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Shown above are Jenni Badding of John Deere, (c) presenting the John Deere Gold Award to SGTC President Dr. John Watford (second from left). Also shown are SGTC Academic Dean David Finley (l) and Wayne Peck and Matthew Burkes, SGTC Agricultural Technology Instructors.Americus, GA - South Georgia Technical College’s John Deere TECH program earned “The College of Tomorrow Award” from the John Deere Company recently. The award was presented to South Georgia Tech officials at the...

SGTC AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY GRADUATES – Shown above are the John Deere TECH students who are members of the second graduating class from South Georgia Technical College with an Associate of Applied Science degree in Agricultural Technology. Also shown are: Jenni Badding, Manager College Partnerships for John Deere Agriculture & Turf, Region 4, and SGTC Agricultural Technology Instructors Matthew Burkes and Wayne Peck.John Deere officials and dealers host dinner for John Deere TECH...

SGTC’s Bob Stinchcum (standing at left) is pictured introducing guest speakers Kim Christmas of PharmaCentra and Angela Driver of Walgreens to SGTC students enrolled in business and computer programs. Christmas and Driver led a workshop on résumés and job interview skills. South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) students enrolled in Business Technology, Accounting, Marketing Management, and Computer Information Systems recently had the privilege of speaking to local business leaders about...

SGTC employees are shown above holding up their service awards. SGTC employees were recognized for 1,222 years of service at the South Georgia Technical College annual employee Christmas luncheon. South Georgia Technical College recognized 74, or almost half of its full-time employees who have been employed by the college for longer than 10 years during its annual employee Christmas luncheon which was hosted in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center recently. “It is my great honor...

SGTC employees are shown above participating in the Christmas present wrapping contest. South Georgia Technical College employees raised nearly $1600 to be utilized for a new faculty-staff scholarship fund during its annual employee Christmas luncheon which was hosted in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center recently. “This is a great time for our faculty and staff to come together and celebrate the season,” said South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford. “As...

Seated from left to right are graduates Tara Hyte, Celeste Widner, Kara Heath, Jalaa Tullis-Hosley, Taylor Hartfield, Nikki Stringfellow, Charlise Cooper, and Elizabeth Thompson. Standing from left to right are Ansleigh Williams, Jasmine English, Derek Bodiford, Marquise Jefferson, Ashley Johnson, Misty Davis, Laurel Eason, and Skylar Brock.  Sixteen South Georgia Technical College Practical Nursing graduates on the SGTC Americus campus participated in a nurse pinning ceremony held recently...

Lt. Michael Sangster’s sister, Melissa is shown above (l to r) presenting Austin Smith of Americus and Tiffeni Fox of Warner Robins with the SGTC Law Enforcement Academy Lt. Michael Sangster scholarship award for class 16-02. Michael’s father, Robert Sangster, Sr., is also shown helping make the presentation.Joseph Paul Austin Smith of Americus and Tiffeni Fox of Warner Robins were selected as the recipients of the South Georgia Technical College Lt. Michael Sangster Law Enforcement...

Lou Crouch (c) of Centerville is shown above with Joshua Wayne Taylor (l) and Robert Fairbanks (r) who were awarded the Lou Crouch Law Enforcement Scholarships at South Georgia Technical College recently. Robert Fairbanks of Edison and Joshua Wayne Taylor of Lizella were both presented with the Lou Crouch Law Enforcement Scholarship at the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Class 16 – 02 graduation ceremony held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the...

SGTC’s Americus chapter of NTHS recently held an induction ceremony for its new members.   The South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Americus chapter of the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) inducted 17 new members in a special ceremony held recently in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on SGTC’s Americus campus. Raven Payne, NTHS advisor and General Education instructor, presided over the ceremony. After a greeting by Payne, SGTC Assistant to the President Don Smith...

Matt Hunt (center), SGTC EMT instructor, will teach a new hybrid EMT program beginning spring semester, which will include both online and classroom components for students’ convenience. Basic EMT certification can be obtained in two semesters, and Advance EMT certification can be earned in three. South Georgia Technical College (SGTC), which offers an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) program of study on both the Americus and Crisp County Center campuses, is introducing a hybrid...

Sgt. Heather Trussell (left) and Sgt. Linda Drains (at right with SGTC MOWR students) recently spoke to SGTC MOWR students about corrections and the differences between protocol in jails and prisons. South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) Move On When Ready (MOWR) high school Criminal Justice Technology students recently listened to two correctional officers who explained their roles in law enforcement as well as the differences between jails and prisons to the students. Sgt. Heather...

Pictured from left to right are SGTC Aviation advisory committee members Michael Pupek, Gary Brossett, Victoria Herron, Stephen Griffin, Reed Wiglesworth, James Manning, Charles Christmas, and Jason Wisham. Not pictured is Steve Davidson. The South Georgia Technical College aviation advisory committee met recently in the Griffin Bell Aerospace building on SGTC’s Americus campus. The purpose of the advisory committee is to assist South Georgia Tech faculty and staff in continuous quality...