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SGTC’s 2018 GOAL Winner Noah McCleskey (shown above) will be the speaker at SGTC’s Spring Graduation Exercise on Tuesday, May 8th, 2018.South Georgia Technical College will be hosting its 2018 spring graduation exercise Tuesday, May 8th at 6 p.m. in the James S. Peters Gymnasium on the Americus campus. Noah McCleskey of Pinehurst, GA, South Georgia Technical College’s 2018 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) winner, is scheduled to be the guest speaker at the event. The...

Retired South Georgia Technical College Caterpillar Heavy Equipment Dealers’ Service Technician Instructor Rick Davis (center) is shown above with the Caterpillar dealer’s and college officials. The CAT dealers’ presented him with a Big Green Egg cooker and table for his retirement. Shown above with Davis are: SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers, SGTC Instructor Donald Rountree, Jim Larson with Yancey, SGTC’s Raymond Holt and Don Smith, Ashley Self of Thompson...

Sign up for the free professional development program for teachers scheduled to be held at the SGTC Crisp County Center on June 12th. The event is sponsored by Georgia Public Broadcasting, Tata Consultancy Services and Discovery Education.“Ignite My Future in School - Day of Discovery” will be held at the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center Campus at 402 N. Midway Road in Cordele on Tuesday, June 12th from 8:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. The event is a customized in-person...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (seated left) is shown above with Sandra Eskew Capps, Director of Academic Relations for CHSGa (seated center) and SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers during the scholarship presentation. Also shown (standing) are: Melissa Dupree of the Lillian G. Carter Health and Rehabilitation in Plains, Georgia; Debra Mims, Regional Vice President for the Southwest Region, Ethica; Tonya Mathis of the Lillian G. Carter Health...

Students and faculty members march through SGTC’s Americus campus, holding “green” protest signs and picking up trash along the way in observance of Earth Day. South Georgia Technical College students and faculty members celebrated Earth Day recently by picking up trash around both campuses, parading through campus with awareness signs, hugging trees and doing yoga in the grass. On the Americus campus, Nikki Thompson, Orientation Team Co-Coordinator, organized the event for students...

South Georgia Technical College graduate Stephanie Preskitt has been hired as the college’s Human Resources Specialist, SGTC President Dr. John Watford announced recently. She will report to Sandy Larson, Human Resources Director and Lea Coe, Vice President of Administrative Services. As the Human Resources Specialist, Preskitt’s responsibilities will include preparing and conducting new hire orientation, coordinating and processing new and existing employee benefits during open...

From left to right is National Technical Honor Society advisor Raven Payne and new inductees Joshua Smallwood, Dakota Kuhn, SheKetta Wakefield, Megan Yarbrough, Prince Burns, Adrian Queenie, Andrew Stevens and Anniya Barron.A new slate of South Georgia Technical College students were inducted into the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) Americus Campus chapter recently. The eight new inductees were invited to join the organization based on their high academic achievement. The new...

From left to right on the back row are new NTHS inductees Corbin Stinehelfer, Justin Smith, Caleb Radle, Noah McCleskey, Christopher Mathews, Desiray Kenney, Logan Harris and Jamile Curry. From left to right on the front row are Nicole Turner, Kimberly Trejo, Alexandra Joiner, Carolyn Luther, Samantha Campbell and Melinda Allen.South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center chapter of the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) recently inducted 20 new members into the organization...

Summer @ SGTCSouth Georgia Technical College will hold a Summer semester registration event on Thursday, Apr 26 for new and returning students on both campuses. Orientation sessions will be held for new students at 9:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. on the Americus campus and at 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. on the Cordele campus to accommodate for different schedules. The Summer semester lasts just eight weeks and serves as an opportunity for students to get ahead or catch up on classes. During the...

Shown above are SGTC Dean of Academic Affairs over Culinary Arts Dr. David Finley and Culinary Arts Instructor Ricky Watzlowick with the Americus and Crisp County Center Culinary Arts students who helped prepare and serve at the South Georgia Technical College Foundation Donor Appreciation Dinner recently.The South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Culinary Arts students from the Americus and Crisp County Center campuses gained valuable practical experience by catering the South Georgia...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford is shown above (r) with Mr. and Mrs. Rushabh Patel and Mr. and Mrs. Sharad Patel who were recognized at the SGTC Foundation Donor Dinner for being members of their life time giving. The Patel’s endowed the Best Western Plus Windsor Hotel scholarship for culinary arts students at South Georgia Tech. They were also recognized as members of the 2017 President’s Club.Americus, GA – The South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Foundation paid tribute to over...

) Members of South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center student organizations stand together after participating in the Crisp County Suicide Prevention Walk.CORDELE – Throughout the month of March, South Georgia Technical College students from the Crisp County Center campus could be found around the community participating and volunteering at different events. Members of the campus’ Student Government Association (SGA) and National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) devoted...