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   The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets moved up two spots into 5th place in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I women’s national basketball poll this week and the Jets earned their first national ranking in several years with a 21st place seed in the Division I men’s basketball poll.  Both teams are currently unbeaten in the 2021 - 2022 season.     “This is exciting news for both teams,” said SGTC Athletic Director and Lady Jets head coach...

    South Georgia Technical College has earned the top spot as the Best Community College in Georgia for 2022 by Niche, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford.  This is the third consecutive year that South Georgia Technical College has earned this distinction. Niche’s Best College rankings for 2022 for Georgia can be found at:  https://www.niche.com/colleges/search/best-community-colleges/s/georgia/    In addition to being named the Best Community College...

   The South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets both took impressive wins over the weekend to remain unbeaten this season.  The 7th place nationally ranked Lady Jets captured an 83 – 42 victory over Andrew College in a Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) conference game to move to 4 – 0 overall and 1 – 0 in the GCAA. And then the Jets traveled Phenix City, AL to take a narrow 84 – 82 win over Chattahoochee Valley Community College to start the season 5 –...

Tuscaloosa, AL - The South Georgia Technical College Jets took an impressive 84 – 81 victory over the previously unbeaten Shelton State Bucs, who were ranked 7th in the National Junior College Athletic Association men’s basketball Division 1 standings this week, to remain unbeaten with a 4 – 0 record.    The two teams fought for the lead all night long.  Shelton led by as many as 11 points with less than nine minutes to play.  The two teams continued to battle but SGTC was able to...

Tuscaloosa, AL - The South Georgia Technical College Jets took an 84 – 71 victory over Bevill Community College in the Shelton State Veterans Day Classic in Tuscaloosa, AL, Wednesday night to move to 3 – 0 for the 2021 – 2022 season.    They will face off against Shelton State Community College Thursday at 8:30 p.m. at Shelton State.  The Bucs were the 2021 NJCAA Region XXII Division I men’s basketball champions and are currently 3 – 0 on the season and ranked 7th in the...

    Paul M. Larkin, Jr. of Leesburg, GA has been hired as a South Georgia Technical College Aviation Maintenance Technology Instructor effective immediately, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford.  He will report to Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers.      “We are pleased that Paul Larkin will be joining the South Georgia Technical College faculty as one of our Aviation Maintenance Technology Instructors,” said President Watford.  “Our...

South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) recently hosted a blood drive for the American Red Cross that resulted in the donation of 21 units of blood. Students, faculty and staff members, as well as community members attended the drive to donate blood. SGTC Nursing students assisted with the event to gain valuable experience. According to the American Red Cross, blood donations can help cancer patients, trauma patients, sickle cell patients, burn patients, and patients with chronic...

Americus, Ga - South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford announced that Chris Ballauer has been named as the new Jet’s men’s head intercollegiate basketball Coach and Sports and Fitness Management Instructor for the 2021 – 2022 season.  Former interim part-time assistant coach Jaren Harris, who was also working as a tutor for the college, has been named as the full-time assistant intercollegiate coach for the men’s basketball team this season.  He will also continue...

     The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets moved up two spots from their pre-season ranking into 7th place in the National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) 2021 – 2022 DI Women’s first regular season basketball poll released recently.  The Jets also received votes but were unranked.    The Lady Jets were seeded 9th in the NJCAA pre-season poll and moved into 7th place following three victories in their first three outings this season.  They took an 81 – 76 win...

   Greg Turton, Owner/President of Southern Fiber Worx in Cordele, and his son, Mitchell, a junior at Southland Academy, visited the South Georgia Technical College Americus campus recently and toured the Precision Machining and Manufacturing program with SGTC President Dr. John Watford and SGTC Instructor Chad Brown.     Southern Fiber Worx, LLC, is an innovative company that has personally taken on the challenge of providing reliable high-speed internet to rural areas in Georgia...

Three students in the South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Adult Education program recently completed the Safety First IET (Integrated Education and Training) course. Monica Barnes, Calvin Santos, and Allie Zipperer finished the 10-day, 80-hour program and earned OSHA-10 General Industry Certification and ServSafe Food Handler Industry Certification. They also completed Employability Skills Training and a Resume Writing Workshop while concurrently working on GED skills and...

Kiara Bryant of Oglethorpe was recently honored as the overall South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Student of Excellence on the Americus campus. Bryant is an Accounting student and was nominated by Accounting instructor Brenda Boone. “Kiara is an outstanding student,” Boone stated. “I’ve been really impressed with her tenacity to want to succeed in her studies. I’m very proud of her.” Bryant was surprised and pleased to be chosen the overall winner, and she expressed...