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Americus Fire Department officials volunteer to cook out for the South Georgia Technical College Aviation students at the end of Summer Semester. Shown above are the firemen with their “We are Impacting Success @ SGTC” t-shirts and then they are shown with members of the SGTC aviation department and their students. The Americus Fire Department impacted student success at South Georgia Technical College recently by cooking out for the South Georgia Technical College Aviation...

Mike Cochran is shown above with a group of his former students. This was one of the last field trips that he took with students before his retirement in 2012. South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford and the South Georgia Technical College faculty and staff were saddened to learn of the airplane crash that claimed the life of retired Aviation Maintenance Instructor Mike Cochran.     “On behalf of everyone at South Georgia Technical College, I would like to...

South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets 2018 – 2019 team ranked 5th in the nation academically by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association.

South Georgia Technical College EMT Instructor Brad Harnum is shown above with SGTC students who are completing the EMT portion of their training and moving into the Advanced EMT program Fall Semester. They are: Jacob Shepherd, Umika Williams, David Wilson, Justin Alford, Makayla Butcher, Christopher Hawkins, and Jason Hudson. Air Evac Lifeteam, the largest independently owned and operated membership-supported air ambulance service in the United States, conducted a training with South...

Steve Spangler is doing a science experience that involves dropping eggs into water without them breaking. South Georgia Technical College will be hosting Emmy Award Winner Steve Spangler for a FREE Back to School Event on Tuesday, August 13th from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the South Georgia Technical College James S. Peters gymnasium. The public is invited to attend.     Steve Spangler is a science celebrity educator who has appeared on the Ellen Show. Steve enjoys the science of...

South Georgia Technical College has been impacting student success for over 70 years. South Georgia Technical College Dean of Enrollment Management Julie Partain is shown above with Crisp County Center Instructors Karen Bloodworth and Teresa Jolly and their PBL students who took first and fifth place in the national PBL competition recently competing against university, graduate, and community college students. The students are: Allysia Oliver, Christopher Mathews, and PBL National Winner...

South Georgia Tech to host Registration/Preview Day July 17th. South Georgia Technical College will be hosting a Fall Semester Registration/Preview Day on both the Americus and Crisp County Center campuses on Wednesday, July 17th, 2019. Students who apply and register for Fall Semester on July 17th will have their $25 application free waived and receive a free t-shirt with the new slogan, “We are Impacting Student Success at SGTC,” while supplies last. Refreshments will also be...

South Georgia Technical College students Andreas Edwards and Shantelle Brito are shown above with PBL Advisor Dr. Andrea Oates at the PBL National Leadership Conference in San Antonio, Texas, recently. South Georgia Technical College’s Americus PBL chapter earned six national chapter and individual awards at the Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) National Leadership Conference (NLC) in San Antonio, Texas recently. The six awards and recognitions earn by the Americus PBL Chapter included: being...

South Georgia Technical College’s Tison Smith and Chance Westra are shown above participating in the Chapter Display competition. Six South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) students earned the right to compete in the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Louisville, KY recently and each of the students advanced to the final rounds of their respective competitions. In order to advance to the SkillsUSA Nationals, the South Georgia Technical College students had to finish...

Pictured above (l to r) are: Teresa, Jolly, PBL Advisor and Business Technology Instructor; Allysia Oliver, Business Technology student; Kennedy Allen, Business Technology student; Christopher Mathews, Business Technology student; and Karen Bloodworth, PBL Advisor and Accounting/Marketing Management Instructor. South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center’s Business Technology student, Kennedy Allen of Vienna, captured first place in the Computer Applications competition at...

South Georgia Technical College Licensed Practical Nursing Instructor Jennifer Childs is shown above with SGTC retiree Harry Dragon and SGTC’s Linda Edge at the Red Cross Blood Drive held at South Georgia Tech recently.   South Georgia Technical College hosted a blood drive through the American Red Cross recently. The blood drive was held in Hicks Hall on the Americus campus and all eligible donors were encouraged to participate.    The blood drive resulted in registering 29 total...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above greeting the individuals to the SGTC Adult Education advisory meeting recently. Adult Education Dean Lillie Ann Winn is also shown (left standing). South Georgia Technical College’s Adult Education department hosted its advisory committee meeting recently in the John M. Pope Center on the Americus campus with representatives from each of the seven county areas served by South Georgia Technical College’s GED...