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South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above with Fall 2019 Adult Education graduate Alexander Hale.    South Georgia Technical College held its 2019 Fall General Educational Development Diploma (GED) Graduation ceremony in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the SGTC Americus campus recently.    Heather Hinton, the South Georgia Technical College 2019 Eagle Delegate and an SGTC GED graduate, was the guest speaker at the ceremony where 34 students...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford is shown above (back row, far right) with the SGTC employees who were reaching a milestone with the college this year. The employees shown are: Jeff Wiseman, Don Smith, Karen Werling, Terri Smith, Tami Blount, Mark Brooks, Michele McGowan, Melissa Grantham, Chris Ballauer, and Dr. David Finley. SGTC Human Resource Director Sandy Larson is also shown with the group. Not shown are: Matthew Burks, Bob Cook, Audra Ekkel, Tonya Visage, Kevin Beaver, Victoria...

Chance Simpson is shown above with his Networking Computer Support instructor, Andrea Ingram with his t-shirt that shows that South Georgia Technical College is “Impacting His Success.”Marshallville, GA – Sixteen-year old Chance Simpson of Marshallville is well on his way to a very bright future.  The Macon County student has completed the minimum requirements for high school graduation and will be enrolling full-time at South Georgia Technical College in January.     At this...

Ten graduates of the South Georgia Technical College Licensed Practical Nursing program received their nursing pins in a recent ceremony in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus campus. A crowd of family, friends, administrators, and instructors attended the event to show their support as the students participated in the traditional pinning ritual. Receiving their pins were Meghan Cannady of Oglethorpe, Ahteanna Clark of Americus, Jayla Collins of Americus, Deaondra...

   The South Georgia Technical College Early Childhood Care and Education advisory committee met recently in the conference room in the Odom Center on the SGTC Americus campus. The purpose of the advisory committee is to assist South Georgia Technical College faculty and staff in continuous quality improvement of the Early Childhood Care and Education program. SGTC Early Childhood Care and Education Americus Instructor Jaye Cripe and SGTC Early Childhood Cordele Instructor Lisa Penton...

SGTC’s 2019 Rick Perkins Teacher of the Year Winner Brett Murray (shown above) with SGTC President Dr. John Watford, will be the speaker at SGTC’s Spring Graduation Exercise on Thursday, December 12th, 2019.South Georgia Technical College will be hosting its 2019 fall graduation exercise Thursday, December 12th at 6 p.m. in the James S. Peters Gymnasium on the Americus campus. Brett Murray, South Georgia Technical College’s Law Enforcement Academy Director and 2019 Rick Perkins...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford and his wife, Barbara, are shown above getting ready to welcome guests to the Christmas gala. The South Georgia Technical College Foundation and South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford hosted a special Holiday gala recently to thank all SGTC faculty, staff, alumni, retirees, foundation supporters, and business and industry partners for their support of the college and its students.    The special event...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above (l) accepting a donation for a new endowed Flex-Tec scholarship at South Georgia Technical College from Flex-Tec Plant Manager Rick Barnes. Flex-Tec – The Wiring Source endowed a new scholarship at South Georgia Technical College recently for students enrolled in the Electrical System Technology, Electronics Technology, Industrial Mechanical and Systems Technology, Marketing, Drafting, Accounting and Business...

Georgia Power donated a 2009 Freightliner Bucket Truck to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation recently to be used in the college’s Electrical Lineworker program. Shown above (l to r) in front of the truck are: Al Harris from the SGTC Economic Development Division, SGTC Lineworker Instructor Sidney Johnson, Don Porter from the local Georgia Power division, SGTC Economic Development Vice President Wally Summers, Georgia Power Company Workforce Development Coordinator Marilyn...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford and his wife, Barbara are shown above with members of the South Georgia Technical College Adult Education Division in front of their lighted display.“Our new family Christmas tradition,” was the way one participant described the South Georgia Technical College’s fourth annual “Light Up Your Future”. Over 1,000 individuals took part in South Georgia Technical College’s “Light Up Your Future” event that featured the campus and its programs of...

South Georgia Technical College Dean of Enrollment Julie Partain is shown above with Rebecca Stackhouse, SGTC Crisp County Culinary Arts Instructor Hunter Little, Lisa Leggett, Nutritional Services Director for Crisp County School, Steve Southwell, Owner of Smoakes BBQ in Cordele; Larry Jackson, Nutritional Services Director at Furlow Charter School; SGTC Culinary Arts Assistant Instructor Corcynthia Monts, Ethel Waters, Chef Juan Castilla, Q&A Manager Golden Gourmet in Americus and SGTC...

Members of the South Georgia Technical College’s Presidential Cabinet are shown above in front of the college’s Christmas tree in the John M. Pope Center on the Americus campus with many of the items that were donated for the Governor’s and Georgia Division of Family and Children Services “Secret Santa” program. Every division of the college participated in the “Secret Santa” program and these individuals are a representative of those groups. The faculty and staff of South...