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Student of Excellence winner Kennedy Allen, right, accepts her award from SGTC dean of enrollment management Julie Partain. Kennedy Allen, a business administrative technology student from Vienna, was named South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center Student of Excellence for the month on April. She was awarded the title at a recent ceremony on the Cordele campus, which honored her and five other nominees for their outstanding work ethic. Allen was nominated for the award by her...

Shown above (l to r) at the SGTC Crisp County Advisory meeting are: Shearer Turton of Turton Investments; Dametra Patterson of Crisp County High School; Hannah Weaver, Marketing Management student; Kennedy Allen, Business Technology Student; Karen Bloodworth, Marketing Management Instructor; Christopher Mathews, Business Technology Student; Becky Fitzgibbons of Crisp County Power Commission; Teresa Jolly, Business Technology Instructor; Julie Partain, Dean of Enrollment Management; Allysia...

17 of the 25 National Technical Honor Society stand as a group with their membership certificates.South Georgia Technical College inducted 25 new members into the Americus campus’ chapter of the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) recently during a special ceremony in the John M. Pope Center. The induction marks one of the largest classes the student organization has ever ushered in. The new inductees included: Taariq Abdullah of Covington; Brady Bennett of Molena; Eric Blake of...

SGTC cosmetology and barbering advisory committee members stand together in the college's salon lab. Left to right: Dr. David Finley, Xavier Jackson, Adrain Hicks, Angelo Baisden, Anna Horton, Kembrial Harris, Tracy Finch,Martha Bruce, Armenta Battle, Danielle McSpadden, Yesenia Gutierrez and Dorothea Lusane-McKenzie.South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) barbering and cosmetology program advisory committees jointly met recently on the college’s Americus campus to discuss the current...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford welcomed Ron Clark to the SGTC campus and the Community Healthcare Forum.Americus, GA – Ron Clark, teacher and administrator of the award-winning and internationally acclaimed Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta, was the keynote speaker at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center’s Community Health Symposium recently in the South Georgia Technical College gymnasium.   The Community Health Symposium, was free and open to the public and covered...

Advisory committee members (l to r) John Hayes, Caleb Abell, Brian McDowell, Paul Battle, Raymond Holt, Glynn Cobb, Brian McMichael and Paul Farr stand together.South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) air conditioning technology program advisory committee 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...

South Georgia Technical College’s members and advisors from Phi Beta Lambda, Student Government Association and National Technical Honor Society come together for a picture during the recent State Leadership Conference. The student organizations collectively brought home 39 awards and recognitions from the event.Student organizations from South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County and Americus campuses recently traveled to Atlanta to participate in the 2019 Georgia State Leadership...

South Georgia Technical College Americus Campus’ chapter of PBL attended the State Leadership Conference recently and brought home 20 awards and recognitions. (Left to Right): Jasmin Tovar, Bentura Nunez, Donna Lawrence, Jordan Jackson, Shantelle Brito, Heather Hinton, Andreas Edwards, Andrea Oates, and Sachariah Vincent.South Georgia Technical College’s Americus chapter of Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) participated in the State Leadership Conference recently and brought home 20 awards and...

Alyssa Nieves, (4), named to the All-American Honorable Mention team by the National Junior College Athletic Association. South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets sophomore guard Alyssa Nieves from Tampa, FL, was selected as a member of the All-American Honorable Mention squad for 2019 by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I Women’s Basketball Committee. Nieves helped lead the 2018-2019 Lady Jets to their third consecutive NJCAA National...

Sports and leisure management advisory committee members stand together in The Hangar. Left to right: Dr. Andrea Oates, Jeff Fussell, James Frey, Tim Estes, Chris Ballauer, Terri Battle.South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) sports and fitness management program advisory committee 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...

South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) will hold a Summer semester registration event on Wednesday, April 17 for new and returning students on both campuses. Orientation sessions will be held for new students at 9:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. on the Americus campus and at 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. on the Cordele campus to accommodate for different schedules. The Summer semester begins on May 23 and lasts just eight weeks. The shortened semester serves as an opportunity for students to get ahead...

Students gather around the air-conditioning technology table during a live-demonstration during last year’s Spring Take-off event.South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) annual “Spring Take-off” preview day will be held on Thursday, April 18 in the college’s Americus campus gymnasium. The event will last from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will feature giveaways and a free hotdog lunch to attendees. The event, now in its fifth year, will be similar in layout to previous years – each of...