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By Noah Levine Fatou Pouye of Senegal, West Africa, has signed to play basketball at South Georgia Technical College in Americus, Georgia for the 2017 – 2018 season, announced South Georgia Technical College Athletic Director and Lady Jets head coach James Frey. Fatou Pouye is 20 years old, and grew up in a region of West Africa called Kaolack, a city in the south of the country. She lived there with her parents, four brothers, and two sisters. Here is her story told in her own words: My...

Shown above are the 2017 South Georgia Technical College Nursing Graduates who participated in a pinning ceremony at the Americus campus recently. Shown (l to r) are: Racaya Jackson, Quatara Smith, Maranda Waters, Calandra Jowers, Nayana Jowers, Summer Driver, Emilee Driver, Brian Ogletree, Linsey Jennings, Hayleigh Cromer, Ansley Ragan, Clint Anthony, and Nicole Bryant.Thirteen South Georgia Technical College Practical Nursing graduates participated in a nurse pinning ceremony held...

Fatou Pouye of Senegal, West Africa, is shown above (standing left to right) with her new SGTC Lady Jets teammates Esther Adenike of Lagos, Nigera, and Houlfat Mahouchiza from Nice France, as they get autographed footballs from former University of Georgia and NFL football standout Leonard Pope who was at the South Georgia Technical College Open House recently signing autographs for students registering for fall semester at South Georgia Technical College.South Georgia Technical College...

Shown above with the donated school supplies are (l to r) South Georgia Tech’s Joshua Chappell, Ramona Williams, Jessica Fudge, Rosie Watkins, Katrice Taylor, Dakota Hall, and Christian Powell.South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center’s National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) donated school supplies to the Developmental Math Project, led by Rosie Watkins of the Family Development Task Force. This program lets Crisp County High School Beta members tutor students between 3rd...

Shown above are the 2017 graduates of the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center Licensed Practical Nursing program during the recent pinning ceremony.Twenty-three South Georgia Technical College Practical Nursing graduates at the SGTC Crisp County Center campus participated in a special pinning ceremony held recently in the auditorium of the Crisp County Center campus. The 2017 graduates included: Christina Danielle Akins of Vienna, Danielle Nicole Arnett of Cordele, Remedios...

SGTC Vice President of Economic Development Wally Summers and SGTC Director of Career Services Cynthia Carter are shown above standing talking to members of the Southwest Georgia Employment Committee that met on the SGTC campus recently.South Georgia Technical College hosted the Southwest Georgia Employer Committee in the John M. Pope Center on the South Georgia Technical College Americus campus. SGTC President Dr. John Watford welcomed the group to the college campus. Nineteen business and...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above talking with SGTC Culinary Arts students who served and help prepare the homemade ice cream and toppings for the Crisp County Center Open House.South Georgia Technical College hosted an Open House on its Crisp County Center campus recently to showcase the many different educational programs available and to give the public the opportunity to talk with instructors and administrators. South Georgia Tech is currently...

SGTC Faculty members Chester Taylor and Victoria Herron are shown above with Director of Career Services Cynthia Carter serving hotdogs at the cookout recently.South Georgia Technical College’s Student Government Association (SGA), Campus Life and Student Affairs recently hosted an “End of the Summer Semester” cook-out to celebrate the end of the semester. Over 275 students, faculty and staff came out and enjoyed hamburgers and hotdogs. While at the cook-out, students registered for a...

South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) President Dr. John Watford announced the college’s Spring Semester President’s List recently, which included 106 students. In order to qualify for the President’s List, a student must be enrolled in an associate degree or diploma program and have a 4.0 GPA for that semester’s coursework. Those students who qualified included: Crisp County: Bura Monroe Allen of Cordele, Air Conditioning Technology; Alonso Alvarado Sanchez of Cordele, Networking...

Chad Roberson (seated right center) is shown above presenting SGTC President Dr. John Watford (seated left center) with a scholarship check from the Smarr - Smith Foundation for an endowed scholarship at South Georgia Technical College. Americus, GA – The Smarr-Smith Foundation presented the South Georgia Technical College Foundation with a check for $5500 to endow scholarships in memory of Americus Police Officer Nicholas R. Smarr and Georgia Southwestern State University Campus Safety...

Theron Garcia, Vice President of Human Resources for Kauffman Tire is shown above (right center) presenting a scholarship check to South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (left center) for the South Georgia Technical College Foundation to use for students enrolling in the Automotive Chassis and Climate Control Specialist classes at South Georgia Technical College this fall. Also shown are Kauffman Tire Vice President of Wholesale Operations Tom Money (left) and Kauffman...

SGTC Financial Aid Director Carrie Wilder (l) is shown above helping a student fill out his financial aid forms for the new year.South Georgia Technical College is encouraging all students who are currently attending summer semester or plan to enroll at SGTC for fall semester to submit their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) today. Recent revisions to federal Pell Grant financial aid disbursements could mean a greater yearly award for South Georgia Technical College students...