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Instructors at South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) have nominated six of their students for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) competition, according to Cynthia Carter, coordinator for the college’s GOAL program. GOAL, a statewide program of the Technical College System of Georgia, honors excellence in academics and leadership among the state’s technical college students. GOAL winners are selected at each of the state’s 22 technical colleges as well as one Board of...

South Georgia Technical College will hold a Spring semester registration event on Thursday, Nov. 29 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. During the event, students will have the opportunity to meet with their advisor, register for classes, attend an orientation session, have an SGTC...

Left to right: Dr. Deborah Jones, Mark Brooks, Sammy Stone, Dianne Trueblood and Michelle McGowan have been selected to serve as the GOAL selection committee for 2019.Cynthia Carter, the coordinator for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) program at South Georgia Technical College, has announced the members of the screening committee that will interview students who are nominated for the college’s annual GOAL title. The objective of the GOAL program is to recognize and...

AMERICUS - South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford has announced that Cynthia Carter, the director of career services at the college, will coordinate the 2019 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) program. GOAL, a statewide program of the Technical College System of Georgia, honors excellence among the state’s technical college students. According to Carter, the GOAL program is the first statewide program in the nation designed to recognize leadership and...

Everyone is invited to the FREE 3rd annual “Light Up Your Future” Event at South Georgia Technical College on Tuesday, December 4th from 5:30 to 8 p.m.South Georgia Technical College will be hosting its third annual “Light Up Your Future” event on Tuesday, December 4th from 5:30 p.m. until 8 p.m. in Gailey Park on the South Georgia Technical College Americus campus and the community is invited to this fun free celebration. The Jets basketball team also will be playing Marion...

Fatou Pouye, 12, named GCAA Player of the Week for the second consecutive week.South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets sophomore forward Fatou Pouye from Kaolack, Senegal, has been selected as the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association Division I women’s basketball player of the week for two consecutive weeks. The 6’ 0” forward averaged 16.5 points, 10 rebounds, 4.5 steals, and 1.5 block shots in the Lady Jets two wins this week to earn her second Player of the Week honors in as...

Shown above left to right are: Jasmine Majors, SGA; Ashley Holland, SGA President; Shana Rainey, SGA; Prince Burns, NTHS President; Tonya Rodgers, SkillsUSA President; standing top right, Stephanie Tyson, SGA and members from the Americus Senior Citizens center.The South Georgia Technical College SkillsUSA program is paving the way for our future workforce by reaching out to different groups in the community. The South Georgia Tech local membership team members reached out to the elderly at...

Ryan Carter accepts his Student of Excellence plaque from academic dean Dr. David Finley. Carter was named the student of excellence for the month of December 2018.South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) aviation maintenance technology student Ryan Carter of Blackshear was recently named the Student of Excellence for December.  Carter and five other outstanding students were recognized as the top students in their respective program areas and then Carter was selected as the overall Student...

Kacey Dixon was named the Nov. 2018 Student of Excellence.South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Marketing Management student Kacey Dixon of Montezuma was recently named the Student of Excellence for November.  Dixon and four other outstanding students were recognized as the top students in their respective program areas and then Dixon was selected as the overall Student of Excellence at the ceremony held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the college’s Americus...

A student with the Chamber Champions group reads a quote about leadership during the groups visit to SGTC.South Georgia Technical College hosted a development program recently for a group of area high school juniors known as the “Chamber Champions,” a youth leadership program sponsored by the Sumter County Chamber of Commerce. According to the Sumter County Chamber of Commerce, the Chamber Champions are chosen based on a list of criteria set forth by the Workforce Development division....

Georgia Southwestern and South Georgia Tech signed a new articulation agreement ensuring a smooth transition from SGTC to GSW’s Long-Term Care Management Program. (L-R front) Su Ann Bird, VP of Institutional Advancement at SGTC; Dr. David Kuipers, VP of Academic Affairs at SGTC; Dr. John Watford, SGTC President; Dr. Neal Weaver, GSW President; Dr. Suzanne Smith, Provost and VP of Academic Affairs at GSW; Dr. Leisa Easom, Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Health Sciences and Professor...

President Dr. John Watford and SGTC Board of Director Chairman Jake Everett with the SGTC Board’s 100% certification for the 2018 year at the TCSG Leadership Conference in Savannah.The South Georgia Technical College Board of Directors was recognized as a fully certified board at the Technical College Directors Association and the Technical College Foundation Association annual Leadership conference in Savannah recently. All seven members of the South Georgia Technical College Board...