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Pictured (l-r) are SGTC Horticulture students Cass Williams, Sonyona Josey, Kyle Davis, Mary Madrid, and Grace Hardage during a recent trip to County Farm Plant Company in Baxley, GA.Students in the Horticulture program at South Georgia Technical College recently ventured to Baxley, GA to tour County Farm Plant Company. Horticulture instructor Brandon Gross and his students toured the company’s production greenhouses and retail nursery. Gross and students Cass Williams of Perry, Sonyona...

(L-R) Kadeem Williams, Erika Carrillo, Josh Curtin, Tricia Rice, and Joseph Jolly enjoy tea time. The South Georgia Technical College Office of Student Affairs recently hosted a "Tea for Two... or Three" event in the Odom center on the Americus campus. Participants were able to experience the British tea tradition. The event was free to SGTC students and employees. Josh Curtin, Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs, prepared and served the tea. Participants could choose from a variety...

Dr. Michele Williams-Seay (standing) conducts a workshop for SGTC students on managing anxiety.South Georgia Technical College recently hosted a workshop for students focused on understanding and managing anxiety. Dr. Michele Williams-Seay, SGTC Psychology Instructor and the 2024 Instructor of the Year, led the workshop at Hicks Hall on the college’s Americus campus. During the workshop, Seay defined anxiety as an apprehensive uneasiness or nervousness about future events. She emphasized...

SGTC’s Mio Sakano, 13, and Deonte Williams, 2, were named to the NJCAA Region XVII All-Tournament teams for 2023 – 2024.   Freshman guard Mio Sakano and sophomore guard Deonte Williams of the South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets and Jets basketball teams were selected to National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I Region XVII All-Tournament teams recently.    The SGTC Lady Jets and Jets both hosted the quarter-final round of the NJCAA Region XVII tournaments and...

Students in the SGTC Nail Tech program are ready to work with clients.The South Georgia Technical College Nail Tech program is now accepting clients. Under the guidance of Nail Tech instructor Jessakeetha Maddox, students have developed their skills in a variety of techniques and are prepared to offer their services to the public. Services students are prepared to offer include manicures, pedicures, overlay on natural nails, full sets, dazzle sets, ombre sets, freestyle sets, French sets,...

SGTC Retention and Coaching Specialist Dr. Deo Cochran-Sherrod conducts a workshop for SGTC students on strategies for improving study skills.Dr. Deo Cochran-Sherrod, South Georgia Technical College Retention and Coaching Specialist, recently conducted a workshop on the topic of study skills for students on the SGTC Americus campus. The workshop was designed to help students discover their best strategies to strengthen their study habits and wellness practices. In her presentation,...

SGTC Student of Excellence winner Leah Nunley (left) with SGTC Marketing Management instructor Mary Cross.Seated (l-R) are SGTC Student of Excellence nominees Lavivian Gay, Brittany Rogers Brown, Tera Zielinski, Leah Nunley, and Destiny Armstrong. Standing (l-r) are their instructors Brenda Boone, Sharon Smith, Veronda Cladd, Mary Cross, and Chris Ballauer.South Georgia Technical College Recently honored Leah Nunley of Americus as the overall Student of Excellence for March. Nunley, a...

South Georgia Technical College Diesel Technology instructors David Cox (left) and Chase Shannon (right) are shown above with the SGTC Foundation’s three Caterpillar Excellence Scholarship winners. They are: Cole White, Ja’Ron Davis and Caleb Howard.Americus, Ga.—Three students in the Diesel Equipment Technology program at South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) were awarded the South Georgia Technical College Foundation Caterpillar Excellence Scholarships recently in recognition of...

Pictured (outside left and right respectively) are Recruitment Lt. Debra Jones and Recruiter Jewell Furtado of the Georgia Department of Corrections with SGTC Criminal Justice instructor Teresa McCook (second from right) and three of her students.South Georgia Technical College Career Services recently hosted an on-campus recruiting event for the Georgia Department of Corrections (DOC) Calhoun State Prison. Positions are now open at the Calhoun facility for Correctional Officers with a...

Deonte Williams (2), Camarion Johnson (5), Jafeth Martinez (12), Vera Gunaydin (11), and Maeva Fotsa (22), took top honors in the GCAA Division 1 All-Region awards.    Six members of the South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets basketball team were recognized by the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) for their outstanding performance on the basketball court recently.  Both the Jets and the Lady Jets qualified for the GCAA tournaments and will host a quarterfinal round...

Shown above with SGTC President Dr. John Watford are the Jets and Lady Jets sophomore players and family and friends.     South Georgia Technical College gave away t-shirts to SGTC alumni, retirees, current faculty, friends and supporters at its annual Alumni and Sophomore Day Celebration recently in the James S. Peters gymnasium in conjunction with the Jets and Lady Jets basketball games.    All South Georgia Technical College alumni and former faculty and staff members were encouraged to...

Shown above (l to r) are South Georgia Technical College Electrical Lineworker Instructor Sidney Johnson, Economic Development Assistant and Partnership Coordinator Tami Blount, Scholarship winner Brandon Winters and SGTC President Dr. John Watford.      Taylor County’s Brandon Winters received the South Georgia Technical College Foundation Flint Energies Electrical Lineworker Scholarship recently.  The Flint Energies Electrical Lineworker Scholarship was awarded based on work ethics,...