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South Georgia Technical College Aviation Maintenance and Avionics instructor Charles Christmas is shown above with an avionics student working in the Griffin Bell Aeronautic Center avionics lab learning more about Aviation Maintenance and Avionics.    The Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) Educational Foundation will award more than 20 scholarships for the 2022 – 2023 school year to students pursuing a career in avionics or aircraft maintenance, as well as to students from AEA member...

SGTC EAGLE Student Faith Dunford (center) with TCSG Commissioner Greg Dozier and TCSG Assistant Commissioner for Adult Education Dr. Cayanna Good at the TCSG Dinah Culbreath Wayne EAGLE conference.SGTC Adult Education Instructor Angie Kauffman (center) with TCSG Commissioner Greg Dozier and TCSG Assistant Commissioner for Adult Education Dr. Cayanna Good at the TCSG Dinah Culbreath Wayne EAGLE conference.South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Adult Education graduate Faith Dunford and...

SGTC Adult Education Instructor Angie Kauffman (center) with TCSG Commissioner Greg Dozier and TCSG Assistant Commissioner for Adult Education Dr. Cayanna Good at the TCSG Dinah Culbreath Wayne EAGLE conference.

More than 400 eighth grade students attended the recent STEM Days event at South Georgia Technical College.South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) and Chattahoochee-Flint RESA recently held a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) event on the SGTC campus in Americus. More than 400 eighth grade students from area schools attended the event which was held over two days in the James S. Peters Gymnasium. The theme for this year’s STEM Days event “Electrifying STEM”....

Rick Garcia, President/CEO of Gulf Coast Avionics Corporation in Lakeland, FL, is shown above (on the right) presenting a check for the new endowed scholarships at South Georgia Technical College to President Dr. John Watford (shown on left).   Gulf Coast Avionics Corporation President/CEO Rick Garcia and Lisa Garcia, owner of Daphne Lodge Restaurant at Lake Blackshear have endowed new scholarships for the South Georgia Technical College Aviation Maintenance/Avionics and the Culinary Arts...

Jaren Harris is shown above working with the Jets during a timeout.Shown left to right are: SGTC Lady Jets Assistant coaches Demetrius Colson, and Adenike Adenito, and Jets Assistant Coach Jaren Harris.    South Georgia Technical College men’s and women’s Division I basketball teams both qualified for the National Junior College Athletic Association national tournaments this season and while head coaches and players receive most of the accolades for the wins and losses, assistant...

SGTC WIOA Coordinator Sandhya Muljibhai is shown above with graduate Terrellis Lamar, who is now employed with Big Tex Trailers in Cordele as a welder.   Terrellis Lamar of Americus graduated from the South Georgia Technical College Welding program in 2020 and is grateful for the education, job opportunities, and assistance that he received from the college and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).    Lamar has been employed at Big Tex Trailers in Cordele as a welder for the...

SGTC CAT Instructor Kyle Hartsfield (fifth from right) recently led a classroom training session for motor grader operators at the SGTC Crisp County Center.The South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center recently hosted a Motor Grader Operator Classroom Training session.  Fifteen motor grader operators from Crisp, Cook, Dooly, Sumter, and Turner Counties attended the workshop.  SGTC CAT Lead Instructor Kyle Hartsfield conducted the training.  The classroom session covered the areas...

Shown above are the six South Georgia Technical College Sophomore basketball players who were named to the GCAA All-Academic team for 2020-2021. They are: Kamya Hollingshed, 30, Maikya Simmons, 2, and Will Johnston, 4, on the top row and Justice Hayes, 2, Kallin Fonseca, 5, and Matija Millivojevic, 11.   Six members of the South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets 2021 – 2022 basketball teams have earned Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Division I All-Academic Team...

Jets Will Johnston, 4, was named MVP of the GCAA 2021 – 2022 Tournament and made the All-Tournament team. Marvin McGhee, III, (10), was also named to the All-Tournament team.   South Georgia Technical College’s sophomore point guard Will Johnston of Sydney, Australia, was selected as the Most Valuable Player and a member of the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) All-Tournament team following the Jets 87 – 84 overtime victory over the Georgia Highlands Chargers in Rome, GA...

SGTC students are encouraged to apply for this $2500 scholarship opportunity.   To honor recently retired longtime CEO Tom Donohue and his commitment to workforce development, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation announced a $50,000 scholarship fund to support skills training that will empower more Americans to get ahead in their careers and build better lives.   The Donohue Family Foundation has matched the gift to provide a total of $100,000 in scholarship funding for individuals across...

GACE will hold a virtual career fair April 6 to connect jobseekers with employment opportunities across Georgia.South Georgia Technical College is partnering with over 40 colleges and universities across the state of Georgia this year to hold the GACE (Georgia Association of Colleges and Employers) Virtual Statewide Career Fair on Wednesday, April 6, from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. This virtual event is open to students and alumni from South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) and other...