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   Six colleges were shuffled around in the top 15 spots within the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) women’s basketball national rankings this week but the South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets remained in the 16th position for the fourth consecutive week.     The Lady Jets are 23 – 2 overall and 13 - 0 in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association, but they can’t seem to get any higher than 16th nationally.  The Lady Jets were ranked 24th in the pre-season...

   South Georgia Technical College Cosmetology Instructor Dorothea Lusane McKenzie was presented with a check from Synovus Bank in Americus recently after she was selected as the South Georgia Technical College Instructor of the Year for 2020.  She will represent the college at a statewide competition in Atlanta against the other outstanding instructors in the Technical College System of Georgia.     Synovus, formerly known as SB&T, has presented the outstanding Instructor of the Year...

     South Georgia Technical College President Emeritus Sparky Reeves and his wife, Allene, presented South Georgia Tech’s 2020 Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year winner, Dorothea Lusane McKenzie, with a stipend from the South Georgia Technical College Foundation’s Sparky and Allen Reeves endowed fund at the college’s 2020 Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year breakfast recently.    Dorothea Lusane McKenzie, Cosmetology Instructor at South Georgia Tech, was recognized as...

   It was Super Saturday at South Georgia Technical College when the Jets and the Lady Jets took impressive Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) victories over the East Georgia State College Bobcats and Lady Bobcats Saturday.     The nationally ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets defeated the East Georgia Lady Bobcats 83 – 53 in the opening game to secure their seventh consecutive victory and move to 13 – 0 in the conference and 23 – 2 overall.  The East...

South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) recently held a study skills workshop for students on the Americus campus. Dr. Deo Cochran-Sherrod, SGTC Retention and Coaching Specialist, conducted the workshop and presented strategies for studying and retaining information for tests. Cochran-Sherrod shared with students her POP (Prepare, Organize, Practice) plan for studying. The “Prepare” component involves determining aspects of the test including what material will be covered and how the...

South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) recently completed a series of workshops on various aspects of wellness for students at the Crisp County Center in Cordele. Entitled “Welcome Back Wellness Week”, the program explored strategies for mental, physical, and financial wellness. The first session focused on health and nutrition wellness. SGTC LPN and Medical Assisting students provided blood pressure and BMI checks and gave information on diabetes, high blood pressure, the benefits of...

   South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford, his wife, Barbara; their son, Mark; and Dr. Lettie Watford, will be honored by Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW) as some of its most “outstanding alumni.”     Dr. John Watford, his sister, Dr. Lettie Watford, and Barbara and Mark Watford are all graduates of Georgia Southwestern State University and will be honored as the GSW Family Legacy Award recipients on Saturday, February 22nd during GSW’s annual...

Barnesville, GA – It was the third straight conference loss for the South Georgia Technical College Jets when they dropped a narrow 53 – 50 overtime loss to Gordon State College in Barnesville. The Jets are currently in sixth place in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association with a 2 – 6 conference record and a 9 – 13 overall performance.    The Jets shot 26% from the field and only hit 22.6% of their three point attempts but were still able to remain close the entire game and...

Swainsboro, GA – The nationally ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets captured their sixth consecutive victory recently when they traveled to East Georgia State College in Swainsboro and secured an 83 – 51 Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) victory.    The win propelled the top-ranked GCAA squad and 16th NJCAA nationally ranked Lady Jets to 12 – 0 in the conference and 22 – 2.  The Lady Jets went up 20 – 16 at the end of the first quarter and...

Dorothea Lusane Mckenzie has been named the 2020 Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year Award winner for South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) for her work in the cosmetology program at SGTC. Dr. John Watford, SGTC President, presented the award to McKenzie at a breakfast ceremony held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus campus. After remarks from last year’s winner, Brett Murray, the director of the college’s law enforcement academy, Assistant Vice...

   South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford and the South Georgia Technical College faculty and staff were saddened to learn of the passing of retired Caterpillar Heavy Equipment Dealers Service Technology instructor, Richard “Ricky” Donald Davis, 61, of Buena Vista, GA.    He passed away on Thursday, January 23, 2020, at his residence. He is survived by his loving wife, Donna, and other family and friends.  A celebration of life will be held on February 22, 2020,...

South Georgia Technical College student David Bush was recently named the college’s Student of Excellence for the month of January. Bush, an Air Conditioning Technology student, was recognized for his hard work, participation and commitment to learning at the Student of Excellence program held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the college’s Americus campus. Air Conditioning Technology Instructor, Glynn Cobb, nominated Bush for the award and stated “He comes to...