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South Georgia Technical College’s Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) Americus campus chapter recently celebrated PBL week in February. During PBL week, chapters are encouraged to publicize their activities, boost their membership, and gear up for spring events. To kick off PBL week the members took to social media to share their PBL Story on various social media platforms using hashtags. PBL members also gathered for a webinar hosted by the national PBL officer team. An Each One Reach One...

South Georgia Technical College’s National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) members of the Crisp County Center recently celebrated Arbor Day with a tree planting ceremony. A speech was given about the importance of trees and a live oak tree was planted in honor of that day. Students and faculty members who participated in the event included Christian Powell of Cordele, NTHS Parliamentarian/State Officer; Dakota Hall of Cordele, Ramona Williams of Cordele, SGTC NTHS Advisor and Admissions...

South Georgia Technical College’s Adult Education department recently held a Level Completion party for GED students. Assistant Vice President for Adult Education, LaShondra Coleman and GED Instructor, Tonya Visage recognized the students by giving them a certificate of the level completion and a gift bag. They were also rewarded with pizza and cupcakes. The Adult Education program is designed to provide instruction in basic education to the adult learner. Services range from...

Harold Edward Moore was honored by his family, friends, and many former co-workers recently when his wife and family hosted a 90th birthday celebration for the former South Georgia Tech employee at the Carnegie in Americus. South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford, SGTC President Emeritus Sparky Reeves, and former South Georgia Tech President Jon Johnson were all on hand to wish “Dean Moore” a happy 90th birthday. Many of his former co-workers and friends were also in...

In less than two years, James Otis Cochran of Americus has been able to turn his two-year technical college education into the job of a lifetime. He just recently began a new position as a MCSC Documentation Graphics Illustrator at AECOM Government Services, Inc. (AECOM) in Albany. Cochran graduated from the South Georgia Technical College Drafting program in May of 2015. He was selected as the Student of Excellence for his program and competed to be recognized as the Student of Excellence...

The top-ranked Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association’s South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets moved up one spot into 17th place in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I women’s basketball Top 25 poll released February 14th. South Georgia Tech was in the 18th place spot last week and is still the only Georgia women’s team included in the NJCAA Division I national rankings. They have moved up six spots since reentering the polls three weeks ago. ...

South Georgia Technical College is offering day, evening, and online eight week classes beginning March 13th on both the Americus and Crisp County Center campuses. The eight-week classes are part of the Spring Semester C-term which begins March 13th and ends May 2nd. C-Term class offerings will include courses in Air Conditioning Technology, Culinary Arts, Medical Assisting, Electrical Systems Technology, Industrial Systems Technology, Marketing Management, Recreation and Leisure...

Two outstanding African American individuals with strong ties to South Georgia Technical College were selected to be the keynote speakers at the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center’s first Black History Month program held in the LaPorte Auditorium in Cordele recently. Bambie Hayes, Executive Director of the Crisp Area Habitat for Humanity office, and Dravian McGill, Sr., Regional Finance Director for DCMS, Inc., were selected to be the keynote speakers. Hayes is a 1993...

South Georgia Technical College Student Government Association (SGA) and National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) members of the Crisp County Center campus recently attended the 2017 GSGA and NTHS Winter State Conference in Callaway Gardens and competed in various events. Competition winners were Mykaula Harvey of Cordele, Business Technology student, 1st place GSGA Outstanding Student of the Year; Valerie Byron of Cordele, Business Technology student, Dontavious Harrell of Cordele, Criminal...

Americus, GA - PharmaCentra, LLC and Concentra Solutions, Inc. made a donation to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation recently to provide scholarship opportunities to its current employees enrolled at South Georgia Technical College (SGTC). PharmaCentra and Concentra Solutions’ CEO Dan Berman said the catalyst for the program stems from the companies’ desire to reward ‘the radical resourcefulness in South Georgia,’ which always creates inventive solutions to challenges,...

Pictured from left to right are NTHS members Leah Windham and Annie Streeter, NTHS Advisor Raven Payne, and NTHS member Tonya Barrett, who helped distribute donated books to the children of the Americus Head Start program. South Georgia Technical College’s National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) of SGTC’s Americus Campus recently distributed books collected from a Book Drive to the local Head Start Program in Americus. NTHS members went to a few classrooms and let the students choose...

South Georgia Technical College’s Marketing Management class recently welcomed Kaylon Harvey to their class and listened to him speak about his time on the Food Network Kids Sweets Showdown television show. Kaylon and his mother, Pamela, spoke to SGTC Marketing Management instructor Mary Cross’s Marketing Channels class, and opened with a few icebreaker activities. The first was a factor or fiction ice-breaker game on different facts about Kaylon. The class also participated in a “5...