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SGTC Financial Aid Specialist Kierra Sparks teaches students at the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center about financial aid options available to them.South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) recently hosted a financial aid workshop for students at the college’s Crisp County Center. SGTC Financial Aid Specialist Kierra Sparks assisted students in navigating the financial aid process. She also guided the students in completing their 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 FAFSA...

Four Lady Jets ranked in the NJCAA national statistics for rebounds, field goal percentage shooting, free throw percentage shooting, assists, blocks, and steals. Shown (l to r) are Femme Sikuzani (34), Shamari Tyson (1), Anna McKendree (14) and Yasriyyah Wazeerund-Din (13). The Lady Jets moved up one position to 15th in the nation.   For the first time in five weeks, the South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets have been able to move up a spot in the National Junior College Athletic...

South Georgia Tech’s Shamari Tyson, 1, had 20 points for the Lady Jets. She was four of six from the three-point line and and two of two from the free throw line.   The South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets hosted Andrew College during its Alumni – Sophomore Day celebration Saturday before a large crowd.  The nationally ranked Lady Jets put on a magnificent display on their way to a 101 – 54 Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) conference win while the Jets came...

Shown above are the Lady Jets sophomore players that were presented with a framed poster of their time on the court at South Georgia Technical College.     Fourteen sophomores from the 2019 – 2020 South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets intercollegiate basketball teams were honored between games as part of the South Georgia Tech Alumni-Sophomore Celebration held recently in the James S. Peters gymnasium.  Each of the players were recognized by SGTC President Dr. John Watford and...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (center) is shown above with many of the SGTC alumni and retired faculty and staff members that came out for the SGTC Alumni-Sophomore Day event.     South Georgia Technical College gave away over 500 t-shirts to SGTC alumni, retirees, current faculty, friends and supporters at its annual Alumni and Sophomore Day Celebration recently in the James S. Peters gymnasium in conjunction with the Jets and Lady Jets basketball games.   ...

Susan Pittman from Brevard, North Carolina, is shown above providing professional development for the South Georgia Tech Adult Education and GED testing staff recently.   The South Georgia Technical College Adult Education and GED testing staff participated in a required professional development training recently with 19 full-time and part-time faculty and staff members, announced SGTC Dean of Adult Education Lillie Ann Winn.    Susan Pittman from Brevard, North Carolina, was the...

Patrick Owen    Patrick Owen of Americus has joined South Georgia Technical College as its new Industrial Systems Instructor, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford.  He will report to SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers.    Owen is a graduate of the South Georgia Technical College Industrial Electrical Technology program.  He also has an Associate Degree in Forestry from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College and a Bachelor of Fine Arts...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (second from right) is shown above in front of the South Georgia Tech booth with (l to r) Mike Cheokas from the Georgia House of Representatives District 138; Speaker of the House David Ralston from Georgia House of Representatives District 7; Georgia House of Representatives District 148 Legislator Noel Williams, Jr.; and Education Chairman Rick Jasperse from the Georgia House of Representatives District 11.   South Georgia Technical...

Dr. Donna M. Beegle, poverty expert, speaker, and author, will be conducting a free workshop on “Breaking the Cycle of Poverty,” at South Georgia Technical College on Tuesday, February 18th in the John M. Pope Center from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.   South Georgia Technical College will be hosting a FREE Professional Development Workshop featuring author, speaker and poverty expert Dr. Donna M. Beegle on Tuesday, February 18th from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the John M. Pope Center on the Americus...

Americus Rotary Club Past President Don Smith (l) is shown above presenting a check to David Bush (r), who was selected as the SGTC 2020 GOAL student of the year.     Americus Rotary Club Past President Don Smith presented South Georgia Technical College Air Conditioning Technology student David Bush of Cuthbert with a stipend recently on behalf of the Americus Rotary Club after he was recognized as the college’s 2020 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) winner by SGTC...

South Georgia Tech’s Yasriyya Wazeerud-Din (13) had 27 points for the Lady Jets against Central Georgia Tech.MACON, Ga – The South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets traveled to Macon to take on Central Georgia Technical College Wednesday night and the Lady Jets came away with their eighth consecutive win in an 84 – 73 contest but the Jets lost another close one, 69 – 63.    “It was a good conference win for the Lady Jets,” said South Georgia Technical College Athletic...

South Georgia Technical College President Emeritus Sparky Reeves (l) and Allene (right) are shown above presenting a scholarship check to 2020 GOAL winner David Bush (c).     South Georgia Technical College President Emeritus Sparky Reeves and his wife, Allene, presented Air Conditioning Technology student David Bush with a $500 scholarship after he had been recognized as the college’s 2020 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) winner by SGTC President Dr. John Watford at the...