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A job seeker speaks to a representative from Helena Industries - one of 29 businesses represented at the recent SGTC Job Fair on the Crisp County Center campus.South Georgia Technical College (SGTC), in conjunction with the Georgia Department of Labor, hosted a job fair on the college’s Crisp County Center campus recently, bringing together 209 job seekers and 29 area employers. The job fair, held in the campus’ LaPorte Auditorium, lasted from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and was open to SGTC...

Grant Williams of the Americus Civitan Club (right) is shown above presenting a check to South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (left) for the Americus Civitan Club’s endowed scholarship for nursing students at South Georgia Technical College. Also shown are members of the local club that help support these efforts. The Americus Civitan Club continued its support of South Georgia Technical College and the South Georgia Technical College Foundation recently by...

Shown above celebrating Adult Education and Family Literacy Week are SGTC Adult Education Dean Lillie Ann Winn watching City of Americus Mayor Barry Blount sign the Adult Education and Family Literacy Week proclamation. Also shown are Lisa Jordan and Tracy Israel from the SGTC Adult Education office. City of Americus Mayor Barry Blount signed a proclamation at South Georgia Technical College recently on behalf of the Americus City Council designating September 2 – 8, 2018 as Adult...

South Georgia Technical College CDL Instructor Robert Cook is shown above with the Smith brothers who all graduated from the SGTC CDL program. They are: Jonathan Jerome Smith, Antonio Alexander Smith, and Allen O’Neal Smith, Jr. Many other members of their family have also attended South Georgia Technical College. (Photo by Charley Varnum)Allen O’Neal Smith, Sr. enrolled in the South Georgia Technical College Commercial Truck Driving program in the early 2000’s. His career choice...

Blood Drive to be held Sept. 11 on SGTC's Americus Campus.In honor of the heroic men and women who lost their lives during the 9/11 attacks in 2001, the American Red Cross and South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) will hold a blood drive on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018. The drive will be held in Hicks Hall on the college’s Americus campus from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Appointments are available, but are not necessary. In order to save up to 15 minutes in wait time, donors may also visit...

Shown above (l to r) are: SGTC Diesel Equipment Technology Instructor Chase Shannon with his students who received the Caterpillar Excellence Scholarships recently. They are Justin E. Parker from Oglethorpe, GA and Willie C. Pittman from Mauk, Georgia. Parker graduated from Americus Sumter High School in 2017 and Pittman graduated from Taylor County High School in 2017. SGTC Academic Dean Raymond Holt is also shown with the scholarship recipients. Americus, Ga.—Two students in the...

South Georgia Technical College’s medical programs are bursting at the seams. Approximately 400 individuals are enrolled in these program areas this fall.“South Georgia Technical College posted a 12.6% increase in enrollment growth for Summer semester 2018,” announced President Dr. John Watford. This is the college’s largest single semester growth since the college converted from the quarter system to the semester system in Fall 2011. It is also the third consecutive year of annual...

South Georgia Technical College Cosmetology Instructor Dorothea Lusane McKenzie (left) is shown above working with her student Codi Dozier. Dozier won the SGTC annual hairstyling competition earlier this year which makes her one of the “best of the best” in the nation.South Georgia Technical College’s Cosmetology program has been recognized as the fourth best cosmetology and beauty school program in the United States for 2018 – 2019 by EDsmart, a nationally recognized publisher of...

South Georgia Technical College Practical Nursing graduates stand on the stage during their pinning ceremony and recite the Nurse’s Pledge. Just before ushering in a new class for the Fall 2018 semester, South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) practical nursing program on the Americus campus held a pinning ceremony for its 11 graduates recently. The ceremony, held in the John M. Pope Center of the college’s Americus campus, honored the students for completing the program and pinned...

SGTC’s Accounting Specialist Tawanna Wright earns the prestigious State Financial Management Certificate from the Carl Vinson institute of Government at the University of Georgia.South Georgia Technical College Accounting Specialist Tawanna T. Wright earned the prestigious State Primary Governmental Accounting Series Financial Management Certificate from the Carl Vinson institute of Government at the University of Georgia recently, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr....

Paul Pearson has been hired as an avionics and air frame instructor at South Georgia Technical College.As the demand for careers in the aviation field continues to grow, South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford announced the hiring of Paul Pearson, who will handle the avionics and air frame instruction for the college. Pearson will report to Dean of Academic Affairs Raymond Holt and Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers. Pearson, a Waycross native and longtime...

Job Fair will be held at the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center on August 28th.South Georgia Technical College will be hosting a job fair on Tuesday, August 28th from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center campus at 402 North Midway Road. The job fair is held in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Labor, Cordele Crisp County Chamber of Commerce, and the Cordele-Crisp County Industrial Development Council. Nearly 30 different...