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John Deere officials and dealers host dinner for John Deere TECH Agricultural Technology graduates at South Georgia Technical College Americus, GA –John Deere corporate officials and dealers from across the Southeastern United States hosted a special dinner for the second graduating class of John Deere TECH students who received an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Agricultural Technology at South Georgia Technical College in Americus, GA on Thursday, December 15th, 2016. The 10...

South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) students enrolled in Business Technology, Accounting, Marketing Management, and Computer Information Systems recently had the privilege of speaking to local business leaders about tips for building or updating their résumés, job interview tips, as well as the types of jobs available in their fields upon graduation from South Georgia Tech. Kim Christmas of PharmaCentra and Angela Driver of Walgreens both spoke to the large group of students, stressing...

South Georgia Technical College recognized 74, or almost half of its full-time employees who have been employed by the college for longer than 10 years during its annual employee Christmas luncheon which was hosted in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center recently. “It is my great honor to recognize the outstanding administrators, faculty and staff who have served South Georgia Technical College for 10 years or more,” said South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John...

South Georgia Technical College employees raised nearly $1600 to be utilized for a new faculty-staff scholarship fund during its annual employee Christmas luncheon which was hosted in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center recently. “This is a great time for our faculty and staff to come together and celebrate the season,” said South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford. “As we began planning for the event this year, someone suggested that we do a Silent Auction...

  Sixteen South Georgia Technical College Practical Nursing graduates on the SGTC Americus campus participated in a nurse pinning ceremony held recently in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center. The graduates included Derek Bodiford of Mauk, Skylar Brock of Pitts, Charlise Cooper of Americus, Misty Davis of Americus, Laurel Eason of Americus, Jasmine English of Americus, Taylor Hatfield of Americus, Kara Heath of Smithville, Tara Hyte of Montezuma, Marquise Jefferson of Americus,...

Joseph Paul Austin Smith of Americus and Tiffeni Fox of Warner Robins were selected as the recipients of the South Georgia Technical College Lt. Michael Sangster Law Enforcement Academy endowed scholarship from the SGTC Law Enforcement Academy (LEA) Class of 16-02. Both Smith and Fox earned their Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) certification from the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy. Smith also received the Highest Academic Award for earning the...

Robert Fairbanks of Edison and Joshua Wayne Taylor of Lizella were both presented with the Lou Crouch Law Enforcement Scholarship at the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Class 16 – 02 graduation ceremony held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the SGTC Americus campus recently. Both Fairbanks and Taylor earned their “Peace Officer Standards and Training” (POST) certification from the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy. ...

  The South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Americus chapter of the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) inducted 17 new members in a special ceremony held recently in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on SGTC’s Americus campus. Raven Payne, NTHS advisor and General Education instructor, presided over the ceremony. After a greeting by Payne, SGTC Assistant to the President Don Smith provided a welcome to inductees, their families and friends, and SGTC faculty and staff in...

South Georgia Technical College (SGTC), which offers an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) program of study on both the Americus and Crisp County Center campuses, is introducing a hybrid classroom and online EMT course spring semester, which begins January 9, 2017. Open registration and orientation sessions will be held on both campuses on Thursday, January 5, 2017. In the new hybrid program, classes will meet once per week at the Crisp County Center for practical and testing. The online...

South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) Move On When Ready (MOWR) high school Criminal Justice Technology students recently listened to two correctional officers who explained their roles in law enforcement as well as the differences between jails and prisons to the students. Sgt. Heather Trussell from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office and Sgt. Linda Drains from Macon State Prison were the featured speakers. Sgt. Trussell has worked as an officer in the jail and was recently promoted...

The South Georgia Technical College aviation advisory committee met recently in the Griffin Bell Aerospace building on SGTC’s Americus campus. The purpose of the advisory committee is to assist South Georgia Tech faculty and staff in continuous quality improvement of the Aviation Maintenance Technology, Avionics Technology, and Aircraft Structural Technology programs. SGTC Aviation instructors Victoria Herron, Charles Christmas, and Jason Wisham provided the committee with updates and...

  South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) recently hosted its Law Enforcement Academy (LEA) graduation for class 16-02, which was held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on SGTC’s Americus campus. Nine cadets were recognized for earning their technical certificate of credit and POST (Peace Officers Standards and Training) certification at the ceremony. Graduates included Wesley Phillip Atchley of Edison, Michael Steven Bentley of Leesburg, Robert Gene Fairbanks of Edison,...