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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) is pleased to announce the selection of three district institutions to receive grant funding through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) totaling $3,048,137. These funds have been allocated to the South Georgia Technical College ($691,171), Albany Technical College ($1,146,963), and Columbus Technical College ($1,210,003) and will go toward specialized training and education, supporting enrollment efforts, and...

South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) recently inducted 17 new members into the college’s chapter of the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) in recognition of the students’ outstanding academic achievement. The ceremony was held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus campus. Dr. John Watford, President of South Georgia Technical College addressed the inductees and congratulated them on their accomplishment. “This is about your excellence,” Watford...

   South Georgia Technical College will be offering a new opportunity called the Georgia College Completion Grant Program beginning Fall Semester.  This new grant program is designed to assist students who have an outstanding balance due to direct costs at the college and who are within 80% completion of a credential. The maximum award is up to $2,500, depending on the unpaid balance.     Recipients must be enrolled in an undergraduate degree, diploma or certificate major or program at a...

   South Georgia Technical College Automotive Collision and Repair student Abisai Gutierrez of Macon County was presented with the Georgia Automotive Dealers Association (GADA) scholarship recently by the South Georgia Technical College Foundation.  SGTC President Dr. John Watford made the presentation.    The Georgia Automobile Dealers Association (GADA) committed $100,000 to the Technical College System of Georgia Foundation to fund scholarships for automotive and automotive collision...

  “Making a difference in someone’s life is the best thing you can do,” said retired Telecommunications Executive Jack Walton Stanley, who initially graduated from South Georgia Tech in Electronics in 1967 and returned 53-years later in 2020 to receive his Associate Degree in Electronics with honors.    He and his family and friends are now hoping to make that same kind of difference in the next generation by establishing the Jack Walton Stanley Family Scholarship endowment with the...

The South Georgia Technical College Foundation presented Kadarious Idlette, an outstanding Automotive Technology student with the Phil Jones – Alfred “Foots” Harris Automotive Scholarship recently.    South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford and SGTC Foundation Executive Director Su Ann Bird made the scholarship certificate presentation on behalf of the South Georgia Technical College Foundation in the John M. Pope Center on the college’s Americus...

   South Georgia Technical College will be hosting a FREE Science Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Camp for students in grades six through eight on Tuesday, July 26th and Thursday, July 28th.  The camp will be held from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.  Lunch will be provided.    Activities will include: Steve Spangler science experiments, virtual reality, robotics and SGTC STEM program visits.  The camp will be limited to the first 50 students who sign up.  For more information contact...

   South Georgia Technical College Automotive Technology students Zillie Daniels, Jr., of Americus and Chase Reeves of Leesburg were presented with the Georgia Automotive Dealers Association (GADA) scholarship recently by the South Georgia Technical College Foundation.  SGTC President Dr. John Watford made the presentation.    Daniels, who is currently employed in public works, attends the South Georgia Technical College Automotive Technology program at night and Chase Reeves attends...

   South Georgia Technical College will be hosting face-to-face Fall Semester Registration on Tuesday, July 19th on both the Americus and Crisp County Center campuses.   The Americus orientation and registration will start in the John M. Pope Center and the Crisp County Center registration will begin in the main lobby area.    Students who register for Fall Semester classes will receive a free South Georgia Tech t-shirt with the new slogan, “Going the Extra Mile,” while supplies...

Americus, GA - Larry Meyers took first place in the Best in Show Car category as well as first place in the Best Paint Job category with his 1961 Chevy Impala Bubbletop at the South Georgia Technical College’s Father’s Day Car Show recently. Fifty-three entries were on display in front of the SGTC cafeteria near South Georgia Tech Parkway. Admission was free and lunch was provided to participants and on-lookers. Larry Meyers took first place in the Best in Show Car category as well as...

          A new scholarship fund at South Georgia Technical College has been established and endowed in memory of Anne Miller Colston.  The Anne Miller Colston scholarship will be administered by the SGTC Foundation.           The Anne Miller Colston Scholarship was endowed by her children, Mike and Su Ann Bird of Americus, Greg and Sheila Colston of Brooks, GA, and Keith and Connie Colston of Blounts Creek, NC.     The Anne Mille Colston Scholarship will provide at least one...

   South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford awarded certificates to the participants in the SGTC Crisp County Center’s Motor Grader Operator Skills Training session. Nineteen individuals from Crisp, County, Dooly, Sumter, and Turner Counties participated in the classroom and/or safety and skills Motor Grader training.      SGTC Caterpillar lead instructor Kyle Hartsfield conducted the classroom portion of the workshop and Antoyo Tucker, City of Sparks Road...