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SGTC Americus Criminal Justice Instructor Teresa McCook is shown above with one of her recent Criminal Justice graduates, John Phillip Welch. He earned his associate’s degree in Criminal Justice and received his diploma in the May 2023 SGTC 75th anniversary graduation ceremony. He was also a nominee for the SGTC GOAL competition.    South Georgia Technical College in Americus, GA, received a total of 77 awards from College Factual’s 2023 rankings which analyzed over 2,000 colleges and...

Seeing Double. South Georgia Technical College Aviation Maintenance Alumni Kip and Kolby McClelland are shown above in front of their business, Twin Aviation Repair, LLC in Douglas, GA.   Koby and Kip McClelland, twin brothers from Douglas, GA, graduated from the South Georgia Technical College Aviation Maintenance Technology program in August 2020. They were featured recently in “Flying Magazine” for their expertise in helping a retired American Airlines pilot, who experienced engine...

David CoxDavid Cox of Americus has been hired as a new full-time Diesel Equipment Technology instructor at South Georgia Technical College, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford.  He will report to South Georgia Technical College Academic Dean David Finley and SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs Julie Partain.  He is joining SGTC as a full-time instructor and will work with existing instructor Chase Shannon. Cox is a graduate of the South Georgia Technical...

South Georgia Technical College’s Jennifer Robinson (third from the left) is shown above with the items donated. Tawnya Hadley, Americus Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta, Sorority, Inc. May Week Chair, along with Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. members and SGTC Instructors Mary Cross and Brenda Boone brought the items to be donated to the pantry. Mary Cross is the SGTC Marketing Instructor on the Americus campus and Brenda Boone is the Americus campus Accounting Instructor.    ...

1990 South Georgia Tech aviation graduate Scott Schneider stands in front of the college’s World War II-era Navy Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune airplane during a recent visit to the SGTC campus. The memories flooded back to Scott Schneider when he recently returned to the South Georgia Technical College campus for the first time in 30 years. As he marveled at the changes to the facilities over the past three decades, he also found much that was familiar. When Schneider first came from Tampa, FL...

Pictured (l-r) are SGTC Dual Enrollment graduates Mitchell Turton of Southland Academy and Wyatt Morgan of Marion County High School.Two Dual Enrollment students at South Georgia Technical College recently graduated from SGTC even before they graduated from their high schools. Mitchell Turton of Southland Academy earned a diploma in Precision Machining and Manufacturing while Wyatt Morgan of Marion County High School completed the Diesel Equipment Technology Program to earn his...

Pictured (l-r) are SGTC Marketing instructor Mary Cross, SGTC CIS instructor Veronda Cladd, Kayla Bowens of Innovative Senior Solutions, and Harriet Glover of Belk.South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) marketing management program advisory committee met recently on the college’s Americus campus to discuss the current state of the program and the industry as a whole. The purpose of the advisory committee is to assist South Georgia Tech faculty and staff in continuous quality...

Shown above with South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford are the seven Peyton Norris Thompson Tractor CAT students who were awarded the 2023 Fly High Goose - Adrian “Goose” Johnson tool scholarship. They are Kirk Alan League, Garrett Colton Wheeler, Cade Harper Tarver, Nathan Eli Ruha, Zachary Lloyd Peek, Matthew Keith Jackson, and Tobias Cole Austin.   Seven Thompson Tractor South Georgia Technical College Caterpillar “Think Big” Heavy Equipment Diesel Technology...

Pictured are members of the John Deere Agricultural Technology advisory committee (l-r) Bert Bagley, Dr. David Finley, Jason Kinzey, Wayne Peck, Robert Thompson, Aaron Vancil, Dan Iglima, Mike Williams, Curt Jackson, Lee Johnson, Diana Padron, Doug Eldridge, Jamar Boykin, Kaylee Lawrence, and Matthew Burks.The advisory committee for South Georgia Technical College’s John Deere Agricultural Technology program met recently on the SGTC campus in Americus. In the meeting, instructors Matthew...

A capacity crowd of South Georgia Technical College Caterpillar Heavy Equipment Dealer’s Service Technician and Electric Power Generation graduates, their families and CAT dealer representatives gathered prior to graduation for a dinner sponsored by the CAT dealers for their graduates in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center.A large number of Caterpillar officials were on hand to support graduates and their families at the SGTC Graduation and Dealer sponsor dinner.Americus, GA –...

TCSGTCSGSGTC 2023 GOAL winner Tredarrian Colbert is shown above with SGTC Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year Chester Taylor at the TCSG Spring Leadership event. TCSGATLANTA, GA—South Georgia Technical College 2023 GOAL student Tredarrian Colbert of Americus and the SGTC 2023 Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year Chester Taylor were recognized along with the other top students and instructors of the year at the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) Georgia Occupational Award of...

A large crowd attended the SGTC Spring 2023 graduation ceremony recently in the James S. Peters gymnasium. Betsy Burton Shealy, a graduate in the SGTC Marketing Management program, is shown above with her family. Her grandfather Sonny Shealy served on the SGTC Board of Directors and her grandmother Elaine Thomas is a graduate of SGTC. The proud past and promising future of South Georgia Technical College was on full display recently at the college’s Spring 2023 commencement ceremony...