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South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center was the recent host of a workshop that was called How to Run a Successful Kaizen Event. The workshop was part of Georgia Tech’s Manufacturing Growth Series for the West Region. The event was organized by Georgia Tech’s Enterprise Innovation Institute’s Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership (GaMEP). GaMEP coordinated with SGTC’s Economic Development services to plan the workshop. How to Run a Successful Kaizen Event is a...

Americus, GA – Sharad and Ila Patel, owners of the Best Western Plus Windsor Hotel in Americus, endowed a new Culinary Arts scholarship at South Georgia Technical College. Sharad Patel is the Vice Chairman of the South Georgia Technical College Foundation and has been able to see how scholarships help students as well as local businesses and the entire community. “Ila and I wanted to endow a scholarship for the Culinary Arts program at South Georgia Technical College. We believe that...

Angela Wright has been promoted to Administrative Services Coordinator at South Georgia Technical College, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford. Angela has been the Bookstore/Accounting Technician at SGTC since 2010. Prior to that, she was Bookstore Assistant at SGTC, and had also worked as a Warehouse Clerk for B.C. Moore’s Warehouse. She is a graduate of SGTC’s Marketing Management program. In her new role, she will continue to report to SGTC Director of Administrative Services...

(Americus, GA)- The South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Board of Directors, SGTC President Dr. John Watford and Technical College Board of Directors Association Executive Director Adie Shimandle paid tribute to retiring SGTC Board member Willie J. Patrick of Crisp County for his service on the South Georgia Technical College Board of Directors. The Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) and the South Georgia Technical College Board of Directors presented him with Emeritus Board member...

John Deere dealers from Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and Alabama hosted the “South Georgia Classic” golf tournament recently to raise scholarship funds for the John Deere Tech Agricultural Technology students at South Georgia Technical College. The dealers raised nearly $3,000 at the golf tournament for the South Georgia Technical College Foundation that are designated for John Deere Tech scholarships. The tournament was held in conjunction with the John Deere 2017 Division P...

South Georgia Technical College has earned the top spot as the Best Community College in Georgia for 2017 for the second time this year, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford. Niche just released their Best College rankings for 2017 for Georgia and South Georgia Technical College was listed as number one. Best Colleges in Georgia ranked SGTC as the number one college earlier this year. The Niche 2017 rankings can be found at:...

Americus, GA – Approximately 300 John Deere officials from Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and Alabama took part in the John Deere 2017 Division P Optimization Training event at South Georgia Technical College in Americus, GA recently. The training was held in South Georgia Tech’s newly renovated diesel and automotive building as well as the Energy and Transportation Center in the John Deere Ag Tech classrooms and labs. The two-day event was a free training session for the parts,...

Paul Fitzgerald has been selected as the new Shipping and Receiving Manager for South Georgia Technical College effective immediately, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford recently. Fitzgerald has been employed as the Bookstore Manager at South Georgia Technical College since June 2013 and reports to Director of Administrative Services Mark Brooks and Vice President of Administrative Services Lea Coe. “Paul Fitzgerald has been an asset to South Georgia...

HELEN, GA - Four South Georgia Technical College students were selected by an external panel of judges to serve as officers for state student organizations during the Technical College System of Georgia State Student Organizations and Planning Committees retreat held recently at the Unicoi State Park and Lodge in Helen, GA. “This is a tremendous honor for South Georgia Technical College to have four outstanding students to represent our college as officers at the state level,” said...

Tawanna Wright, Administrative Assistant to the Vice President for Administrative Services, has been promoted to Account Specialist at South Georgia Technical College effective immediately, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford. She will remain in the Administrative Services department and will continue to report to SGTC Vice President for Administrative Services Lea Coe. Wright began working at South Georgia Technical College in September 2005. She was...

The Americus and Sumter County Chamber of Commerce presented a $1000 Platinum Trustee Scholarship to Charles Flakes of Sumter County, a South Georgia Technical College General Equivalency Diploma (GED) graduate, who recently received his diploma. Jay Roberts, an Americus Sumter Chamber of Commerce Board member, presented Flakes with the Platinum Trustee Scholarship in the James S. Peters gymnasium on the South Georgia Tech campus recently. Flakes thanked the Chamber of Commerce for the...

South Georgia Technical College sophomore women’s basketball player Shaineequah (Shay) Fluellyn, a 5’7” shooting guard from Molena, has signed a letter of intent to continue her basketball career as a Lady Pacer at the University of South Carolina Aiken. SGTC Lady Jets Head Coach James Frey and Assistant Coach Kezia Conyers were on hand for the signing and offered their support. “Shay carried us when we went through a string of injuries the second half of the season,” said Frey....