Evelyn Castleberry Receives SGTC Student of Excellence Honor

SGTC Crisp County Center student Evelyn Castleberry was selected as the September Student of Excellence.South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) student Evelyn Castleberry of Sylvester was recently named September’s Student of Excellence on the college’s Crisp County Center campus. Castleberry, a medical assisting student, and six other students from various programs were recognized for their hard-work, work ethic and other positive attributes at the ceremony, which was recently held in...



South Georgia Tech Cordele Campus Celebrates Spirit Week

Members of South Georgia Tech’s Student Government Association display their school spirit during spirit week by wearing their best red and black outfits. South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center (CCC) campus showed their school spirit recently during the college’s annual Spirit Week event. Teresa Jolly’s business technology program was awarded the title of “most spirited program” and an in-class party after showing 100 percent participation in each of the...



SGTC Bobblehead ACE Social Media Contest

Bobblehead ACE is shown in the rotunda of the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center.Post a photo or video with South Georgia Technical College’s new Bobblehead ACE on social media for a chance to win a scholarship and great prizes! South Georgia Technical College’s mascot, ACE, arrived on campus recently in Bobblehead form. To welcome him to campus, a special SGTC Bobblehead ACE Social Media Contest has been planned. It will be open to all SGTC students, faculty, staff, and the...



South Georgia Tech CNA program ranked nationally

A student from the South Georgia Technical College Schley County High School CNA program is shown above utilizing a computer to assist with the American Red Cross Blood drive held at their high school recently. The SGTC Schley County CNA students helped with several duties including the check-in, escorting students to and from the staging room, and the refreshment area.South Georgia Technical College’s Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) program has been ranked as the 24th Most Affordable CNA...



SGTC part of $3 Million Grant to Increase STEM Opportunities for Students in Southwest Georgia

South Georgia Technical College Computer Information and Networking Specialist Instructor Andrea Ingram is shown above with a student enrolled in the CIS program. Computer Information and Networking Specialist programs are one of the many STEM career programs offered at South Georgia Technical College.South Georgia Technical College and Georgia Southwestern State University are part of a $3 million grant to prepare more underrepresented minority undergraduate students for careers in...



Stewart County high school students tour South Georgia Technical College

Stewart County High School juniors and seniors are shown above with the South Georgia Technical College mascot “ACE” and SGTC Board member and Georgia Power representative Don Porter, Georgia Power Engineering Supervisor Patrick Harris, as well as SGTC Vice President of Economic Development Wally Summers and Paul Farr, SGTC Director of Business and Industry Services. A group of nearly two dozen juniors and seniors from Stewart County High School in Lumpkin, Georgia, visited South Georgia...



South Georgia Tech Cosmetology students enjoy “Color Made Easy” program

SGTC Cosmetology Instructor Dorothea Lusane McKenzie (second from left) is shown above with her lab instructor Samantha Willis, Instructor Trainee and former cosmetology student Shantray Ross, Jennifer Bowens of Miss J’s Salon in Fort Valley and her assistant Jessicia Keister, and SGTC Instructor Trainee Mikeeshia Towns.Jennifer Bowens of Miss J’s Salon and Hair Loss Clinic in Fort Valley was the special guest speaker at the South Georgia Technical College’s Cosmetology “Color Made...



Shirley Trice – Making Each Day Count at South Georgia Tech

Shirley Trice, Director of Food Services at South Georgia Tech. Photos by David Parks Photography and reprinted with permission from With You In Mind Publications.Shirley Trice, Director of Food Services at South Georgia Technical College (SGTC), was featured in an eight-page spread in the Fall 2018 Sumter County Living Magazine. The article was written by June B. Anderson and David Parks Photography provided the photos. The article, beginning on page 94, can be found at:...



Gene Haas Foundation donates $10,000 to South Georgia Technical College Foundation

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (r) and SGTC Precision Machining and Manufacturing Instructor Chad Brown (l) are shown above with the $10,000 donation to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation. They are shown in front of one of the college’s Haas machines that students train on in the Precision Machining and Manufacturing program. The Gene Haas Foundation donated $10,000 to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation recently to support scholarships...



Culinary Arts students donate time and talent to help South Georgia Tech Foundation 2018 TechForce Fund Drive

Chef Ricky Watzlowick (right) and one his Culinary Arts students are shown above getting the basket of cookies ready for the silent auction.South Georgia Technical College Culinary Arts instructor Ricky Watzlowick and his culinary arts students on the Americus campus gained valuable experience recently and also donated their time and talents for a good cause. The SGTC Americus Culinary Arts program uses hands-on instruction to teach students and as part of their “hands-on baking”...



South Georgia Tech employees give generously to Foundation TechForce 2018 Fund Drive

Shown above helping students to “Celebrate Success with South Georgia Tech!” is the South Georgia Technical College TechForce 2018 Internal Committee who worked so hard to make the internal drive and silent auction such a success. Shown (l to r) are: David Finley, Shane Peaster, Minnie Williamson, Faith Harnum, Vanessa Wall, Tami Blount, Don Rountree, Matthew Burks, Teresa McCook, Chester Taylor, Leah Windham, and Nancy Fitzgerald. Not shown are: Dr. Andrea Oates, Andrea Ingram,...



First SGTC Student of Excellence named for 2018-2019 academic year

Student of Excellence winner Clay Mizell holds his plaque and poses with his instructor Glynn Cobb in front Student of Excellence banner. The banner will be displayed in the AC Technology room until a new Student of Excellence is chosen in February. South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) student Jeremy Clay Mizell of Americus was recently named the Student of Excellence for the month of September. Mizell, an air conditioning technology student, was recognized for his hard work at the recent...