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SGTC’s Americus chapter of NTHS recently held an induction ceremony for its new members.   The South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Americus chapter of the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) inducted 17 new members in a special ceremony held recently in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on SGTC’s Americus campus. Raven Payne, NTHS advisor and General Education instructor, presided over the ceremony. After a greeting by Payne, SGTC Assistant to the President Don Smith...

Matt Hunt (center), SGTC EMT instructor, will teach a new hybrid EMT program beginning spring semester, which will include both online and classroom components for students’ convenience. Basic EMT certification can be obtained in two semesters, and Advance EMT certification can be earned in three. South Georgia Technical College (SGTC), which offers an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) program of study on both the Americus and Crisp County Center campuses, is introducing a hybrid...

Sgt. Heather Trussell (left) and Sgt. Linda Drains (at right with SGTC MOWR students) recently spoke to SGTC MOWR students about corrections and the differences between protocol in jails and prisons. South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) Move On When Ready (MOWR) high school Criminal Justice Technology students recently listened to two correctional officers who explained their roles in law enforcement as well as the differences between jails and prisons to the students. Sgt. Heather...

Pictured from left to right are SGTC Aviation advisory committee members Michael Pupek, Gary Brossett, Victoria Herron, Stephen Griffin, Reed Wiglesworth, James Manning, Charles Christmas, and Jason Wisham. Not pictured is Steve Davidson. The South Georgia Technical College aviation advisory committee met recently in the Griffin Bell Aerospace building on SGTC’s Americus campus. The purpose of the advisory committee is to assist South Georgia Tech faculty and staff in continuous quality...

SGTC Law Enforcement Academy graduates are pictured with SGTC President Dr. John Watford (far right), LEA Program Director Brett Murray (far left), and Dean for Academic Affairs Vanessa Wall (second from left). Those graduates, from left to right, are Kendranna Walker, Tiffeni Fox, Austin Smith, David Sims, Jr.; Joshua Wayne Taylor; Calvin Hodge, Jr.; Wesley Phillip Atchley, Robert Gene Fairbanks, and Michael Steven Bentley.   South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) recently hosted its Law...

SGTC Instructor of the Year, Andrea C. Ingram, will be the keynote speaker at the South Georgia Tech Fall Graduation on Thursday, December 15th at 6 p.m. in the SGTC gymnasium.South Georgia Technical College’s Instructor of the Year Andrea C. Ingram will be the keynote speaker at the South Georgia Technical College Fall 2016 graduation exercise on Thursday, December 15th at 6 p.m. in the James S. Peters Gymnasium on the Americus campus. Ingram, the Computer Information Systems...

Clockwise from top left are SGTC GOAL semi-finalists Gage Greene, Racarda Blackmon, Russell Wright, and Christopher McGee. These four finalists will interview with a selection committee, comprised of community leaders, and one winner will be selected to compete for the statewide GOAL title.   Four South Georgia Technical College students have been selected as the college’s semi-finalists for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL), according to Cynthia Carter, coordinator for...

Shown above (l to r) are Jody C. Smith and Nicholas Smarr, the two officers who were shot in the line of duty Wednesday. Both had attended the South Georgia Technical College Criminal Justice program.South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford announced today that the South Georgia Technical College Christmas party scheduled for tonight from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. has been cancelled due to the recent events that have occurred in the community. “On behalf of the entire South...

SGTC’s Crisp County Center PBL chapter recently celebrated Prematurity Awareness Month for the March of Dimes through a series of fundraisers and events, which kicked off with a Baby Feet pledge card fundraiser. South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) Crisp County Center Phi Beta Lamba (PBL) chapter recently celebrated Prematurity Awareness Month and Non-Stop November with a variety of fundraisers and student events for the March of Dimes and PBL. Those events included a March of Dimes...

SGTC Cosmetology instructor Dorothea McKenzie (left) is pictured with Cosmetology students Morgan Whaley (standing) and Sabrina Kelley. The Cosmetology program was recently recognized as a top cosmetology program in the country.   South Georgia Technical College’s Cosmetology program has been recognized as one of the best in the nation by The Community for Accredited Online Schools (AccreditedSchoolsOnline.org). As a leading resource for higher education and college accreditation...

South Georgia Technical College was spotlighted at the “A Taste of TCSG” event. Shown above (l to r) are: South Georgia Technical College Vice President of Institutional Advancement and SGTC Foundation Executive Director Su Ann Bird, SGTC President Dr. John Watford, SGTC and TCSG State Goal winner Ashley Rodgers, Daniel Linginfelter, Jr. (son of Daniel Linginfelter, Sr.), SGTC and TCSG Distinguished Alumni Daniel Linginfelter, Sr., and his wife Gloria, former SGTC President and TCSG...

Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) State Board Chairman Joe Yarborough along with state board member Judge Richard Porter from Thomasville, Georgia, is shown above presenting South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford with a proclamation naming South Georgia Technical College as a finalist for the 2016 Technical College of the Year award. Also shown congratulating President Watford is TCSG Commissioner Gretchen Corbin. The announcement was made at the TCSG State...