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For the second consecutive week South Georgia Technical College’s Jets and Lady Jets have had players selected as the Division I basketball Players of the Week for the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association this past week. Rico Simmons, a 5’ 9” point guard from Wilkerson County, earned the GCAA Division I Player of the Week honors for the men for the second straight week. He was joined by Lady Jets freshman guard Alyssa Nieves from Tampa, FL who was the women’s Division I...

Miami, FL - The South Georgia Technical College Jets scored over 100 points once and were only two points shy of that mark in their second match-up in the Miami Dade Classic tournament recently. The Jets opened the tournament with an impressive 119 - 108 win over the previously unbeaten Miami Dade College Sharks but then dropped a hard fought 107 – 98 double over-time decision to Palm Beach State College in the second game. “I was very proud of the efforts that these young men put...

WASHINGTON - Stephanie C. Tyson, a South Georgia Technical College student from Americus, met the National Statesman Requirements to earn the SkillsUSA National Statesman Award recently at a conference in Alexandria, Va. Tyson is an SGTC Early Childhood Care & Education student at SGTC and also holds the title of SkillsUSA Georgia Postsecondary State Vice President. Two other SGTC representatives and SkillsUSA advisors, Dr. Michele Seay (National Education Team/Local Advisor) and Cynthia...

The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets are the only unbeaten team in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association Conference (GCAA) standings after overpowering Georgia Highlands College 84 – 46 in a conference match-up between the two previously unbeaten squads. The Lady Jets are now in first place with a 4 – 0 conference record and a 10 – 1 overall record. Georgia Highlands fell to second place with a 3 – 1 GCAA record and are now 6 – 4 overall. This was the Lady Jets...

The South Georgia Technical College Foundation and South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford hosted a special Christmas gala recently to thank all SGTC faculty, staff, alumni, retirees, foundation supporters, and business and industry partners for their support of the college and its students. The special event was hosted in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the South Georgia Tech campus recently. Approximately 500 faculty and staff as well as foundation...

“Bigger, brighter, and better.” Those were some of the words used to describe South Georgia Technical College’s second “Light Up Your Future” event that brought over 1,000 individuals to the illuminated campus and its programs of study. The event was held in Gailey Park on the South Georgia Technical College Americus campus and each program area was represented in the creative event that promoted the outstanding education and extra-curricular activities offered by South Georgia...

GAINESVILLE, FL - The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets took their fourth straight win in an impressive 62 – 49 victory over Santa Fe College in Gainesville, FL recently. The Lady Jets are now 9 – 1 on the season and 3 – 0 in the conference. They are also tied for first place in the Division I Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association women’s basketball standings with Georgia Highlands College. “We played good in spurts,” said South Georgia Technical College Athletic...

South Georgia Technical College hosted a development program recently for a group of area high school juniors known as the “Chamber Champions,” a youth leadership program sponsored by the Sumter County Chamber of Commerce. According to the Sumter County Chamber of Commerce, the Chamber Champions are chosen based on a list of criteria set forth by the Workforce Development division. The youth initiative keeps a similar focus as the chamber, which is private sector support, growth, and...

Local entrepreneur and South Georgia Technical College graduate Jessica Wright was recently featured as a guest speaker for an American Enterprise Day program in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on SGTC’s Americus Campus. The co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Americus based company Innovative Senior Solutions spoke with students and attendees about entrepreneurial concepts and the Free Enterprise system - the system in which private businesses operate in competition...

The Waitsman family has endowed a new scholarship for healthcare students at South Georgia Technical College in honor of two long-time Magnolia Manor employees who are near and dear to the hearts of Mrs. Marie Waitsman and her family, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford. This is the 11th scholarship endowed by Mrs. Marie Waitsman and Marie and Leonard Waitsman’s children, Rick and Mindy Waitsman of Atlanta, and Jim and Shirlee Wadsworth of Charlotte,...

South Georgia Technical College Jets sophomore guard Rico Simmons and Lady Jets sophomore forward Esther Adenike were both selected as the Division I basketball Players of the Week for the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association this past week. Simmons, a 5’ 9” point guard from Wilkerson County, played his freshman season with the Jets two years ago and was chosen by head coach Travis Garrett as the Most Valuable Player that year. He sat out last season but returned this year to...

Karen Lewis of Americus was promoted to Banner Receivables Specialist at South Georgia Technical College recently, announced Dr. John Watford, President. Lewis will continue to report to Lea Coe, Vice President of Administrative Services. Lewis has been a member of the South Georgia Technical College staff since 1990. She worked as the JTPA Assistant/Veterans Services Certifying Official from September 1990 to July 1997. Then she moved to a Payroll/Personnel Technician position in...