the South Georgia Technical College Foundation.    “We are very pleased that Patrick Peacock...

Interfor Preston Division in Preston, GA was nominated as one of the top 100 small manufacturing companies in Georgia for 2019 and they were recognized recently for their accomplishments. Interfor manufactures a range of lumber products, and their sawmill in Preston was nominated as one of the Small Manufacturers of the Year for 2019 by South Georgia Technical College in Americus, Georgia.  A small manufacturer is classified as a company with 150 or fewer employees. As one of the...

   The Sumter Electric Membership Corporation Foundation, Inc. awarded a grant in the amount of $5,000.00 to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation, Inc. Proceeds from the grant will be used to establish a scholarship fund for students. Dr. John Watford, South Georgia Technical College President accepted the donation for the SGTC Foundation.    “One of the seven guiding principals that govern the way Sumter EMC operates is involvement in the communities we serve. This...

The Cordele-Crisp County Industrial Development Council welcomed an Economic Development Bus Tour to display the great opportunity that the community could provide potential businesses interested in locating in Georgia.    The Bus Tour brought statewide project managers from the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) and from ECG to see the city and its infrastructure firsthand. It is a unique opportunity for economic development project managers on a statewide level...

South Georgia Technical College is updating and improving the traffic corridor in the center of the Americus campus. Due to the construction, which will be underway now throughout Fall Semester, traffic patterns have been altered and additional parking areas identified.    “We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause students and the public during the construction phase,” said South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford. “The new updated and...

The South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center admissions department participated in the National Night Out 2019 event recently at the Community Clubhouse in Cordele for a night of free family fun hosted by the Cordele Police Department.    Kari Bodrey, SGTC Crisp County Center Admissions Coordinator, and Desiray Kenney, an SGTC Accounting Degree student, who is also the Student Government Association President and a Georgia Student Government Association state officer,...

South Georgia Technical College and 27 other two-year colleges throughout the south are working together with The Citadel in South Carolina to make a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) degree available online, on campus or both, to a wider spectrum of students, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford.    Eligible students would start in, or have already graduated from South Georgia Technical College or one of the partner schools and...

Dorris William (D.W.) Persall of Cordele has been hired as the full-time Media & Library Services’ Specialist for the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center in Cordele. He will report to Julie Partain, Dean of Enrollment Management and Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers.    As the Media & Library Services’ Specialist on the Crisp County Center campus, D.W. Persall will provide support and setup of audio/visual equipment within classrooms and the...

Seventeen Practical Nursing graduates from the SGTC Crisp County Center Licensed Practical Nursing program participated in the Nursing Program’s Summer pinning ceremony in the LaPorte Auditorium on the Crisp County Center recently.    The graduates from the Crisp County Center LPN program included: Elorie Elise Bailey, Angelia Ford-Brown, Taylor Bullock, Tanasha Coley, Que Collier, Ashell Terrell Davis, Vontae Evans, Shalyssica Gaston, Shaquenthia Grant, Aleia Nicole Harper,...

South Georgia Technical College will be hosting a Fall Semester Registration/Orientation Day on both the Americus and Crisp County Center campuses on Monday, August 12th, 2019. Students who apply and register for Fall Semester on August 12th will have their $25 application free waived and receive a free t-shirt with the new slogan, “We are Impacting Student Success at SGTC,” while supplies last. Refreshments will also be provided. Parents are welcome to attend.   ...

Thirteen individuals received their nursing pins as Summer 2019 graduates of the South Georgia Technical College Americus Licensed Practical Nursing program in front of a large crowd of supportive family, friends, instructors, and administrators in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center recently.    The 13 graduates included: Richelle Bivins of Ellaville, Sharae Brown of Americus, Savannah Callier of Ellaville, Kelsi Cannon of Ellaville, Brenda Eggers of Ellaville,...