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SGTC employees are shown above participating in the Christmas present wrapping contest. South Georgia Technical College employees raised nearly $1600 to be utilized for a new faculty-staff scholarship fund during its annual employee Christmas luncheon which was hosted in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center recently. “This is a great time for our faculty and staff to come together and celebrate the season,” said South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford. “As...

Seated from left to right are graduates Tara Hyte, Celeste Widner, Kara Heath, Jalaa Tullis-Hosley, Taylor Hartfield, Nikki Stringfellow, Charlise Cooper, and Elizabeth Thompson. Standing from left to right are Ansleigh Williams, Jasmine English, Derek Bodiford, Marquise Jefferson, Ashley Johnson, Misty Davis, Laurel Eason, and Skylar Brock.  Sixteen South Georgia Technical College Practical Nursing graduates on the SGTC Americus campus participated in a nurse pinning ceremony held recently...

Lt. Michael Sangster’s sister, Melissa is shown above (l to r) presenting Austin Smith of Americus and Tiffeni Fox of Warner Robins with the SGTC Law Enforcement Academy Lt. Michael Sangster scholarship award for class 16-02. Michael’s father, Robert Sangster, Sr., is also shown helping make the presentation.Joseph Paul Austin Smith of Americus and Tiffeni Fox of Warner Robins were selected as the recipients of the South Georgia Technical College Lt. Michael Sangster Law Enforcement...

Lou Crouch (c) of Centerville is shown above with Joshua Wayne Taylor (l) and Robert Fairbanks (r) who were awarded the Lou Crouch Law Enforcement Scholarships at South Georgia Technical College recently. Robert Fairbanks of Edison and Joshua Wayne Taylor of Lizella were both presented with the Lou Crouch Law Enforcement Scholarship at the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Class 16 – 02 graduation ceremony held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the...

SGTC’s Americus chapter of NTHS recently held an induction ceremony for its new members.   The South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Americus chapter of the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) inducted 17 new members in a special ceremony held recently in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on SGTC’s Americus campus. Raven Payne, NTHS advisor and General Education instructor, presided over the ceremony. After a greeting by Payne, SGTC Assistant to the President Don Smith...

Matt Hunt (center), SGTC EMT instructor, will teach a new hybrid EMT program beginning spring semester, which will include both online and classroom components for students’ convenience. Basic EMT certification can be obtained in two semesters, and Advance EMT certification can be earned in three. South Georgia Technical College (SGTC), which offers an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) program of study on both the Americus and Crisp County Center campuses, is introducing a hybrid...

Sgt. Heather Trussell (left) and Sgt. Linda Drains (at right with SGTC MOWR students) recently spoke to SGTC MOWR students about corrections and the differences between protocol in jails and prisons. South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) Move On When Ready (MOWR) high school Criminal Justice Technology students recently listened to two correctional officers who explained their roles in law enforcement as well as the differences between jails and prisons to the students. Sgt. Heather...

Pictured from left to right are SGTC Aviation advisory committee members Michael Pupek, Gary Brossett, Victoria Herron, Stephen Griffin, Reed Wiglesworth, James Manning, Charles Christmas, and Jason Wisham. Not pictured is Steve Davidson. The South Georgia Technical College aviation advisory committee met recently in the Griffin Bell Aerospace building on SGTC’s Americus campus. The purpose of the advisory committee is to assist South Georgia Tech faculty and staff in continuous quality...

SGTC Law Enforcement Academy graduates are pictured with SGTC President Dr. John Watford (far right), LEA Program Director Brett Murray (far left), and Dean for Academic Affairs Vanessa Wall (second from left). Those graduates, from left to right, are Kendranna Walker, Tiffeni Fox, Austin Smith, David Sims, Jr.; Joshua Wayne Taylor; Calvin Hodge, Jr.; Wesley Phillip Atchley, Robert Gene Fairbanks, and Michael Steven Bentley.   South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) recently hosted its Law...

SGTC Instructor of the Year, Andrea C. Ingram, will be the keynote speaker at the South Georgia Tech Fall Graduation on Thursday, December 15th at 6 p.m. in the SGTC gymnasium.South Georgia Technical College’s Instructor of the Year Andrea C. Ingram will be the keynote speaker at the South Georgia Technical College Fall 2016 graduation exercise on Thursday, December 15th at 6 p.m. in the James S. Peters Gymnasium on the Americus campus. Ingram, the Computer Information Systems...

Clockwise from top left are SGTC GOAL semi-finalists Gage Greene, Racarda Blackmon, Russell Wright, and Christopher McGee. These four finalists will interview with a selection committee, comprised of community leaders, and one winner will be selected to compete for the statewide GOAL title.   Four South Georgia Technical College students have been selected as the college’s semi-finalists for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL), according to Cynthia Carter, coordinator for...

Shown above (l to r) are Jody C. Smith and Nicholas Smarr, the two officers who were shot in the line of duty Wednesday. Both had attended the South Georgia Technical College Criminal Justice program.South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford announced today that the South Georgia Technical College Christmas party scheduled for tonight from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. has been cancelled due to the recent events that have occurred in the community. “On behalf of the entire South...