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Luke Martin has been named Caterpillar Heavy Equipment Dealer Service Technology instructor at South Georgia Technical College. Luke Martin of Ellaville was named Caterpillar Heavy Equipment Dealer Service Technology instructor for South Georgia Technical College, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford recently. In his new role, he will report to SGTC Dean for Academic Affairs Raymond Holt and Vice President for Academic Affairs David Kuipers. As an instructor for the Caterpillar...

The South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy advisory committee met recently in the LEA classroom on the SGTC Americus Campus. The purpose of the advisory committee is to assist South Georgia Technical College faculty and staff in continuous quality improvement of the Law Enforcement Academy. SGTC LEA Program Director Brett Murray and SGTC Criminal Justice Technology instructor Teresa McCook provided the committee with updates and information about program changes,...

Shown above (far right) is South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford talking with a handful of the students that are taking advantage of the education provided at South Georgia Technical College which was just named as the Best Community College in Georgia by Best Colleges in Georgia. South Georgia Technical College was ranked as the Best Community College in Georgia for 2017 by Best Colleges in Georgia, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford. ...

Pictured from left to right are Crisp County Primary School Media Center Specialists Beth Thompson and Kelly Hamilton, NTHS Vice President Valerie Byron, NTHS member Joshua Chappell, NTHS President and State Officer Maria Rivera, NTHS member Dakota Hall, Gina McGahee Odom, daughter of Linda Albritton McGahee; NTHS member Ramona Williams, NTHS member Dontavious Harrell, NTHS Parliamentarian and State Officer Christian Powell, NTHS co-advisor Kari Bodrey, and CCPS Media Center Specialist Beverly...

From left to right: SGTC General Education advisory committee members Chester Taylor, Lillie Ann Winn, Dr. Michele Seay, Raven Payne, Kim Miller, Shelly Godwin, Jaye Cripe, Deo Cochran, Cynthia Carter, and Dr. Andrea Oates.The South Georgia Technical College General Education and Learning Support advisory committee met recently in the Energy and Transportation Center on the SGTC Americus campus. The purpose of the advisory committee is to assist South Georgia Technical College faculty and...

SGTC Crisp County Center students are pictured enjoying the Mardi Gras celebration that was organized by the Student Government Association. South Georgia Technical College’s Student Government Association (SGA) Crisp County chapter recently held a Mardi Gras themed student activity in the Crisp County Center’s LaPorte Auditorium. All SGTC students who attended received a door prize and snacks that the Culinary Arts department provided. Students wearing purple, green or gold took part in...

SGTC President John Watford is shown above with Dan Linginfelter, who will be speaking at the 2017 Griffin Bell Convocation at South Georgia Technical College in Americus on Wednesday, March 29th at 11 a.m. The public is invited to attend. Dan Linginfelter, Senior Airworthiness Inspector for Gulfstream Aerospace and a 1979 Aviation Maintenance Technology graduate from South Georgia Technical College, will be the featured speaker at the South Georgia Technical College Griffin B. Bell...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (r) is shown above with members of the Flint Energies Foundation Board accepting $3,132 from the Flint Energies Foundation with SGTC Vice President of Institutional Advancement and SGTC Foundation Executive Director Su Ann Bird (third from left).REYNOLDS/WARNER ROBINS/UPATOI – The South Georgia Technical College Foundation was one of four local technical college foundations that were awarded $17,692.00 in grant funds from the Flint...

South Georgia Technical College 2017 EAGLE winner Pablo CastanedaAtlanta – South Georgia Technical College’s Pablo Castaneda was one of the 26 EAGLE (Exceptional Adult Georgian in Literacy Education) adult learner students recognized by the Technical College System of Georgia for outstanding achievement in the state’s adult education program in Atlanta recently. Jonathan Swinsburg, a delegate from Athens Technical College, was named as TCSG’s 2017 adult education student of the...

Eshonda Blue (center) is pictured with the African American History Program committee and other program participants. Pictured from left to right on the front row are Maria Rivera, NTHS President/state officer; Paul Farr, SGTC Director of Business and Industry Services; Dr. Michele Seay, SGTC Psychology Instructor; Teresa O’Bryant, Executive Assistant to the President; Eshonda Blue; Victoria Herron, SGTC Aviation Maintenance Instructor; Cynthia Carter, SGTC Director of Career Services;...

Fifteen SGTC SkillsUSA members and their advisors are getting ready to head to Atlanta to compete at the statewide SkillsUSA competition.South Georgia Technical College’s SkillsUSA members are preparing for the Georgia Postsecondary State Championships March 23rd – 25th at the Georgia International Convention Center in Atlanta. The 15 competitors and their events include: William Manning of Americus, Josiah Copland of Montezuma, and Bailey Mills of Cordele, Aviation Maintenance...

Mike Cheokas is shown above with the FFA students from Marion County Middle/High School during his State Board of Education swearing in session with Governor Nathan Deal.Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal held a swearing-in ceremony recently for newly appointed former state representative Mike Cheokas to serve on the State Board of Education. Cheokas, who will represent the 2nd Congressional District, replaces W.T. Henry. “Mike Cheokas is a dedicated state and community leader who continues to...