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SGTC’s Cordele campus chapter of the National Technical Honor Society poses with the EMS training program students holding trauma bears – one of the three categories of items raised during the Season of Giving drive.Three South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) student organizations teamed up with other local partners during the holiday season to raise and donate more than 1,250 items to members of the community during the fifth annual Season of Giving initiative. SGTC’s Phi Beta...

South Georgia Technical College EAGLE representative Heather Hinton lives in Oglethorpe, Georgia.Heather Hinton of Oglethorpe has been selected to represent South Georgia Technical College at the Technical College System of Georgia EAGLE (Exceptional Adult Georgian in Literacy Education) Leadership Institute in Atlanta, March 11-13, 2019. The Leadership Institute recognizes and honors those students who have demonstrated superior achievement in adult education classes and programs. Adult...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (right) and Julie Partain, Dean of Enrollment Management at the SGTC Crisp County Center, are shown above with MAW 2018 Statewide Art Contest winner Rylee Hanson of Crisp County Elementary School with her 2nd place poster in the K – 5th grade competition. Also shown (l to r) are Rylee’s parents Kimberly and Tony Hanson and her brother. All students in Sumter, Schley, Macon, Marion, Crisp, Webster and Taylor County are...

Wanda BishopWanda R. Bishop of Warner Robins has been selected as the new full-time Criminal Justice Instructor for the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center effective immediately, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford. “Bishop has 24 years of experience in the Criminal Justice field and has worked with another higher education institution so we believe that she will be an asset to our Criminal Justice program and our students,” said...

Carol Cowan named SGTC Crisp County Center Medical Assisting Instructor.Carol D. Cowan of Montezuma was hired as the new full-time Medical Assisting Instructor for the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center effective immediately, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford. She will report to South Georgia Technical College Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers and the Dean of Enrollment Management Julie Partain. Cowan, who is a South Georgia...

SGTC LEA graduate Dalton Windham is interviewed after receiving the Smarr-Smith scholarshipVideo can be viewed here: Montezuma officer wins Smarr-Smith award South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy graduate and recent Smarr-Smith Foundation Scholarship recipient Dalton Windham was interviewed by 13WMAZ's Pepper Baker on what the scholarship means to him. Windham is a class 18-01 graduate of the Law Enforcement Academy and is currently an officer for the Montezuma Police...

Georgia Power Local Manager Don Porter presented a donation from the Georgia Power Foundation to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation 2018 TechForce annual fund drive recently.  South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford and SGTC Foundation Executive Director Su Ann Bird accepted the donation on behalf of the foundation.     “We would like to thank Don Porter and Georgia Power Company for this donation to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation,” said...

Brad Aldridge named SGTC Crisp County Center Welding Instructor.Bradley S. Aldridge of Leesburg, was named as the new full-time Welding Instructor for the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center effective immediately, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford. Aldridge had served as an adjunct welding instructor at South Georgia Technical College from 2015 to 2017. He resigned to take a full-time welding instructor position at Albany Technical...

Ruth Jones (right) is shown above with her sons Phillip and Tom at one of the South Georgia Technical College Foundation Donor Dinners.South Georgia Technical College and the South Georgia Technical College Foundation nominated Ruth S. Jones of Americus as their outstanding Volunteer of the Year award for 2018 – 2019. She was also nominated as a Technical College Foundation Association Volunteer of the Year. “Ruth Jones was selected as the South Georgia Technical College and South...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (r) is shown above presenting retiring Crisp County Center Medical Assisting Instructor Vickie Gilbert with a retirement plaque thanking her for her 11 years of service to the students at South Georgia Tech.South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center Medical Assisting Instructor Vickie Gilbert was recognized recently for her retirement with over 11 years of service to the Medical Assisting students from the Crisp County...

Carenda Starling is shown above (l to r) with Lt. Michael Sangster’s mom, Connie Sangster Youngblood, his sister, Melissa, and dad, Robert Sangster, Sr., receiving the Lt. Michael Sangster Scholarship award during the SGTC Law Enforcement Academy Class 18-02 graduation ceremony.Carenda Starling of Dawson, GA 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...

Want to learn new skills for the New Year. Register for Spring Semester classes at South Georgia Technical College. Registration is Monday, January 7th and classes begin January 9th. Start training for a new career in 2019!South Georgia Technical College will be hosting registration and orientation for Spring Semester 2019 on Monday, January 7th on the Americus and Crisp County Center campuses. Spring Semester classes begin on Wednesday, January 9th but all students are urged to apply...