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SGTC LEA graduate Dalton Windham is interviewed after receiving the Smarr-Smith scholarshipVideo can be viewed here: Montezuma officer wins Smarr-Smith award South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy graduate and recent Smarr-Smith Foundation Scholarship recipient Dalton Windham was interviewed by 13WMAZ's Pepper Baker on what the scholarship means to him. Windham is a class 18-01 graduate of the Law Enforcement Academy and is currently an officer for the Montezuma Police...

Georgia Power Local Manager Don Porter presented a donation from the Georgia Power Foundation to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation 2018 TechForce annual fund drive recently.  South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford and SGTC Foundation Executive Director Su Ann Bird accepted the donation on behalf of the foundation.     “We would like to thank Don Porter and Georgia Power Company for this donation to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation,” said...

Brad Aldridge named SGTC Crisp County Center Welding Instructor.Bradley S. Aldridge of Leesburg, was named as the new full-time Welding Instructor for the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center effective immediately, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford. Aldridge had served as an adjunct welding instructor at South Georgia Technical College from 2015 to 2017. He resigned to take a full-time welding instructor position at Albany Technical...

Ruth Jones (right) is shown above with her sons Phillip and Tom at one of the South Georgia Technical College Foundation Donor Dinners.South Georgia Technical College and the South Georgia Technical College Foundation nominated Ruth S. Jones of Americus as their outstanding Volunteer of the Year award for 2018 – 2019. She was also nominated as a Technical College Foundation Association Volunteer of the Year. “Ruth Jones was selected as the South Georgia Technical College and South...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (r) is shown above presenting retiring Crisp County Center Medical Assisting Instructor Vickie Gilbert with a retirement plaque thanking her for her 11 years of service to the students at South Georgia Tech.South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center Medical Assisting Instructor Vickie Gilbert was recognized recently for her retirement with over 11 years of service to the Medical Assisting students from the Crisp County...

Carenda Starling is shown above (l to r) with Lt. Michael Sangster’s mom, Connie Sangster Youngblood, his sister, Melissa, and dad, Robert Sangster, Sr., receiving the Lt. Michael Sangster Scholarship award during the SGTC Law Enforcement Academy Class 18-02 graduation ceremony.Carenda Starling of Dawson, GA was selected as the recipient of the South Georgia Technical College Lt. Michael Sangster Law Enforcement Academy endowed scholarship from the SGTC Law Enforcement Academy (LEA) Class...

Want to learn new skills for the New Year. Register for Spring Semester classes at South Georgia Technical College. Registration is Monday, January 7th and classes begin January 9th. Start training for a new career in 2019!South Georgia Technical College will be hosting registration and orientation for Spring Semester 2019 on Monday, January 7th on the Americus and Crisp County Center campuses. Spring Semester classes begin on Wednesday, January 9th but all students are urged to apply...

South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Director Brett Murray is shown above presenting Kody Barfield with the Smallwood-Sondron Law Enforcement Academy Scholarship. Kody Barfield of Warner Robins was awarded the Smallwood-Sondron Law Enforcement Academy Scholarship at the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Class 18 – 02 graduation ceremony held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the SGTC Americus campus recently. He also received the...

Paul and Sharon Smith Johnson (right to left) are shown above recognizing Cora Baker of the Terrell County Sheriff’s Office with a Smarr-Smith Criminal Justice Scholarship.Americus, GA – Two Smarr-Smith scholarships were awarded at the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Class 18 – 02 graduation ceremony held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the SGTC Americus campus recently. Cora K. Baker of the Terrell County Sheriff’s Department and...

Levi Cowan of Americus has been hired as a technical support specialist for South Georgia Technical College (SGTC), president Dr. John Watford announced recently. Cowan will report to information technology director Dianne Trueblood. Cowan graduated from Schley County High School in May 2017 and is set to graduate from SGTC in December 2018. Despite still working towards his networking specialist and computer support specialist degree and diploma, Cowan touts more than four years of...

South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Director Brett Murray is shown above presenting the Lou Crouch Scholarship to Shelly Landers of Americus at the SGTC Law Enforcement Academy graduation 18-02 recently. Lou Crouch was unable to attend.Shelly Landers of Americus was presented with the Lou Crouch Law Enforcement Scholarship at the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Class 18 – 02 graduation ceremony held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above presenting Annita Carter Barron with a plaque for over 25 years of service to the students at South Georgia Technical College.South Georgia Technical College Business Technology Instructor Annita Carter Barron announced that she would retire with nearly 30 years of service to students at South Georgia Technical College and Georgia Southwestern State University. Her official retirement date is January 1, 2019. ...