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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,...

South Georgia Technical College’s Instructor of the Year Andrea C. Ingram will be the keynote speaker at the South Georgia Technical College Fall 2016 graduation exercise on Thursday, December 15th at 6 p.m. in the James S. Peters Gymnasium on the Americus campus. Ingram, the Computer Information Systems Instructor on the Americus campus, was selected as the college’s Instructor of the Year for 2016. She will have the honor of addressing the graduates and their families, fellow...

  Four South Georgia Technical College students have been selected as the college’s semi-finalists for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL), according to Cynthia Carter, coordinator for the SGTC GOAL program. Chosen as semifinalists are: Gage Greene of Williamson, Heavy Equipment Dealers Service Technology; Racarda Blackmon of Americus, Computer Information Systems; Christopher McGee of Cordele, Marketing Management; and Russell Wright of Tifton, Accounting. GOAL, a...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford announced today that the South Georgia Technical College Christmas party scheduled for tonight from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. has been cancelled due to the recent events that have occurred in the community. “On behalf of the entire South Georgia Technical College faculty, staff, and students, I would like to offer our condolences to the family and friends of Americus Police Officer Nicholas R. Smarr, and offer continued prayers for...

South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) Crisp County Center Phi Beta Lamba (PBL) chapter recently celebrated Prematurity Awareness Month and Non-Stop November with a variety of fundraisers and student events for the March of Dimes and PBL. Those events included a March of Dimes Baby Feet Fundraiser, American Enterprise Day, Trashion Show for America Recycles Day, Prematurity Awareness Day, Hands of Hope, and Adopt an Angel. PBL members sold “baby feet” pledge cards with proceeds to...

  South Georgia Technical College’s Cosmetology program has been recognized as one of the best in the nation by The Community for Accredited Online Schools (AccreditedSchoolsOnline.org). As a leading resource for higher education and college accreditation information, the site released its annual ranking for the 2016-2017 school year, honoring South Georgia Technical College as the #18 Best Cosmetology Program in the Nation. “It has always been a lifetime passion of mine to teach...

ATLANTA, GA - South Georgia Technical College was featured prominently at the first ever “A Taste of TCSG” event, which was heralded as a night celebrating The Technical College System of Georgia Foundation. The event was held at the Georgia Power building in Atlanta recently. Governor Nathan Deal was the featured speaker which spotlighted some of the top students and alumni in the Technical College System of Georgia as well as TCSG Commissioner Gretchen Corbin and her staff, the...

ATLANTA – South Georgia Technical College was named as a finalist for the Technical College System of Georgia’s 2016 Technical College of the Year award. The announcement was made during the State Board meeting of the Technical College System of Georgia in Atlanta, recently. South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford accepted a resolution from TCSG State Board Chairman Joe Yarborough in recognition of the college’s achievement during the past year and the outstanding...

South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) instructors have nominated thirteen of their students for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership( GOAL) competition, according to SGTC GOAL Coordinator Cynthia Carter. GOAL, a statewide program of the Technical College System of Georgia, honors excellence in academics and leadership among the state’s technical college students. GOAL winners are selected at each of the state’s 22 technical colleges as well as one Board of Regents college with...

Seated from left to right are SGTC Student of Excellence nominees Amy Griffin, Stephen Simmons, Marvin Johnson, Tyler Stanford, and Shelby Arnett. Standing, from left to right, are Dean for Academic Affairs Raymond Holt, instructors Charles Christmas, John Wilder, Starlyn Sampson, Craig Kelly, Kevin Beaver, and Dean for Academic Affairs Dr. David Finley. Tyler Stanford of Lenox, a South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Diesel Equipment Technology student, was named SGTC Student of...