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RICHMOND, Ky. — Former South Georgia Technical College and Eastern Kentucky University standout Shameekia “Polly” Murray has signed a professional contract with the DePiro Basketball Club. DePiro is an affiliate of the Malta Basketball Association located in Mtarfa, Malta. Malta is a southern European island in the Mediterranean which lies approximately 50 miles from Italy. Murray, a 5’ 10” guard from Claxton helped lead South Georgia Technical College to a 30 – 5 overall...

Shamekia “Polly” Murray, 10, is shown above in her South Georgia Tech Lady Jets uniform. This is her photo that is shown on the SGTC Wall of Fame in the gym. She has now signed a control to play in a professional basketball league.

  South Georgia Technical College students elected into student club and organization leadership positions had the opportunity to participate in a local student leadership retreat and installation ceremony, held recently in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on SGTC’s Americus campus. Club Presidents, Vice Presidents, Secretaries, Parliamentarians, Treasurers, Reporters, and Historians of the Student Government Association (SGA), SkillsUSA, Phi Beta Lambda (PBL), and the...

Approximately 90 different individuals from over 10 different organizations participated in an “active shooter” training drill on the South Georgia Technical College Americus campus recently. “I would like to thank all of the different agencies and individuals who took part in the planning and implementation of this drill,” said South Georgia Technical College Dr. John Watford. “In the world in which we live today, we have to be prepared for a worst case scenario and that is...

  Seated from left to right are SGTC Student of Excellence nominees LaWarrior Gardner, Elizabeth Lumpkin, Judashia Eley, Linda Kent, Norma Hardester, Grady Barfield, Lindsey Massey, and Taylor Hatfield. Standing from left to right are nominating instructors Xavier Jackson, Dorothea Lusane-McKenzie, Teresa McCook, Ricky Watzlowick, Jaye Cripe, Terry Westbury, Diana Skipper, and Debra Smith. Linda Kent of Montezuma, a South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Culinary Arts student, was named...

Georgia Power Area Manager Jem Morris presented a donation from the Georgia Power Foundation to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation 2016 TechForce annual fund drive recently. South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford and SGTC Foundation Executive Director Su Ann Bird accepted the donation on behalf of the foundation. “We would like to thank Jem Morris and Georgia Power Company for this donation to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation,” said SGTC...

LaShondra D. Coleman of Marietta has been named Assistant Vice President for Adult Education at South Georgia Technical College effective immediately, announced President Dr. John Watford.  She will be reporting to South Georgia Technical College’s Vice President of Economic Development Wally Summers. “South Georgia Technical College’s Adult Education department is one of the finest in the state,” said President Watford.  “This department works with the individuals in our area...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford recently announced two key personnel changes for the Americus and Cordele campuses. Former SGTC Registrar Julie Partain has been named as the new Dean of Enrollment Management for the college. Her new office will be located on the Crisp County Center Campus. Eulish Jones Kinchens, who is currently working in the Resource Development/Marketing office and has been with South Georgia Tech for 16 years, has been promoted to the...

“South Georgia Technical College posted a 10.8% increase in enrollment Fall semester 2016,” announced President Dr. John Watford. This is the college’s largest single semester growth since the college converted from the quarter system to the semester system in Fall 2011. It is also the third consecutive year of enrollment increases for South Georgia Technical College. “I would like to thank the entire South Georgia Technical College faculty and staff for their hard work in helping...

Americus, GA – Agrium, Inc., a global leader in agricultural products, services and solutions, focuses its efforts on helping growers increase crop yields sustainably - so that together they can provide more high-quality food to a rapidly growing population. They expanded that mission recently to help feed the minds as well as the bodies of our local student population by endowing another scholarship at South Georgia Technical College. “At Agrium, we believe that collaboration,...

The South Georgia Technical College Foundation kicked off its seventeenth annual TechForce fundraising drive and South Georgia Technical College employees demonstrated their commitment to help “Make it Happen at South Georgia Tech” through their contributions and participation at a silent auction and luncheon held recently in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus campus. Approximately 150 full and part-time employees participated in the “Make it Happen at South...

  South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) student organization for the Americus campus recently conducted officer interviews and elected new club officers for the 2016-2017 academic year. Candidates were interviewed by a panel that included SGTC staff members Dr. Andrea Oates, Academic Dean and PBL Local advisor; Linda Edge, Administrative Assistant; Teresa McCook, Criminal Justice Technology instructor; and Donna Lawrence, Business Technology adjunct instructor and...