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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...

South Georgia Technical College’s Mike Enfinger is shown above showing some students the new equipment that will be utilized in the new Air Conditioning Technology program that will be beginning this fall at the Crisp County Center. Fall semester classes begin August 14th. It’s not too late, sign up today! South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) is expanding the educational programs offered at the Crisp County Center on North Midway Road in Cordele beginning Fall 2017, announced South...

South Georgia Technical College Financial Aid Director Carrie Wilder is shown above helping students fill out their financial aid forms for fall semester. All students need to complete the FASFA financial aid forms for the new year. For more information, contact the SGTC Financial Aid office at 229-931-2319 in Americus or 229-271-4043 in Cordele. Classes begin August 14th so begin making plans now to “Take Off with South Georgia Tech” this fall. South Georgia Technical College is...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford and his wife, Barbara, are shown above “Taking Off with South Georgia Technical College” by posing for a selfie in the Jets and Lady Jets social media frames.Take Off with South Georgia Tech this fall. South Georgia Technical College is encouraging all students, parents, faculty, staff, retirees, and alumni to post selfies on social media showing how South Georgia Tech helps this community and its students “Take Off” in their...

Shown above are the South Georgia Technical College Instructors and winners from the Cosmetology Hairstyling Contest with the judges. They are (standing l to r): SGTC Cosmetology Instructors Dorothea Lusanne McKenzie and Airel Rolle and Instructor trainee Jessakeetha Maddox; first place winner Frances Gill, second place finisher Morgan Whaley, the third place winner Tatum Brown, fourth place contestant Ambrea Hill, Jenna Gill who finished in fifth place, and Jamirah Johnson, the sixth place...

South Georgia Technical College CIS Instructor Andrea Ingram is shown above with student John Beech.South Georgia Technical College’s Computer Information and Networking Systems programs have been recognized for excellence by the Community for Accredited Online Schools ((AccreditedSchoolsOnline.org) recently. The rankings can be found at: http://www.accreditedschoolsonline.org/computer-science-degree/#best-college-ranking. South Georgia Technical College was listed as one of the top...