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SGTC President Dr. John Watford (l) is shown above with SGTC Foundation Trustee Monica Simmons (c) and SGTC Foundation Chairman Bill Harris (r). Simmons is rotating off the SGTC Foundation Board of Trustees after over 20 years of service.   South Georgia Technical College Foundation Chairman Bill Harris and SGTC President Dr. John Watford recognized Monica Simmons for over 20 years of service to the SGTC Foundation Board of Trustees recently.  Simmons completed her seventh three-year term...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford is shown above presenting Lillie Ann Winn with an engraved clock for her retirement.    Family, friends, and colleagues gathered recently to recognize and honor South Georgia Technical College Adult Education Dean Lillie Ann Winn on her upcoming retirement.  The reception was held in the John M. Pope Center on the Americus campus.    Winn has spent over 22 years in education at the high school and collegiate level. She will officially retire from her current...

Tim Morgan retires as SGTC Crisp County Facilities Manager.    Keeping instructors and students warm, cool, and comfortable has been Timothy Morgan’s mission as the Facilities Manager for the South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center for the past five years.  He announced recently he will retire from his full-time position effective June 30, 2024.    “I really enjoy coming to work every day,” said Morgan.  “The people I work with have become like family to me.  I feel...

James Ingram (second from right), a SGTC Adult Education Instructor, was the guest speaker at the graduation ceremony and he is shown with SGTC President Dr. John Watford (far right). Also shown are SGTC Adult Education Career Services Specialist, Vice President of Operations Karen Werling, and SGTC Dean of Adult Education Lillie Ann Winn.   South Georgia Technical College held its 2024 Summer High School Equivalency graduation ceremony recently in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology...

Shown above are SGTC Electrical Lineworker graduates Justin Barnes and Ryan Brown.    Three South Georgia Technical College Electrical Lineworker graduates, who are now employed by Georgia Power, volunteered to come back and give back to the over 60 high school students who participated in the SGTC High School Summer Bridge Jet Set Tech Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) camp recently.    Ryan Brown, a 2006 graduate of the Electrical Lineworker Program, along with Justin...

SGTC Tammy Hamilton is shown above with some of the Taylor County students on the Crisp County Center campus.    Approximately 20 Taylor County students took part in the Taylor County Schools Summer Enrichment Program that included spending time on the South Georgia Technical College Americus and Crisp County Center campuses to learn more above the over 200 associate degree, diploma, and technical certificate of credit educational programs offered.     SGTC Career Services Director Cynthia...

John Averill claimed the Best in Show prize for his 1979 Trans Am at the recent South Georgia Technical College Father’s Day Car Show. Over 100 entries including cars, trucks, motorcycles, SUVs and service vehicles were on display as a crowd of over 300 people attended to see the impressive array of vehicles. Admission was free and lunch was provided. Tony Tyson’s 2013 Harley Davidson earned second place in the Best in Show category, while Tyris High took home the third-place prize with...

GSW Assistant Vice President for Advancement and GSW Foundation Executive Director Stephen Snyder is shown above with GSW President Dr. Michelle Johnston, SGTC President Dr. John Watford and SGTC Vice President of Institutional Advancement and SGTC Foundation Executive Director Su Ann Bird as the group spotlights the benefits of cooperation between the two higher education institutions.Newly appointed Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW) President Dr. Michelle Johnston and South...

Heidi Gooden of Chattahoochee Flint RESA is shown above showing parents the book “What Do You Do With An Idea?” that each of the STEM campers received as part of participating in the week-long STEM camp at South Georgia Tech.   Over 60 rising tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grade students from 10 different counties completed the six-day, five-night South Georgia Technical College Summer Bridge STEM camp to learn more about the educational and career opportunities available in Science,...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford, (l), is shown above accepting a donation for the SGTC Foundation from Marian McLemore, (c) Vice President of Cooperative Communications with Flint Energies. Tami Blount, Partnership Coordinator for the Electrical Lineworker program is also shown (right).The Flint Energies Foundation recently granted the South Georgia Technical College Foundation (SGTC) $30,000 to assist Electrical Lineworker students with the extra cost associated...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford (left) is shown above presenting the plaque to retiring board member Mattye Gordon of Taylor County.     South Georgia Technical College Board of Director member Mattye Gordon of Taylor County was presented with a plaque recognizing her for seven years of service on the SGTC Board of Directors as the Taylor County representative.  She announced her retirement from the board recently.      Mrs. Gordon served as the Taylor county representative on the Southern...

SGTC Avionics and Aviation Maintenance Instructors Charles Christmas and David Grant are shown above with Aviation Maintenance graduates Blake Oliver, Bryan Fryer, Brandon Elliot, Trey Hightower and Andrew Daniel along with Aviation Maintenance instructors Victoria Herron and Paul Pearson.   Five students completed the two-year South Georgia Technical College Aviation Maintenance program this summer and will be heading off to the workforce soon.    Bryan Fryer of Buena Vista, Andrew...