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SGTC Aviation Maintenance students, faculty, and staff are shown above during the tour of Embraer.   South Georgia Technical College Aviation Maintenance, Avionics, and Aircraft Structural students and their instructors attended the EMBRAER Summer of Hospitality Open House in Macon recently.  Cynthia Carter, SGTC Career Services Director and Tylen Pepito, SGTC Admissions Counselor/Recruiter, also attended.    Geoffrey Hammonds, Embraer Manager Technical Support, Structures Composites and...

Jon Butler joins SGTC as Maintenance Technician.   Jon M. Butler of Andersonville, GA has joined South Georgia Technical College as a Maintenance Technician effective immediately, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford.  Butler will report to SGTC Maintenance Director Jeff Wiseman and SGTC Vice President of Operations Karen Werling.    Butler is a graduate of the SGTC GED program and also studied Welding, Marketing Management, and Drafting at South Georgia Technical College. He is the...

SGTC’s Tammy Hamilton (center) is shown above with the Taylor County High School students who completed the SGTC Direct Customer Training session.   Ten Taylor County High School students completed a 20-hour program in Direct Customer Service at South Georgia Technical College this summer.  The special program was designed by SGTC Crisp County Accounting Instructor Tammy Hamilton in an effort to help “Bridge the Gap” for workforce development.  SGTC Career Services Director Cynthia...

Destiny Walker   South Georgia Technical College has hired Destiny Walker of Cordele as an Adult Education instructor for SGTC’s Adult Education/GED department on the Crisp County Center, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford.  She will be reporting to Vice President of Operations Karen Werling and SGTC Dean of Adult Education Tracy Israel.    In her new role with the South Georgia Tech Adult Education Department, Walker will be responsible for providing instruction in academic areas...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown talking with parents, students, and dealers at the John Deere Ag Technology registration and orientation.    Approximately 50 John Deere Ag Technology students, parents, family members, and John Deere Dealers from across the southeastern United States attended a Fall Semester Registration/Orientation session at South Georgia Technical College in the John M. Pope Center on the Americus campus.     South Georgia Technical...

Shown above is the University HQ badge for South Georgia Technical College earning the 5th best college in Georgia to earn an Associate Degree.    South Georgia Technical College was selected as the fifth best college in Georgia to earn an associate degree according to University HQ.    The ranking was based on cost of tuition, admission rate, retention rate, graduation rate, graduating salary, number of programs offered, online programs offered, loan default rate, diplomas awarded, percent...

SGTC’s Blake Archer, who finished seventh in the nation in the Precision Machining and Manufacturing SkillsUSA competition, is shown above with SGTC SkillsUSA Advisor Brenda Butler Gilliam, and Andrew Daniel, who finished first in the nation in Aviation Maintenance. Both Archer and Daniel were recognized recently as the SkillsUSA-Aerotek NLSC 2024 “Make Your Mark Scholarship” winners.   South Georgia Technical College Aviation Maintenance student Andrew Daniel of Thomaston, GA, and...

SGTC Aviation Maintenance Instructor Robert Sturgeon (left) with WIOA Coordinator Sandhya Muljibhai.An Alaskan cruise or help with paying for an education: this was the choice Robert Sturgeon’s father presented to him about 15 years ago and told him he had three days to think about it. For Robert, a young man in Eustis, Florida still searching for his path and struggling to make ends meet through a variety of part-time jobs, the choice was easy. “I don’t need to think about it,” he...

Joshua Watzlowick joins SGTC as Maintenance TechnicianJoshua Watzlowick joins SGTC as Maintenance Technician   Joshua Watzlowick of Leesburg, GA has joined South Georgia Technical College as a Maintenance Technician effective immediately, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford.  Watzlowick will report to SGTC Maintenance Director Jeff Wiseman and SGTC Vice President of Operations Karen Werling.    Watzlowick is a graduate of Lee County High School and Albany Technical College where he...

Marty D. Thompson of Ingalls Shipbuilding of Pascagoula, MS (left) speaks with welding students during a recent recruiting visit to the SGTC campus.The Career Services department at South Georgia Technical College is helping bridge the gap between workers and employers by offering on-campus recruitment opportunities. Marty D. Thompson, Field Recruiter 3 with Ingalls Shipbuilding of Pascagoula, MS, recently visit campus to inform SGTC students in welding and electrical programs of potential...

SGTC Horticulture instructor Brandon Gross (left) observes students Cassie Williams and Lisa Sellers as they disassemble a lawnmower engine.Students in the Horticulture program at South Georgia Technical College recently learned to disassemble and reassemble a common lawn mower engine as a lab experience in their small engine class. The class focuses on the function, repair and maintenance of small engines. “Horticulture is not just pretty flowers,” instructor Brandon Gross said....

DCIM100MEDIADJI_0135.JPG   South Georgia Technical College will be offering eight-week Commercial Truck Driving classes in Crisp County Fall Semester.  Classes start August 15 and it is not too late to sign up. CDL classes are also available on the Americus campus.    The Crisp County CDL classes will be held on SGTC’s new Commercial Truck Driving Range behind its Crisp County Center location at 402 North Midway Road.  The Americus campus classes will be held on the SGTC Americus CDL...