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    Three of the top four National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division 1 Women’s Basketball teams will be participating in the Lady Jets Holiday Classic at South Georgia Technical College in Americus, GA, December 30th – January 1st.    Eastern Florida State, the top ranked team in the NJCAA Division 1 Women’s Standings, as well as the currently number two team in the nation, Gulf Coast Community College, will join the host and 4th ranked NJCAA Division 1 South...

   South Georgia Technical College will begin offering a new one-semester Motorcycle Maintenance Technician technical certificate of credit Spring Semester, which begins January 11th, 2023.  Students can apply now.    “The program is being offered through the High-Performance Engines Motorsports program.  The program emphasizes a combination of mechanical theory and practical experience relative to the maintenance of motorcycles and other power sports equipment.    Topics will...

   South Georgia Technical College’s Fanta Gassama has been selected as the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division 1 Women’s Basketball player of the week.  Gassama averaged 18.3 points and 13.3 rebounds in three wins for the Lady Jets last week.    Gassama, a 6’ 1” sophomore center from Mataro Spain, has helped lead the Lady Jets to a 4th place national ranking in the National Junior College Athletic Association and a first-place seed in the Georgia Collegiate...

Twelve graduates of the South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) program received their nursing pins in a recent ceremony in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus campus. A crowd of family, friends, administrators, and instructors attended the event to show their support as the students participated in the traditional pinning ritual. Receiving their pins were Jasmine Brown of Albany, pinned by SGTC grad Mary Jones LPN; Yolanda...

   South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center Marketing Management and Accounting Instructor Karen Bloodworth has decided to retire from teaching after spending 15 years helping students gain the skills needed to enter the workforce.   “I have enjoyed my time at South Georgia Tech.  It is a great school and provides great opportunities for the populations we serve,” said Bloodworth, who plans to renovate and reopen her Rochelle Florist & Gift Shop in the near future.  “I...

Macon, GA – The 4th nationally ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets had a very sluggish first half against the 1 – 5 Central Georgia Technical College Titans in Macon in a Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) conference match-up but managed to take the 59 – 46 victory.    “We did not play well at all in the first half,” said South Georgia Technical College Athletic Director and Lady Jets head coach James Frey after his team was up 12 – 11 at the end of...

   Jake and Margie Everett are “going the extra mile” to help students at South Georgia Technical College.  The Everett’s established an endowed scholarship in memory of their daughter Rose Ann Everett several years ago.  Recently, two individuals were recognized as recipients of the South Georgia Technical College Foundation’s Rose Ann Everett Scholarships.  Mason Deal, a John Deere Ag Technology student from Ocilla, GA and Sebastian Shattles, a Welding and Joining Technology...

Phenix City, AL – The South Georgia Technical College Jets dropped their fourth consecutive loss recently when they traveled to Phenix City, AL, to take on Chattahoochee Valley Community College.  The Pirates took a commanding 92 – 67 decision over the Jets who fell to 3 – 7 on the season.    “We are just not making our shots,” said SGTC Jets head coach Chris Ballauer.  “We have played a very tough pre-conference schedule but we need to turn things around before we open up...

     The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets moved up three spots into 4th place in the National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) Division I women’s basketball poll released this week.  The Lady Jets moved up from 7th place after securing three back to back wins and moving to 12 – 1 on the season. The Lady Jets only loss this season was to the second ranked Gulf Coast State College Lady Commodores in the season opener.    Eastern Florida State moved into first...

   If any one man has left his fingerprints and footprints on a college campus, it would have to be South Georgia Technical College’s Mike Enfinger, who is retiring as the Crisp County Center’s Industrial Electrical and Air Conditioning Technology instructor with nearly 30 years of state government experience.     As he walked the halls of the Crisp County Center, Enfinger pointed to new led lights and lighting fixtures, air conditioning ducts, and a host of other mechanical type...

The nationally ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets moved to 12 – 1 overall and 5 – 0 in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) after securing an 86 – 74 victory over East Georgia State College on Friday and then took a 69 – 38 win over Albany Technical College on Saturday.    The Lady Jets are currently the only unbeaten team in the GCAA and moved from seventh place nationally to 4th place in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA)...

South Georgia Technical College President, Dr. John Watford, recently announced the four finalists for the honor of representing SGTC in the annual Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) competition to be held in Atlanta next April. The students chosen as finalists were: Tredarrion Colbert of Americus, Barbering; Karson Richmond of Johnson City, TN, Heavy Equipment Dealer Service Technology; Kristy Tyus of Ellaville, Medical Assisting; and John Welch of Ellaville, Criminal...