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Mykaula Harvey joins SGTC as High School Initiative Specialist.   Mykaula Harvey of Cordele has been hired as a full-time High School Initiative Specialist at South Georgia Technical College effective immediately, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford.  Harvey will report to High School Initiative Coordinator Vickie Austin and SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers.    Harvey is a graduate of Crisp County High School and earned an Associate of Applied Science in Business...

Shown above with Trinity Snelling is SGTC WIOA Coordinator Sandhya Muljibhai presenting him with a “Going the Extra Mile” t-shirt from South Georgia Technical College.    Less than one year after becoming a dislocated worker, Trinity Snelling is graduating from South Georgia Technical College with a welding diploma and a career in his field making over $5 per hour more than his previous job.  He thanks South Georgia Technical College and the Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA)...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above (left) with the SGTC Foundation’s Gulf Coast Avionics Scholarship award winner Makayla McCants and her instructor Jason Wisham.   Makayla McCants of Oglethorpe, an Aircraft Structural student at South Georgia Technical College, was awarded the Gulf Coast Avionics Corporation endowed scholarship by the South Georgia Technical College Foundation recently.    McCants, who was a Student of Excellence at South Georgia...

Middle School students from several counties recently took part in a STEM camp at South Georgia Technical College in Americus. South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) and the Chattahoochee-Flint Regional Educational Service Agency (RESA) recently hosted a two-day STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) camp for children in sixth through eighth grade. The camp was held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the SGTC campus in Americus. Students from several counties...

SGTC Dean of Academic Affairs David Finley, Ag Tech instructors Wayne Peck and Matthew Burks along with coordinator Tami Blount and President Dr. John Watford are shown above greeting parents and students at the registration table.    Approximately 50 John Deere Ag Technology students and their parents, family members, and John Deere Dealers from across the southeastern United States attended a special Fall Semester Registration/Orientation session at South Georgia Technical College in the...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above with SGTC Heavy Equipment Dealer Service Technology instructors Don Rountree, Keith McCorkle, and Kyle Hartsfield and the seven CAT Think Big students that received the scholarships for their outstanding academic and leadership qualities. Americus, GA –Seven students enrolled in the South Georgia Technical College Caterpillar Heavy Equipment Dealer’s Service Technology program were awarded the Agrium/Nutrien...

South Georgia Technical College Director of Career Services Cynthia Carter (right) is shown above with SGTC Alumnae Varnice Sutton (left) and her granddaughter, Kebony Banks (center), who enrolled in the medical assisting program at South Georgia Technical College for Fall Semester. They are “going the extra mile” @ South Georgia Technical College!   Varnice Sutton graduated from South Georgia Tech in 1978 from the Business program and worked in that field for over 30 years.  She is...

South Georgia Technical College WIOA Coordinator Sandhya Muljibhai is shown above with Ciera Raven presenting her with a “Going the Extra Mile” t-shirt. Cynthia Carter, Director of Career Services at SGTC is also shown.   Ciera Raven graduated from the South Georgia Technical College practical nursing program in August of 2015.  Today, she is a successful business owner and ready to “pay it forward” by hiring other South Georgia Technical College certified Nursing Assistants...

Americus Civitan Club Secretary Grant Williams (left) is shown above presenting a check to South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (right) for the Americus Civitan Club’s endowed scholarship for nursing students at South Georgia Technical College.     The Americus Civitan Club continued its support of South Georgia Technical College and the South Georgia Technical College Foundation recently by donating to the club’s practical nursing endowed scholarship fund at South...

SGTC's Deo Cochran adds water to a student's "Lucky Bamboo" arrangementJosh Curtin, South Georgia Technical College's Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs, recently organized a "Lucky Bamboo" activity for students, faculty, and staff at SGTC. Participants had the opportunity to create their own decorative bamboo arrangements traditionally believed to bring good fortune. All supplies were provided by the SGTC Office of Student Affairs at no cost to those who joined the activity. Fall...

South Georgia Technical College Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers is shown talking to the nearly 100 individuals that were involved in the SGTC-Caterpillar Orientation/Registration Day for Fall Semester 2022.    Approximately 100 Caterpillar Heavy Equipment Dealer’s Service Technology and CAT Heavy Equipment Dealer’s Service Technology Electrical Power Generation students and their parents, family members, and Caterpillar Dealers from across the southeastern United States...

South Georgia Technical College to receive additional funding from a HEERF grant.WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) is pleased to announce the selection of three district institutions to receive grant funding through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) totaling $3,048,137. These funds have been allocated to the South Georgia Technical College ($691,171), Albany Technical College ($1,146,963), and Columbus Technical College ($1,210,003) and will go...