South Georgia Technical College

South Georgia Technical College

Type	Public community college
Established	1948
President	John Watford
Academic staff	90
Students	3,100 (Fall 2021)
Undergraduates
Location	Americus, Georgia, United States
Campus	Urban (small town); 1,000 acres (4 km²)
Colors	Red and White
Nickname	The Jets
Affiliations	GJCAA (Region XVII)
Mascot	Jet Plane
Website	www.southgatech.edu

South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) is a public community college in Americus, Georgia. It has a satellite campus in Cordele, Georgia. SGTC serves many neighboring counties including Macon, Sumter, Webster, and Crisp County.

History

Originally, SGTC served as the Air Force training facility during World War I and World War II, otherwise known as Souther Field. In fact, Charles A. Lindbergh purchased his first plane (a Jenny) from Souther Field. Lindbergh would later gain international recognition as the first person to fly from New York to Paris nonstop in "The Spirit of St. Louis" in 1927. In 1948, the school was named South Georgia Trade and Vocational School. The phrase "trade school" was later removed in 1963. After the change, the school was labeled the South Georgia Technical and Vocational School. The school name changed once more as a result of 1988 a legislative act, though its current name did not become official until Governor Roy Barnes enacted the Educational Reform Bill on November 2, 2000.

Location

South Georgia Technical College is located on the outskirts of Americus, in Sumter County, Georgia just southwest of interstate 75. The small town is a part of Sumter County Historic District, because of its history in railroad and technological advances during the mid-1800s. Thanks to local attorney Samuel H. Hawkins Americus was known as the Metropolis of Southwest Georgia because of its major cotton distribution. The college is 32 miles from the larger city of Albany, Georgia and approximately 2.5 hours away from the state's capital Atlanta.

References

^ "Brief Profile of SGTC Profile" (Press release). SGTC. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
"Samuel H. Hawkins Diary, January - July 1877: Historical Note". dlg.galileo.usg.edu. Retrieved May 11, 2020.

External links

Official website

v t e Technical College System of Georgia
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v t e College sports teams in Georgia
NCAA Division I	Georgia Georgia Southern Georgia State Georgia Tech Kennesaw State Mercer West Georgia
NCAA Division II	Albany State Augusta Clark Atlanta Clayton State Columbus State Emmanuel Fort Valley State Georgia College Georgia Southwestern Morehouse North Georgia Savannah State Shorter Valdosta State Young Harris
NCAA Division III	Agnes Scott Berry Covenant Emory LaGrange Oglethorpe Piedmont Wesleyan
NAIA	Brenau Brewton–Parker Coastal Georgia Dalton State Georgia Gwinnett Life Middle Georgia (NCAA Division II in 2025) Point Reinhardt Savannah Art and Design Savannah Art & Design–Atlanta Thomas Truett McConnell
NJCAA Division I	Abraham Baldwin Albany Tech East Georgia Georgia Highlands Georgia Military Gordon State South Georgia Tech
NCCAA Divisions I and II	Paine Toccoa Falls

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