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   Marvin Chad Smith, IV of Americus was presented with the Lou Crouch Law Enforcement Scholarship by the South Georgia Technical College Foundation at the completion of the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Class 22 – 01 graduation ceremony recently.  Smith earned his Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) certification from the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy.       “I never planned to go to college,” said Smith.  “I started...

    South Georgia Technical College’s Lady Jets rising sophomores Alexia Dizeko and Fanta Gassama have been selected to participate in the National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Association All-Star Weekend at Clayton State University in Atlanta, GA, July 20th – 23rd, announced South Georgia Technical College Athletic Director and Lady Jets head Coach James Frey.       Only the top 40 NJCAA rising sophomore women basketball players...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford recently announced the college’s President’s List for the spring semester, which included 143 students from around the area and several other states.To be eligible for the President’s List, a student must be enrolled full time (12 or more credit hours) in an associate degree or diploma program and have a 4.0 GPA for that semester’s coursework. Those students who qualified included: Baker County: John Hamilton Bryan of...

   Peyton Norris, a Thompson Tractor South Georgia Technical College Caterpillar Think Big Heavy Equipment Diesel Technology program graduate was awarded the Adrian “Goose” Johnson tool scholarship in memory of former CAT Thompson Tractor Think Big student Adrian “Goose” Johnson at the Caterpillar Dealers Graduation Dinner recently.     Adrian “Goose” Johnson was a 19-year old Thompson Tractor CAT student from Stockton, AL, who passed away in 2019 from a tragic vehicle...

LaKeitha Ellison of Butler was awarded the Chief Vanessa Wall Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Scholarship by the South Georgia Technical College Foundation at the SGTC Law Enforcement Academy 22 – 01 graduation ceremony.    The endowed scholarship was established in honor of retired Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs Vanessa Wall who began her career at South Georgia Technical College nearly 20 years ago as the initial Criminal Justice Instructor.  She grew that program into...

Charittie Walker of Arabi, GA, was awarded the Smallwood-Sondron Law Enforcement Academy Scholarship at the conclusion of the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Class 22 – 01 training.        Lou Crouch of Bryon endowed this scholarship for the South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Law Enforcement Academy in memory of Peach County Sheriff’s Office Deputies Patrick Sondron and Daryl Smallwood.  The two deputies died in the line of duty in November 2016.     ...

South Georgia Technical College recently hosted the final round of the Chattahoochee-Flint RESA Science Fair in the James S. Peters Gymnasium on the Americus campus. More than 40 students in fifth through eighth grades from the Chattahoochee-Flint RESA service area presented their projects to a panel of volunteer judges from the community. The judges’ scores were tallied to determine the winners. Chattahoochee-Flint RESA Executive Director Richard McCorkle presented trophies to the winners...

    Twenty-three years ago, Dale Deno enrolled in the South Georgia Technical College Aviation Maintenance program right out of high school.  He graduated in 2001 and earned his Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) license.  He has been employed with Lockheed Aeronautics in Marietta, Ga, for nearly 20 years now and is proud to announce that his son, Carlos, is following in his footsteps and enrolling in the same program this fall.     “I highly recommend South Georgia Technical College for...

Americus, GA – South Georgia Technical College Criminal Justice Technology students Alisa Colwell and Jacqueline Teresa Miller were awarded the Smarr-Smith Law Enforcement/Criminal Justice scholarship recently by the South Georgia Technical College Foundation.       The Smarr-Smith endowed scholarship at South Georgia Technical College was created in memory of fallen Americus Police Officer Nicholas R. Smarr and Georgia Southwestern State University Campus Safety Officer Jody C. Smith. ...

     South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy (LEA) instructors stress the importance of getting a good education in addition to the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) certification.  SGTC LEA 22-01 graduate Kam Baker took those words to heart.  He will now have the opportunity to continue his pursuit of a degree in Criminal Justice with the Lt. Michael Sangster Law Enforcement scholarship.     Kam Baker was one of six graduates in the SGTC Law Enforcement Academy...

   The South Georgia Technical College Foundation recognized Lou Crouch of Byron, Ga for his support of the SGTC Foundation during SGTC’s Law Enforcement Academy Class 22- 01 graduation ceremony in the John M. Pope Center on the Americus campus recently.    “The SGTC Foundation is very pleased to recognize Lou Crouch today for his support of the college, the SGTC Foundation, and the Law Enforcement Academy and its students with these tokens of appreciation,” said SGTC Vice President...

    South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Class 22-01 completed their training and were presented with their Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) certificates of completion in an in-person graduation ceremony in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus campus.     The graduates of SGTC’s LEA Class 22-01 included:  Kam Chase Baker of Broxton, Lekeitha Majors Ellison of Butler, Kyjuan Shikee Hudson of Ashburn, Marvin Smith, IV, of Americus,...