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Nicole Turner joins SGTC as full-time Business Administrative Technology Instructor at the Crisp County Center.   Nicole Turner of Vienna has been hired as a full-time Business Administrative Technology Instructor for the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford.  She reports to SGTC Dean of Enrollment Management Julie Partain on the Crisp County Center campus.    Turner is a graduate of South Georgia Technical College.  She earned her...

Smarr-Smith Foundation Chairman Donnie McCrary (seated right center) is shown above presenting SGTC President Dr. John Watford (seated left center) with a scholarship check from the Smarr - Smith Foundation to add to the endowed scholarship at the South Georgia Technical College Foundation. Also shown (l to r) seated with Dr. Watford and Donnie McCrary are former chairman Blake Dukes, Ashley Austin, Vice President of the Smarr-Smith Foundation, and Treasurer Jessi Simmons. Standing (l to...

South Georgia Technical College President Emeritus Sparky and Allene Reeves son, Kevin Reeves (l) and daughter, Mandy Reeves Young (r), are shown above presenting a scholarship check to 2023 GOAL winner Tredarrian Colbert (c).   South Georgia Technical College President Emeritus Sparky Reeves and his wife, Allene, established an endowed fund with the South Georgia Technical College Foundation to honor the college’s Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) student each year. ...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (l) and SGTC Vice President of Institutional Advancement and Executive Director of the SGTC Foundation, Su Ann Bird (r), is shown above accepting the Sumter EMC Foundation check from Sumter EMC’s Whitney Johnson (c) in support of the SGTC Foundation’s annual TechForce Drive. Americus, GA —The Sumter Electric Membership Corporation Foundation, Inc. awarded a grant in the amount of $5,000.00 to the South Georgia Technical College...

Gary Prince accepts new position at SGTC.   South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford announced that Gary Prince of Leesburg has been appointed as the SGTC Chief Information Officer over Technology. Prince will report to SGTC Vice President of Administrative Affairs Lea Coe.  The new appointment is effective immediately.    Prince has been working full-time with South Georgia Technical College since 2001 as the Information Systems Administrator, Technical Support Specialist...

Gregory W. Harris, Sr. is a 1986 graduate of South Georgia Tech.   Gregory W. Harris, Sr., who was born and raised in Americus, graduated from the South Georgia Tech’s Business Equipment Technology Program in 1986 under retired instructor Harold (Buddy) Holloman and because of the excellent technical education he received, Harris has been able to work and thrive in that career for over 36 years.    “Because of the outstanding training I received at South Georgia Technical College, here...

Americus Rotary Club member and Past President Don Smith (l) is shown above presenting a check from the Rotary Club to Tredarrian Colbert (r), who was selected as the SGTC 2023 GOAL student of the year.     Americus Rotary Club member and Past President Don Smith presented South Georgia Technical College barbering student Tredarrian Colbert of Americus with a stipend recently on behalf of the Americus Rotary Club.  Colbert was recognized as the college’s 2023 Georgia Occupational...

SGTC has second highest enrollment percentage growth in TCSG for Fall Semester 2022.   South Georgia Technical College recorded the second highest percentage of enrollment growth for Fall semester in the Technical College System of Georgia and led the system in full-time enrollment growth percentage and full-time equivalent (FTE) percentage growth, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford. The John M. Pope Center at South Georgia Technical College    South...

Shatarra Lundy named Administrative Assistant at South Georgia Technical College in Crisp County.     Shatarra Lundy of Vienna is joining South Georgia Technical College as an Administrative Assistant on the Crisp County Campus, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford recently.  She will report to Dean of Enrollment Management Julie Partain.     Lundy is a recent graduate of the South Georgia Technical College Business Office Technology program and was nominated as the Student of...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford (center) is shown above congratulating the four SGTC students who were presented with GADA scholarships recently by the SGTC Foundation. Shown (l to r) are SGTC Automotive Technology Instructor Brandon Dean with his scholarship students David Battle, Jr. and Jose Aguilar, Dr. Watford, and Auto Collision and Repair scholarship winners Brandon Ross and Traylon Blocker and their instructor Starlyn Sampson.   South Georgia Technical College Automotive...

    South Georgia Technical College has been named as the Best Community College in Georgia for 2023 by Intelligent.com, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford.  This is the fourth consecutive year that South Georgia Technical College has earned this distinction by two different organizations.     Niche.com selected SGTC as the Best Community College in Georgia for 2020, 2021, and 2022 and now Intelligent.com has recognized South Georgia Tech for 2023.  The...

SGTC Vice President of Student Affairs Eulish Kinchens is shown above with the other members of the TCSG Senior Leadership Academy.ATLANTA, GA—South Georgia Technical College Vice President for Student Affairs Eulish Kinchens attended the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) Senior Leadership Academy, a professional development program designed to promote career advancement within TCSG and its 22 colleges across Georgia.  Kinchens was a member of the first cohort of 25 participants...