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South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy graduate and Montezuma Police Department Officer Austin Smith (left) was recently named the Montezuma Police Officer of the Year. Smith is pictured accepting his graduation certificate from SGTC President Dr. John Watford (right) during his 2016 Law Enforcement Academy graduation. Smith (right) is pictured with Montezuma Police Chief Eric Finch (left) at a recent city council meeting. Photo courtesy of the Montezuma Police...

Members of SGTC’s Automotive Technology Advisory Committee met recently on the college’s Americus campus. Pictured from left to right are advisory committee members Ron Peacock, David Miller, Brandon Dean, Raymond Holt, and Kerry Mahone. Earl Snider is not pictured.The South Georgia Technical College Automotive Technology advisory committee met recently on the SGTC Americus campus to discuss the state of the program and the industry as a whole. The purpose of the advisory committee is...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford is shown above with retired Vice President of Administrative Services and the college’s first Athletic Director Janice Davis and SGTC President Emeritus Sparky Reeves and former Athletic Director Steven Wright with ACE and former coach Douglas Byrd and members of the Jets and Lady Jets that participated in the Gray – Red alumni game as part of the 70th anniversary.A day of celebration was the best way to describe the South Georgia Technical College...

South Georgia Technical College alumni, retirees, current employees and students were recognized during halftime of the Jets basketball game in honor of the 70th anniversary of the college. Over 70 people in attendance stepped onto the court for the photograph.South Georgia Technical College welcomed over 500 faculty, staff, alumni, retirees, students and community members to The Hangar recently for their largest ever Alumni and Sophomore Day celebration. Attendees came out to watch an...

South Georgia Technical College’s 2018 SkillsUSA team celebrated SkillsUSA week recently by highlighting the programs and activities the organization participates in. From left to right are: Chad Brown (Advisor), Ethan Lyle, Timothy Payne, Josiah Copland, Cynthia Carter (Advisor), Katelyn Burgess, Dr. Michele Seay (Advisor), Bailey Mills, Jennifer West, Calvin Conley, Tonya Rodgers, Michael Dewberry and Jacob Grant. Members and advisors of South Georgia Technical College’s SkillsUSA...

SGTC Alumnus Ronny Roundtree, Jr. will be the keynote speaker for South Georgia Technical College’s annual Black History Month program on Thursday, February 15 at 11:00 a.m. South Georgia Technical College Alumnus and aviation professional Ronny Roundtree, Jr. will be the keynote speaker for the 2018 African American History program at SGTC’s main campus. The program will be held on Thursday, Feb. 15 at 11:00 a.m. in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center in Americus. The public...

Shown above are some of the SGTC staff members that work in the Admissions, Registrar, Administrative Services, and Foundation and Marketing offices in the Odom Center on the Americus campus. Each of these individuals are alumni of South Georgia Technical College who chose to give back to students after graduation by working at the college. Many have gone on to earn other degrees, but they are still proud of their alma mater. They are also shown with one of the SGTC Jets basketball...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford (left) awards GOAL Winner Noah McCleskey (right) with a trophy.AMERICUS – Noah McCleskey of Pinehurst, a Welding and Joining Technology student at South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center campus, has been named as the college’s winner of the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL). The announcement was made at the college’s GOAL recognition luncheon at the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the college’s main campus...

SB&T’s Tami Duke is shown above (l to r) presenting Teresa McCook with a donation from SB&T for being selected as the South Georgia Technical College 2018 Instructor of the Year. Dr. John Watford, SGTC President is also shown thanking Duke and SB&T for their support of the college and its instructors.SGTC Criminal Justice Instructor Teresa McCook was presented with a check from SB&T in Americus recently after she was selected as the South Georgia Technical College Instructor of the Year...

South Georgia Technical College President Emeritus Sparky Reeves (l to r) and Allene, are shown above presenting a check to SGTC 2018 Instructor of the Year Teresa McCook. SGTC President Dr. John Watford is also shown thanking the Reeves and Teresa McCook on her recognition.South Georgia Technical College President Emeritus Sparky Reeves and his wife, Allene, presented South Georgia Tech’s 2018 Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year winner, Teresa McCook, with a stipend from the South...

Mary Cross is shown above with some of her marketing students who helped prepare the SGTC QEP survey and will be conducting the research project.The South Georgia Technical College Marketing 2090 class, taught by Instructor Mary Cross, will be conducting a research project survey about the college’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) on Tuesday, February 6th and Wednesday, February 7th in Americus and on Tuesday, February 13th at the SGTC Crisp County Center. Students will be conducting the...

Donald Rountree will serve as the new Heavy Equipment Dealer Service Technology instructor on SGTC's Americus campus.  Donald Rountree of Fort Valley has been hired as the new Heavy Equipment Dealer Service Technology Instructor for South Georgia Technical College’s Americus campus, SGTC President Dr. John Watford recently announced. Rountree will report to SGTC Dean of Academic Affairs Raymond Holt and Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers. Rountree brings over 20 years of...