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South Georgia Technical College President Sparky Reeves quoted the lyrics from the Randy Travis “Three Wooden Crosses” song as he thanked the over 500 individuals who attended the special retirement reception held in his honor recently at the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus campus.       “It is not what you take when you leave this world behind you, it is what you leave behind you when you go,” said Reeves as he thanked everyone at the event for what...

President Sparky Reeves and Allene Reeves accept a plaque from the TCSG Commissioner. South Georgia Technical College President Sparky Reeves became the first sitting technical college president to have the “President Emeritus” status voted on and approved from the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) at its meeting September 3rd, 2015 at the TCSG state offices in Atlanta. That distinction will officially begin on October 1, 2015.       Ben I. Copeland,...

South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) President Sparky Reeves announced that 86 area students were named to the SGTC President’s List for spring semester 2015.   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. The students who qualified included: Coweta County: William Cody Kellogg of Newnan, Aviation Maintenance Technology; and John Andrew Pryor of Newnan, Aviation Maintenance...

Sparky ReevesFor over four decades, change has been constant at South Georgia Tech, but one thing has remained consistent – Gary Lamar “Sparky” Reeves. Today, that one constant factor has announced his intention to retire as President of South Georgia Technical College effective September 30th, 2015.    Gary Lamar “Sparky” Reeves has served as President of this prestigious two-year technical college since August 12, 2004, and has had a tremendous impact on the college and the...