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SGTC’s Dr. Michele Seay was appointed to serve on the National Education Team for SkillsUSA. South Georgia Technical College SkillsUSA Advisor Dr. Michele Seay has been named to serve on the SkillsUSA National Education Team (NET). Her nomination was accepted by SkillsUSA Championships Program Director David J. Worden and SkillsUSA Georgia Postsecondary Director Tjazha Mazhani. The purpose of the National Education Team is to assist SkillsUSA’s national technical committees in...

Dianne TruebloodSouth Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford announced that Dianne Trueblood of Cordele has been appointed as the Director of Information Technology for the college following the retirement of long-time IT Director Wray Skipper. Trueblood will report to SGTC Vice President of Student Affairs, Institutional Support and Technology Karen Werling. Trueblood has been working full-time with South Georgia Technical College since 2002. She was serving as the...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford is shown above recognizing the Charles L. Mix Memorial Fund group for their contributions to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation. The Mix Fund group was recognized as the 2016 Technical College System of Georgia Benefactor of the Year for their support of the South Georgia Technical College Foundation. Shown above (l to r) are George Hooks, Rick Whaley, and Russell Thomas, Jr. with SGTC President Dr. John Watford.(Americus, GA) – The South...

Shown above (l to r) are: Dwight Jones of Eaton Lighting, Jackie Bryce of Star Racing, Rodney Jacobs of Eaton, George Bryce of Star Racing, Tom McKenzie of Eaton, Mary Beth Bass of One Sumter, South Georgia Technical College Vice President of Economic Development Wally Summers, John Shaw of the Georgia Department of Labor, Jem Morris of Georgia Power, Paul Hall of the Americus-Sumter County Payroll Development Authority, Sumter County Administrator Bill Twomey, SGTC’s Bob Stinchcum, SGTC...

Georgia Labor Commissioner to speak at Employers in the Know summit at South Georgia TechGeorgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler will be the featured presenter at a 2017 Employers in the Know summit to be held at South Georgia Technical College. The summit will be held from 9am until 3pm on Wednesday, May 17 on SGTC’s Americus campus in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center. Employers in the Know is a crash course for progressive HR and business professionals seeking practical...

Dr. Ruby Payne is shown above conducting a professional development workshop for educators at South Georgia Technical College.Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D., was the recently featured speaker at a one-day professional development workshop hosted by South Georgia Technical College. The workshop was free of charge for educators in Sumter, Macon, Marion, Crisp, Schley, and Webster counties. Dr. Payne is the founder of aha! Process and an established author, speaker, publisher and career educator. She has...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above presenting Wray Skipper and his wife Elaine with an appreciation plaque in honor of his retirement. Also shown with Wray and Elaine are their two daughters Valerie and Kelsey, sister-in-law and brother Dianna and Jimmy Skipper and cousin Marvin Nation.Wray Skipper, Director of Information Technology at South Georgia Technical College, was honored at a special retirement reception at the South Georgia Technical College...

Christopher McGeeSGTC’s 2017 GOAL (Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership) winner Christopher McGee, a South Georgia Tech Marketing Management student from Cordele, will be the keynote speaker for SGTC’s spring graduation exercises on Tuesday, May 9th at 6pm in the James S. Peters gymnasium on SGTC’s Americus campus. Approximately 150 SGTC students will be recognized for receiving an associate degree or diploma. All graduates with a cumulative 3.90 or higher grade point average (GPA)...

SGTC LogoSouth Georgia Technical College students and faculty were recognized for their achievements over the past academic year in a recent awards assembly on SGTC’s Americus campus. SGTC student organization advisors addressed a crowd of SGTC students, faculty, staff, friends, and family members to speak of the accomplishments of standout SGTC students and staff members. “Excellent students tend to have a common set of characteristics,” said SGTC President Dr. John Watford, who...

William Manning (center) is pictured with his nominating instructor Victoria Herron and Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers. The Student of Excellence banner will hang in the Aviation Maintenance program area until next month’s Student of Excellence is named. Seated from left to right are SGTC Student of Excellence nominees William Manning, Brandon Willis, Raishun Singletary, and Jaime Young. Standing, from left to right are nominating instructors Victoria Herron, John...

Pictured from left to right are SGTC NTHS advisor Raven Payne, NTHS Vice President Leah Windham, new NTHS inductees Melisa Flakes, Harvetta Cason, Michael Karns, Amber Chancellor, Jesseca Segovia, Rachel Houston, NTHS Secretary Annie Streeter, and NTHS Treasurer Tonya Barrett. South Georgia Technical College’s Americus campus chapter of the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) inducted six new members recently. The spring 2017 new members participated in an induction ceremony that...

The South Georgia Technical College Business Technology, Marketing Management, and Accounting advisory committee for the college’s Crisp County Center Campus met recently in the boardroom of the LaPorte auditorium. The purpose of the advisory committee is to assist South Georgia Technical College faculty and staff in continuous quality improvement of the Business Technology, Accounting, and Marketing Management programs at SGTC. SGTC Business Technology instructor Teresa Jolly, Marketing...