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   Dr. Watford spoke to over 7,000 individuals including the graduates who received an associate degree, diploma, technical certificate of credit or General Education Diploma (GED) from Central Georgia Technical College.    Dr. Watford is in his third year at President of South Georgia Technical College and has more than 28 years as an experienced educator. He served as the Vice President of Academic Affairs prior to being selected to serve as President. He also served as Vice...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (r) and his wife, Barbara, are shown above in their academic regalia for the keynote address at Central Georgia Technical College.

South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) early childhood care and education (ECCE) program advisory committees met recently on the college’s Americus campus to discuss the current state of the program and the industry as a whole. The purpose of the advisory committee is to assist South Georgia Tech faculty and staff in continuous quality improvement of the ECCE program. SGTC’s early childhood instructors, Jaye Cripe of the Americus campus and Lisa Penton of the Cordele campus,...

“A bittersweet day for me,” was the way South Georgia Technical College Athletic Director and Lady Jets head coach James Frey described the signing day for graduating Lady Jets Alyssa Nieves and Mari Hill. Nieves and Hill both signed Division I scholarships to continue their academic and athletic careers.   Nieves signed a letter of intent to play her junior and senior seasons at Morehead State University in Morehead, Kentucky, and Mari Hill, a transfer from Tallahassee...

South Georgia Technical College students in the Caterpillar Think Big Heavy Equipment Diesel Technology program were fond of wearing special dark blue t-shirts imprinted with a gaggle of geese and the words “Fly High Goose” in memory of their classmate Adrian “Goose” Johnson, a 19-year old student from Stockton, AL, who passed away earlier this year in Alabama from a tragic car accident.   The t-shirts were designed to honor the memory of their classmate and also raise...

South Georgia Technical College President Emeritus Sparky Reeves was honored with the 2019 Outstanding Eagle Scout Award at a special recognition dinner Tuesday night at the South Georgia Technical College John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center in front of over 150 individuals.   Judge Joe Bishop welcomed everyone to the event and Rev. Betty Lee Scott gave the invocation. Twenty-four Eagle Scouts participated in the Presentation of Colors and the Pledge of Allegiance. Matt...

Jamera Mitchell of Eastman had a dream - a dream to attend college after graduation from high school. The REACH Georgia program helped make that dream become a reality recently when she earned her associate degree of applied science in Culinary Arts from South Georgia Technical College in Americus, GA.   Mitchell was the first REACH Georgia student to enroll and graduate from a Technical College System of Georgia institution. She enrolled at South Georgia Technical College in...

Georgetown, Ga - South Georgia Technical College Admissions Director Whitney Crisp attended the Quitman County High School Academic and Career signing day at the Quitman County High School Bussey-Kendrick Gymnasium in Georgetown, GA recently.   Two students from Quitman County High School have been accepted and plan to attend South Georgia Technical College in Americus Fall semester. Tekelya Thornton has been accepted into the South Georgia Technical College Cosmetology...

Americus, GA – Caterpillar dealers from Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, and Tennessee hosted a dinner for the South Georgia Technical College graduates receiving an Associate of Applied Technology Degree in Heavy Equipment Dealers Service Technology and Electric Power Generation Heavy Equipment Dealers Service Technology prior to the college’s 2019 Spring Commencement Ceremony.   Approximately 250 Caterpillar officials, students, family members and SGTC officials...

The South Georgia Technical College John Deere Tech program ushered in 13 new technicians to the field at its annual graduation banquet recently. The students were awarded with a completion award plaque from John Deere for completing the two-year program, and later went on to receive their Associate of Applied Science Degree in agricultural technology later that night at the college’s graduation ceremony.  Students from Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina were represented in the...

  The proud past and promising future of South Georgia Technical College was on full display recently at the college’s Spring 2019 commencement ceremony Thursday, May 2nd at 6 p.m. in the James S. Peters Gymnasium on the Americus campus in front of a capacity crowd. South Georgia Tech is celebrating the 70th anniversary of its first graduating class this year. The college’s first group of graduates were honored in 1949.   Approximately 175 students, 34 of which were either...

Americus, GA – The South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Foundation paid tribute to over 200 of its foundation supporters at its annual Donor Appreciation Dinner in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the South Georgia Technical College campus recently.   South Georgia Technical College is celebrating the 70th anniversary of its first graduating class from 1949 and the SGTC Foundation Donor Appreciation Dinner utilized the theme of “Planting Seeds.” Seventy...