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SGTC Alumnus Ronny Roundtree, Jr. will be the keynote speaker for South Georgia Technical College’s annual Black History Month program on Thursday, February 15 at 11:00 a.m. South Georgia Technical College Alumnus and aviation professional Ronny Roundtree, Jr. will be the keynote speaker for the 2018 African American History program at SGTC’s main campus. The program will be held on Thursday, Feb. 15 at 11:00 a.m. in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center in Americus. The public...

Shown above are some of the SGTC staff members that work in the Admissions, Registrar, Administrative Services, and Foundation and Marketing offices in the Odom Center on the Americus campus. Each of these individuals are alumni of South Georgia Technical College who chose to give back to students after graduation by working at the college. Many have gone on to earn other degrees, but they are still proud of their alma mater. They are also shown with one of the SGTC Jets basketball...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford (left) awards GOAL Winner Noah McCleskey (right) with a trophy.AMERICUS – Noah McCleskey of Pinehurst, a Welding and Joining Technology student at South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center campus, has been named as the college’s winner of the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL). The announcement was made at the college’s GOAL recognition luncheon at the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the college’s main campus...

SB&T’s Tami Duke is shown above (l to r) presenting Teresa McCook with a donation from SB&T for being selected as the South Georgia Technical College 2018 Instructor of the Year. Dr. John Watford, SGTC President is also shown thanking Duke and SB&T for their support of the college and its instructors.SGTC Criminal Justice Instructor Teresa McCook was presented with a check from SB&T in Americus recently after she was selected as the South Georgia Technical College Instructor of the Year...

South Georgia Technical College President Emeritus Sparky Reeves (l to r) and Allene, are shown above presenting a check to SGTC 2018 Instructor of the Year Teresa McCook. SGTC President Dr. John Watford is also shown thanking the Reeves and Teresa McCook on her recognition.South Georgia Technical College President Emeritus Sparky Reeves and his wife, Allene, presented South Georgia Tech’s 2018 Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year winner, Teresa McCook, with a stipend from the South...

Mary Cross is shown above with some of her marketing students who helped prepare the SGTC QEP survey and will be conducting the research project.The South Georgia Technical College Marketing 2090 class, taught by Instructor Mary Cross, will be conducting a research project survey about the college’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) on Tuesday, February 6th and Wednesday, February 7th in Americus and on Tuesday, February 13th at the SGTC Crisp County Center. Students will be conducting the...

Donald Rountree will serve as the new Heavy Equipment Dealer Service Technology instructor on SGTC's Americus campus.  Donald Rountree of Fort Valley has been hired as the new Heavy Equipment Dealer Service Technology Instructor for South Georgia Technical College’s Americus campus, SGTC President Dr. John Watford recently announced. Rountree will report to SGTC Dean of Academic Affairs Raymond Holt and Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers. Rountree brings over 20 years of...

Shown above are photos of Bill Moncrief from the college’s 1972 yearbook, Bobby Wooldridge from 2006, and Frankie Williams from the 1975 college yearbook. South Georgia Tech has been “celebrating possibilities” since 1948, when it officially began providing instructional training to students interested in entering the workforce. This past month, the college lost three individuals who had an impact on the success of the college as well as its graduates, alumni, retirees, students,...

Keith McCorkle has been hired as the Electrical Power Generation instructor for South Georgia Technical College.South Georgia Technical College has hired Keith McCorkle of Leesburg as the college’s new Electric Power Generation (EPG) program instructor for the Americus campus, SGTC President Dr. John Watford recently announced. McCorkle will report to SGTC Dean for Academic Affairs Raymond Holt and Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers. As an instructor for the EPG program at...

John Edgemon took Air Conditioning Technology at South Georgia Technical College. The following article was written by Beth Alston, Editor of the Americus Times Recorder and published on January 29th, 2018. Here is the link to the article: http://www.americustimesrecorder.com/2018/01/29/local-veteran-reflects-on-service-as-helicopter-pilot/. The subject of the article, John Edgemon, was an Air Conditioning Technology student with SGTC Instructor Glynn Cobb on the Americus campus from the...

Sophomore and Alumni Day set for February 10th at SGTC.South Georgia Technical College is celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2018 and in recognition of this milestone, the college will be hosting an Alumni Day Celebration on Saturday, February 10th in the James S. Peters gymnasium in conjunction with the Jets and Lady Jets basketball games and Sophomore Day recognition. Students, retirees and alumni will be admitted to the games for free. All South Georgia Technical College alumni and...

The area of South Georgia Tech Parkway by the railroad crossing below South Georgia Technical College is set to be closed beginning Thursday, February 8th through February 22nd.The Department of Transportation is scheduled to close South Georgia Tech Parkway near the railroad crossing west of the South Georgia Technical College Americus campus beginning Thursday, February 8th, 2018 through Thursday, February 22nd, 2018 due to construction. Basket Factory Road has been established as...