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Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) members Andrea Burton-Jackson (left) and Alicia English (right) stand with PBL advisor Dr. Andrea Oates (center), holding their awards from the national leadership conference in Baltimore, Maryland.Two members of South Georgia Technical College’s Americus chapter of the Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) student organization attended the Institute for Leaders and National Leadership Conference in Baltimore, Maryland recently, bringing several national awards back to Americus. The...

CIS instructor Randy Greene (left) presents Dakota Hall, CIS student on SGTC's Crisp County Center campus, with his A+ certification. Dakota Hall, a Computer Information Systems student at South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center recently earned his A+ certification, validating him as an Information Technology (IT) professional. The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) A+ (Plus) is an entry-level computer certification for PC computer service technicians. The...

South Georgia Technical College student Trenton Rundle, son of Practical Nursing instructor Christine Rundle, relaxes as he donates blood at the recent American Red Cross blood drive held on the SGTC campus.South Georgia Technical College’s Americus campus hosted a blood drive in collaboration with the American Red Cross recently, bringing in seven more units of blood than the anticipated daily goal. A total of 25 units of blood were donated to the Red Cross during the drive, which...

Two students work together on the main project of the camp – creating a robotic hand. Students learned how to assemble the hand and about the processes that made it work.South Georgia Technical College hosted its first STEM – science, technology, engineering and math – camp of the summer recently at its Crisp County Center location in Cordele. The free camp was a way to show and teach the participants about how STEM education is applied in various real-world trades. The camp lasted...

Bailey Mills, one of the three SGTC students competing in the SkillsUSA National Competition, practices his sheet metal skills – one of the skills he will be judged on in the aviation maintenance technology competition. Three South Georgia Technical College students are preparing to compete on the national stage when they travel to Louisville, Kentucky on June 25 to attend the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference. The five-day event is the world’s largest showcase of...

Posing with Phillip Phillips! South Georgia Technical College Driver’s Education students Preslee Owen of Americus and Hanae Colquitt of Ellaville and Zoe Bell of Ellaville are shown above with American Idol winner Phillip Phillips at Chick Fil A in Leesburg recently.South Georgia Technical College Driver’s Education students got more than they signed up for in their Driver’s Education classes this summer. Three young ladies had the opportunity to meet and pose with American Idol...

Members of Eaton's management team listen to Electronics instructor Mike Collins explain his program. Members of one of Americus’ leading manufacturers, Eaton, visited South Georgia Technical College recently to take a tour and discuss their hiring and training needs with the college’s Economic Development team. Five members of the company’s management team, Scott Chandler, operations manager; Sam Westby, OPEX manager; Gail Elliott, senior human resources generalist; Stan Fussell,...

Clay Stewart of Vincent, AL, awarded a Thompson Tractor scholarship to South Georgia Tech.Clay Stewart of Vincent, AL, awarded a Thompson Tractor scholarship to South Georgia Tech.Vincent, AL - Clay Stewart of Vincent has been awarded a scholarship by Thompson Tractor to pursue an associate’s degree as a Caterpillar Dealer Service Technician at South Georgia Technical College in Americus, Georgia. Stewart has been accepted in the College’s Southeastern Caterpillar Dealers College of...

Culinary arts students fix a plate of Jamaican favorites for a SGTC employee during the recent Jamaican themed lunch, part of the culinary arts program’s international cuisine series.South Georgia Technical College’s culinary arts students went tropical recently, setting up a pop-up restaurant in the college’s Hicks Hall “Landings” Restaurant and serving authentic Jamaican cuisine to family, friends, community members and SGTC faculty and staff as part of their hands-on...

CHSGA was at the South Georgia Technical College job fair looking for qualified employees to fill spots for area nursing and rehabilitation centers.Over 150 individuals attended the South Georgia Technical College and the Southwest Georgia Employer Committee summer job fair held recently in the John M. Pope Technology Center on the South Georgia Technical College Americus campus at 900 South Georgia Tech Parkway. Twenty-one employers attended the Summer Job Fair that were hiring for...

Paul Farr, Board member of the Americus Sumter County Chamber of Commerce and Director of Business and Industry Services at South Georgia Technical College (l), is shown above with Alanna Yawn (r), the Chamber of Commerce 2018 Platinum Trustee Scholarship winner. The scholarship is sponsored by the Platinum Trustees of the Chamber of Commerce. The Americus and Sumter County Chamber of Commerce presented a $1000 Platinum Trustee Scholarship to Alanna Yawn of Americus, a South Georgia...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (r) is shown above accepting a donation from Rotary Club of Americus President Gaynor Cheokas (l) for the South Georgia Technical College GED Summer Graduation exercises. The Rotary Club of Americus made a $500 contribution to South Georgia Technical College’s Adult Education efforts recently. Rotary Club of Americus President Gaynor Cheokas made the presentation to SGTC President Dr. John Watford recently. The Rotary Club...