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South Georgia Technical College Drafting student Zak Mahamood donates blood at a recent blood drive. SGTC will host another Red Cross blood drive on September 13.The American Red Cross will conduct a blood drive on Tuesday, September 13 from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. on the campus of South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) in Americus. The blood drive will be held in the Hicks Hall student union on the Americus campus, and all eligible donors are encouraged to participate. Students from the...

South Georgia Technical College faculty and students are shown above at one of the “Meet the Dean” receptions held recently.    South Georgia Technical College Academic Dean Dr. David Finley hosted over 200 students at a “Meet Your Dean” reception in the Morgan Diesel and Automotive Complex on the Americus campus recently.    The SGTC Culinary Arts department provided refreshments for both the morning and afternoon receptions.  Dr. Finley introduced himself to new and returning...

Andre Robinson joins SGTC as full-time barbering instructor.   Andre Robinson of Americus has been hired as the full-time Barbering instructor at South Georgia Technical College, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford.  Robinson has been an adjunct Barbering instructor for SGTC since August of 2019.  He will report to Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers.    Robinson, who has over 30 years of professional barbering experience, owed Uptown Cuts Barbershop in Vienna, Georgia,...

SGTC LPN graduates recite the Nurses’ Pledge after the traditional lighting of the candles during the recent pinning ceremony.Fifteen South Georgia Technical College Practical Nursing graduates at the SGTC Crisp County Center campus participated in a special pinning ceremony held recently in the auditorium of the Crisp County Center campus. The graduates included: Todd Barnette of Cordele; Kania S. Byron of Cordele; Sharletha C. Daniels of Eastman; Candis Samone Davis of Unadilla; Demetria...

SGTC Commercial Truck Driving Lead Instructor Robert Cook is shown above (l to r) with SGTC Client First Insurance Solutions scholarship recipient Sanchez Graham, Jr., along with Client First Insurance Solutions Jody Wade, SGTC CDL instructor Ken Coptsias and SGTC President Dr. John Watford.    The South Georgia Technical College Foundation presented Commercial Truck Driving student, Sanchez Graham, Jr. of Macon, with a $500 Client First Insurance Solutions scholarship recently.  Jody Wade...

In-person registration for the SGTC Fall Semester will be held August 17th, 2022 in Americus and Crisp County and students will be receiving FREE “Going the Extra Mile” t-shirts while supplies last.    South Georgia Technical College will be hosting face-to-face Fall Semester Registration on Wednesday, August 17th on both the Americus and Crisp County Center campuses.   The Americus orientation and registration will start in the John M. Pope Center at 9:30 a.m., 1:30 and 5 p.m. and the...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (left to right) is shown above with Mike Cochran Scholarship recipient Lawrence Starling and SGTC Aircraft Structural Technology Instructor Jason Wisham.    South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford presented Lawrence Starling, Jr., of Taylor County with the SGTC Foundation’s Mike Cochran endowed Scholarship recently.  Starling, an aircraft structural technology student, was recognized for his outstanding...

Veronda L. Cladd joins SGTC as CIS Instructor on the Americus campus.     Veronda L. Cladd of Americus was hired as the new full-time Computer Information Systems and Networking Instructor for the South Georgia Technical College Americus campus effective immediately, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford.  She will report to South Georgia Technical College Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers and the Dean of Enrollment Management Julie...

SGTC LPN instructors Jennifer Childs (left) and Christine Rundle (right) are pictured with nine recent graduates of the South Georgia Technical College LPN program who received their nursing pins in a ceremony on the SGTC campus in Americus.Nine 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,...

Mykaula Harvey joins SGTC as High School Initiative Specialist.   Mykaula Harvey of Cordele has been hired as a full-time High School Initiative Specialist at South Georgia Technical College effective immediately, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford.  Harvey will report to High School Initiative Coordinator Vickie Austin and SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers.    Harvey is a graduate of Crisp County High School and earned an Associate of Applied Science in Business...

Shown above with Trinity Snelling is SGTC WIOA Coordinator Sandhya Muljibhai presenting him with a “Going the Extra Mile” t-shirt from South Georgia Technical College.    Less than one year after becoming a dislocated worker, Trinity Snelling is graduating from South Georgia Technical College with a welding diploma and a career in his field making over $5 per hour more than his previous job.  He thanks South Georgia Technical College and the Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA)...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above (left) with the SGTC Foundation’s Gulf Coast Avionics Scholarship award winner Makayla McCants and her instructor Jason Wisham.   Makayla McCants of Oglethorpe, an Aircraft Structural student at South Georgia Technical College, was awarded the Gulf Coast Avionics Corporation endowed scholarship by the South Georgia Technical College Foundation recently.    McCants, who was a Student of Excellence at South Georgia...