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Shown above are SGTC Electrical Lineworker graduates Justin Barnes and Ryan Brown.    Three South Georgia Technical College Electrical Lineworker graduates, who are now employed by Georgia Power, volunteered to come back and give back to the over 60 high school students who participated in the SGTC High School Summer Bridge Jet Set Tech Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) camp recently.    Ryan Brown, a 2006 graduate of the Electrical Lineworker Program, along with Justin...

SGTC Tammy Hamilton is shown above with some of the Taylor County students on the Crisp County Center campus.    Approximately 20 Taylor County students took part in the Taylor County Schools Summer Enrichment Program that included spending time on the South Georgia Technical College Americus and Crisp County Center campuses to learn more above the over 200 associate degree, diploma, and technical certificate of credit educational programs offered.     SGTC Career Services Director Cynthia...

John Averill claimed the Best in Show prize for his 1979 Trans Am at the recent South Georgia Technical College Father’s Day Car Show. Over 100 entries including cars, trucks, motorcycles, SUVs and service vehicles were on display as a crowd of over 300 people attended to see the impressive array of vehicles. Admission was free and lunch was provided. Tony Tyson’s 2013 Harley Davidson earned second place in the Best in Show category, while Tyris High took home the third-place prize with...

GSW Assistant Vice President for Advancement and GSW Foundation Executive Director Stephen Snyder is shown above with GSW President Dr. Michelle Johnston, SGTC President Dr. John Watford and SGTC Vice President of Institutional Advancement and SGTC Foundation Executive Director Su Ann Bird as the group spotlights the benefits of cooperation between the two higher education institutions.Newly appointed Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW) President Dr. Michelle Johnston and South...

Heidi Gooden of Chattahoochee Flint RESA is shown above showing parents the book “What Do You Do With An Idea?” that each of the STEM campers received as part of participating in the week-long STEM camp at South Georgia Tech.   Over 60 rising tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grade students from 10 different counties completed the six-day, five-night South Georgia Technical College Summer Bridge STEM camp to learn more about the educational and career opportunities available in Science,...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford, (l), is shown above accepting a donation for the SGTC Foundation from Marian McLemore, (c) Vice President of Cooperative Communications with Flint Energies. Tami Blount, Partnership Coordinator for the Electrical Lineworker program is also shown (right).The Flint Energies Foundation recently granted the South Georgia Technical College Foundation (SGTC) $30,000 to assist Electrical Lineworker students with the extra cost associated...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford (left) is shown above presenting the plaque to retiring board member Mattye Gordon of Taylor County.     South Georgia Technical College Board of Director member Mattye Gordon of Taylor County was presented with a plaque recognizing her for seven years of service on the SGTC Board of Directors as the Taylor County representative.  She announced her retirement from the board recently.      Mrs. Gordon served as the Taylor county representative on the Southern...

SGTC Avionics and Aviation Maintenance Instructors Charles Christmas and David Grant are shown above with Aviation Maintenance graduates Blake Oliver, Bryan Fryer, Brandon Elliot, Trey Hightower and Andrew Daniel along with Aviation Maintenance instructors Victoria Herron and Paul Pearson.   Five students completed the two-year South Georgia Technical College Aviation Maintenance program this summer and will be heading off to the workforce soon.    Bryan Fryer of Buena Vista, Andrew...

Pictured from left at the recent SGTC CIS advisory committee meeting are Alecia Pinckney, Veronda Cladd, William Patterson, Katrice Martin, and Chris Saunders.The advisory committee for South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) Computer Information Systems (CIS) program convened recently in the Odom Center on the SGTC campus. The committee plays a pivotal role in aiding SGTC faculty and staff in the ongoing improvement of the CIS program. Veronda Cladd, SGTC CIS instructor, provided the...

GTC Jet Set STEM campers were exposed to many different medical careers as part of the STEM camp experience. Students practiced taking blood pressure, monitoring heart beats, and had the opportunity to draw blood on the SGTC medical manikins and phlebotomy trainers. SGTC instructors and practical nursing students assisted.   Over 60 rising tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grade students from 10 different counties are attending the South Georgia Technical College Summer Bridge STEM camp to...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford (right) is shown above with Lofton Odom looking at the Presidential Portrait of his father, Horace Odom, (center top) which hangs in the Odom Center Conference room on the Americus campus.   Nearly six decades after South Georgia Trade and Vocational School’s second director, Horace Parnell Odom, passed away, his son, Lofton Odom and his wife, Faye, returned to what is now South Georgia Technical College and toured the Americus campus with SGTC President Dr....

The SGTC Father’s Day Car Show will be held June 15 from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Pictured is last year’s Best in Show winner, a 2016 Mustang GT entered by Barry Carson.The Annual South Georgia Technical College Father’s Day Car Show is Back! The event is scheduled for June 15, from at 10:00 am until 1:00 pm at the SGTC main campus in Americus. Admission will be free and lunch is provided. Everyone is welcome to participate and enjoy in the automobile exhibition which includes cars, trucks,...