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South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) will host its third Spring Take-Off event on Friday, April 7th from 10am-2pm on both the main campus in Americus and the Crisp County Center in Cordele. Spring Take-Off highlights each of SGTC’s program areas and informs prospective students of financial aid opportunities, student life, career placement, and all SGTC has to offer. Hot dogs and other refreshments will be served free of charge for all who attend the event. The $25 application fee will...

Rome, GA - The South Georgia Technical College Jets overpowered the Albany Technical College Titans 84-63 Friday in Rome, Georgia, to advance to the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region XVII championship finals. They will face the sixth nationally ranked Georgia Highlands Chargers at 4 p.m. Saturday to determine the NJCAA Region XVII Champions and the right to advance to the NJCAA National Tournament in Hutchinson, Kansas March 20th – 25th. That championship game...

Sophomore forward Andre Kennedy of Albany was the only member of the South Georgia Technical College Jets 2016 – 2017 basketball team to be included in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Division I Men’s basketball All-Region team recently. He joined Lady Jets Shaineequah Fluellyn, Esther Adenike, Desiree Corbin, Camille Coleman, and Kanna Suzuki from the South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets in being recognized for their outstanding play of the court this...

BARNESVILLE, GA - South Georgia Technical College sophomore guard Pat Welch from Pembroke, NH, drained a three-point shot with 6.8 seconds remaining in the game to lift the seventh-ranked Jets to a 76 – 74 upset victory over the second seeded Gordon State College Highlanders in the first round of the National Junior College Athletic Association Region XVII Tournament in Barnesville. The Jets will now advance to the NJCAA Region XVII Final Four round at Georgia Highlands College in Rome, GA...

South Georgia Technical College instructors and staff members recently spoke with students at the Webster County High School College and Career Day about the Move On When Ready (MOWR) high school program, as well as SGTC program offerings. The instructors and staff members who spoke to Webster County students included: Vickie Austin, High School Coordinator; Brittny Wright and Beth Brooks, High School Initiatives Specialists; Andrea Ingram, Computer Information Systems/Networking Specialist...

South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) members coordinated an effort to “save” books by having a Book Recycling Week in February. “Books can’t usually be recycled with other paper recycling because of the glue that’s used to bind them,” said SGTC NTHS Advisor/Admissions Coordinator Kari Bodrey. “But NTHS has a solution to make sure those unwanted books make their way into the hands of people who can use them.” The...

South Georgia Technical College’s Air Conditioning Technology class recently had Matt Lane, Sales Manager of SafeAire, come and speak with students. He spoke to instructor Glynn Cobb’s class about how rewarding a career in the HVAC field could be for them and what kinds of jobs they could apply for after graduation from South Georgia Technical College. Matt Lane is the sales manager at SafeAire’s Albany location. Lane has served as a chairman of the Air Conditioning Technology...

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Americus, GA - Sophomore guard Shaineequah Fluellyn scored 32 points to lead the nationally ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets to the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region XVII Championship Saturday in a narrow 65 – 63 victory over former Lady Jets head coach Brandan Harrell and his Georgia Highlands Lady Chargers from Rome, GA. This is the fourth consecutive time that the Lady Jets have been in the championship game under head coach James Frey in his...

Name: Shermel McCluster High School: Americus Sumter High School South Campus MOWR Program: Criminal Justice Technology (Associate’s Degree) Advisor: Teresa McCook Total MOWR savings: $6,496 Shermel has taken full advantage of her opportunities with the Move On When Ready program at South Georgia Technical College, securing an internship with the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office in Americus and soaring to the top of her class. Her advisor, Teresa McCook, nominated her for the Student...

Americus, GA - 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. 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 school guidance counselors, and agriculture teachers from their service...

The Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association’s 2017 regular season champion South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets moved up to 16th place in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I women’s basketball final Top 25 poll released February 28th. South Georgia Tech was in the 20th place spot last week and is still the only Georgia women’s team included in the NJCAA Division I national rankings. This is their highest ranking this season nationally. The Lady Jets...