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Military Friendly Designation LogoSouth Georgia Technical College with campuses in Americus and Cordele, GA, earned the 2019 – 2020 Military Friendly ® designation by VIQTORY recently for its dedication to provide veterans and their spouses with the finest choices for post-secondary education. “South Georgia Technical College is pleased to be included in the coveted Military Friendly Schools ® list again this year,” said South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford....

Shown above (l to r) are Americus and Sumter County Hospital Authority members: Dr. Deborah Jones of South Georgia Technical College, Lewis Webb, Sherrill House, Dr. Fred McLaughlin, Dr. David Kitchens presenting the check to SGTC President Dr. John Watford, along with Hospital Authority members Ginger Starlin, Robert Harvey, Pamela Angry and Fredia Gardner.The Americus-Sumter County Hospital Authority has partnered with South Georgia Technical College to provide scholarship opportunities...

SGTC Financial Aid Specialist Kelly Everett is shown above talking with students at the Financial Aid Management workshop on the Crisp County Center campus recently.South Georgia Technical College hosted a Financial Aid Management Workshop for students on the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center campus recently. The workshop was open to the public. Kelly Everett, SGTC Financial Aid Specialist on the Crisp County Center campus, was the presenter at the workshop. She shared...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (c) is shown above with Jamie Hendren and Bruce Wilcox who delivered the ambulance for Project El Crucero to the South Georgia Technical College campus and presented Dr. Watford with the keys to the donated ambulance.Project El Crucero from Highlands Ranch, CO, donated a 2002 F-350 ambulance with a new motor to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation recently to be utilized for the college’s Emergency Medical Technician...

Student of excellence winner Prince Burns, right, stands with his nominating instructor Glynn Cobb, left, beside the student of excellence banner. The banner will be hoisted in the air conditioning technology area until the next winner is determined in February. South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) Americus campus named Prince Burns of Americus, an air conditioning technology student, the Student of Excellence for the month of January. He was announced as the winner of the seven...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford, (third from right) is shown above with Earl Fowls (second from left) and one of the wing spans from the wood ultralight aircraft that he donated to South Georgia Technical College Aviation Maintenance and Aircraft Structural program. Also shown (l to r) are SGTC Aircraft Structural Instructor Jason Wisham, Fowls, Aviation Maintenance Instructor David Grant, A.J. Rodriquez from Delta, Dr. Watford, and SGTC Aviation Maintenance...

The American Red Cross and South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) will hold a blood drive on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. The drive will be held in Hicks Hall on the college’s Americus campus from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Appointments are available, but are not necessary. In order to save up to 15 minutes in wait time, donors may also visit RedCrossBlood.org/RapidPass to complete a pre-donation reading and health history questions on the day of the drive. According to the American Red Cross, blood...

SGTC’s Cordele campus chapter of the National Technical Honor Society poses with the EMS training program students holding trauma bears – one of the three categories of items raised during the Season of Giving drive.Three South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) student organizations teamed up with other local partners during the holiday season to raise and donate more than 1,250 items to members of the community during the fifth annual Season of Giving initiative. SGTC’s Phi Beta...

South Georgia Technical College EAGLE representative Heather Hinton lives in Oglethorpe, Georgia.Heather Hinton of Oglethorpe has been selected to represent South Georgia Technical College at the Technical College System of Georgia EAGLE (Exceptional Adult Georgian in Literacy Education) Leadership Institute in Atlanta, March 11-13, 2019. The Leadership Institute recognizes and honors those students who have demonstrated superior achievement in adult education classes and programs. Adult...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (right) and Julie Partain, Dean of Enrollment Management at the SGTC Crisp County Center, are shown above with MAW 2018 Statewide Art Contest winner Rylee Hanson of Crisp County Elementary School with her 2nd place poster in the K – 5th grade competition. Also shown (l to r) are Rylee’s parents Kimberly and Tony Hanson and her brother. All students in Sumter, Schley, Macon, Marion, Crisp, Webster and Taylor County are...

Wanda BishopWanda R. Bishop of Warner Robins has been selected as the new full-time Criminal Justice Instructor for the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center effective immediately, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford. “Bishop has 24 years of experience in the Criminal Justice field and has worked with another higher education institution so we believe that she will be an asset to our Criminal Justice program and our students,” said...

Carol Cowan named SGTC Crisp County Center Medical Assisting Instructor.Carol D. Cowan of Montezuma was hired as the new full-time Medical Assisting Instructor for the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center 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 and the Dean of Enrollment Management Julie Partain. Cowan, who is a South Georgia...