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Justin FosterJustin Foster of Ellaville has been named Maintenance Technician at South Georgia Technical College, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford recently. Foster will report to SGTC Special Assistant to the President Don Smith. As Maintenance Technician, Foster will be responsible for a variety of duties, including installation, maintenance, and repair of electrical systems, associated hardware, and heating and air systems. He will also participate in grounds maintenance...

SGTC Americus campus PBL members are pictured with their advisors Dr. Andrea Oates (seated, second from left) and Donna Lawrence (standing, center) at state level PBL competitions in Atlanta. SGTC’s Crisp County chapter of PBL is pictured at state competitions in Atlanta. ATLANTA, GA - Five South Georgia Technical College Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) students captured first place awards and earned the right to represent the college at the Phi Beta Lambda National Conference in Anaheim California...

Kierra Sparks has been named Financial Aid Specialist at SGTC. Kierra Sparks of Montezuma has been named Financial Aid Specialist at South Georgia Technical College, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford recently. As Financial Aid Specialist, Sparks will report to SGTC Financial Aid Director Carrie Wilder and Vice President for Administrative Services Lea Coe. Sparks was promoted to the position after serving as Student Affairs Assistant at SGTC for nearly two years. In her new role,...

Joshua Chappell has been named SGTC Student of Excellence for spring semester. Pictured on the front row from left to right are Student of Excellence nominees Nicole Turner, Lisa Ray, Ginny Brookshire, Kelly Wilkerson, Joshua Chappell, and Mackenzie Cripe. On the second row from left to right are Brian Fennell, Patricia Bellamy, Tracy Evers, and Bradley Rountree. Not pictured are Student of Excellence nominees Clay Henderson and Jordan Smith. Standing, from left to right, are nominating...

Jasmine Mercer  Jasmine Mercer of Plains has been named Student Affairs Assistant at South Georgia Technical College, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford recently. She will report to SGTC Director of Admissions Whitney Crisp and SGTC Vice President of Student Affairs, Institutional Support, and Technology Karen Werling. A graduate of South Georgia Tech’s Marketing Management program, Jasmine is excited about her new role. “I loved being a student at South Georgia Tech, and I’m...

Jasmine Mercer has been named Student Affairs Assistant at SGTC.

South Georgia Technical College will offer Firefighter I evening classes summer semester 2017. The classes will meet June 1st through August 1st on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 6pm-9pm. The courses are taught by active-duty, veteran firefighters. Anyone who wishes to be a firefighter, either paid or volunteer, will benefit from the Firefighter I Technical Certificate of Credit (TCC). Once the program, which consists of four classes that can all be taken summer semester, is...

From left to right, SGTC Marketing Management advisory committee members Dr. Andrea Oates, April Hilliard, Kara Dunn, Andrea Tatum, Jasmine Mercer, Whitney Kimbrough, Harriet Glover, Robert Harvey and Mary Cross. The South Georgia Technical College Marketing Management advisory committee met recently in the Odom Center on the SGTC Americus Campus. The purpose of the advisory committee is to assist South Georgia Technical College faculty and staff in continuous quality improvement of the...

Filling out FAFSA papersSouth Georgia Technical College will hold a Financial Aid Frenzy workshop on both campuses that will be open to all students. This workshop will take place Monday, April 24th from 9am-3pm in the Odom Center Testing Lab on the Americus Campus and Room A3 at the Crisp County Center. This workshop will allow students to receive help with filling out FAFSA and other paperwork to apply for federal student aid for the upcoming 2017-2018 year. Refreshments will be served,...

PBL members (from left to right) Jaleun Willis, Racarda Blackmon, and Ashley Halstead are pictured with PBL Advisor Dr. Andrea Oates (far right) at the Pop-Up Bakery Shop that PBL organized to help raise funds for March of Dimes. South Georgia Technical College’s Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) members recently hosted a series of fundraisers to benefit their national charity, the March of Dimes. The fundraisers included a Pop-Up Bakery Shop, a drawing for a chocolate cake, and a giving...

SGTC’s Marketing Management class is pictured on their visit to Eaton Lighting with instructor Mary Cross (second from left), SGTC Director of Business and Industry Services Paul Farr (far left), SGTC Vice President for Economic Development Wally Summers (far right), and Eaton officials. South Georgia Technical College’s Marketing Management class of the Americus campus took tours of different places in Georgia over spring semester. SGTC Marketing Management instructor Mary Cross’s...

South Georgia Technical College recently opened a GED (General Equivalency Diploma) lab in the McLain Center on the Americus campus. Upcoming testing dates are now available and can also be viewed at GED.com. New testing dates and locations include: April 20 – SGTC Crisp County Center Campus, 8:30-4:00 April 25 – SGTC McLain Center, 8:30-5:00 May 2 – SGTC McLain Center, 8:30-3:30 May 4 – SGTC Crisp County Center Campus, 8:30-4:00 May 6 – Saturday Testing McLain Center,...