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SGTC President Dr. John Watford (left) is shown above presenting Math Instructor Chester Taylor (right) with the SGTC Instructor of the Year award for 2023.    South Georgia Technical College Math Instructor Chester A. Taylor, III, has been selected as the 2023 Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year for South Georgia Technical College (SGTC), announced President Dr. John Watford at a special ceremony held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus campus in front of SGTC...

Shown above is South Georgia Technical College President Dr. Watford with a representative stack of college textbooks that are provided for students to use at no cost at SGTC when they enroll for Spring semester. Classes start January 11th. The New Year is a great time to look at expanding or exploring new career options.   South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) Spring Semester registration is planned for Monday, January 9th in the Pope Center on the Americus campus and at the Crisp...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford recently announced the college’s President’s List for the fall semester, which included nearly 100 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: Calhoun County: Huriel Martin...

Shown above are the SGTC Foundation Smarr-Smith Scholarship recipients Michael Middleton and Hunter Fallin.Americus, GA – South Georgia Technical College Criminal Justice Technology students Hunter Fallin and Michael Middleton 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...

Fanta Gassama, 23, named Women’s Basketball GCAA Player of the Week.   South Georgia Technical College’s Fanta Gassama has been selected as the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division 1 Women’s Basketball player of the week for the first poll of 2023.  Gassama averaged 11.3 points, 15.6 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 2.6 steals and 1.3 blocks in three wins for the Lady Jets last week and helped lead them to a 2nd place National Junior College Athletic Association ranking.    This...

Camryn James, 24, named Women’s Basketball GCAA Player of the Week.   South Georgia Technical College’s Camryn James has been selected as the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division 1 Women’s Basketball player of the week in the last poll of 2022.  James scored 17 points and had 10 rebounds and three blocks in a 59 – 46 victory over Central Georgia Tech in Macon, GA.    James, a 6’ 2” sophomore forward from Macon, Georgia,  has helped lead the Lady Jets to a 4th...

SGTC High Performance Engines – Motorsports Instructor Kevin Beaver is shown above talking with a student about the new Motorcycle Maintenance program that will begin at SGTC Spring Semester. Classes start January 11th and it is not too late to apply.   South Georgia Technical College will begin offering a new one-semester Motorcycle Maintenance Technician technical certificate of credit Spring Semester, which begins January 11th, 2023.  Students can apply now.    “The program is being...

Fanta Gassama, 23, named GCAA Player of the Week   South Georgia Technical College’s Fanta Gassama has been selected as the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division 1 Women’s Basketball player of the week.  Gassama averaged 18.3 points and 13.3 rebounds in three wins for the Lady Jets last week.    Gassama, a 6’ 1” sophomore center from Mataro Spain, has helped lead the Lady Jets to a 4th place national ranking in the National Junior College Athletic Association and a...

Twelve graduates of the South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) program received their nursing pins in a recent ceremony in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus campus. A crowd of family, friends, administrators, and instructors attended the event to show their support as the students participated in the traditional pinning ritual. Receiving their pins were Jasmine Brown of Albany, pinned by SGTC grad Mary Jones LPN; Yolanda Forrester...

Karen Bloodworth is shown above outside her classroom where she taught both marketing management and accounting classes at the SGTC Crisp County Center.   South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center Marketing Management and Accounting Instructor Karen Bloodworth has decided to retire from teaching after spending 15 years helping students gain the skills needed to enter the workforce.   “I have enjoyed my time at South Georgia Tech.  It is a great school and provides great...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (center) is shown above with Jake and Margie Everett and the new recipients of the Rose Ann Everett Scholarships. Shown (l to r) are SGTC Welding Instructor Ted Eschmann, Rose Ann Everett Scholarship winner and welding student Sebastian Shattles, Jake Everett, President Watford, Margie Everett with SGTC John Deere Tech student and Rose Ann Everett scholarship winner Mason Dill with his John Deere Tech instructor Matthew Burks.  ...

South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center Industrial Electrical and Air Conditioning Technology Instructor Mike Enfinger is shown above looking at one of the trainers that he uses in his classroom to teach students.   If any one man has left his fingerprints and footprints on a college campus, it would have to be South Georgia Technical College’s Mike Enfinger, who is retiring as the Crisp County Center’s Industrial Electrical and Air Conditioning Technology instructor with...