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Pictured are members of the SGTC Industrial Programs Advisory Council. Back row (l-r): Sandhya Muljibhai, WIOA Coordinator; Brad Aldridge, Welding Instructor; Ted Eschmann, Welding Instructor; Brian White, Telecom Supervisor, Southern Company; Michael Jakulsky, Electrical Controls Engineer, Imerys; and Hunter Clements, Service manager, Truman’s A/C & Heating. Front row (l-r): Johnny Griffin, Air Conditioning Instructor; Johnny Villanueva, General Manager, Flint River Irrigation; Mike...

Chris Murphy, a 1987 graduate of South Georgia Tech, is shown above.   In 1987, President Ronald Regan visited West Berlin and delivered a speech calling for the leader of the USSR, Gorbachev, to open the Berlin Wall.  The first “The Simpsons” cartoon short was shown on the Tracey Ullman Show, and the popular television sitcom, “Full House,” debuted on ABC.    All of those were important news events 35 years ago, but Chris Murphy remembers 1987 fondly because that is the year he...

Pictured left to right are SGTC WIOA Director Sandhya Muljibhai, SGTC student Hailey Dunford, SGTC President Dr. John Watford, RVRC WIOA Director Janice West, RVRC WIOA Program Specialist Tenisha Tookes, and SGTC WIOA students Shannon Jones and Aislin Vicente-Pelico.South Georgia Technical College recently hosted a meeting of the Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) board in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on SGTC’s Americus campus. In attendance were: SGTC WIOA...

Photo: Practical Nursing instructor Jennifer Childs (second from right) and her students assisted in the recent American Red Cross Blood Drive at SGTC in Americus.South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) recently hosted a blood drive for the American Red Cross that resulted in the donation of 23 units of blood, enough to save up to 69 lives. Students, faculty and staff members, as well as community members attended the drive to donate blood. SGTC Nursing students assisted with the event to...

Shown above (l to r) are South Georgia Technical College Electrical Lineworker Instructor Sidney Johnson, Georgia Power Company Electrical Lineworker Scholarship students Murray Somers and Cordarius Jackson along with SGTC Economic Development Assistant and Partnership Coordinator Tami Blount. Not shown is SGTC Vice President of Institutional Advancement and SGTC Foundation Executive Director Su Ann Bird.      South Georgia Technical College Electrical Lineworker students Murray Somers of...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford, r, and Su Ann Bird, SGTC Vice President of Institutional Advancement (c), are shown above with members of the Flint Energies Foundation Board who presented SGTC with a check recently.The Flint Energies Foundation recently granted South Georgia Technical College Foundation (SGTC) $5,000 to assist with renovations, purchases, and scholarships to students. In addition, SGTC needs funds to continue to offer course books at no charge to...

Students compete in the recent Super Smash Bros intramural tournament at SGTC.The SGTC Office of Student Affairs recently hosted its annual intramural Super Smash Bros video game tournament on the Americus campus. Sixteen people participated in the tournament, with Eric Bailey emerging as the winner. To claim the top spot, Bailey had to defeat last year's champion, Jason Penn-Simon, in the final round. Students at South Georgia Technical College participate in a variety of activities...

Pictured (l-r) are members of the SGTC Adult Education Advisory Committee Nicole Acree, Kevin Brown, Lisa Truitt, Alton Ford, Kim Hester, Lisa Jordan, Lillie Ann Winn, Tracy Israel, Margie Everett, Michelle McGowan, Betty Eschmann, Robbie Edalgo, Angie Kauffman, Lissa Faircloth, Zack Mincey, Tonya Visage, Karen Werling, Cynthia Carter, Beth NeSmith, Elaine Neally, and James Ingram. Not pictured but also in attendance were Diane Wills, Roger Ann Davis, Marisa Wedges, Julie Tinsley, and Jill...

Shown above (l to r) are South Georgia Technical College Electrical Lineworker Instructor Sidney Johnson, Scholarship winners Gavin Teal and Turner Layfield with Economic Development Assistant and Partnership Coordinator Tami Blount.      Two South Georgia Technical College students were awarded Flint Energies Electrical Lineworker Scholarships by the South Georgia Technical College Foundation recently.  Gavin Teal of Warner Robins and Turner Layfield of Ideal received the Foundation’s...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (right) is shown above welcoming individuals from TCSG participating in the public safety assessment. Shown (l to r) are SGTC Vice President of Operations Karen Werling, TCSG Accreditation Manager Jeffrey Miller, TCSG Chief of Police/Director of Public Safety Jennifer Ziifle, SGTC Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs Josh Curtain, SGTC Nursing Instructor Jennifer Childs, SGTC Vice President of Administrative Services Lea Coe...

South Georgia Technical College Electrical Lineworker instructor Sidney Johnson is shown above with Eduardo Zavalza of Covington and Carter Petitt of Waynesboro, who both received the SGTC Foundation Kyle Glenn Holcombe Electrical Lineworker scholarship recipient. SGTC Economic Development Assistant and Partnership Coordinator Tami Blount is also shown with the two scholarship winners during the scholarship presentation.      The South Georgia Technical College Foundation’s Kyle Glenn...

Pictured are members of the SGTC General Education and Learning Support advisory committee (back row l-r) SGTC Interim Vice President of Academic Affairs Paul Farr, English instructors Dr. Pamela Simmons and Amy Sammons, Mathematics instructor Chester Taylor, (front row l-r) Retention and Coaching Specialist Dr. Deo Cochran, Early Childhood Care and Educaiton instructor Jaye Cripe, and Psychology instructor Dr. Michele Seay.The South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) General Education and...