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Marshallville, GA – Chance Simpson of Marshallville signed up as a dual enrollment student at South Georgia Technical College at the start of his 10th grade year at Macon County High School.  He graduated with his associate degree in Computer Networking Support just a few weeks shy of graduating from high school and earned acceptance into the elite and prestigious Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) School of Engineering.  Now he is also employed by Johns Hopkins University.    He earned...

South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) recently hosted a blood drive for the American Red Cross that resulted in the donation of 23 units of blood. Students, faculty and staff members, as well as community members attended the drive to donate blood. SGTC Nursing students assisted with the event to gain valuable experience. According to the American Red Cross, blood donations can help cancer patients, trauma patients, sickle cell patients, burn patients, and patients with chronic...

South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) recently held a meeting for students interested in joining the orientation team, a student organization that assists new and returning students during SGTC orientation and registration. Students on the orientation team also serve as ambassadors for the college and help host campus events. Dr. Deo Cochran-Sherrod, SGTC Retention and Coaching Specialist and orientation team coordinator, welcomed students and thanked them for their interest in...

   Seventeen members of the South Georgia Technical College Electrical Lineworker class traveled to Warwick to take a tour of the Plant Crisp which is owned and operated by the Crisp County Power Commission.     Harold Ergle, SGTC adjunct instructor for the Electrical Lineworker Program and retired lineman from Crisp County Power Company, conducted the tour and taught the students about hydroelectric power generation on Lake Blackshear.    The Crisp County Power Commission is one of...

    Eight individuals from North Georgia Technical College visited their counterparts at South Georgia Technical College in Americus recently to exchange best practices and ideas about graduation, retention, student affairs practices, on-campus housing and academics.    North Georgia Technical College in Clarkesville and South Georgia Technical College are the only two technical colleges in Georgia with on-campus housing.  These two colleges are also the oldest two colleges in the...

South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) recently celebrated Constitution Day by distributing colorful bookmarks to students, which displayed the American flag behind the Preamble to the Constitution and information about the Constitution of the United States of America. South Georgia Technical College also commemorated the day on its social media accounts.     Each educational institution in the United States that receives federal funding must observe Constitution Day and Citizenship Day...

   Two South Georgia Technical College Fire Fighter/EMSP students joined members of the Sumter County Fire and Rescue department in paying tribute to the memory of the 343 firefighters who lost their lives in the 9.11.2001 tragedy in New York City by climbing the equivalent of the 2,200 steps it would take the New York Fire Department (NYFD) to reach people on the 110th floor of the World Trade Center.    According to Tracy Hall of the Americus Times Recorder, “firefighters are a tight...

   The Team Peterson team of Chandler Studdard, Corey Stallings, and Bray Bishop won the coveted “Red Jackets” when they captured first place in the seventh annual South Georgia Technical College Jets Booster Club Sparky Reeves Golf Tournament held at the Griffin Bell Golf and Conference Center in Americus, Georgia.      Team Peterson had a one stroke advantage over four teams that all posted the same scores on the 18-hole course.  The Hooks-Simmons team of Rhett Simmons, Brian...

     South Georgia Technical College was featured recently in The Chronicle of Higher Education for two-year colleges with the best three-year graduation rates. SGTC was ranked as the 11th best nationally, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford.     The rankings were released in the August 20th, 2021 edition of The Chronical of Higher Education and South Georgia Technical College was the 11th best two-year public college in the nation for graduation rates of...

CORDELE, GA – Over 25 companies signed up to participate in the job fair held at South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center recently seeking employees for specific needs within their businesses and industries.  Nearly 50 job seekers also attended and had the opportunity to meet with the business and industry leaders.   Employers who participated included: Advanced Drainage Systems, ADM Animal Nutrition, AG Technologies, LLC, DBA Vantage SE, Big Tex Trailers, Chick-fil-A,...

South Georgia Technical College will host a blood drive for the American Red Cross on Tuesday, September 14, from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The blood drive will be held in the Hicks Hall student union on the Americus campus, and all eligible donors are encouraged to participate. By taking a moment from your day to donate, you may be giving someone else a chance at life. A single blood donation can be separated into components, which can actually help more than one person. Accident...

South Georgia Tech is hosting a job fair with the Cordele-Crisp Chamber of Commerce and the Cordele-Crisp County Industrial Development Council this Thursday from 9 a.m. until noon at the SGTC Crisp County Center. Interviews will be conducted on-site, so attendees are encouraged to bring their resumes. Employers will be on hand with job openings in a variety of categories, including: accounting, business and office, computer information (IT), general labor, healthcare, maintenance,...