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Paul Johnson (right) is shown above recognizing Brandon Glover (left) of the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office with a Smarr-Smith Criminal Justice Scholarship.Americus, GA – Brandon Glover of Americus was the recipient of the Smarr-Smith scholarship which was awarded 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. This was also the 10th anniversary...

Make Summer Count!   Make your summer count! South Georgia Technical College is encouraging students to sign up now for a special eight-week Summer Semester session. Students can apply, test and enroll in one day. Official registration is planned for Wednesday, May 22nd on both the Americus and the Crisp County Center campuses.    Registration and orientation will begin at 9:30 a.m., 1:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. on the Americus campus in Hicks Hall. Registration and orientation on...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford, LEA Academy Director Brett Murray and Academic Dean Vanessa Wall are shown above with the members of the SGTC Law Enforcement Academy 10th anniversary class 19-01. Cadets included: Corey Stephen Brown of Leesburg, Shuntuta Brown of Lumpkin, Bradley Wayne Clayton of Vienna, April Cosby of Marshallville, Hunter Cole Fallin of Leesburg, Justin Scott Flowers of Trotman, Michael Chase Francis of Smithville, Heather Gartman of Tifton,...

Shown above are the different graduates and law enforcement agency representatives that attended the 10th anniversary celebration of the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy. They are shown with SGTC President Dr. John Watford, Academic Dean Vanessa Wall, and SGTC Law Enforcement Academy Director Brett Murray and the Class 19-01 graduates.

Shown above are the Law Enforcement Academy invitation and program for the 10th anniversary celebration at South Georgia Technical College.The South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy will be hosting the graduation ceremony for class 19—01 on Friday, May 17th at 11 a.m. in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus campus.    This is the 10th anniversary of the Law Enforcement Academy at South Georgia Technical College and all former graduates, law...

Shown above are the Law Enforcement Academy invitation and program for the 10th anniversary celebration at South Georgia Technical College.

New Americus Fire Department firefighters Clemons and Eason are pictured with Chief Roger Bivins (center).Two South Georgia Technical College graduates officially joined the Americus Fire Department recently after completing their Firefighter I course at the college. Austin Clemons and Colby Eason, both of Americus, successfully completed the 16-week course and were officially welcomed aboard. Fire Chief Roger Bivins presented the graduates with their helmet and gear at a special...

Let’s face it: school is probably the last thing you want to think about right now. For many graduating high school students and current college students, summer is a time to rest. A time to relax. A time to do whatever – not school. But hear me out – summer is also the perfect time to sign up for a few classes at South Georgia Technical College. Whether you’re fresh out of high school or already a college student, here are five reasons to consider signing up for summer semester...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (r) and his wife, Barbara, are shown above in their academic regalia for the keynote address at Central Georgia Technical College.   Dr. Watford spoke to over 7,000 individuals including the graduates who received an associate degree, diploma, technical certificate of credit or General Education Diploma (GED) from Central Georgia Technical College.    Dr. Watford is in his third year at President of South Georgia Technical...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (r) and his wife, Barbara, are shown above in their academic regalia for the keynote address at Central Georgia Technical College.

Early Childhood Care and Education advisory committee members stand together following their semi-annual advisory meeting. Left to right: Jaye Cripe, Verneda Johnson, Monica Warren, Lisa Penton, Monica Jennings, Andrea Oates.South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) early childhood care and education (ECCE) program advisory committees met recently on the college’s Americus campus to discuss the current state of the program and the industry as a whole. The purpose of the advisory...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above presenting the framed certificate for the endowed Adrian “Goose” Johnson CAT Thompson Tractor scholarship to Amber, Sarah, and Kelly Johnson at the 2019 CAT Dealer Graduation Dinner. South Georgia Technical College students in the Caterpillar Think Big Heavy Equipment Diesel Technology program were fond of wearing special dark blue t-shirts imprinted with a gaggle of geese and the words “Fly High Goose” in...