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The Cordele-Crisp County Industrial Development Council welcomed an Economic Development Bus Tour to display the great opportunity that the community could provide potential businesses interested in locating in Georgia.    The Bus Tour brought statewide project managers from the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) and from ECG to see the city and its infrastructure firsthand. It is a unique opportunity for economic development project managers on a statewide level...

South Georgia Technical College is updating and improving the traffic corridor in the center of the Americus campus. Due to the construction, which will be underway now throughout Fall Semester, traffic patterns have been altered and additional parking areas identified.    “We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause students and the public during the construction phase,” said South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford. “The new updated and...

The South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center admissions department participated in the National Night Out 2019 event recently at the Community Clubhouse in Cordele for a night of free family fun hosted by the Cordele Police Department.    Kari Bodrey, SGTC Crisp County Center Admissions Coordinator, and Desiray Kenney, an SGTC Accounting Degree student, who is also the Student Government Association President and a Georgia Student Government Association state officer,...

South Georgia Technical College and 27 other two-year colleges throughout the south are working together with The Citadel in South Carolina to make a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) degree available online, on campus or both, to a wider spectrum of students, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford.    Eligible students would start in, or have already graduated from South Georgia Technical College or one of the partner schools and...

Dorris William (D.W.) Persall of Cordele has been hired as the full-time Media & Library Services’ Specialist for the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center in Cordele. He will report to Julie Partain, Dean of Enrollment Management and Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers.    As the Media & Library Services’ Specialist on the Crisp County Center campus, D.W. Persall will provide support and setup of audio/visual equipment within classrooms and the...

Seventeen Practical Nursing graduates from the SGTC Crisp County Center Licensed Practical Nursing program participated in the Nursing Program’s Summer pinning ceremony in the LaPorte Auditorium on the Crisp County Center recently.    The graduates from the Crisp County Center LPN program included: Elorie Elise Bailey, Angelia Ford-Brown, Taylor Bullock, Tanasha Coley, Que Collier, Ashell Terrell Davis, Vontae Evans, Shalyssica Gaston, Shaquenthia Grant, Aleia Nicole Harper,...

South Georgia Technical College will be hosting a Fall Semester Registration/Orientation Day on both the Americus and Crisp County Center campuses on Monday, August 12th, 2019. Students who apply and register for Fall Semester on August 12th will have their $25 application free waived and receive a free t-shirt with the new slogan, “We are Impacting Student Success at SGTC,” while supplies last. Refreshments will also be provided. Parents are welcome to attend.   ...

Thirteen individuals received their nursing pins as Summer 2019 graduates of the South Georgia Technical College Americus Licensed Practical Nursing program in front of a large crowd of supportive family, friends, instructors, and administrators in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center recently.    The 13 graduates included: Richelle Bivins of Ellaville, Sharae Brown of Americus, Savannah Callier of Ellaville, Kelsi Cannon of Ellaville, Brenda Eggers of Ellaville,...

Yeshia Gutierrez of Oglethorpe took first place in the South Georgia Technical College Cosmetology hairstyling competition on the SGTC Americus campus that featured 19 of the top students who got to show off their skills using live models.    South Georgia Technical College Cosmetology instructor Dorothea Lusane-McKenzie, Lab Instructor Samantha Willis, Nail Tech Instructor Ariel Rolle, Instructor Trainee Shantray Ross, and Instructor Trainee Charlette Pines coordinated the...

Approximately 150 Caterpillar Heavy Equipment Dealer’s Service Technology and CAT Heavy Equipment Dealer’s Service Technology Electrical Power Generation students and their parents, family members, and Caterpillar Dealers from across the southeastern United States attended a special Fall Semester Registration/Orientation session at South Georgia Technical College recently.    South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford welcomed the group to the Betty Deriso...

Members of the Georgia Air National Guard visited South Georgia Technical College recently to talk with the South Georgia Technical College Aviation Maintenance Technology, Avionics Technology, and Aircraft Structural Technology students about their branch of service.    The Georgia Air National Guard is the air force militia of the U. S. State of Georgia. It is, along with the Georgia Army National Guard, an element of the Georgia National Guard and is under the jurisdiction of...

The South Georgia Technical College chapter of the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) inducted four new members in a ceremony in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus campus recently. Chester Taylor, NTHS Advisor, presided over the ceremony.    Noa James of Coffeville, AL; Alex Chadwick of Lawrenceville, GA; Kellin Cuevas of Kiln, MS; and Caleb Smith of Dadeville, AL; all students in the Heavy Equipment Dealer’s Service Technology Caterpillar...