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Brad Harnum has been named as the South Georgia Technical College full-time Emergency Medical Technology instructor effective immediately, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford. He will teach on both the Americus and the Crisp County campuses and will report to SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers. Harnum was been working as an EMT adjunct instructor for South Georgia Technical College for the past 10 months while also working as a full-time...

South Georgia Technical College Director of Business and Industry Services at the Crisp County Center Michelle McGowan, SGTC Vice President of Economic Development Wally Summers and Dean of Enrollment Management Julie Partain are shown above at the Cordele Rotary Club meeting recently. South Georgia Technical College Vice President of Economic Development Wally Summers was the special guest speaker at the Cordele Rotary Club recently. SGTC’s Director of Business and Industry Services for...

Students from the cosmetology program show off their costumes after winning a prize for being the program with the most participation. A costume contest will be held again this year, with prizes going to the top 3 individuals and the program with the most participation.South Georgia Technical College students are invited to show off their best costumes, eat snacks and have fun for Halloween on Wednesday, Oct. 31. Both of the college’s campuses will observe the day and have unique...

Breast cancer awareness event attendees gather around guest speaker Dawn James Ellis for a picture following her testimony at the event. South Georgia Technical College welcomed breast cancer survivor Dawn James Ellis to the Americus campus recently to speak with students, faculty and staff members during a breast cancer awareness program. The college’s Student Government Association chapter hosted and organized the program with the help of director of career services and student...

South Georgia Technical College has the Aaron’s Rents Motorsports Race Car on display as well as the Jets Mascot ACE, a CAT Diesel Power Generator and other items that are representative of South Georgia Technical College’s over 200 associate degree, diploma, or technical certificate of credit programs.South Georgia Technical College is one of the over 1,200 exhibitors at the Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition’s 41st anniversary show in Moultrie, Georgia, October 16th – 18th. Thousands...

Hundreds of line workers are getting ready for a hot breakfast on the South Georgia Technical College Commercial Truck Driving range area.South Georgia Technical College in Americus was host to nearly 700 electrical line workers and support crews from across the country for nearly 120 hours after Hurricane Michael roared through Georgia leaving destruction and downed power lines in its path. When it appeared that Hurricane Michael was headed toward Sumter County, SGTC Board member and...

SGTC closing on Wednesday, October 11th and Thursday, October 12th.South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford has made the decision to close South Georgia Technical College and its satellite locations on Wednesday, October 10th, and Thursday, October 11th, 2018 due to weather concerns relating to Hurricane Michael. Georgia Governor Nathan Deal has declared a state of emergency for 92 Georgia counties including the South Georgia Technical College service areas based on...

South Georgia Technical College WIOA Coordinator Sandhya Muljibhai is shown above with SGCT Aviation Maintenance Instructor Victoria Herron and Aircraft Structural Instructor Jason Wisham and South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford along with WIOA Board chair Janice Teele and Janice West, WIOA Director of the River Valley Regional Commission. Herron and Wisham spoke at the WIOA Board meeting.South Georgia Technical College instructor and chair of the Aviation Maintenance...

A student works on a diesel engine. Diesel Technology is one of the many programs offering C-term classes during the Fall 2018 semester.South Georgia Technical College is set to offer more than 40 classes during the fall semester’s upcoming “c-term.” The eight-week mini semester will begin on Oct. 15 and will run through Dec. 18, allowing students the opportunity to catch up or get ahead in their classes before the spring semester begins in January. Students on both the Americus and...

Student of Excellence winner Elizabeth Elias is shown receiving her certificate of recognition from her instructor, Lynn Lightner.South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Medical Assisting student Elizabeth Elias of Leesburg was recently named the Student of Excellence for the month of October. Elias and six other outstanding students were recognized as the top students in their respective program areas and then Elias was selected as the overall Student of Excellence at the ceremony held in...

Dakota Hall (right) holds his Network+ certificate and stands with his computer information systems instructor Randy Greene.Dakota Hall, a computer information systems student at the South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center, recently received his second professional certification this year. Hall has already earned his A+ certification and now has earned his Network+, a certification that demonstrates his skill level and will help his employability in the information technology...

INSPIRE Sumter's inaugural class stands together for a picture. South Georgia Technical College students: WyKeshia Robinson (sophomore, early childhood education), Deasia Troutman (sophomore, marketing management), Alexis McDowell (sophomore, criminal justice), Quinton Cromer (sophomore, early childhood care & education), Larmar Terrellis (sophomore, welding and joining technology). Also shown are SGTC President John Watford, Ed.D.; GSW President Neal Weaver, Ph.D.; Americus Mayor Barry...