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SGTC hosts career fair at Housing Authority.South Georgia Technical College’s Career Services department recently coordinated a career forum for the Housing Authority of Americus. SGTC faculty and staff representatives from Admissions, Financial Aid, Adult Education, Academic Affairs, and the Criminal Justice Technology program all provided informational presentations. The event was organized by SGTC Director of Career Services Cynthia Carter.   Presenters from SGTC included Kenia Wills...

South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) Student Government Association (SGA) and advisors recently volunteered for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life event.South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) Student Government Association (SGA) and advisors recently volunteered for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life event. The organization decorated its booth in the theme of “High School Musical: We’re All in This Together.”   Students who participated included...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford speaks to Crisp County Rotary Club.New South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford thanked Cordele and Crisp County for their support of South Georgia Technical College, its faculty and staff, and students, during his talk as the special guest speaker at the Cordele Rotary Club meeting recently.       “I am relatively new in my position as President of South Georgia Technical College,” said Dr. Watford, as he opened his talk, “but I...

Scholarships are currently available for new high school graduates who are pursuing manufacturing fields entering South Georgia Technical College or one of the other Technical College System of Georgia colleges. The deadline to apply for Fall semester is June 16th. The Manufacturers Education Foundation, in partnership with American Made Movie and American Town LLC and the Technical College System foundation, is funding $20,000 in scholarships this fall. New students enrolling in...

Cara PheilCara Leigh Pheil of Cordele, a member of the 2016 graduating class of Crisp County High School, was nominated and selected to receive the Crisp County High School Class of 1965 scholarship at South Georgia Technical College for the 2016 – 2017 year. The scholarship can be utilized for tuition, books, supplies, and educational tools while she continues her education at South Georgia Tech.         Alumni of the Crisp County High School Class of 1965 set up the scholarship...

SGTC graduation ceremony held.South Georgia Technical College hosted its 2016 spring commencement ceremony Thursday, May 12th at 6 p.m. in the James S. Peters Gymnasium on the Americus campus in front of a capacity crowd.         Approximately 200 students, 35 of which were either Presidential Honor or regular Honor Graduates, received awards of either an associate degree or a diploma during the 2016 spring commencement ceremony. Students must have an overall grade point average of...

Teresa O'Bryant and Tami Blount are shown above.South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford announced that Teresa O’Bryant has been named Executive Assistant to the President at South Georgia Technical College effective immediately. O’Bryant has been serving as the Administrative Assistant for Dr. Watford during his tenure as the Vice President of Academic Affairs and also worked with him when he was the Director of Academic Affairs.         Tami Blount,...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford is shown above with President Emeritus Sparky Reeves and his family.(Americus, GA) – The South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Foundation paid tribute to over 200 of its foundation supporters at its annual Donor Appreciation Dinner in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the South Georgia Technical College campus recently.           College officials also unveiled the oil portrait of SGTC President Emeritus Sparky Reeves at the awards...

ATLANTA - “The BEST of the BEST,” was the way Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) Commissioner Gretchen Corbin described South Georgia Technical College’s Ashley Rodgers when she announced her as the state winner of the 2016 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) program at the TCSG GOAL and Rick Perkins Instructor of Year awards banquet in Atlanta in front of over 200 top students, instructors, state and local board members, and technical college officials.      ...

New South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford thanked the over 400 individuals who attended the Presidential reception held in his honor recently at the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus campus. “Thank you for coming out tonight and thank you for your support of South Georgia Technical College,” said President Dr. John Watford. “South Georgia Technical College is a very special place. We are in the business of changing lives. “I am very...

South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) announced its Fall Semester President’s List, which included 93 students.     In order to qualify for the President’s List, a student must be enrolled in a degree or diploma program and have a 4.0 GPA for that semester’s coursework. Those students who qualified included:   Cook County: Aaron Tyler Stanford of Lenox, Diesel Equipment Technology.   Crisp County: Phyllis C. Bass of Cordele, Early Childhood Care and Education; Aisha Rasha...

New SGTC President Dr. John WatfordATLANTA – Commissioner Gretchen Corbin announced today that Dr. John Watford will be the new president of South Georgia Technical College (SGTC). The state board of the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) voted during its monthly meeting today to accept Commissioner Corbin’s recommendation of Dr. Watford to the position.     Board member Dick Porter of Cairo made the motion to accept Corbin’s recommendation of Dr. Watford and the full board...