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Joshua Curtin has been named Assistant Vice President – Student Affairs at South Georgia Technical College.   South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford announced today that Joshua Curtin of Leesburg has been named Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs in charge of student residential housing and dining, student activities, intramural sports and other student-oriented duties.  He will also serve as the college’s Emergency Operations Manager and the COVID...

Shown above is South Georgia Technical College President Dr. Watford with a representative stack of college textbooks that are provided for students to use at no cost at SGTC when they enroll for Spring semester. Classes start January 12th. The New Year is a great time to look at expanding or exploring new career options   South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) Spring Semester registration is planned for Monday, January 10th in the Pope Center on the Americus campus and at the Crisp...

South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets Head Coach James Frey is shown above.   South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets head coach James Frey was selected as the WHoopDirt.com Coach of the Week for week 8 in the JUCO division.  The honor makes him eligible to receive the WHoopDirt.com National Coach of the Year Award presented by Capital Elite Agency.  The national award will be announced at the conclusion of the 2021 – 2022 college basketball season.     This is the third season...

SGTC Law Enforcement Academy Director Brett Murray is shown above with Chief Vanessa Wall and Marcellous Deshun as she presented Deshun with the initial Chief Vanessa Wall Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement scholarship. Also shown is Lou Crouch who endowed the scholarship.    Marcellous Deshun of Arlington was awarded the initial Chief Vanessa Wall Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Scholarship by the South Georgia Technical College Foundation at the SGTC Law Enforcement Academy 21 – 02...

Retired SGTC Instructor Martha Arrington will coordinate South Georgia Tech’s GOAL program for 2022.     South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford has announced that Martha Arrington will coordinate the 2022 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) Program.  Arrington is a retired South Georgia Technical College Cosmetology Instructor and former GOAL Coordinator for the college.  She currently serves as the SGTC Jets Booster Club President and has agreed to...

Minnie Williams is shown above with Jameelah Williams of Americus, who graduated from the SGTC Nursing Program recently. SGTC President Dr. John Watford (right) is shown above presenting Minnie Williams (left) with a retirement plaque for over 20 years of service to the students at South Georgia Technical College.  Minnie Williamson may have a little silver in her hair but she is definitely ‘young at heart’ and has been helping change the lives of students at South Georgia Technical...

South Georgia Technical College Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs and Law Enforcement Academy Instructor Chief Vanessa Wall (left) is shown above congratulating Richard Franklin (center) for receiving the Smallwood – Sondron Law Enforcement Academy Scholarship. Lou Crouch is also shown above (right). Richard Franklin, II, of Americus, GA, was awarded the Smallwood-Sondron Law Enforcement Academy Scholarship at the conclusion of the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement...

Julie Soto of the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Class 21-02 is shown above (center) with her Lou Crouch Law Enforcement Academy Scholarship award. Shown with Crouch is SGTC Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs and Law Enforcement Academy instructor Chief Vanessa Wall (left) and Lou Crouch (right).    Julie Soto of Oglethorpe was presented with the Lou Crouch Law Enforcement Scholarship by the South Georgia Technical College Foundation at the completion of...

South Georgia Technical College Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs and Law Enforcement Academy instructor Chief Vanessa Wall is shown above presenting the Lt. Michael Sangster Law Enforcement Academy Scholarship to Marcellous Deshun. Lou Crouch is also shown helping with the presentation. South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy (LEA) instructors stressed the importance of getting a good education and that is something SGTC LEA 21-02 graduate Marcellous Deshun took...

Vanessa Wall is shown above displaying the plaque presented to her for the new SGTC Foundation endowed scholarship in her honor – the Chief Vanessa Wall Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Scholarship.    Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs Vanessa Wall began her career at South Georgia Technical College nearly 20 years ago as the initial Criminal Justice Instructor.  She grew that program into one of the largest enrollment programs on the Americus campus and helped expand the program...

Pictured are the recent graduates of SGTC’s LPN program: (l-r) Shaquaita Robinson, Jazmine Minter, Jameelah Williams, Taylor Horne, Priscilla Mburu, Arielle Carter, Alexis Norwood, Cori Phillips.Eight graduates of the South Georgia Technical College Licensed Practical Nursing program received their nursing pins in a recent ceremony in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus campus. A crowd of family, friends, administrators, and instructors attended the event to show...

Dr. Watford is shown above with Cadet Marcellous Deshun who was named as the LEA Class 21-02 Class Representative and Top Gun award winner. He also received the Chief Vanessa Wall Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Academy initial scholarship and the Lt. Michael Sangster Scholarship.    South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Class 21-02 completed their training and were presented with their Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) certificates of completion in a small...