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Diquita Mathis, a Criminal Justice student from Pinehurst, has been selected as South Georgia Technical College’s Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) winner for 2024. She will represent the college in regional and state level competitions for the honor of being named the statewide Student of the Year and serving as the face of technical education in Georgia. South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) President Dr. John Watford made the announcement during a recent luncheon on...

   The South Georgia Technical College Jets secured a 93 – 73 victory over Andrew College Saturday to remain in a three-way tie for first place in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) conference with South Georgia State College and Albany Tech.  The Lady Jets opened with a 92 – 76 victory over the Andrew College Lady Tigers in the first game of the double-header to make it a complete sweep.    The Jets are now 2 – 0 in the GCAA and 7 – 6 overall.  The Lady Jets are...

   South Georgia Technical College Psychology Instructor Dr. Michele Williams Seay was presented with a check from Synovus in Americus recently after she was selected as the SGTC Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year for 2024.       Each year Synovus or the former SB&T branch presents the winner of the South Georgia Technical College Instructor of the Year award with a stipend. This year South Georgia Technical College Psychology Instructor Dr. Michele Seay was selected for that honor. ...

Macon, GA – The South Georgia Technical College Jets moved into a four-way tie for first place in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) conference this week with an impressive 75 – 60 victory over the Central Georgia Tech Titans in Macon.  The Lady Jets dropped their second consecutive conference loss to the Lady Titans, 72 – 60.    This was the Jets first game back after about a three-week holiday break and it was their first conference contest. The win propelled the...

     South Georgia Technical College President Emeritus Sparky Reeves and his wife, Allene, established an endowed fund with the South Georgia Technical College Foundation to honor the college’s Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year annually.  Dr. Michele Williams Seay, SGTC’s psychology instructor, was the recipient for 2024.    Allene Reeves and her son, Kevin Reeves, made the presentation to Dr. Seay at the SGTC 2024 Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year breakfast recently in front of...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford recently announced the college’s President’s List for the fall semester, which included 135 students from around the area and several other states. To be eligible for the President’s List, a student must be enrolled full time (12 or more credit hours) in an associate degree or diploma program and have a 4.0 GPA for that semester’s coursework. Those students who qualified included: Berrien County: Kaeden Jack Barnett of...

Dr. Michele Seay has been named the 2024 Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year Award winner for South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) for her work as the psychology instructor at SGTC. Dr. John Watford, SGTC President, presented the award to Dr. Seay at a breakfast ceremony held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus campus. Also nominated for the honor was criminal justice instructor Teresa McCook. After remarks from last year’s winner, mathematics instructor...

Swainsboro, GA – The East Georgia State College Lady Bobcats defeated the South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets 77 – 56 in a Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) conference match-up in Swainsboro.    The win allowed East Georgia to remain in a tie for first place in the conference with Central Georgia Tech with identical perfect 2 – 0 records.  The Lady Jets dropped to 1 – 1 in the conference and are tied for second place with Albany Tech.  The Lady Jets are 8 – 6...

   Ashley Rodgers, a 2016 graduate of South Georgia Technical College and a resident of Macon County, was crowned Ms. Elegance International 2023-24 during the American Elegance National/International Pageant Finals held recently in EastnPeoria, Illinois.    Rodgers, a marketing major, was selected as South Georgia Technical College’s GOAL (Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership) winner in 2016 and was also recognized as the Georgia GOAL winner.  She represented South Georgia Tech and...

The committee to select South Georgia Technical College’s candidate for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) met recently on the campus of SGTC in Americus. The committee interviewed finalists for the honor and chose a winner to be announced Tuesday, January 16th during the GOAL Luncheon at the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center. The selection committee members are Ervin Anderson, Senior Lecturer Emeritus and Executive Director of the African American Male...

South Georgia Technical College recently recognized several students on the Americus and Cordele campuses who successfully completed the Nurse Aide training program. Instructor Janice Wiseman presented each student with a certificate recognizing their achievement. At the SGTC Crisp County Center in Cordele, the honorees were Christian Jones of Rochelle, Avery Jordan of Cordele, Parth Patel of Cordele, Brittany Collins of Cordele, A’kayla Jackson of Cordele, Nigel Brooks of Vienna, and...

   South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Lady Jet Vera Gunaydin recently was selected as the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA)Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for the first week of 2024 following SGTC’s wins over Snow College and St. Petersburg College.    Vera Gunaydin, a 5’ 9” sophomore guard from Ankara, Turkey, averaged 11 points and nine rebounds in match-ups against opponents in the SGTC Lady Jets Holiday Classic tournament recently.  The Lady Jets are...