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Leah WindhamLeah Windham of Oglethorpe has joined the Resource Development/Marketing department at South Georgia Technical College as an assistant to the Vice President of Institutional Advancement. She will be working with the South Georgia Technical College Foundation in her new position. She reports to Su Ann Bird, Vice President of Institutional Advancement. Windham is a 2017 Presidential graduate of South Georgia Technical College with an associate of applied science degree in...

Shown above helping students to “Take Off With South Georgia Tech!” is the South Georgia Technical College TechForce 2017 Internal Committee who worked so hard to make the internal drive and silent auction such a success. Shown (l to r) are: Vanessa Wall, Shane Peaster, Valerie Hines, Andrea Ingram, Victoria Herron, Faith Harnum, Brenda Butler, Teresa McCook, Mathew Burks, Minnie Williamson, Carrie Wilder, Nancy Fitzgerald, Eulish Kinchens, Leah Windham, Tami Blount, David Finley, Dr....

Shown above (l to r) are Jody Wade, President of the Americus Kiwanis Club, presenting SGTC President Dr. John Watford with a donation for the SGTC Foundation.The Americus Kiwanis Club presented the South Georgia Technical College Foundation with a check recently in support of the Foundation’s annual fund drive to help students “Take Off With South Georgia Tech. Jody Wade, President of the Americus Kiwanis Club, made the presentation to South Georgia Technical College President Dr....

Dakota Hall of Cordele named October 2017 Student of Excellence for the SGTC Crisp County Center campus. Dakota Hall of Cordele, a Computer Information Systems Degree student, was the recipient of the October Student of Excellence Award for the Crisp County Center of South Georgia Technical College. This award recognizes an outstanding student from select program areas at the school. Program instructors nominate one student from their programs who has exhibited high standards academically,...

Melisa Flakes of Americus, an Early Childhood Care and Education student at South Georgia Technical College, was named the SGTC Student of Excellence during the college’s recent student recognition ceremony held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on SGTC’s Americus campus. Flakes was nominated for the award by SGTC Early Childhood Care and Education instructor Jaye Cripe, who stood up to tell the full room of nominees’ friends, classmates and family members how well her...

South Georgia Technical College Aaron’s Rents 99 race car was on display and collected some interested on-lookers when instructor Kevin Beaver cranked the engine.Reynolds, GA - South Georgia Technical College showcased many of its over 200 associate degree, diploma, and technical certificate of credit program offerings at a special open house in Taylor County at the Flint Energies Building in Reynolds recently. “South Georgia Technical College is an excellent higher educational...

South Georgia Technical College President Emeritus Sparky Reeves, and SGTC Athletic Director James Frey are shown above with the first place Harrod Tree team of Karl Booker, Mark Massey, and Blake Clanton.Karl Booker and the Harrod Tree team pulled off a narrow one-stroke victory to capture their second consecutive victory in the third annual South Georgia Technical College Jets Booster Club Sparky Reeves golf tournament held at the Griffin Bell Golf and Conference Center in Americus,...

“The Tassel is Worth the Hassel” is the theme for the SGTC Open House in Macon County on Thursday, October 12th at the Viola Bailey Building in Montezuma.The South Georgia Technical College Adult Education Department is offering adult education and GED services in Macon County. A special open house has been set for Thursday, October 12th from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Viola Bailey Building, 309 Spaulding Road, Montezuma, Georgia to showcase the new facilities and services. “We...

Elizabeth Lumpkin named adjunct instructor of cosmetology at SGTC.Elizabeth Lumpkin of Coleman, Ga. has been named adjunct instructor of Cosmetology at South Georgia Technical College’s Americus Campus, SGTC President Dr. John Watford recently announced. As an adjunct instructor, Lumpkin will provide instruction to students in the cosmetology courses under general supervision from program instructor Dorothea McKenzie. She will also report to Vice President of Academic Affairs David...

A great time was had by everyone at the Jets Booster Club Tip-off banquet with a Low Country Boil Banquet prepared by Dr. David Finley, Chef Ricky Watzlowick and his culinary arts students and the Jets Booster Club members. SGTC President Dr. John Watford is shown above welcoming individuals to the 2017 – 2018 Jets Kickoff event in the SGTC gymnasium. Shown above are the 2017-2018 Jets at South Georgia Technical College. Shown above are the 2017-2018 Lady Jets at South Georgia...

Pictured from left to right are SGTC auto collision repair technology advisory committee members Henry Snipes of Lacy’s Paint and Body, Matt Kiley of NAPA Auto Parts, SGTC Auto Collision Instructor Starly Sampson, Arnold Cowan of Advance Auto Parts, and SGTC Dean for Academic Affairs Dr. David Finley.The South Georgia Technical College Auto Collision Repair Technology advisory committee met recently in the new Morgan Transportation Building Conference Room on the SGTC Americus Campus. The...

Daphne Morris, Great Clips of Leesburg Manager, visited the SGTC Cosmetology class recently to demonstrate clipper cutting and talk with students.Great Clips of Leesburg manager Daphne Morris visited the South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) cosmetology lab recently to talk with students and demonstrate how to perform a clipper cut. Elizabeth Lumpkin, adjunct instructor of cosmetology at SGTC, invited Morris to speak with the class about her experiences in the industry and to show them how...