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Shown above are photos of Bill Moncrief from the college’s 1972 yearbook, Bobby Wooldridge from 2006, and Frankie Williams from the 1975 college yearbook. South Georgia Tech has been “celebrating possibilities” since 1948, when it officially began providing instructional training to students interested in entering the workforce. This past month, the college lost three individuals who had an impact on the success of the college as well as its graduates, alumni, retirees, students,...

Keith McCorkle has been hired as the Electrical Power Generation instructor for South Georgia Technical College.South Georgia Technical College has hired Keith McCorkle of Leesburg as the college’s new Electric Power Generation (EPG) program instructor for the Americus campus, SGTC President Dr. John Watford recently announced. McCorkle will report to SGTC Dean for Academic Affairs Raymond Holt and Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers. As an instructor for the EPG program at...

John Edgemon took Air Conditioning Technology at South Georgia Technical College. The following article was written by Beth Alston, Editor of the Americus Times Recorder and published on January 29th, 2018. Here is the link to the article: http://www.americustimesrecorder.com/2018/01/29/local-veteran-reflects-on-service-as-helicopter-pilot/. The subject of the article, John Edgemon, was an Air Conditioning Technology student with SGTC Instructor Glynn Cobb on the Americus campus from the...

Sophomore and Alumni Day set for February 10th at SGTC.South Georgia Technical College is celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2018 and in recognition of this milestone, the college will be hosting an Alumni Day Celebration on Saturday, February 10th in the James S. Peters gymnasium in conjunction with the Jets and Lady Jets basketball games and Sophomore Day recognition. Students, retirees and alumni will be admitted to the games for free. All South Georgia Technical College alumni and...

The area of South Georgia Tech Parkway by the railroad crossing below South Georgia Technical College is set to be closed beginning Thursday, February 8th through February 22nd.The Department of Transportation is scheduled to close South Georgia Tech Parkway near the railroad crossing west of the South Georgia Technical College Americus campus beginning Thursday, February 8th, 2018 through Thursday, February 22nd, 2018 due to construction. Basket Factory Road has been established as...

Lacey Chandler of Montezuma, an Electronics Technology student at South Georgia Technical College, was named the SGTC Student of Excellence for the month of January during a recent recognition ceremony held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the college’s Americus campus. Chandler, now in her fourth semester of the Electronics Technology program, was nominated for the award by her instructor Mike Collins. Collins presented her with a nomination certificate and spoke to the...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford presents Instructor of the Year winner Teresa McCook with the Rick Perkins Award. McCook was nominated for the honor by her peers and voted the Instructor of the Year by a panel of judges.South Georgia Technical College criminal justice instructor Teresa McCook was selected as the SGTC 2018 Instructor of the Year and will represent the college in the state Rick Perkins Award competition in Atlanta later this year. SGTC President Dr. John Watford made the...

GOAL finalists are pictured with their nominees, GOAL coordinator Cynthia Carter, and SGTC President Dr. John Watford. Left to right: Noah McCleskey, Brenda Gillium, Cynthia Carter, Stephanie L. John, Andrea Ingram, Alexandra Joiner, Karen Bloodworth, Dr. John Watford.South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) 2018 GOAL (Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership) semi-finalists were recently interviewed by the GOAL selection committee following a special luncheon that honored the GOAL...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford (c) is shown above cutting the ribbon for the new South Georgia Technical College Adult Education site in Taylor County. Also shown with Dr. Watford are Taylor County Chamber of Commerce Director Amanda Haynie, Taylor County Executive Director Julie Kent and other chamber and county officials as well as South Georgia Technical College officials including Vice President of Economic Development Wally Summers, Assistant to the President Don Smith, Mia Collier,...

Photos of the Ribbon Cutting at the SGTC Taylor County GED Center.

This is the building at 35 Oak Street in Butler that South Georgia Tech has renovated for its adult education classes. It is located across from the Taylor County Middle and High Schools.BUTLER, Ga. - South Georgia Technical College and the Taylor County Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a grand opening/ribbon cutting ceremony on Monday, January 22nd from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. at South Georgia Tech’s new Taylor County Adult Education site at 35 Oak Street in Butler, GA, announced SGTC...

South Georgia Tech to close Wednesday, January 17th, 2018 for weather concerns.South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford has made the decision to close South Georgia Technical College and its satellite locations on Wednesday, January 17th, 2018 due to the severe winter storm warnings issued by the National Weather Service for the South Georgia Technical College service delivery area. The college is scheduled to reopen on Thursday, January 18th, 2018 at its normal time,...