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South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above (l) presenting Warren F. Hodges, Jr., with his retirement plaque for his 30 years of service to the faculty, staff, students, and community at South Georgia Technical College.For 30 years, Warren Hodges, Jr., has diligently worked to keep South Georgia Technical College’s campus something that the students, faculty, staff, and community could be proud of. He decided it was time to retire and let someone else share...

Americus Rotary Club President Gaynor Cheokas is shown above thanking South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford for speaking at the Americus Rotary Club recently.South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford was the guest speaker at the Americus Rotary Club recently and shared with members a brief overview of the college which is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. “South Georgia Technical College has a very proud past and an equally promising...

South Georgia Tech GED Graduation Officials - Shown above (l to r) are South Georgia Technical College Foundation Trustee and State Board of Education member Mike Cheokas, SGTC Board of Director Jake Everett, Rev. Mike Truitt, SGTC Board member Janet Siders, State Representative Bill McGowan, South Georgia Technical College Vice President of Administrative Services Lea Coe, Academic Dean for Adult Education Lillie Ann Winn, SGTC President Dr. John Watford, Vice President of Academic Affairs...

Gayle Wyrick, TCREA President of the Taylor County Retired Educators Association is shown above (l to r) presenting Mattye Gordon with her Community Service Award.South Georgia Technical College Board of Director member Mattye Gordon of Taylor County was presented with the Georgia Retired Educators Association Community Service Award recently by the Taylor County Retired Educators Association. Mrs. Gordon contributed a total of 163 hours of volunteer service and was recognized for her...

South Georgia Technical College Alumnus Hunter Little of Cordele has been named the new full-time instructor of the program he graduated from in 2009 - culinary arts. SGTC President Dr. John Watford recently announced that Little will oversee the program on the college’s Crisp County Center campus and will report to Dean of Academic Affairs Dr. David Finley and Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers. Julie Partain, Dean of Enrollment Management at the Crisp County Center will...

Rykia Pennamon signed her letter of intent to play basketball and further her education at South Georgia Technical College on Tuesday. Pennamon scored over 400 points this season with the Lady War Eagles as she helped lead the team to an impressive 20-win season. Eatonton, GA – Putnam County High School Lady War Eagles basketball star Rykia Pennamon signed her letter of intent to play for South Georgia Technical College, opening the door for her to take her basketball career to the next...

Dawan Bass (11) signs with Rogers State University in Oklahoma.CLAREMORE, Okla. – Rogers State head men's basketball coach Justin Barkley announced the signing of Dawan Bass to the 2018 men's basketball signing class. Bass will be a junior on the RSU men's basketball team in the 2018-19 season. "Adding a player like Dawan was important to this year's recruiting class," Barkley said. "He brings length, athleticism and toughness. One thing that sold us on Dawan was Coach Garrett at South...

SGTC Phi Beta Lambda advisors Donna Lawrence (standing, second from left) and Dr. Andrea Oates (standing, second from right) stand with five of the six competitors from the Georgia PBL State Competitions. Standing left to right: Joseph Hawkins, Donna Lawrence, Andrea Oates and Jurrius Cladd. Seated left to right: Shantelle Brito, Alicia English and Andrea Burton-Jackson. Christopher Lewis is not pictured.South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) is set to send members of the Americus campus’...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (right) is shown above (l to r) with SGTC Dean of Enrollment Management and Crisp County Lions Club member Julie Partain and SGTC Foundation Board of Trustee member, former Board of Director member and Crisp County Lions Club member Willie Patrick and SGTC Director of Business and Industry Services for the Crisp County Center Michelle McGowan.South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford was the guest speaker at the...

Construction worker piloting drone at building site. video surveillance or industrial inspectionAs drones become more prevalent in business and industry practices, South Georgia Technical College is offering a six-day class that seeks to help 10 participants become licensed drone pilots. The class, which is hosted in conjunction with Crossflight Sky Solutions, a commercial Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) company out of SC, will be held on South Georgia Tech’s main campus in Americus from...

Jason Wisham of Leesburg has joined South Georgia Technical College as the full-time Aircraft Structural Technology Instructor for the Americus campus, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford recently. He will report to SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers and Academic Dean over Aviation Raymond Holt. Wisham has over five years of experience at Thrush Aircraft in Albany. He is a three time graduate of South Georgia Technical College. He earned his Aircraft...

SGTC Americus CIS Instructor Andrea Ingram is shown above working with a student and showing him how to repair a computer.South Georgia Technical College was named as the sixth best college in the nation for Computer and Appliance Repair degree programs for 2017-2018 by Schools.com. The rankings were based on in-state graduation tuition and fees, graduation rate, accessibility, institutional spending, student-to-faculty ratio, size of program, and other information. “We are very...