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Shown above is Culinary Arts student Yakira Lipscomb with SGTC employee Gloria Bell and Culinary Arts Instructor Chef Ricky Watzlowick.

Three South Georgia Technical College students were named to leadership positions in three of the four statewide student organizations supported by the Technical College System of Georgia, announced SGTC Director of Career Services/Student Organizations Cynthia Carter.    The four state-wide organizations recognized by the Technical College System of Georgia are: Student Government Association, National Technical Honor Society, Phi Beta Lambda, and SkillsUSA. South Georgia...

Shown above are the three SGTC students who were selected to state offices in three of the four student organizations supported by the Technical College System of Georgia. They are: Christopher Mathews, NTHS State Reporter; Ashley Holland, SkillsUSA State Vice President, and Desiray Kenney, GSGA State Reporter/Historian.

South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) Crisp County Center Student Government Association (SGA) hosted a special luau event for current students taking classes this summer at the Crisp County Center campus. The students played bingo and door prizes were awarded to the winners. The event was one of many student activities that the college supports for students on both campuses. Kari Bodrey is the SGA advisor for the SGTC Crisp County Center.     South Georgia Technical...

Three South Georgia Technical College leaders graduated from the Georgia Academy for Economic Development 2019 Region 8 Multi-Day Training Programs along with a number of professionals including elected officials, public servants, business leaders, educators and social service providers from 16 counties in West and Southwest Central Georgia. The training was held on the South Georgia Tech Americus campus.    The three South Georgia Tech employees who participated in the...

The Americus Civitan Club continued its support of South Georgia Technical College and the South Georgia Technical College Foundation recently by making a donation to the club’s licensed practical nursing endowed scholarship fund at South Georgia Technical College.    Americus Civitan Club President Grant Williams presented South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford with the donation at the club’s regular meeting recently. Dr. Watford spoke to the club...

A South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) student organization received national recognition recently for its continued involvement in the Crisp County community. The college’s Crisp County Center chapter of the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) received the 2018-2019 NTHS Community Service and Outstanding Chapter Award and given the Silver Star of Excellence. SGTC president Dr. John Watford endorsed the chapter in a letter to the deciding committee. “The students of the...

South Georgia Technical College Vice President for Economic Development Wally Summers was honored by the Sumter County Chamber of Commerce at the 99th annual awards celebration at the South Georgia Technical College John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center recently.   Summers was singled out as the recipient of the Sparky Reeves Sumter Trustee Award. This award was established four years ago to recognize and honor the lifetime achievements of individuals who helped in the...

South Georgia Technical College Vice President of Economic Development Wally Summers (second from left) is being congratulated by his wife, Brenda, and SGTC President Dr. John Watford and his wife, Barbara.

   If at first you don’t succeed, try again, might be a great motto for Shuntuta Brown of Richland. She was selected as the recipient of the South Georgia Technical College Lt. Michael Sangster Law Enforcement Academy endowed scholarship from the SGTC Law Enforcement Academy (LEA) Class of 19-01. She was recognized during the graduation and 10th anniversary celebration of the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy recently.    As a graduate, Brown earned her...

Hunter Fallin of Leesburg was presented with the Lou Crouch Law Enforcement Scholarship at the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Class 19 – 01 graduation ceremony held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the SGTC Americus campus recently. Fallin earned his Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) certification from the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy during the academy’s 10th anniversary celebration.    Fallin...

South Georgia Technical College’s SkillsUSA student organization members and advisors recently celebrated SkillsUSA Week – a week dedicated to showcasing and promoting the organization’s programs and activities at the local level by assisting Taylor County Primary School with their annual field day.    SkillsUSA is a national membership student organization that helps middle school, high school and college students who are preparing for a career in a trade, technical or...