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LaKenya Johnson, Special Service Coordinator, teaches students at South Georgia Technical College constructive strategies for dealing with procrastination.South Georgia Technical College recently held a workshop for students on the Americus campus. LaKenya Johnson, Special Service Coordinator, made a presentation on how students can successfully handle procrastination. Johnson explained that there are both helpful and harmful forms of procrastination. In the workshop, she educated students...

John Deere Region 4 Customer & Product Support Director Grant Suhre is shown above with John Deere U.S. Branch Customer Support Manager Andy Meckley; John Deere Division Customer Support Manager, U.S. Branch Eastern Region Bob Cunningham; and Dave Bostic, John Deere Territory Customer Support Manager (TCSM) South East Mississippi, South Alabama, and West Georgia for Flint Ag, SunSouth, and Smith Tractor, who is presenting a donation to South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John...

The Caterpillar Heavy Equipment Dealer’s Service Technology Diesel and Electric Power Generation programs are considered “trade” programs that have high income potential for graduates. However, these students earn an associate degree and are hired even before graduating. South Georgia Technical College may not be your granddaddy’s old trade school with its over 200 associate degree, diploma, or technical certificate of credit offerings, but the college was ranked recently as the...

Shown above are the members who attended the South Georgia Technical College Adult Education Advisory meeting. South Georgia Technical College’s Adult Education department hosted its advisory committee meeting recently in the John M. Pope Center on the Americus campus with representatives from each of the seven county areas served by South Georgia Technical College’s GED programs.    South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford and SGTC Adult Education Dean Lillie...

Students meet on the SGTC campus to learn about the SkillsUSA competition.Students from various programs at South Georgia Technical College recently held their first meeting of the year in preparation for the SkillsUSA competition. “SkillsUSA is a state and national organization where students compete and show off their skills,” said Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs and SkillsUSA advisor Vanessa Wall. Students compete in program-specific skills as well as leadership skills...

Timothy Morgan Timothy Morgan of Cordele has been hired as the new Facilities Manager for the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center campus, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford. He will report to Maintenance Director Jeff Wiseman.    Morgan, who is completing the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center Heating and Air Conditioning Program, has been working as a Maintenance Mechanic for the Cordele Housing Authority since...

Members of the Student Government Association at South Georgia Technical hold their first meeting of the year.The South Georgia Technical College Student Government Association (SGA) recently held its first meeting of the 2019-2020 academic year. The SGA is composed of student representatives from different program areas. The SGA will plan events for students on campus as well as community service events. “Each student (at SGTC) pays a student activity fee,” said Assistant Vice...

Picture left to right: Raymond Holt, Academic Dean at SGTC; Rob Evans, President of IPG Incorporated, Architects & Planners; Kristie Cook, SGTC drafting instructor; April Hilliard, SGTC Administrative Assistant; and Angie Craig, Eaton Lighting. The advisory committee for the drafting program at South Georgia Technical College recently held its Fall Semester advisory meeting in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus campus. Representatives from the drafting profession...

SGTC Cordele Student of Excellence Jerrell McIntosh (right) is pictured with barbering instructor Xavier Jackson.South Georgia Technical College in Americus recently held a ceremony to recognize outstanding students in several program areas. The overall “Student of Excellence” distinction was awarded to Jerrell McIntosh of Dawson. He is a student in the barbering program. McIntosh was nominated by Xavier Jackson, SGTC barbering instructor. In his comments presenting McIntosh as...

Shown above are the individuals who participated in the largest ever Caterpillar ThinkBIG Mentor Training at South Georgia Technical College in Americus. Six Caterpillar Dealers from the southeastern United States participated in “Think Big” Mentor Training at South Georgia Technical College in the Heavy Equipment Dealers Service Technology (HEDST) program building recently. SGTC HEDST program instructors and Internship Manager for CAT ThinkBIG Don Rountree and Kyle Hartsfield and Jim...

Pictured on the back row (l-r) are: Stephen Olas of Delta; SGTC Aviation Maintenance Instructor Paul Pearson; SGTC Aircraft Structural Instructor Jason Wisham; Eric Rojek of Thrush Aircraft; Alan Lanz and Lee Battista of Delta. On the front row (l-r) are: SGTC Aviation Maintenance Instructor Victoria Herron; Troy Payne of Delta; Patrick Humphrey of Souther Field Aviation; SGTC Aviation Maintenance Instructors David Grant and Charles Christmas.The advisory committee for the Aviation...

Paul Johnson, Father Jim Parker, and Sharon Smith Johnson are shown above (l to r) as Judge George Peagler is shown above presenting a scholarship donation from Saint John’s Anglican Church of Americus in memory of Nicholas Smarr and Jody Smith to SGTC Law Enforcement Academy instructor and SGTC Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs Vanessa Wall, SGTC Law Enforcement Academy Director Brett Murray and South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford for the South Georgia...