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Howie Franklin (center) is shown with President’s Ford and Carter and other dignitaries aboard Air Force One.      Howie Franklin, U.S. Air Force retired, will be the guest speaker at the South Georgia Technical College Foundation Griffin B. Bell Convocation April 11 at 11 a.m. in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the South Georgia Technical College Americus campus.  This is in honor of the college’s 75th anniversary.  The public is invited to attend.    Franklin retired...

Come out and participate in the SGTC Spring Take-Off and Open House Event, Friday, April 14 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.    South Georgia Technical College will be hosting its Spring Take-off Open House in both Americus and on the Crisp County Center on Friday April 14 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.  The event on the Americus campus will be held in the James S. Peters Gymnasium and on the Crisp County campus it will be held in the LaPorte Auditorium.    Everyone is invited to attend this free event...

South Georgia Technical College Director of Career Services Cynthnia Carter is shown above with SGTC Director of Business and Industry Services and Interim VP of Academic Affairs Paul Farr at the SGTC Career Fair Hiring event.    South Georgia Technical College hosted its annual hiring event with nearly 50 different businesses and industries attending and hoping to fill vacant positions recently in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus campus.  The event was open to...

Pictured are members of the SGTC Cosmetology and Barbering advisory committee (l-r); Dorothea Lusane-McKenzie, Cosmetology instructor; Julissa Cortez, Cosmetology student; Kadarica Houston, Cosmetology instructor; Martha Bruce, KB’s Beauty Salon; Dawn Ammons, A Cut Above; Samantha Inthiraj-Ray, Sally’s Nails and Spa; Dr. David Finley, Academic Dean; Andre Robinson, Barbering Instructor; and Tredarrian Colbert; Barbering student.South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) barbering and...

Pictured are members of the SGTC Industrial Programs Advisory Council. Back row (l-r): Sandhya Muljibhai, WIOA Coordinator; Brad Aldridge, Welding Instructor; Ted Eschmann, Welding Instructor; Brian White, Telecom Supervisor, Southern Company; Michael Jakulsky, Electrical Controls Engineer, Imerys; and Hunter Clements, Service manager, Truman’s A/C & Heating. Front row (l-r): Johnny Griffin, Air Conditioning Instructor; Johnny Villanueva, General Manager, Flint River Irrigation; Mike...

Chris Murphy, a 1987 graduate of South Georgia Tech, is shown above.   In 1987, President Ronald Regan visited West Berlin and delivered a speech calling for the leader of the USSR, Gorbachev, to open the Berlin Wall.  The first “The Simpsons” cartoon short was shown on the Tracey Ullman Show, and the popular television sitcom, “Full House,” debuted on ABC.    All of those were important news events 35 years ago, but Chris Murphy remembers 1987 fondly because that is the year he...

Pictured left to right are SGTC WIOA Director Sandhya Muljibhai, SGTC student Hailey Dunford, SGTC President Dr. John Watford, RVRC WIOA Director Janice West, RVRC WIOA Program Specialist Tenisha Tookes, and SGTC WIOA students Shannon Jones and Aislin Vicente-Pelico.South Georgia Technical College recently hosted a meeting of the Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) board in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on SGTC’s Americus campus. In attendance were: SGTC WIOA...

Photo: Practical Nursing instructor Jennifer Childs (second from right) and her students assisted in the recent American Red Cross Blood Drive at SGTC in Americus.South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) recently hosted a blood drive for the American Red Cross that resulted in the donation of 23 units of blood, enough to save up to 69 lives. Students, faculty and staff members, as well as community members attended the drive to donate blood. SGTC Nursing students assisted with the event to...

Shown above (l to r) are South Georgia Technical College Electrical Lineworker Instructor Sidney Johnson, Georgia Power Company Electrical Lineworker Scholarship students Murray Somers and Cordarius Jackson along with SGTC Economic Development Assistant and Partnership Coordinator Tami Blount. Not shown is SGTC Vice President of Institutional Advancement and SGTC Foundation Executive Director Su Ann Bird.      South Georgia Technical College Electrical Lineworker students Murray Somers of...

Fanta Gassama, 23, selected to the NJCAA National All-Tournament Team.Fanta Gassama, 23, selected to the NJCAA National All-Tournament Team.   South Georgia Technical College sophomore center Fanta Gassama was one of 13 players named to the National Junior College Athletic Association Division I Women’s basketball All-Tournament team recently.    Gassama, a 6’ 1” center from Matro, Spain, helped lead the South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets to the Elite Eight round of the NJCAA...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford, r, and Su Ann Bird, SGTC Vice President of Institutional Advancement (c), are shown above with members of the Flint Energies Foundation Board who presented SGTC with a check recently.The Flint Energies Foundation recently granted South Georgia Technical College Foundation (SGTC) $5,000 to assist with renovations, purchases, and scholarships to students. In addition, SGTC needs funds to continue to offer course books at no charge to...

Students compete in the recent Super Smash Bros intramural tournament at SGTC.The SGTC Office of Student Affairs recently hosted its annual intramural Super Smash Bros video game tournament on the Americus campus. Sixteen people participated in the tournament, with Eric Bailey emerging as the winner. To claim the top spot, Bailey had to defeat last year's champion, Jason Penn-Simon, in the final round. Students at South Georgia Technical College participate in a variety of activities...