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In less than two years, James Otis Cochran of Americus has been able to turn his two-year technical college education into the job of a lifetime. He just recently began a new position as a MCSC Documentation Graphics Illustrator at AECOM Government Services, Inc. (AECOM) in Albany. Cochran graduated from the South Georgia Technical College Drafting program in May of 2015. He was selected as the Student of Excellence for his program and competed to be recognized as the Student of Excellence...

The top-ranked Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association’s South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets moved up one spot into 17th place in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I women’s basketball Top 25 poll released February 14th. South Georgia Tech was in the 18th place spot last week and is still the only Georgia women’s team included in the NJCAA Division I national rankings. They have moved up six spots since reentering the polls three weeks ago. ...

South Georgia Technical College is offering day, evening, and online eight week classes beginning March 13th on both the Americus and Crisp County Center campuses. The eight-week classes are part of the Spring Semester C-term which begins March 13th and ends May 2nd. C-Term class offerings will include courses in Air Conditioning Technology, Culinary Arts, Medical Assisting, Electrical Systems Technology, Industrial Systems Technology, Marketing Management, Recreation and Leisure...

Two outstanding African American individuals with strong ties to South Georgia Technical College were selected to be the keynote speakers at the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center’s first Black History Month program held in the LaPorte Auditorium in Cordele recently. Bambie Hayes, Executive Director of the Crisp Area Habitat for Humanity office, and Dravian McGill, Sr., Regional Finance Director for DCMS, Inc., were selected to be the keynote speakers. Hayes is a 1993...

South Georgia Technical College Student Government Association (SGA) and National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) members of the Crisp County Center campus recently attended the 2017 GSGA and NTHS Winter State Conference in Callaway Gardens and competed in various events. Competition winners were Mykaula Harvey of Cordele, Business Technology student, 1st place GSGA Outstanding Student of the Year; Valerie Byron of Cordele, Business Technology student, Dontavious Harrell of Cordele, Criminal...

Americus, GA - PharmaCentra, LLC and Concentra Solutions, Inc. made a donation to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation recently to provide scholarship opportunities to its current employees enrolled at South Georgia Technical College (SGTC). PharmaCentra and Concentra Solutions’ CEO Dan Berman said the catalyst for the program stems from the companies’ desire to reward ‘the radical resourcefulness in South Georgia,’ which always creates inventive solutions to challenges,...

Pictured from left to right are NTHS members Leah Windham and Annie Streeter, NTHS Advisor Raven Payne, and NTHS member Tonya Barrett, who helped distribute donated books to the children of the Americus Head Start program. South Georgia Technical College’s National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) of SGTC’s Americus Campus recently distributed books collected from a Book Drive to the local Head Start Program in Americus. NTHS members went to a few classrooms and let the students choose...

South Georgia Technical College’s Marketing Management class recently welcomed Kaylon Harvey to their class and listened to him speak about his time on the Food Network Kids Sweets Showdown television show. Kaylon and his mother, Pamela, spoke to SGTC Marketing Management instructor Mary Cross’s Marketing Channels class, and opened with a few icebreaker activities. The first was a factor or fiction ice-breaker game on different facts about Kaylon. The class also participated in a “5...

Georgia Power Training Supervisor Gordy Morris and Georgia Power Methods and Training Specialist Michael Hardester, who is also a graduate of the South Georgia Technical College Electrical Lineworker Program, visited South Georgia Technical College recently to present the SGTC Foundation with a donation for the college’s Electrical Lineworker program. South Georgia Technical College Vice President of Economic Development Wally Summers and SGTC Foundation Executive Director and Vice...

South Georgia Tech’s Crisp County Center PBL members are pictured taking a celebratory selfie after award winners were announced. They are, from left to right, Christopher McGee, Ramona Williams, Tonekita Rogers, Jordan Smith, and Alexandra Joiner. MACON, GA - South Georgia Technical College students earned a total of 29 awards in the Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) South District Competition held recently at Central Georgia Technical College in Macon.  Students from both the Americus and Crisp...

South Georgia Technical College’s Nation Technical Honor Society (NTHS) on the SGTC’s Americus campus is having a Penny War fundraiser starting in February and continuing through April 1st. NTHS’s Penny War is a fundraiser activity that allows any SGTC program or department to collect rolled pennies. All of the collected funds will support the NTHS members as they participate in conferences and competitions this academic school year. The department or program with the most rolled...

South Georgia Technical College Culinary Arts Instructor Chef “Ricky” Ludwig Watzlowick and his culinary arts students helped to put smiles on the faces of the special guests, their parents, and the volunteers participating in the “Night to Shine” prom event for people with special needs. The event was hosted by First Baptist Church in Americus in sponsorship with the Tim Tebow Foundation. “We were asked to help provide cookies for this unforgettable prom night experience for...