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Doug Greene prepares to donate blood at the recent American Red Cross blood drive on the SGTC Americus campus.South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) recently hosted a blood drive for the American Red Cross that resulted in the donation of 21 units of blood. Students, faculty and staff members, as well as community members attended the drive to donate blood. SGTC Nursing students assisted with the event to gain valuable experience. According to the American Red Cross, blood donations can...

SGTC CIS Alumni Chance Simpson is shown above with his new roommate Piper the Lab, in front of a Johns Hopkins University sign. Marshallville, GA – Chance Simpson of Marshallville who signed up as a dual enrollment student at South Georgia Technical College at the start of his 10th grade year at Macon County High School and graduated with his SGTC associate degree in Computer Networking Support just a few weeks shy of his high school graduation, completed his first year at the elite and...

Tucker Owen won the SGTC Intramural Chess Tournament recently.   Tucker Owen of Dawson took first place in the South Georgia Technical College Intramural Chess Tournament recently and was presented with an intramural champion t-shirt for winning.    The SGTC Student Affairs department hosts a variety of student activities for the SGTC students.  The Intramural Chess Tournament was held in honor of National Chess Day and students were invited to come out and play in the tournament or learn...

SGTC Student of Excellence winner Charlie Collins (R) with horticulture instructor Brandon Gross.Nominees for SGTC’s Student of Excellence Award for September were (front row, L-R) Robert Spikes, Phillip Mura, Dexter Green, Hunter Martin, Charlie Collins, Kelli Rees and Jayden Pennington. Back row (L-R): Academic Dean Dr. David Finley and nominating instructors Johnny Griffin, Kristie Hudson, Mike Collins, Brandon Gross, Patrick Owen, Chad Brown, and Ted Eschmann. Not pictured are nominees...

Former South Georgia Technical College Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach and head coach at Central Georgia Technical College Reco Dawson tapped as head coach for Shelton State Community College. He is shown here coaching against SGTC for Central Georgia Tech.   Former South Georgia Technical College assistant men’s basketball coach and head coach for the Central Georgia Technical College Titans basketball team has been named head men’s basketball coach for Shelton State Community...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford recently announced the college’s President’s List for the summer semester, which included 42 students from around the area and several other states. To be eligible for the President’s List, a student must be enrolled full time (12 or more credit hours) in an associate degree or diploma program and have a 4.0 GPA for that semester’s coursework. Those students who qualified included: Crisp County: Samantha J. Campbell,...

Olivia Melvin and Karim Mawuenyega join the SGTC staff as assistant women’s and men’s basketball coaches    South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford announced that College of Coastal Georgia Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach Olivia Melvin has joined the Lady Jets as the assistant coach for women’s intercollegiate basketball for the 2022-2023 season and Brewton-Parker College Assistant and Interim Men’s Basketball Head Coach Karim Mawuenyega has been hired as the...

Josh Curtin, Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs, is shown above talking with students about many of the different student activities and opportunities available on campus.   South Georgia Technical College hosted an Organization and Resource Fair in Hicks Hall recently to give students an opportunity to discover the many different clubs and resources available to students on the Americus campus.    Josh Curtin, Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs spearheaded the event. ...

Lt. Sims is shown above talking with South Georgia Technical College dual enrollment Criminal Justice students from Sumter County High School in front of the SGTC cafeteria   Lt. Ferlisa Sims from the Department of Corrections Macon State Prison visited South Georgia Technical College recently to talk with students about job opportunities with the Department of Corrections.    South Georgia Technical College Criminal Justice Instructor Teresa McCook took the opportunity to allow her...

SGTC Culinary Arts Instructor Chef Ludwig “Ricky” Watzlowick is shown above with several students getting ready for the Italian theme luncheon.   The South Georgia Technical College Culinary Arts students are gaining practical experience that allows them to utilize the information they are learning in the classroom and labs during the Culinary Arts luncheons they host for SGTC faculty and staff this semester.     “This is a great opportunity for the students to learn hands-on...

South Georgia Technical College lead CDL instructor Robert Cook (second from left) is shown above with City of Albany Utility Operations employees undergoing CDL training at South Georgia Tech. They are: Jaxon Cole Floyd, Devin Adam Dockery, and Thomas Christopher Toomer.    South Georgia Technical College is “going the extra mile” by working with area businesses and industries to help alleviate the shortage of trained commercial truck drivers by offering a two-week class for...

South Georgia Technical College Registrar Kari Bodrey is shown above with Sherri Hillman displaying the “Going the Extra Mile” t-shirts that the college presented to its students at the beginning of Fall Semester.   Sherri Hillman of Montezuma, has encouraged others to think about their future and try one of the over 200 associate degree, diploma, and technical certificate of credit programs available at South Georgia Technical College because the faculty and staff are always “Going...