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Larry Paulk, Chairman of the Technical College Foundation Association, is shown above (l to r) with South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford, Duncan Beard and Ellen Marshall Beard who accepted the Benefactor of the Year award for the Mattie Marshall Foundation, along with SGTC Vice President of Institutional Advancement and Foundation Executive Director Su Ann Bird and Technical College System of Georgia Commissioner Matt Arthur.SAVANNAH, GA – The Mattie Marshall...

A group of costume contest participants await the results of the individual costume contest at South Georgia Technical College’s annual Halloween event.A board game character, a gruesome police officer and a chicken all walked away with trophies from South Georgia Technical College’s annual Halloween celebration on the Americus campus recently. The event, which was the largest to date, was held in the Hangar and featured an individual costume contest, a group costume contest, a pumpkin...

SGTC Bobblehead ACE social media contest winner Ashley Holland is shown posing with Bobblehead ACE in the picture she shared on social media. Holland’s picture gained nearly 400 interactions.After reviewing dozens of entries, South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) has determined a winner for the Bobblehead ACE social media contest. Ashley Holland of Cordele, a medical assisting student on the Americus campus, received 399 interactions (likes, comments, shares) on her pictures, making her...

Christopher Mathews was named the Student of Excellence - October 2018 for SGTC's Crisp County Center.South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) student Christopher Mathews of Vienna was recently named October’s Student of Excellence on the college’s Crisp County Center campus. Mathews, a computer information systems (CIS) student, and four other students from various programs were recognized for their hard-work, work ethic and other positive attributes at the ceremony, which was recently...

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Shown above (l to r) are the educational leaders who participated in the State of Education event at South Georgia Technical College recently. They are: Dr. Elizabeth Kuipers, Principal of Furlow Charter School, Dr. Torrance Choates, Sumter County Schools Superintendent, Dr. John Watford, President of South Georgia Technical College; Ty Kinslow, Headmaster at Southland Academy; and Dr. Neal Weaver, President of Georgia Southwestern State University. The State of Education in Sumter County...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (seated right) is shown above thanking Marie Waitsman (seated left) for the new endowed healthcare scholarship that she and her family endowed in honor of two longtime Magnolia Manor employees, “Kitty” LaDaisy Battle (standing left) and Laurie Jessop. (standing right). The Waitsman family has endowed a second scholarship for healthcare students at South Georgia Technical College in honor of two long-time Magnolia Manor employees...

Brad Harnum has been named as the South Georgia Technical College full-time Emergency Medical Technology instructor effective immediately, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford. He will teach on both the Americus and the Crisp County campuses and will report to SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers. Harnum was been working as an EMT adjunct instructor for South Georgia Technical College for the past 10 months while also working as a full-time...

South Georgia Technical College Director of Business and Industry Services at the Crisp County Center Michelle McGowan, SGTC Vice President of Economic Development Wally Summers and Dean of Enrollment Management Julie Partain are shown above at the Cordele Rotary Club meeting recently. South Georgia Technical College Vice President of Economic Development Wally Summers was the special guest speaker at the Cordele Rotary Club recently. SGTC’s Director of Business and Industry Services for...

Students from the cosmetology program show off their costumes after winning a prize for being the program with the most participation. A costume contest will be held again this year, with prizes going to the top 3 individuals and the program with the most participation.South Georgia Technical College students are invited to show off their best costumes, eat snacks and have fun for Halloween on Wednesday, Oct. 31. Both of the college’s campuses will observe the day and have unique...

Breast cancer awareness event attendees gather around guest speaker Dawn James Ellis for a picture following her testimony at the event. South Georgia Technical College welcomed breast cancer survivor Dawn James Ellis to the Americus campus recently to speak with students, faculty and staff members during a breast cancer awareness program. The college’s Student Government Association chapter hosted and organized the program with the help of director of career services and student...

South Georgia Technical College has the Aaron’s Rents Motorsports Race Car on display as well as the Jets Mascot ACE, a CAT Diesel Power Generator and other items that are representative of South Georgia Technical College’s over 200 associate degree, diploma, or technical certificate of credit programs.South Georgia Technical College is one of the over 1,200 exhibitors at the Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition’s 41st anniversary show in Moultrie, Georgia, October 16th – 18th. Thousands...