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SGTC Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs Josh Curtin leads students at the college’s Crisp County Center in a workshop on using the Focus2 Career education and career planning platform.Students and employees at South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center recently had the opportunity to attend a workshop on how to use the Focus2 Career online, self-guided career and education planning system. SGTC Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs Josh Curtin led the workshop...

SGTC C-Term Classes start October 12th     South Georgia Technical College will be offering eight-week class sessions beginning October 12th. It is not too late to sign up. Financial aid and other aid is available which might make classes practically tuition free!  Students can secure a full-semester of credit in just eight weeks.     SGTC is offering over 60 different classes in 10 different programs of study as well as a number of core classes including English, Literature, Psychology,...

Courtney Melvin   Courtney Melvin has joined South Georgia Technical College as the Bookstore Assistant-Accounting Technician on the Americus campus, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford.  Her appointment is effective immediately and she will be reporting to Vice President of Administrative Services Lea Coe and Director of Administrative Services Sandy Larson.     Melvin will be assisting with the day-to-day operation of the SGTC bookstore, ensure accuracy...

Beth Brooks Wisham   Elizabeth (Beth) Brooks Wisham of Americus has been selected as the South Georgia Technical College Grants Coordinator and will be located on the Americus campus, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford.  Her appointment is effective immediately and she will be reporting to Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers.  This is a grant funded position.     As the SGTC Grants Coordinator, Wisham will be responsible for maintaining and...

Sheriff Eric Bryant (right) is shown above conducting the swearing in ceremony for SGTC Director of Campus Safety and Police Chief Sammy Stone (left).   South Georgia Technical College Director of Campus Safety Sammy Stone, Jr., was officially sworn in as the SGTC Police Chief by Sumter County Sheriff Eric Bryant recently.    Chief Stone has already gone through law enforcement training and has been a Peace Officer’s Standards and Training (POST) certified officer.  He is also serving as...

State Representative Mike Cheokas is shown above talking with SGTC Law Enforcement Academy Director Brett Murray, SGTC President Dr. John Watford and David Baldwin of Sumter County.   Members of the Georgia House Study Committee on State and Local Law Enforcement Salaries met with local and state law enforcement representatives in the John M. Pope Center at South Georgia Technical College recently.    Mike Cheokas, State Representative District 138, along with Representative Victor...

Demetrius Colson, SGTC former assistant women’s basketball coach joins PCC as JUCO Women’s basketball ambassador.   Former South Georgia Technical College and Georgia Highland’s assistant women’s basketball coach Demetrius Colson has been named as the Junior College Women’s Basketball Ambassador for PCC (Player Coach Connection), an exclusive JUCO Women’s Basketball recruiting database and service.    “We are super excited to bring on Demetrius!  His experience in women’s...

Shown above are the members of the South Georgia Technical College Internal TechForce 2022 fund drive. They include: (Back row) Pat Peacock, Kelly Everett, Tracy Israel, Lillie Ann Winn, Dr. David Finley, Tami Blount and Chester Taylor. Shown seated on the front row are: Virgilia Edge, Michelle McGowan, Leah Cannady, Jennifer Rogers, Michele Seay and Teresa McCook. Not shown Mike Enfinger, Melissa Grantham, and Dorothea McKenzie.    The South Georgia Technical College faculty and staff...

Keviontae McKenzie was the winner in the recent SGTC Intramural Croquet matchKeviontae McKenzie, and Automotive Technology student from Cordele, won the recent Intramural Croquet match on the campus of South Georgia Technical College in Americus. For his winning effort, McKenzie received an “Intramural Champions” t-shirt from Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs Josh Curtin. The croquet event was one of many activities sponsored by the SGTC Office of Student Affairs to give SGTC...

SGTC Culinary Arts students prepared and served a meal at a recent meeting of the South Georgia Technical College Culinary Arts Advisory Committee.Members of the SGTC Culinary Arts Advisory Committee (l-r): Chef Ricky Watzlowick, SGTC Americus Culinary Arts Instructor; Beth Wisham, SGTC Grant Coordinator; Shirley Trice, Food Service Director, Aramark; Lisa Leggett, Nutrition Director, Crisp County Schools; Larry Jackson, Nutrition Director, Sumter County High School; Ethel Waters, Retired...

SGTC Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs Josh Curtin (left) hands Marketing Management student Jychera Fluellen of Sparta a cupcake during the recent Constitution Day commemoration while Air Conditioning Technology student Keith Bell of Americus (right) and SGTC Special Services Coordinator Jennifer Robinson look on.South Georgia Technical College recently celebrated Constitution Day, a national holiday occurring each year on September 17 to commemorate the signing of the United...

Gabrielle Wade won the recent intramural billiards tournament at SGTC.Gabrielle Wade, an Electrical Systems Technology student from Dawson, won the recent intramural billiards tournament sponsored by the South Georgia Technical College Office of Student Affairs. The competition was held in the Hicks Hall game room on the campus of SGTC in Americus. For winning the tournament, Wade received an intramural champion t-shirt from Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs Josh Curtin. South...