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Chattahoochee-Flint RESA Science Fair Overall Winner Sau Yi Diaz Chan of Macon County Elementary School (left) with Executive Director Richard McCorkle.South Georgia Technical College Aircraft Structural Technology instructor Jason Wisham (right) interviews Jeanette Trevino of Macon County Middle School as part of the judging in the Chattahoochee-Flint RESA Science Fair.South Georgia Technical College recently hosted the final round of the Chattahoochee-Flint RESA Science Fair in the James...

South Georgia Technical College aviation maintenance alumnus Dale Deno (right) is shown above with his son Carlos (left) who will be attending SGTC in the aviation maintenance program this fall. They are shown by the Souther Field Aviation sign in Americus where Dale worked while he was in college and worked full-time after graduation.    Twenty-three years ago, Dale Deno enrolled in the South Georgia Technical College Aviation Maintenance program right out of high school.  He graduated in...

South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Director Brett Murray is shown above with Smarr-Smith Scholarship recipient Alicia Colwell of Albany, who works at the Sumter County Sheriff’s office. Also shown are Jody Smith’s mother, Sharon Johnson and Americus Police Chief Mark Scott of the Smarr-Smith Foundation. Americus, GA – South Georgia Technical College Criminal Justice Technology students Alisa Colwell and Jacqueline Teresa Miller were awarded the Smarr-Smith Law...

Lou Crouch is shown above presenting the Lt. Michael Sangster Law Enforcement Academy Scholarship to Kam Baker, who also earned the Top Gun and Top Academic Award for the SGTC Law Enforcement Academy class 22-01.     South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy (LEA) instructors stress the importance of getting a good education in addition to the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) certification.  SGTC LEA 22-01 graduate Kam Baker took those words to heart.  He will now...

SGTC Vice President for Institutional Advancement and Executive Director of the SGTC Foundation Su Ann Bird is shown above presenting the Foundation’s President’s Club Award to Lou Crouch. SGTC Law Enforcement Academy Director Brett Murray is also shown. Crouch has been a major support of the SGTC Foundation and the Law Enforcement Academy and is students.SGTC Vice President for Institutional Advancement and Executive Director of the SGTC Foundation Su Ann Bird is shown above...

South Georgia Technical College LEA Academy Director Brett Murray is shown above with the members of the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Class 22-01 cadets who competed their training recently. The cadets earned their POST certification and a technical certificate of credit for their course work in the academy. Shown above are: Kam Chase Baker, Lakeitha Majors Ellison, Kyjuan Shikee Hudson, Marvin Smith, IV, Javarise Jamele Terry, and Charittie Faith Walker.   ...

Shown above is SGTC President Dr. John Watford talking with the CAT Think Big Advisory Committee members recently.Americus, GA – South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford met with representatives from six Caterpillar Dealers from across the Southeastern United States, during the “ThinkBIG” Heavy Equipment Dealers Service Technology Advisory Committee meeting at South Georgia Technical College recently.  The group held the meeting in the Heavy Equipment Dealer’s...

     Sarah Teal of Americus has joined South Georgia Technical College as the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Administrative Assistant on the Americus Campus, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford.  She will report to WIOA Coordinator Sandhya Muljibhai and SGTC Vice President Campus Operations, WIOA, and Adult Education Karen Werling.     Teal graduated Cum Laude from Georgia Southwestern State University in 2013 with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a minor in...

Shown above is information about summer semester registration.    South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) will be hosting an in-person registration for Summer Semester on Tuesday, May 24th from 9 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. in the John M. Pope Center on the Americus campus and at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the Crisp County Center in Cordele.  Summer semester classes begin May 25th and it is not too late to sign up for the shortened summer semester.    “This is an awesome opportunity for...

Andreas M. Edwards    Andreas Edwards of Americus has been hired as a full-time technical support specialist for South Georgia Technical College (SGTC), president Dr. John Watford announced recently.  Edwards will report to information technology director Dianne Trueblood. Edwards was an Honor Graduate from Americus Sumter County High School – South Campus in May 2012.  He was a member of the Technology Student Association, Math Team, Symphonic Band, Concert Band, Jazz Band and Yearbook...

Presenters at Chamber State of Small Business Breakfast at SGTC - Shown above (l to r) are the presenters at the Sumter County Chamber State of Small Business Breakfast. They are: SGTC Director of Career Services Cynthia Carter, Ignite College and Career Academy CEO Dr. Don Gilliam, Sumter County Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Amber Batchelor, GSW Director of Experiential Learning Dr. Judy Orton Grissett, Entrepreneur Outreach Specialist from the University of Georgia’s Small...

Thrush officials Charles Russell, Jr., Kimberly Taylor, and Steven Jocelyn are shown above (seated front row) with SGTC officials Nancy Fitzgerald, Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers, and Chad Brown, Precision and Machining Instructor (second row) and then Aircraft Structural Instructor Jason Wisham along with SGTC Aviation Maintenance instructor Paul Larkin, Academic Dean Dr. David Finley, and Aviation Maintenance Instructors David Grant and Charles Christmas.    Three...