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   The South Georgia Technical College Adult Education and GED testing staff participated in a required professional development training recently with 19 full-time and part-time faculty and staff members, announced SGTC Dean of Adult Education Lillie Ann Winn.    Susan Pittman from Brevard, North Carolina, was the professional development speaker.  Pittman is an experienced adult educator and nationally recognized training.  She is the CEO of E-Learning Connections, Inc., an educational...

   Patrick Owen of Americus has joined South Georgia Technical College as its new Industrial Systems Instructor, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford.  He will report to SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers.    Owen is a graduate of the South Georgia Technical College Industrial Electrical Technology program.  He also has an Associate Degree in Forestry from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Albany State...

   South Georgia Technical College officials traveled to Atlanta to participate in the Crisp County 32nd annual Atlanta Legislative Fish Fry at the Georgia Freight Deport in Atlanta recently.  The fish fry is sponsored by the Cordele City Commission, the Crisp County Board of Commissioners, the Crisp County Power Commission, the Cordele-Crisp County Chamber of Commerce and the Cordele-Crisp County Fish Fry cooking team.    Crisp County community leaders and officials traveled to...

   South Georgia Technical College will be hosting a FREE Professional Development Workshop featuring author, speaker and poverty expert Dr. Donna M. Beegle on Tuesday, February 18th from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the John M. Pope Center on the Americus campus.  The public is invited to attend this free event.    Dr. Donna Beagle inspires and educates individuals, organizations, politicians and entire communities with proven models to better outcomes for people in poverty.  Born into a migrant...

     Americus Rotary Club Past President Don Smith presented South Georgia Technical College Air Conditioning Technology student David Bush of Cuthbert with a stipend recently on behalf of the Americus Rotary Club after he was recognized as the college’s 2020 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) winner by SGTC President Dr. John Watford at the college’s GOAL breakfast recently.      The Americus Rotary Club and the Americus - Sumter County Chamber of Commerce have been...

MACON, Ga – The South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets traveled to Macon to take on Central Georgia Technical College Wednesday night and the Lady Jets came away with their eighth consecutive win in an 84 – 73 contest but the Jets lost another close one, 69 – 63.    “It was a good conference win for the Lady Jets,” said South Georgia Technical College Athletic Director and Lady Jets head basketball coach James Frey.  The Lady Jets are now 14 – 0 in the...

     South Georgia Technical College President Emeritus Sparky Reeves and his wife, Allene, presented Air Conditioning Technology student David Bush with a $500 scholarship after he had been recognized as the college’s 2020 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) winner by SGTC President Dr. John Watford at the college’s GOAL breakfast recently.      “Allene and I are pleased to be here today to present David Bush with this scholarship,” said President Emeritus Reeves. ...

   South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford presented SGTC Career Services Director Cynthia Carter with a plaque for her 13 years of service as the South Georgia Technical College GOAL Coordinator during the college’s 2020 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership breakfast.    David Bush, a first year Air Conditioning Technology student, was selected as the college’s 2020 GOAL winner and will represent South Georgia Technical College at the regional and state...

https://www.wrbl.com/news/south-georgia-technical-college-in-americus-announces-2020-goal-award-recipient/ by: Keldreck Conwell, WRBL Americus,Ga (WRBL)- A South Georgia Technical College student is a finalist for the state’s Technical College Student of the Year award. First-year student David Bush is from Cuthbert, Georgia, but attends SGTC in Americus where he studies air conditioning technology. SGTC President Dr. John Watford recently announced Bush as this year’s...

Georgia Power Executive Vice President of Customer Service and Operations Pedro Cherry presented South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford and the South Georgia Technical College Foundation with a $12,500 donation for student scholarships for the college’s Electrical Lineworker program recently. Cherry, along with Rachel Williams, assistant to executive vice president of Customer Service and Operations; Georgia Power Human Resources Manager  John Hood; Georgia...

David Bush, an air conditioning technology student from Cuthbert, has been named as South Georgia Technical College’s Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) winner for 2020. He will represent the college in regional and state level competitions, in an effort to be declared the statewide Student of the Year and the face of technical education in Georgia. South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) President, Dr. John Watford, made the announcement during a recent breakfast on the...

     South Georgia Technical College will be hosting an Alumni Day Celebration on Saturday, February 8th in the James S. Peters gymnasium in conjunction with the Jets and Lady Jets basketball games and Sophomore Day recognition.  Students, faculty and staff, retirees and alumni will be admitted to the games for free.    All South Georgia Technical College alumni and former faculty and staff members are encouraged to come out and join in the celebration.  The 2019 – 2020 Jets and Lady...