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   Technical College System of Georgia State Board member Carvel Lewis will be the guest speaker at the South Georgia Technical College Black History Program in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center building on the Americus campus at 11 a.m. Thursday, February 23th, 2023, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford.  The theme will be “Celebrating Our Community.” SGTC faculty, staff, students, special guests and community members are invited to...

   Nicole Turner of Vienna has been hired as a full-time Business Administrative Technology Instructor for the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford.  She reports to SGTC Dean of Enrollment Management Julie Partain on the Crisp County Center campus.    Turner is a graduate of South Georgia Technical College.  She earned her Associate of Applied Science Degree in Business Administrative Technology and Accounting from SGTC in 2017 and...

Americus, GA – The Smarr-Smith Foundation presented the South Georgia Technical College Foundation with a check recently to expand its endowed scholarships in memory of Americus Police Officer Nicholas R. Smarr and Georgia Southwestern State University Campus Safety Officer Jody C. Smith.  SGTC President Dr. John Watford and SGTC Foundation Executive Director Su Ann Bird accepted the donation on behalf of the South Georgia Technical College Foundation.      “On behalf of the South...

   The top ranked National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets started slowly but overcame a five-point deficit late in the first quarter to capture an 82 – 53 decision over Central Georgia Technical College in a Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) conference game Monday night.    This was the Lady Jets 26th consecutive victory in the 2022 – 2023 season.  The Lady Jets are currently 26 – 1 and 13 – 0 in the conference....

     The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets captured the first-place position in the National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) Division I women’s basketball poll for the fifth consecutive week and received all 10 first place votes based on their 25 – 1 record.      The Lady Jets recorded back to back Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) victories last week to extend their win streak to 25 straight games.  This allowed the Lady Jets to remain in first...

   South Georgia Technical College President Emeritus Sparky Reeves and his wife, Allene, established an endowed fund with the South Georgia Technical College Foundation to honor the college’s Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) student each year.   Tredarrian Colbert, a barbering student, was the recipient for 2023.    Due to health precautions, Sparky and Allene Reeves were unable to attend the award presentation.  Their son and daughter, Kevin Reeves and Mandy Reeves...

Griffin, GA – South Georgia Technical College sophomore guard Aaron Pitts scored 30 points in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) game against Southern Crescent Technical College in Griffin Saturday, but the Jets still fell three points shy of a win in the 83 – 80 decision.    This was the South Georgia Technical College Jets seventh straight conference loss and dropped them to 2 – 9 and 5 – 19.  The Jets are currently in ninth place above Southern Crescent which...

   The South Georgia Technical College top-ranked Lady Jets came away with an 82 – 68 victory against Andrew College in a rescheduled Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) game Thursday night in the Hangar.  The win moved the Lady Jets to 12 – 0 and 25 – 1.    South Georgia Technical College Athletic Director and Lady Jets head coach James Frey utilized the rescheduled game to build playing time for some of the freshmen and reserves.  Freshman Center Maeve Fotsa Fofou led...

Americus, GA —The Sumter Electric Membership Corporation Foundation, Inc. awarded a grant in the amount of $5,000.00 to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation, Inc. Proceeds from the grant will be used to support the SGTC “Going the Extra Mile” TechForce drive.    The TechForce project supports scholarships for academically deserving and financially disadvantaged students, provides the use of textbooks at no cost to students each semester, the purchase of an 18-wheel truck...

   South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford announced that Gary Prince of Leesburg has been appointed as the SGTC Chief Information Officer over Technology. Prince will report to SGTC Vice President of Administrative Affairs Lea Coe.  The new appointment is effective immediately.    Prince has been working full-time with South Georgia Technical College since 2001 as the Information Systems Administrator, Technical Support Specialist and as a Computer Information Systems...

Rome, GA – The number one nationally ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets secured their 24th consecutive win with a 62 – 49 Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) victory over Georgia Highlands College and former Lady Jet head coach Brandon Harrell in Rome last night to move to 11 – 0 and 24 – 1.    Georgia Highlands, which finished second in the nation last season under Coach Harrell, is currently tied with Albany Tech for the third-place position in the GCAA...

   South Georgia Technical College Jets sophomore forward Aaron Pitts scored 38 points to lead the Jets to an impressive comeback against the second ranked South Georgia State Hawks and force the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) game into overtime.  However, South Georgia State outscored the Jets 23 – 12 in overtime to capture the 87 – 76 victory.    “I was very proud of the way we came back against South Georgia State.  The guys did not give up and once we tied the...