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Bradley S. Aldridge of Leesburg, was named as the new full-time Welding Instructor for the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center effective immediately, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford. Aldridge had served as an adjunct welding instructor at South Georgia Technical College from 2015 to 2017. He resigned to take a full-time welding instructor position at Albany Technical College but has now rejoined South Georgia Tech as the full-time...

South Georgia Technical College sophomore forward Fatou Pouye from Kaolack, Senegal, was selected as the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Division I women’s basketball Player of the Week for her performance on the court for the first week of January 2019. This is the third time this season that Pouye has been selected for this honor and the fourth time that a Lady Jets player has been highlighted for outstanding play on the court for the 2018-2019 season. Pouye was...

South Georgia Technical College and the South Georgia Technical College Foundation nominated Ruth S. Jones of Americus as their outstanding Volunteer of the Year award for 2018 – 2019. She was also nominated as a Technical College Foundation Association Volunteer of the Year. “Ruth Jones was selected as the South Georgia Technical College and South Georgia Technical College Foundation Volunteer of the Year because she is an outstanding ambassador for technical education and for South...

The South Georgia Technical College nationally ranked Lady Jets moved to 16 – 2 overall and 8 – 0 in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) standings with an impressive 108 – 54 victory over the Andrew College Lady Fighting Tigers Saturday. The Jets tried to make it a clean sweep, but they fell 86 – 71 to Andrew’s men in their second conference game of the new year to drop to 4 – 12 overall and 0 – 2 in the conference. The women’s game was never in doubt as...

South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center Medical Assisting Instructor Vickie Gilbert was recognized recently for her retirement with over 11 years of service to the Medical Assisting students from the Crisp County area. Dr. John Watford, President of SGTC, recognized Gilbert during a faculty-staff meeting on the Crisp County Center campus with faculty and staff present. He presented Gilbert with a plaque with the SGTC logo that stated, “In appreciation for your 11 years of...

Freshman guard Justin Johnson, 5, was the only Jet to score in double-figures with 26 points in a disappointing loss to Central Georgia Tech in a tight 76 – 71 conference loss.Macon, GA – Sophomore guard Alyssa Nieves from Tampa, FL, hit six consecutive three-point shots in the first half for the South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets to set the tone for the night and lead them to an 87 – 58 Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Conference win over Central Georgia...

Carenda Starling of Dawson, GA was selected as the recipient of the South Georgia Technical College Lt. Michael Sangster Law Enforcement Academy endowed scholarship from the SGTC Law Enforcement Academy (LEA) Class of 18-02. She was also selected as the Class Representative for the LEA Class of 18-02. Starling earned her Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) certification from the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy. “Being awarded this scholarship is...

South Georgia Technical College will be hosting registration and orientation for Spring Semester 2019 on Monday, January 7th on the Americus and Crisp County Center campuses. Spring Semester classes begin on Wednesday, January 9th but all students are urged to apply and register for their preferred classes and schedules on January 7th. South Georgia Tech will be providing the use of textbooks at no cost to students again for Spring Semester. Registration and orientation will be held...

Kody Barfield of Warner Robins was awarded the Smallwood-Sondron Law Enforcement Academy Scholarship at the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Class 18 – 02 graduation ceremony held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the SGTC Americus campus recently. He also received the Academic Achievement Award for Class 18-02. Lou Crouch of Bryon endowed this scholarship to the South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Law Enforcement Academy in memory of Peach...

The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets rebounded from an embarrassing loss to Shelton State on Sunday to finish the 2018 year with an impressive 81 – 70 victory over a tough Eastern Florida Lady Titan team in the last game of the SGTC Lady Jets Holiday Basketball Classic on New Year’s Eve. In the other final contest, Shelton State let Gulf Coast outscore them 32 – 13 in the fourth quarter and capture a 55 – 48 come from behind victory in a battle between two highly ranked...

The South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets both came up with impressive victories in the opening rounds of the three-day South Georgia Technical College Jet and Lady Jets Holiday Classics in the Hangar on the Americus campus. Nationally ranked teams from Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and North Carolina participated in the National Junior College Athletic Association match-ups. The Jets came up with a 90 – 84 win over the Wake Tech Eagles from Raleigh, NC on Friday after the...

The South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy recently held its fall graduation ceremony for the 17-02 graduating class of cadets. The ceremony was held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the college’s Americus campus and recognized the class’ 14 graduates. Graduating Cadets included Steven Tyler Adams of Cordele, Cora Kineshell Baker of Newton, Jeffery B. Bell of Ashburn, Nathan Brown of Dawson, Anthony D. Davis of Leesburg, David Rueda Fierros of...