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The center of the South Georgia Technical College Americus campus is closed due to construction work. South Georgia Technical College is updating and improving the traffic corridor in the center of the Americus campus. Due to the construction, which will be underway now throughout Fall Semester, traffic patterns have been altered and additional parking areas identified.    “We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause students and the public during the construction...

South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center Admissions Coordinator Kari Bodrey (right) and SGTC Crisp County Center Student Government Association President Desiray Kenney (left), who is also enrolled in the accounting degree program at SGTC, are shown above representing the college at the National Night Out event in Cordele. The South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center admissions department participated in the National Night Out 2019 event recently at the Community...

South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center Business Technology Instructor Teresa Jolly (standing) is working with one of her business technology students, Allysia Oliver from Vienna. All current and SGTC Business Technology graduates on both the Americus and Crisp County campus would be eligible for the new program with The Citadel. South Georgia Technical College and 27 other two-year colleges throughout the south are working together with The Citadel in South Carolina to make a...

D.W. Persall Dorris William (D.W.) Persall of Cordele has been hired as the full-time Media & Library Services’ Specialist for the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center in Cordele. He will report to Julie Partain, Dean of Enrollment Management and Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers.    As the Media & Library Services’ Specialist on the Crisp County Center campus, D.W. Persall will provide support and setup of audio/visual equipment within classrooms...

Shown above are the SGTC Crisp County Center Practical Nursing graduates during the Lighting of the Candles during the traditional pinning ceremony on the Crisp County Center. Seventeen Practical Nursing graduates from the SGTC Crisp County Center Licensed Practical Nursing program participated in the Nursing Program’s Summer pinning ceremony in the LaPorte Auditorium on the Crisp County Center recently.    The graduates from the Crisp County Center LPN program included: Elorie...

South Georgia Technical College Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs is shown above with a new student registering for Fall Semester. She is also taking his on-campus housing application. South Georgia Technical College will be hosting a Fall Semester Registration/Orientation Day on both the Americus and Crisp County Center campuses on Monday, August 12th, 2019. Students who apply and register for Fall Semester on August 12th will have their $25 application free waived and receive...

Shown above with South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford and the SGTC LPN Nursing Instructors are the Summer 2019 graduates of the South Georgia Technical College Americus LPN program. Thirteen individuals received their nursing pins as Summer 2019 graduates of the South Georgia Technical College Americus Licensed Practical Nursing program in front of a large crowd of supportive family, friends, instructors, and administrators in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology...

Shown above are the SGTC Cosmetology students and their models who finished in first through sixth place in the hairstyling competition recently. Also shown are the SGTC instructors and judges for the event. Yeshia Gutierrez of Oglethorpe took first place in the South Georgia Technical College Cosmetology hairstyling competition on the SGTC Americus campus that featured 19 of the top students who got to show off their skills using live models.    South Georgia Technical College...

Eulish Kinchens, Vice President of Student Affairs is shown above talking with a CAT student and his parents after the orientation meeting. Approximately 150 Caterpillar Heavy Equipment Dealer’s Service Technology and CAT Heavy Equipment Dealer’s Service Technology Electrical Power Generation students and their parents, family members, and Caterpillar Dealers from across the southeastern United States attended a special Fall Semester Registration/Orientation session at South Georgia...

South Georgia Technical College aviation students and instructors are shown above with members of the Georgia Air National Guard in the Griffin B. Bell Aerospace Technology Center lobby. Members of the Georgia Air National Guard visited South Georgia Technical College recently to talk with the South Georgia Technical College Aviation Maintenance Technology, Avionics Technology, and Aircraft Structural Technology students about their branch of service.    The Georgia Air National...

SGTC National Technical Honor Society Induction held recently. Shown above are SGTC NTHS advisor Chester Taylor, SGTC Heavy Equipment Dealer Service Technology Instructor Don Rountree, new inductee Noa James, Kellin Cuevas, Caleb Smith, and Alex Chadwick next to SGTC Heavy Equipment Dealer Service Technology Instructor Kyle Hartsfield. The South Georgia Technical College chapter of the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) inducted four new members in a ceremony in the John M. Pope...

Retired SGTC Aviation Maintenance instructor Mike CochranA celebration of life service has been planned for South Georgia Technical College retired aviation maintenance technology instructor, Mr. Michael Paul Cochran, age 63, who passed away Wednesday, July 24, 2019. The celebration of life will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, July 27, 2019 at Central Baptist Church. Dr. Bryan Myers, Reverend Earl Dunmon, and Reverend Sam Tate will officiate.    Mr. Cochran was born February 18, 1956 in...