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Dr. Michelle Seay, SGTC instructor and member of the READ (Reaching Every Academic Dream) QEP Team, reads off a few tips to help students manage their stress during their upcoming final exams.In preparation of upcoming final exams, about 30 South Georgia Technical College students joined in the Student Center in Hicks Hall to hear study tips and tips on avoiding stress from SGTC instructors recently. The READ (Reaching Every Academic Dream) QEP Team hosted the session to help students...

Schley County students stand with SGTC representative Beth Brooks at the SGTC admissions table during a recent “Apply to College Day” event at SCHS. Schley County High School recently hosted South Georgia Technical College for its annual “Apply to College Day” on Nov. 15, where seniors were able to apply to the college at no cost. Students wandered between tables in the media center finding out more information about the colleges who were represented. Beth Brooks, high school...

SGTC Instructor of the Year, Charles Christmas, will be the keynote speaker at the South Georgia Tech Fall Graduation on Thursday, December 14th at 6 p.m. in the SGTC gymnasium.South Georgia Technical College’s Instructor of the Year Charles Christmas will be the keynote speaker at the South Georgia Technical College Fall 2017 graduation exercise on Thursday, December 14th at 6 p.m. in the James S. Peters Gymnasium on the Americus campus. Christmas, an Aviation Maintenance Technology...

Mat Ivey, a South Georgia Technical College Electrical Lineworker graduate is shown above with his girlfriend and his trophies that he won in the Georgia Lineman’s Rodeo which qualified him to compete in the International Lineman Rodeo Competition in Kansas City, Kansas. He finished fourth in that event.Less than three years after he completed and graduated from the South Georgia Technical College Electrical Lineworker Apprenticeship Training program in Americus, William Madison “Mat”...

South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) instructors have nominated nine of their students for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) competition, according to SGTC GOAL Coordinator Cynthia Carter. 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 Regents college with a...

Outstanding Student Volunteer certificate recipients Maria Rivera (far left) and Joshua Chappell (far right) stand with NTHS advisors Kari Bodrey (middle left) and Julia Partain (middle right). Outstanding Student Volunteer certificate recipient Christian Powell stands by a National Technical Honor Society banner in the lobby of the SGTC Crisp County Center campus. Three South Georgia Technical College students were honored with the Outstanding Student Volunteer certificate at the Crisp...

National Statesman Award recipient Stephanie Tyson in her interview. Photo courtesy of WASHINGTON - Stephanie C. Tyson, a South Georgia Technical College student from Americus, met the National Statesman Requirements to earn the SkillsUSA National Statesman Award recently at a conference in Alexandria, Va. Tyson is an SGTC Early Childhood Care & Education student at SGTC and also holds the title of SkillsUSA Georgia Postsecondary State Vice President. Two other SGTC representatives and...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford and his wife, Barbara, are shown above as they prepared to welcome guests to the South Georgia Tech Christmas gala. The South Georgia Technical College Foundation and South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford hosted a special Christmas gala recently to thank all SGTC faculty, staff, alumni, retirees, foundation supporters, and business and industry partners for their support of the college and its students. The...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford and his wife, Barbara are shown above with Santa at the SGTC Light Up Your Future event.“Bigger, brighter, and better.” Those were some of the words used to describe South Georgia Technical College’s second “Light Up Your Future” event that brought over 1,000 individuals to the illuminated campus and its programs of study. The event was held in Gailey Park on the South Georgia Technical College Americus campus and each program area was represented...

The Chamber Champions, a group of 25 high school juniors from different Sumter County schools, stand for a picture in the foyer of the John M. Pope Technology Center on the SGTC campus.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...

Guest speaker Jessica Wright (third from left) stands with members of the Phi Beta Lambda student organization (back row) and members of the Webster County Future Business Leaders of America club (front row).Local entrepreneur and South Georgia Technical College graduate Jessica Wright was recently featured as a guest speaker for an American Enterprise Day program in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on SGTC’s Americus Campus. The co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (seated center left) is shown above thanking Marie Waitsman (seated center right) for the new endowed healthcare scholarship that she and her family endowed in honor of two longtime Magnolia Manor employees, “Kitty” LaDaisy Battle (kneeling left) and Laurie Jessop. (kneeling right). South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (seated center left) is shown above thanking Marie Waitsman (seated center right) for the...