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Shown above “Impacting Student Success @ South Georgia Tech!” is the South Georgia Technical College TechForce 2019 Internal Committee who worked so hard to make the internal drive and silent auction such a success. Shown (l to r) are: DW Persall, Minnie Williams, Kyle Hartsfield, David Finley, Vanessa Wall, Tami Blount, Faith Harnum, Beth Brooks, Carrie Wilder, Teresa McCook, Chester Taylor, Leah Cannady, Matthew Burks, Michelle McGowan, and Patrick Peacock are shown above with SGTC...

Katrice Taylor South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center English Instructor and National Technical Honor Society advisor Katrice Taylor was spotlight as the National Technical Honor Society Advisor of the Month at the national level for going “above and beyond to engage and enrich NTHS members.” She was featured on their national website at https://nths.org/blog/advisor-of-the-month-katrice-taylor/.    “We are so proud of Katrice Taylor and her work with the...

Deo Cochran, Retention and Coaching Specialist at SGTC, conducts a workshop on the Top 10 Study Skills for College Students.Americus, Ga - South Georgia Technical College held a study skills workshop recently for students on the school’s Americus campus. Deo Cochran, Retention and Coaching Specialist, presented a program on the Top 10 Study Skills for College Students to a group of SGTC students. The student support services at South Georgia Technical College are designed to enhance...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (c) is shown above with SGTC Vice President of Economic Development Wally Summers (kneeling) and Sumter EMC Vice President of Engineering David Brokamp and members of the current South Georgia Technical College Electrical Lineworker program and their instructors. Sumter Electric Membership Corporation Inc. presented the South Georgia Technical College Foundation with a 1998 International Utility 4900 bucket truck to be used to...

South Georgia Technical College Fall 2019 Graduation Applications Now Available South Georgia Technical College announced today that applications for graduation are now available for students planning to graduate this fall. On the Americus campus, Students may pick up an application at the SGTC Registrar’s Office in the Odom Center. In Cordele, applications are available from Shonda Boddie at the front desk. To be eligible for fall graduation, students must have completed all program...

Lavitrius Clark joins South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center as adjunct electronics instructor. Lavitrius Clark of Cordele, has joined the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center as an Electronics Technology adjunct instructor effective immediately, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford. He will report to SGTC Dean of Enrollment Management Julie Partain.    Clark is a 2004 graduate of Albany State University with a Bachelor in...

The late Roy Parker and his wife, Liza “A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.” That quote is attributed to Jackie Robinson but that same sentiment might also apply to South Georgia Technical College and the impact that it has been having on students, communities, and business and industry for the past 71 years.    A small group of very impactful individuals graduated from what is now known as South Georgia Technical College in 1949, including...

SGTC Dean of Adult Education Lillie Ann Winn is shown above with Darrius Daniels, Alex Hale, Alexis White and Ryan Lamar, the four students who passed all three certification exams in 12 days. Also shown are SGTC Director of Career Services and Tracy Israel, SGTC Adult Education Transition Specialist. Four South Georgia Technical College Adult Education students participated in a new Integrated Education Training program recently and all four students passed OSHA-10 Certification exams,...

Jeana Yawn named SGTC Medical Assisting Instructor. Jeana Yawn of Americus was hired as a new full-time Medical Assisting Instructor for South Georgia Technical College in Americus effective immediately, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford. She will report to South Georgia Technical College Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers.    Yawn, who is a South Georgia Technical College alumni, was working with the Riverside Treatment Center...

Here is a photo the linemen demonstrating the skills needed to do their challenging job safely at the annual Georgia Lineman’s Rodeo. Two South Georgia Technical College Electrical Lineworker graduates took top honors in the 2019 Georgia Lineman’s Rodeo at the FFA Camp John Hope in Perry. Bradley Knowles, a Spring 2010 graduate from Hawkinsville, and John Mastin, a 2010 Fall semester graduate from Ft. Valley, were both part of a Flint Energies EMC team that finished fourth in the...

SGTC Economic Development Specialist Al Harris is shown above (center) with Tracey Israel, SGTC Adult Education Transition Specialist (right) and three of the four Adult Education students who passed their OSHA-10 certification training. The students shown are Ryan Lamar, Alexis White and Alex Hale. Not shown is Darrius Daniels. The students were presented with Impacting success t-shirts from South Georgia Technical College for their successful completion of the OSHA-10 training. Four...

Standing beside the donated pole trailer are: Wally Summers, vice president of economic development at South Georgia Tech; Bubba Allen, general foreman at Diverse Power; Tyler Florers, a former SGTC student in the lineworker program who now works for Diverse Power; and Dewey Turner, SGTC lineworker instructor. LaGrange-based Diverse Power and Moultrie-based Colquitt Electric Membership Corp. (EMC) teamed up to provide a pole trailer to the South Georgia Technical College Electrical...