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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 and Electric Power Generation Heavy Equipment Dealers Service Technology prior to the college’s 2019 Spring Commencement Ceremony.   Approximately 250 Caterpillar officials, students, family members and SGTC officials...

The South Georgia Technical College John Deere Tech program ushered in 13 new technicians to the field at its annual graduation banquet recently. The students were awarded with a completion award plaque from John Deere for completing the two-year program, and later went on to receive their Associate of Applied Science Degree in agricultural technology later that night at the college’s graduation ceremony.  Students from Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina were represented in the...

  The proud past and promising future of South Georgia Technical College was on full display recently at the college’s Spring 2019 commencement ceremony Thursday, May 2nd at 6 p.m. in the James S. Peters Gymnasium on the Americus campus in front of a capacity crowd. South Georgia Tech is celebrating the 70th anniversary of its first graduating class this year. The college’s first group of graduates were honored in 1949.   Approximately 175 students, 34 of which were either...

Americus, GA – The South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Foundation paid tribute to over 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.   South Georgia Technical College is celebrating the 70th anniversary of its first graduating class from 1949 and the SGTC Foundation Donor Appreciation Dinner utilized the theme of “Planting Seeds.” Seventy...

South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) practical nursing advisory committee met recently on the college’s Americus campus to discuss the current state of the program and the industry as a whole. The six members met in a McClain Building classroom to discuss the topics over breakfast. The purpose of the advisory committee is to assist South Georgia Tech faculty and staff in continuous quality improvement of the college’s program. SGTC’s Americus campus nursing instructors...

ATLANTA, Ga - Sumter County’s Café Campesino, Crisp County’s Norbord GA, LLC division, Macon County’s International Paper Flint River Mill, and Webster County’s Interfor Preston Division were nominated by South Georgia Technical College to be recognized at the 2019 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...

South Georgia Technical College will be hosting its 2019 spring graduation exercise Thursday, May 2nd at 6 p.m. in the James S. Peters Gymnasium on the Americus campus.   Kelsi Cannon of Ellaville, GA, South Georgia Technical College’s 2019 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) winner, is scheduled to be the guest speaker at the event. The SGTC practical nursing student will address the graduates and their families, fellow students, faculty, and staff during the...

Atlanta, GA - Katherine Murphy, a business technology student at South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center was recognized as a member of the Who’s Who in Georgia PBL at the Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) State Leadership Conference in Atlanta recently.   Murphy of Ashburn was recognized with the “Who’s Who” in Georgia PBL for her efforts in raising the most funds for the March of Dimes charity.   Teresa Jolly, Business Technology Instructor, and Karen...

South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center chapter of the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) recently inducted 23 new members into the organization which recognizes students’ outstanding academic achievement. The induction ceremony was held in the LaPorte Auditorium of the Crisp County Center campus in Cordele. The 23 students included Kennedy Allen of Vienna, business technology; Darica Blunt of Cordele, practical nursing; Jonathan Bowen of Pinehurst, welding; Antonio...

South Georgia Technical College’s Americus campus held its final Student of Excellence ceremony of the semester recently, where they named Colyn Johnson of Nicholls, Georgia the overall winner. The avionics student, who is set to graduate next semester, received the recognition over six other nominees who were all in the transportation programs division. The ceremony was held in the John M. Pope center in front of a room full of students, instructors and family members of the...

Kennedy Allen, a business administrative technology student from Vienna, was named South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center Student of Excellence for the month on April. She was awarded the title at a recent ceremony on the Cordele campus, which honored her and five other nominees for their outstanding work ethic. Allen was nominated for the award by her instructor, Teresa Jolly. She first enrolled at South Georgia Tech during the spring C-term semester of 2018. In the...

South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center Accounting, Business Technology and Marketing Management programs held an joint advisory meeting in the boardroom on the college’s Crisp County campus recently.   Members of SGTC Accounting, Business Technology and Marketing Management advisory committee met with Business Technology instructor Teresa Jolly and Accounting/Marketing instructor Karen Bloodworth. The members reviewed all aspects of the program to keep the...