SGTC Commercial Truck driving program expanding

Shown above (l to r) are: City of Cordele employees Kenneth Bratcher, Richard Cross, and Osvardo Feijoo with SGTC Commercial Truck Driving Instructor Ryan Barton. These individuals along with Brain Penn took part in the pre-trip contract training for the City of Cordele recently from South Georgia Technical College.Need a job? Enjoy driving? South Georgia Technical College may have the perfect career opportunity for you and it’s not too late to enroll in classes. South Georgia...



Chad Brown named SGTC new Machine Tool Instructor

Chad BrownChad Brown of Ellaville has joined South Georgia Technical College as the full-time Machine Tool Technology instructor, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford. He will report to South Georgia Technical College Academic Dean David Finley and SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers. Brown, who is a 2005 graduate of the South Georgia Technical College Machine Tool Technology program, has worked as a Machinist with the Marine Depot...



Chief Mark Scott speaks at SGTC Law Enforcement Academy (LEA) Graduation

1. South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford and SGTC Academic Dean Vanessa Wall (l to r) are shown above with Americus Police Chief Mark Scott (far right) and members of the SGTC Law Enforcement Academy class 17-01. Cadets include: Quinntin Ja’colby Mann of Americus, Larry James Bennett of Vienna, Chandler Ridge Buchanan of Cuthbert, Christopher J. Gaddy of Ellaville, Marcus Allen Ford of Leesburg, Michael Johnson of Americus, and Charles Hale Kinnamon of...



Charles Kinnamon receives SGTC Michael Sangster Law Enforcement scholarship

Charles Hale Kinnamon of Americus is shown above (l to r) receiving the Lt. Michael Sangster Scholarship award for the 17-01 class from Lt. Michael Sangster’s mom, Connie Sangster Youngblood, his sister, Melissa and Michael’s father, Robert Sangster, Sr.Charles Kinnamon of Americus was selected as the recipient of the South Georgia Technical College Lt. Michael Sangster Law Enforcement Academy endowed scholarship from the SGTC Law Enforcement Academy (LEA) Class of 17-01. Kinnamon earned...



Quinntin J. Mann awarded Lou Crouch Law Enforcement Scholarship

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above with the SGTC Lou Crouch Scholarship winner from Class 17-01, Quinntin Ja’Colby Mann from Americus, Georgia. Also shown is SGTC Law Enforcement Academy Director Brett Murray.Quinntin J. Mann of Americus was presented with the Lou Crouch Law Enforcement Scholarship at the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Class 17 – 01 graduation ceremony held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center...



Gaddy awarded first Smallwood-Sondron Law Enforcement Academy scholarship at South Georgia Technical College

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above (l to r) with SGTC Law Enforcement Academy Director Brett Murray, the Smallwood-Sondron Scholarship Class 17-01 Winner and Class Representative Christopher J. Gaddy, and members of the Sondron family from Peach County. They included Patrick Sondron’s sons, Jacob and Ethan and his wife, Melissa Sondron. Lou Crouch, who endowed the scholarship, was unable to attend the ceremony.Christopher J. Gaddy of Ellaville was...



Walmart recruiters share employment opportunities with SGTC students

Walmart store Manager John Davis (third from left), Ethics/Compliance Coordinator Paul Thomas (fourth from right), Personnel Coordinator Angelic Holmes (far left), and Walmart associates are pictured with SGTC Director of Career Services Cynthia Carter (second from right) and some of the SGTC students who sat in on the employment opportunity presentation.Recruiters from Walmart recently visited South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) students to talk about employment opportunities with the...



McCluster graduates with Associate's Degree from SGTC and high school diploma from ASHS in same month

Shermel McCluster earned her Associate’s Degree from South Georgia Tech and graduated nine days before her high school graduation at Americus Sumter High South. SGTC President Dr. Watford presented Shermel McCluster with her degree at South Georgia Tech’s spring commencement ceremony earlier this month. Shermel McCluster, a seventeen year-old high school senior from Americus, has just accomplished an amazing feat—she walked across the stage to receive her Associate of Applied Science...



Chief Mark Scott of Americus Police Department to speak at SGTC Law Enforcement Academy

Chief Mark Scott of the Americus Police Department will be the keynote speaker at South Georgia Tech’s next Law Enforcement Academy graduation. Chief of Police of the Americus Police Department Mark Scott will be the featured speaker at South Georgia Tech’s upcoming Law Enforcement Academy (LEA) graduation. Seven cadets from LEA class 17-01 will graduate from the academy on Friday, May 19th at 11:00am in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on SGTC’s Americus campus. Chief...



South Georgia Tech's Desiree Corbin signs letter of intent with East Carolina University

Desiree Corbin (center) is pictured with SGTC Lady Jets Assistant Coach Kezia Conyers and Head Coach/Athletic Director James Frey as she signs a letter of intent to play basketball for East Carolina University. South Georgia Technical College sophomore women’s basketball player Desiree Corbin, a 6’3” center from Griffin, signed a letter of intent to continue her basketball career as Lady Pirate at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. SGTC Lady Jets Head Coach James...



Caterpillar Dealers host Graduation Dinner for CAT Students

CATERPILLAR DEALERS HOST DINNER – Shown above with SGTC President Dr. John Watford are the Caterpillar dealer representatives from five states which hosted the dinner for the 2017 Caterpillar graduates which earned the Associated of Applied Science degree in Heavy Equipment Dealers Service Technology. Shown (l to r) are SGTC Vice President for Academic Affairs David Kuipers, SGTC Academic Dean Raymond Holt, Jessica Winters and Ashley Self of Thompson Tractor, Duane Gabehart of Stowers,...



South Georgia Technical College hosts 2017 Spring Commencement ceremony

SGTC President Dr. John Watford is shown above presenting a diploma to Leah Windham of Oglethorpe, a 2017 Presidential Honor Graduate who earned an associate of applied science in Marketing Management at South Georgia Technical College during the Spring 2017 graduation ceremony.South Georgia Technical College hosted its 2017 spring commencement ceremony Tuesday, May 9th, 2017 at 6 p.m. in the James S. Peters Gymnasium on the Americus campus in front of a capacity crowd. Approximately 200...