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Summer @ SGTCSouth Georgia Technical College will hold a Summer semester registration event on Thursday, Apr 26 for new and returning students on both campuses. Orientation sessions will be held for new students at 9:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. on the Americus campus and at 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. on the Cordele campus to accommodate for different schedules. The Summer semester lasts just eight weeks and serves as an opportunity for students to get ahead or catch up on classes. During the...

Shown above are SGTC Dean of Academic Affairs over Culinary Arts Dr. David Finley and Culinary Arts Instructor Ricky Watzlowick with the Americus and Crisp County Center Culinary Arts students who helped prepare and serve at the South Georgia Technical College Foundation Donor Appreciation Dinner recently.The South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Culinary Arts students from the Americus and Crisp County Center campuses gained valuable practical experience by catering the South Georgia...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford is shown above (r) with Mr. and Mrs. Rushabh Patel and Mr. and Mrs. Sharad Patel who were recognized at the SGTC Foundation Donor Dinner for being members of their life time giving. The Patel’s endowed the Best Western Plus Windsor Hotel scholarship for culinary arts students at South Georgia Tech. They were also recognized as members of the 2017 President’s Club.Americus, GA – The South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Foundation paid tribute to over...

) Members of South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center student organizations stand together after participating in the Crisp County Suicide Prevention Walk.CORDELE – Throughout the month of March, South Georgia Technical College students from the Crisp County Center campus could be found around the community participating and volunteering at different events. Members of the campus’ Student Government Association (SGA) and National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) devoted...

South Georgia Technical College was ranked number one in the nation in Culinary Arts degree programs. Shown above is South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (right) sharing the good news with SGTC Culinary Arts Instructor Chef Ricky Watzlowick and his students who are preparing rosemary to be used as part of the South Georgia Technical College Foundation Donor Appreciation Dinner. Shown (l to r) are: Tommy Lamaree, Gussie Jackson, Chef Ricky Watzlwick, Ryan Faaborg and...

Former South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets assistant coach Tomekia Reed was selected as the head women’s basketball coach at Jackson State University.Former South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets assistant women’s basketball coach and Georgia Southwestern State University standout player, Tomekia Reed, has been named as the new women’s basketball head coach at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi. Reed began her coaching career as the South Georgia Technical...

SGTC Lady Jets head coach James Frey and Assistant Coach Kezia Conyers recognize sophomore Esther “Nike” Adenike as the Most Valuable Player of the Year for the Lady jets.“Quite a year!” That was the way South Georgia Technical College Jets Booster Club President Martha Arrington summed up the 2017 – 2018 basketball season for the Jets and Lady Jets at a special Booster Club banquet held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus campus recently. Lady...

Some of the Crisp County High School students who attended the South Georgia Technical College Spring Take-Off event are shown above with their free SGTC “Track It Wrist Fitness” bands that they received at the event at the Cordele Community Clubhouse. South Georgia Technical College Admissions Coordinator Kari Bodrey and English Instructor Katrice Taylor are shown above with some of the National Technical Honor Society students who helped with the Spring Take Off event. SGTC’s...

Student of Excellence winner Michael Micallef accepts his recognition plaque from SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers.Michael Micallef of Buena Vista, an Automotive Technology student at South Georgia Technical College, was the recipient of the Americus Campus Student of Excellence Award for the month of April. The recognition ceremony was held recently in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus campus. Micallef was nominated by his instructors...

South Georgia Technical College’s Director of Business and Industry Paul Farr and Bob Stinchcum are shown above with Dr. Tony Swaim from Kennesaw State University and members of the TCI Powder Coatings group that participated in the two-day workshop at South Georgia Technical College tailored to their specific industry needs.South Georgia Technical College hosted a two-day Root Cause Analysis and Corrective Actions learning experience workshop for TCI Powder Coatings in the John M. Pope...

Over 330 local high school students poured into the James S. Peters Gymnasium on the South Georgia Technical College campus to participate in the annual Spring Take-Off event recently.High school students gather around for a demonstration from an Air Conditioning Technology student at South Georgia Technical College’s ‘Spring Take-Off’ event, held recently in the college’s James S. Peters Gymnasium.Graduating seniors and underclassmen students from area high schools had the chance to...

Shown above (l to r) are: SGTC’s Paul Farr, GDED’s Candace Head, Café Campesino’s Tripp Pomeroy and Lee Harris, One Sumter’s Mary Beth Bass, Jane and Adam Graft of Leatherbrook Holsteins, Golden Gourmet’s Ed Shattles, SGTC’s James Frey, Golden Gourmet’s Norman Graves, SGTC’s Wally Summers, GDOL’s John Shaw, SGTC President Dr. John Watford, SGTC’s Bob Stinchcum, Sumter County Payroll Development Authority’s Barbara Grogan, and Don Porter of Georgia and a member of the...