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South Georgia Technical College’s medical programs are bursting at the seams. Approximately 400 individuals are enrolled in these program areas this fall.“South Georgia Technical College posted a 12.6% increase in enrollment growth for Summer semester 2018,” announced President Dr. John Watford. This is the college’s largest single semester growth since the college converted from the quarter system to the semester system in Fall 2011. It is also the third consecutive year of annual...

South Georgia Technical College Cosmetology Instructor Dorothea Lusane McKenzie (left) is shown above working with her student Codi Dozier. Dozier won the SGTC annual hairstyling competition earlier this year which makes her one of the “best of the best” in the nation.South Georgia Technical College’s Cosmetology program has been recognized as the fourth best cosmetology and beauty school program in the United States for 2018 – 2019 by EDsmart, a nationally recognized publisher of...

South Georgia Technical College Practical Nursing graduates stand on the stage during their pinning ceremony and recite the Nurse’s Pledge. Just before ushering in a new class for the Fall 2018 semester, South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) practical nursing program on the Americus campus held a pinning ceremony for its 11 graduates recently. The ceremony, held in the John M. Pope Center of the college’s Americus campus, honored the students for completing the program and pinned...

SGTC’s Accounting Specialist Tawanna Wright earns the prestigious State Financial Management Certificate from the Carl Vinson institute of Government at the University of Georgia.South Georgia Technical College Accounting Specialist Tawanna T. Wright earned the prestigious State Primary Governmental Accounting Series Financial Management Certificate from the Carl Vinson institute of Government at the University of Georgia recently, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr....

Paul Pearson has been hired as an avionics and air frame instructor at South Georgia Technical College.As the demand for careers in the aviation field continues to grow, South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford announced the hiring of Paul Pearson, who will handle the avionics and air frame instruction for the college. Pearson will report to Dean of Academic Affairs Raymond Holt and Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers. Pearson, a Waycross native and longtime...

Job Fair will be held at the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center on August 28th.South Georgia Technical College will be hosting a job fair on Tuesday, August 28th from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center campus at 402 North Midway Road. The job fair is held in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Labor, Cordele Crisp County Chamber of Commerce, and the Cordele-Crisp County Industrial Development Council. Nearly 30 different...

A student logs into her account using the new Single Sign On method. Students will have one username and password across all of their South Georgia Tech student accounts.In a move to streamline and simplify the login process for its students, South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) has moved to a Single Sign On format for the Banner Web, Blackboard and email systems on its website. As a result, students will now be able to access all three areas of the website with the same username and...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above with USDA Representative Patricia Simmons and members of the South Georgia Technical College Foundation Board of Trustees and college officials after accepting two USDA RBEG grants. Shown seated (l to r) are SGTC Foundation treasurer Rick Whaley, SGTC President Dr. John Watford, USDA’s Patricia Simmons, SGTC Foundation Trustee Ben Dupree, and SGTC Foundation Executive Director and Vice President for Institutional...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford recently announced the college’s President’s List for the summer semester, which included 50 students from around the area and across the Southeast. To be eligible for the President’s List, a student must be enrolled full time (12 or more credit hours) in an associate degree or diploma program and have a 4.0 GPA for that semester’s coursework. Those students who qualified included: Crisp County: Morris Edward Brandenburg of...

SGTC CARE TEAM – Shown above (l to r) are members of the new SGTC CARE Team. They include: Vice President of Institutional Advancement Su Ann Bird, Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers, Director of Campus Safety Sammy Stone, Vice President of Student Affairs Karen Werling, Special Populations Coordinator LaKenya Johnson, Dean of Enrollment Management Julie Partain, and Crisp County Campus Student Affairs Coordinator Kari Bodrey. Not shown are Assistant to the President Don...

South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center practical nursing students stand holding their lamps after being pinned as program graduates at the recent Nurse Pinning ceremonySouth Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) Practical Nursing program held a pinning ceremony for its 15 Crisp County Center graduates recently on the Cordele campus. The Summer 2018 program graduates included: Sasha Cardedra Bray of Hawkinsville, Sheronda Lynn Byron of Cordele, Cassandra Lynn Cuffie of...

Kaylon Harvey, a seventh grader from Sumter County Middle School, gives a thumbs up during a session of the recent STEM camp while precision machining and manufacturing instructor Chad Brown helps a student design a 3D model in the background.Despite being on summer break, more than 40 eager young minds attended South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) STEM camps during June and July. The camps were held on both the Americus and Cordele campuses of the college. The middle and high school...