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SGTC’s Katrice Taylor accepts new position. South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford announced that Katrice Taylor, SGTC English Instructor on the Crisp County Center campus, has been named as the Admissions Coordinator for the college. She will remain on the Crisp County Center campus and will report to South Georgia Technical College Vice President of Student Affairs Eulish Kinchens.    Taylor is a graduate of Valdosta State University with a B.A. in English...

Pictured left-right: SGTC Academic Dean Dr. David Finley; Michael Jaskulski, Electrical Technician, Imerys; Travis Kelley, Engineering Manager, Vantage Southeast; Jesse Wilson, Product Support Engineer, Eaton Lighting; Gabe Hillard, Electrical Engineering Manager, Imerys; SGTC electronics instructor Mike CollinsThe South Georgia Technical College Electronics advisory committee met recently in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the college’s Americus campus to discuss the...

SGTC Cordele Student of Excellence Hannah Weaver (right) is pictured with marketing management instructor Karen Bloodworth.The South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center in Cordele recently recognized several students for outstanding work in their respective programs. Hannah Weaver of Rochelle, a marketing management student, was named the overall fall 2019 Student of Excellence for the SGTC Crisp County Center. Weaver was nominated by Karen Bloodworth, marketing management and...

Shown above are seven of the students who were presented with Charles Eames Travel Fund gas cards this semester. Shown (l to r) are Kylie Nicole McSpadden, Health Care Assisting; Jeterria Boone, Early Childcare; Tison Smith, Precision Machining and Manufacturing; Hawley Steward, Barbering; Jartavious Milledge, Air Conditioning Technology; Christopher Barker, Welding and Joining; and Frederick Lee Gear, Automotive Technology. Charles Eames, a retired librarian from Waycross, Georgia, has...

South Georgia Technical College’s Ashley Holland is shown above at the Leadership Conference activities in Washington. South Georgia Technical College Medical Assisting student Ashley L. Holland of Americus earned the National Statesman Award at the Washington Leadership Training Institute conference in Alexandria, VA recently.    Holland, who is the Technical College System of Georgia SkillsUSA State Vice President for 2019 – 2020, attended the conference recently at the Hilton...

Shown above (l to r) are South Georgia Technical College Economic Development Assistant Tami Blount who works with the SGTC Electrical Lineworker program along with SGTC Electrical Lineworker Scholarship recipients Walker Meadows, Stanley Lowe, and Justin Jones. Also shown are Lineworker Instructor Sidney Johnson and SGTC Vice President of Economic Development Wally Summers. Three South Georgia Technical College Electrical Lineworker students were awarded South Georgia Technical...

Shown above (l to r) are SGTC Adult Education instructors Cindy Bagwell and Tonya Visage who teach at the Sumter Correctional Institute along with Sumter Correctional Institute Deputy Warden James Murphy who is receiving the award from Lillie Ann Winn, SGTC Dean of Adult Education, and Lisa Truitt, SGTC Chief GED examiner. Not shown is Virginia Wilson, who is also an SGTC Adult Education instructor who teaches at Sumter Corrections. Sumter Correctional Institute and South Georgia...

SGTC Precision Machining and Manufacturing Instructor Chad Brown (third from left) is shown above with some of his students displaying items they created for the SGTC Employee Luncheon and Silent Auction designed to “impact success @ SGTC” through donations to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation. South Georgia Technical College Precision Machining and Manufacturing instructor Chad Brown challenged his students to be creative and manufacture items that could be auctioned at...

Wally Summers (standing, left), Vice President of Economic Development at South Georgia Technical College, with representatives from International Paper at the Job FairA large crowd of job seekers recently attended the annual job fair at South Georgia Technical College. The event was held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus campus. SGTC hosts the job fair in partnership with the Georgia Department of Labor to help connect employers with qualified job seekers....

Shown above seated are SGTC President Dr. John Watford and TCSG Assistant Commissioner for Adult Education Dr. Cayanna Good. Shown standing are Vice President of Operations Karen Werling, Adult Education Administrative Assistant Lisa Jordan, Dean of Adult Education at SGTC Lillie Ann Winn and Adult Ed Transition Specialist Tracy Israel. Dr. Cayanna Good, Assistant Commissioner for Adult Education for the Technical College System of Georgia, visited South Georgia Technical College in...

Chef Ricky Watzlowick (right) is shown above with some of the Americus Culinary Arts students who helped with the TechForce Silent Auction. South Georgia Technical College Americus Culinary Arts instructor Ricky Watzlowick and Crisp County Culinary Arts Instructor Hunter Little and their culinary arts students on the Americus and Crisp County Center campuses gained valuable experience recently and also donated their time and talents for a good cause.    The SGTC Culinary Arts...

South Georgia Technical College Commercial Truck Driving Instructor Ken Hair is shown above with Demarious Hixson, Sr. who was the first driver to complete the SGTC new Log Truck Driver Safety Training program. Demarious Hixson, Sr. of Plains was the first student to complete South Georgia Technical College’s new Log Truck Driver Safety Training program. He is currently employed with Sumter Trucking Company, Inc. in Americus, GA.       The South Georgia Technical College Log...