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AMERICUS, GA (WALB) - South Georgia Technical College is being recognized as a leader in adult education. The Technical College System of Georgia honored the school for the second year in a row for having the highest percentage of students transition to credited programs after earning GEDs. School leaders said the program's reputation is attracting students. "We have a student that's actually enrolled in the program now," Assistant Vice President for Adult Education Lashondra Coleman...

The South Georgia Technical College Board of Directors was recognized as a fully certified board at the Technical College Directors Association and the Technical College Foundation Association annual Leadership conference in Savannah recently. All seven members of the South Georgia Technical College Board of Directors have completed individual board member certification training and are fully certified board members. The seven-member board is made up of community leaders representing...

  South Georgia Technical College’s Accounting, Business Technology, and Marketing Management advisory committee recently held an advisory meeting on SGTC’s Crisp County Center campus in the boardroom. Members of SGTC’s Accounting, Business Technology, and Marketing Management advisory committee met with Accounting instructor Sara Benson, Business Technology instructor Teresa Jolly, and Marketing Management instructor Karen Bloodworth.  The members reviewed all aspects of the...

The South Georgia Technical Recreation and Leisure Management advisory committee met recently in the James S. Peters Gymnasium hospitality suite on the SGTC Americus campus. The purpose of the advisory committee is to assist South Georgia Tech faculty and staff in continuous quality improvement of the Recreation and Leisure Management program. SGTC Recreation and Leisure Management instructors James Frey and Travis Garrett provided the committee with updates and information about program...

  South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) President Dr. John Watford announced the college’s summer semester President’s List recently, which included 36 students. In order to qualify for the President’s List, a student must be enrolled in a degree or diploma program and have a 4.0 GPA for that semester’s coursework. Those students who qualified included: Chatham County: Troy L. Jandura ofTybee Island, Heavy Equipment Dealers Service Technology. Crisp County: Patricia E. Bellamy...

  South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) is collecting new or gently used children’s books for its “Books for Brighter Beginnings” annual book drive. Both the Americus campus and the Crisp County Center chapter of NTHS will be collecting books, which will be distributed at the state level through the Georgia Fall Leadership Conference and at the local level to Pre-K, elementary, and primary schools in SGTC’s service delivery area. For the...

South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) Student Government Association (SGA) recently asked SGTC students, faculty, and staff to participate in a “Pink-Out” by wearing pink clothing to support the fight against breast cancer. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the SGA sponsors the event annually to raise awareness for the cause. Those who supported the “Pink-Out” gathered in a circle outside the Odom Center on SGTC’s Americus campus to honor a moment of silence for...

  The South Georgia Technical College Cosmetology and Barbering advisory committee met recently in the Odom Center Conference Room on the SGTC Americus campus. The purpose of the advisory committee is to assist South Georgia Tech faculty and staff in continuous quality improvement of the Cosmetology and Barbering programs. SGTC Cosmetology instructor Dorothea Lusane-McKenzie and Barbering instructor Xavier Jackson provided the committee with updates and information about program changes,...

  The South Georgia Technical College Criminal Justice Technology advisory committee met recently in the Criminal Justice Technology classroom on the SGTC Americus campus. The purpose of the advisory committee is to assist South Georgia Tech faculty and staff in continuous quality improvement of the Criminal Justice Technology program. SGTC Criminal Justice Technology instructor Teresa McCook provided the committee with updates and information about program changes, enrollment, community...

  South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) for the Americus campus recently sponsored a Domestic Violence Awareness Walk for the month of October, which is National Domestic Violence Awareness month. NTHS officers and members, as well as other club and organization members and students on the Americus campus recently gathered to walk across campus to raise awareness for the struggles many face as victims of domestic violence, which is defined as a...

Celtics' Crowder fights way to the top By: On Pro Basketball Michael Muldoon Lawrence Eagle Tribune LAWRENCE ¬— Jae Crowder was pounding nails Tuesday, repairing benches in the playground at Lawrence’s Frost Middle School. It was perfect. That’s what the Celtic forward is ... blue collar through and through. In the NBA, blue-collar is a double-edged sword. It means you are tough and driven. It also usually means you aren’t physically gifted like so many of your freakishly talented...

Approximately 150 individuals attended the South Georgia Technical College Jets Booster Club 2016 Tip Off banquet recently in the James S. Peters Gymnasium (The Hangar) at South Georgia Technical College in Americus. All Jets Booster Club members, prospective members, guests, and interested persons were invited to attend the “Tip-Off Event” which featured a Low Country Boil Dinner and door prizes. Individuals had the opportunity to meet and greet the Jets and Lady Jets coaches,...