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South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above (l to r) with SGTC Law Enforcement Academy Director Brett Murray, the Smallwood-Sondron Scholarship Class 17-01 Winner and Class Representative Christopher J. Gaddy, and members of the Sondron family from Peach County. They included Patrick Sondron’s sons, Jacob and Ethan and his wife, Melissa Sondron. Lou Crouch, who endowed the scholarship, was unable to attend the ceremony.Christopher J. Gaddy of Ellaville was...

Walmart store Manager John Davis (third from left), Ethics/Compliance Coordinator Paul Thomas (fourth from right), Personnel Coordinator Angelic Holmes (far left), and Walmart associates are pictured with SGTC Director of Career Services Cynthia Carter (second from right) and some of the SGTC students who sat in on the employment opportunity presentation.Recruiters from Walmart recently visited South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) students to talk about employment opportunities with the...

Shermel McCluster earned her Associate’s Degree from South Georgia Tech and graduated nine days before her high school graduation at Americus Sumter High South. SGTC President Dr. Watford presented Shermel McCluster with her degree at South Georgia Tech’s spring commencement ceremony earlier this month. Shermel McCluster, a seventeen year-old high school senior from Americus, has just accomplished an amazing feat—she walked across the stage to receive her Associate of Applied Science...

Chief Mark Scott of the Americus Police Department will be the keynote speaker at South Georgia Tech’s next Law Enforcement Academy graduation. Chief of Police of the Americus Police Department Mark Scott will be the featured speaker at South Georgia Tech’s upcoming Law Enforcement Academy (LEA) graduation. Seven cadets from LEA class 17-01 will graduate from the academy on Friday, May 19th at 11:00am in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on SGTC’s Americus campus. Chief...

Desiree Corbin (center) is pictured with SGTC Lady Jets Assistant Coach Kezia Conyers and Head Coach/Athletic Director James Frey as she signs a letter of intent to play basketball for East Carolina University. South Georgia Technical College sophomore women’s basketball player Desiree Corbin, a 6’3” center from Griffin, signed a letter of intent to continue her basketball career as Lady Pirate at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. SGTC Lady Jets Head Coach James...

CATERPILLAR DEALERS HOST DINNER – Shown above with SGTC President Dr. John Watford are the Caterpillar dealer representatives from five states which hosted the dinner for the 2017 Caterpillar graduates which earned the Associated of Applied Science degree in Heavy Equipment Dealers Service Technology. Shown (l to r) are SGTC Vice President for Academic Affairs David Kuipers, SGTC Academic Dean Raymond Holt, Jessica Winters and Ashley Self of Thompson Tractor, Duane Gabehart of Stowers,...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford is shown above presenting a diploma to Leah Windham of Oglethorpe, a 2017 Presidential Honor Graduate who earned an associate of applied science in Marketing Management at South Georgia Technical College during the Spring 2017 graduation ceremony.South Georgia Technical College hosted its 2017 spring commencement ceremony Tuesday, May 9th, 2017 at 6 p.m. in the James S. Peters Gymnasium on the Americus campus in front of a capacity crowd. Approximately 200...

SGTC’s Dr. Michele Seay was appointed to serve on the National Education Team for SkillsUSA. South Georgia Technical College SkillsUSA Advisor Dr. Michele Seay has been named to serve on the SkillsUSA National Education Team (NET). Her nomination was accepted by SkillsUSA Championships Program Director David J. Worden and SkillsUSA Georgia Postsecondary Director Tjazha Mazhani. The purpose of the National Education Team is to assist SkillsUSA’s national technical committees in...

Dianne TruebloodSouth Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford announced that Dianne Trueblood of Cordele has been appointed as the Director of Information Technology for the college following the retirement of long-time IT Director Wray Skipper. Trueblood will report to SGTC Vice President of Student Affairs, Institutional Support and Technology Karen Werling. Trueblood has been working full-time with South Georgia Technical College since 2002. She was serving as the...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford is shown above recognizing the Charles L. Mix Memorial Fund group for their contributions to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation. The Mix Fund group was recognized as the 2016 Technical College System of Georgia Benefactor of the Year for their support of the South Georgia Technical College Foundation. Shown above (l to r) are George Hooks, Rick Whaley, and Russell Thomas, Jr. with SGTC President Dr. John Watford.(Americus, GA) – The South...

Shown above (l to r) are: Dwight Jones of Eaton Lighting, Jackie Bryce of Star Racing, Rodney Jacobs of Eaton, George Bryce of Star Racing, Tom McKenzie of Eaton, Mary Beth Bass of One Sumter, South Georgia Technical College Vice President of Economic Development Wally Summers, John Shaw of the Georgia Department of Labor, Jem Morris of Georgia Power, Paul Hall of the Americus-Sumter County Payroll Development Authority, Sumter County Administrator Bill Twomey, SGTC’s Bob Stinchcum, SGTC...

Georgia Labor Commissioner to speak at Employers in the Know summit at South Georgia TechGeorgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler will be the featured presenter at a 2017 Employers in the Know summit to be held at South Georgia Technical College. The summit will be held from 9am until 3pm on Wednesday, May 17 on SGTC’s Americus campus in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center. Employers in the Know is a crash course for progressive HR and business professionals seeking practical...