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SGTC President Dr. Watford presented Shermel McCluster with her degree at South Georgia Tech’s spring commencement ceremony earlier this month. Shermel McCluster, a seventeen year-old high school senior from Americus, has just accomplished an amazing feat—she walked across the stage to receive her Associate of Applied Science degree in Criminal Justice Technology from South Georgia Technical College nine days before her high school graduation. McCluster, a graduating senior at...

Chief of Police of the Americus Police Department Mark Scott will be the featured speaker at South Georgia Tech’s upcoming Law Enforcement Academy (LEA) graduation. Seven cadets from LEA class 17-01 will graduate from the academy on Friday, May 19th at 11:00am in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on SGTC’s Americus campus. Chief Scott was appointed as the Americus Police Department’s Chief of Police in March 2016. Prior to his appointment, he served for six years with the...

South Georgia Technical College sophomore women’s basketball player Desiree Corbin, a 6’3” center from Griffin, signed a letter of intent to continue her basketball career as Lady Pirate at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. SGTC Lady Jets Head Coach James Frey and Assistant Coach Kezia Conyers were on hand for the signing and offered their support. “I’m proud of Des and the way she fought through a late season injury and never quit on her teammates and...

Americus, GA – Caterpillar dealers from Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, and Tennessee hosted a dinner for the South Georgia Technical College graduates receiving an Associate of Applied Technology Degree in Heavy Equipment Dealers Service Technology prior to the college’s 2017 Spring Commencement Ceremony recently. The dinner was held in the Betty Deriso Pope Teleconference room in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the South Georgia Technical College campus. SGTC...

South Georgia Technical College hosted its 2017 spring commencement ceremony Tuesday, May 9th, 2017 at 6 p.m. in the James S. Peters Gymnasium on the Americus campus in front of a capacity crowd. Approximately 200 students, 38 of which were either Presidential Honor or regular Honor Graduates, received awards of either an associate degree or a diploma during the 2017 Spring commencement ceremony. Students must have an overall grade point average of 3.9 or higher to qualify as a Presidential...

South Georgia Technical College SkillsUSA Advisor Dr. Michele Seay has been named to serve on the SkillsUSA National Education Team (NET). Her nomination was accepted by SkillsUSA Championships Program Director David J. Worden and SkillsUSA Georgia Postsecondary Director Tjazha Mazhani. The purpose of the National Education Team is to assist SkillsUSA’s national technical committees in conducting and managing the SkillsUSA championships and communicate industry expectations for the...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford announced that Dianne Trueblood of Cordele has been appointed as the Director of Information Technology for the college following the retirement of long-time IT Director Wray Skipper. Trueblood will report to SGTC Vice President of Student Affairs, Institutional Support and Technology Karen Werling. Trueblood has been working full-time with South Georgia Technical College since 2002. She was serving as the Librarian, Webmaster,...

(Americus, GA) – The South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Foundation paid tribute to approximately 200 of its foundation supporters at its annual Donor Appreciation Dinner in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the South Georgia Technical College campus recently. The South Georgia Technical College Foundation annual Donor Appreciation Dinner utilized the theme of “Supporting Success at South Georgia Tech” and thanked each of the donors who had helped provide key support...

Eaton Lighting Division and Star Racing of Americus as well as Marvair Division of Airxcel, Inc. of Crisp County were selected by South Georgia Technical College to be recognized at the 2017 Georgia Manufacturing Appreciation Week Manufacturers of the Year Governor’s Award Luncheon at the Georgia International Conference Center in Atlanta, Georgia, recently. They were among an elite group of the top manufacturers in Georgia. Governor Nathan Deal was the keynote speaker at the luncheon....

Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler will be the featured presenter at a 2017 Employers in the Know summit to be held at South Georgia Technical College. The summit will be held from 9am until 3pm on Wednesday, May 17 on SGTC’s Americus campus in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center. Employers in the Know is a crash course for progressive HR and business professionals seeking practical guidance and real world tips for handling the toughest management and compliance challenges....

Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D., was the recently featured speaker at a one-day professional development workshop hosted by South Georgia Technical College. The workshop was free of charge for educators in Sumter, Macon, Marion, Crisp, Schley, and Webster counties. Dr. Payne is the founder of aha! Process and an established author, speaker, publisher and career educator. She has written or co-authored more than a dozen books on issues of poverty in the areas of education, social services, business,...

Wray Skipper, Director of Information Technology at South Georgia Technical College, was honored at a special retirement reception at the South Georgia Technical College John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center recently. “Wray has dedicated over 23 years of his career to the information technology needs of South Georgia Tech. He has served South Georgia Tech faithfully and I am sure that everyone in this room has special Wray Skipper stories that they can share. It has been a...