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Robert Michael Johnson of Americus has been hired as a full-time custodian for South Georgia Technical College’s Americus campus effective immediately. He will be reporting to the SGTC Director of Maintenance Jeff Wiseman and Assistant to the President Don Smith.   As a custodian on the Americus campus, Johnson will be responsible for maintaining and caring for the South Georgia Technical College buildings and facilities as well as other duties as assigned.  ...

Americus, GA – Over 150 high school students from across the Southeastern United States attended South Georgia Technical College’s John Deere Agricultural Technology Open House held recently in the college’s John Deere Ag Technology lab and classrooms. This was the largest group ever hosted at one time.   The event was sponsored by South Georgia Technical College and John Deere. John Deere officials and dealers invited prospective students and their parents as well as high...

LUBBOCK, TEXAS - The 2019 South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets basketball team is headed to the National Junior College Athletic Association National Tournament in Lubbock, Texas, for the third consecutive year and for the fifth time in six years under Lady Jets head coach James Frey and Assistant Coach Kenzia Conyers.   The Lady Jets are joining an elite group of women’s basketball teams that are making the trip a regular occurrence and hundreds of fans are expressing...

ATLANTA, GA - South Georgia Technical College's Heather Hinton of Oglethorpe was recognized at the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) 26th annual Exceptional Adult Georgian in Literacy Education (EAGLE) Conference in Atlanta recently along with the other 25 top adult education students from around the state.   TCSG Commissioner Matt Arthur and TCSG Assistant Commissioner for Adult Education Dr. Cavanna Good recognized each of the students and presented Simonne A. Crane, a...

Americus, GA – Approximately 200 John Deere officials from Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and Alabama took part in the John Deere 2019 Division P Optimization Training event at South Georgia Technical College in Americus, GA recently. The training was held in South Georgia Tech’s Energy and Transportation Center in the John Deere Ag Tech classrooms and labs and in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center.   The two-day event was a training session for the parts, sales,...

Seven members of the South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets 2018 – 2019 basketball teams have earned Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Division I All-Academic Team honors, announced GCAA Executive Director David Elder.   All six of the South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets sophomores were named to the All-Academic Team and sophomore Samuel Matice was selected to represent the Jets. South Georgia Technical College had the largest number of...

Kenneth Hair of Ellaville has been hired as a new full-time Commercial Truck Driving Instructor for the South Georgia Technical College Americus campus as well as the Crisp County Center effective immediately, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford.   “Hair has nearly 30 years of experience in the Commercial Truck Driving field and has varied experience as a supervisor and as a short haul and long haul driver. We believe that he will be an asset...

  The Advancing Sumter Community Leadership Development Program will host a 2-day leadership workshop in Americus. The Saturday sessions will be held on March 23rd and March 30th from 9 am to 5 pm at the Georgia Southwestern State University Student Success Center.   The certificated two-day program uses the University of Georgia's Fanning Institute for Leadership Development curriculum.  Topics include:  Understanding Community Leadership, Effective Communication, Group Dynamics,...

Imagine, Invent, Inspire, – those three words explain the entire emphasis of the South Georgia Technical College STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Day efforts that involved more than 700 middle school students and teachers from Marion County, Schley County, Sumter County, and Southland Academy during the first of two huge STEM Day events this Spring on the South Georgia Technical College Americus campus.   “This was a great day,” said South Georgia...

The Georgia EMC Foremen and Supervisors’ Association presented a donation to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation recently to provide scholarships for the South Georgia Technical College Electrical Lineworker Apprenticeship Program. Terry Lewis of Colquitt EMC and President of the Georgia EMC Foremen and Supervisors’ Association contacted the SGTC Foundation on behalf of the organization. “The South Georgia Technical College Electrical Lineworker Apprentice Program...

South Georgia Technical College officials traveled to Atlanta to participate in the Crisp County 31st annual Atlanta Legislative Fish Fry at the Georgia Freight Deport in Atlanta recently. The fish fry is sponsored by the Cordele City Commission, the Crisp County Board of Commissioners, the Crisp County Power Commission, the Cordele-Crisp County Chamber of Commerce and the Cordele-Crisp County Fish Fry cooking team.   Crisp County community leaders and officials traveled to...

The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets rolled to an impressive 100 – 51 victory over the Spartanburg Methodist Lady Pioneers from Spartanburg, S.C., in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I District J Championship game in Americus, Saturday, to earn a spot in the NJCAA Division I National Tournament for the third consecutive time and fifth time in six years.   “This was a good win obviously,” said South Georgia Technical College...