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South Georgia Technical College Americus Culinary Arts Instructor Chef “Ricky” Watzlowick is shown above with his three Culinary Arts students who earned scholarships recently from the SGTC Foundation. Shown with Instructor Watzlowick are: Donald Gooden, the Glover Foods Scholarship winner; SGTC President Dr. John Watford, Janelle Dodson, the Burnell C. Strickland Scholarship recipient; and Alice Bridges, the Patel Family – Windsor Hotel Scholarship winner.   Three South Georgia...

Pictured is Paula Shaw (right), the overall Student of Excellence winner for the SGTC Crisp County Center, with SGTC Business Technology instructor Nicole Turner.The South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Crisp County Center in Cordele recently recognized several students for outstanding work in their respective programs. Paula Shaw of Byromville, a Business Technology student, was honored as the overall Student of Excellence. Shaw was nominated by her instructor, Nicole Turner. As the...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (right center) and speaker Carvel Lewis (left center) are shown above with the SGTC Black History Celebration program participants. They were: SGTC Cosmetology student Kaitlin Champion, SGTC Executive Assistant to the President Teresa O’Bryant, SGTC Air Conditioning student Shannon Jones, SGTC Rick Perkins Instructor of Year Chester Taylor, Cynthia Lewis-Anderson, Carvel Lewis, SGTC President Dr. John Watford, Alma Willis, Dr....

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above (center) along with Al Harris (l to r), Vickie Austin, Jones-Harris Scholarship recipients Chase Reeves and Rosemary Sanchez and SGTC Automotive Technology Instructor Brandon Dean. Not shown is SGTC Foundation executive director Su Ann Bird.The South Georgia Technical College Foundation presented Chase Reeves and Rosemary Sanchez, outstanding Automotive Technology students with the Phil Jones – Alfred “Foots”...

Pictured left to right are SGTC WIOA coordinator Sandhya Muljibhai, air conditioning student Shannon Jones, and WIOA Administrative Assistant Sarah Teal.SGTC Air Conditioning instructor Johnny Griffin (right) and student Shannon Jones. Jones received financial assistance through the federal WIOA program and will graduate in May.The Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA) is a federal program established in 2014 to help serve laid-off individuals and income-eligible adults who need job...

Shown above are the SGTC Practical Nursing students and instructors displaying their personal and professional Exergen TemporalScanner thermometers.   Exergen Corporation of Watertown, MA, provided 57 Exergen home TemporalScanner thermometers and eight professional TemporalScanner model thermometers to the South Georgia Technical College practical nursing students and programs on both the Americus and the Crisp County Center campuses recently.    Exergen Corporation, manufacturer of the...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above (far right) with SGTC Heavy Equipment Dealer Service Technology instructors Don Rountree (back row left) and the seven CAT Think Big students that received the scholarships for their outstanding academic and leadership qualities. They are: (front row l to r) Justin Ethan Troglin, Benjamin Smelcer, Alaina Worthington, and Noah K. Smith. On the back row (l to r) with instructor Don Rountree are: Andrew Turner, Patrick...

Alexia Dizeko, 5, named Women’s Basketball GCAA Player of the Week.   South Georgia Technical College’s Alexia Dizeko has been selected as the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division 1 Women’s Basketball player of the week for the week of February 20th 2023.  This is her fourth time this season that she has been recognized for this honor.    Dizeko, a 5’ 11” sophomore forward from Sion Switzerland, averaged 20.6 points, 11 rebounds, two assists, 2.3 steals, and one...

Sophomore and Alumni Day set for February 25th at SGTC.     South Georgia Technical College is currently celebrating its 75th anniversary and in recognition of this milestone, the college will be hosting an Alumni Day Celebration on Saturday, February 25th in the James S. Peters gymnasium in conjunction with the Jets and Lady Jets basketball games and Sophomore Day recognition.  The public is invited to attend this free event.     All South Georgia Technical College alumni and former...

Pictured is John Welch, SGTC's February 2023 Student of ExcellencePictured are nominees for SGTC Student of excellence and their instructors. Seated (l-r) DeAndre Victor, Agyalea Armond, Jakia Cox, Nikiya Lewis, Ashley Scott, and Aislin Vincente. Standing (l-r) are instructors Andre Robinson, Dorothea Lusane McKenzie, Teresa McCook, Chef Ricky Watzlowick, Jaye Cripe, Jeana Yawn, and Jennifer Childs. Not shown is John Welch.John Welch of Ellaville was selected as the SGTC overall Student of...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford and SGTC Vice President of Institutional Advancement Su Ann Bird are shown above with a $200,000 donation received by the Foundation in 2022 from an anonymous donor.   The South Georgia Technical College Foundation set a new record for the number of scholarships and grants awarded to students during 2022 by “Going the Extra Mile” and providing 1269 students with nearly $375,000 in foundation support for tuition, fees, on-campus...

Technical College System of Georgia State Board member Carvel Lewis will be the guest speaker at the South Georgia Technical College Black History Celebration on Thursday, February 23rd in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center.   Technical College System of Georgia State Board member Carvel Lewis will be the guest speaker at the South Georgia Technical College Black History Program in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center building on the Americus campus at 11 a.m. Thursday,...