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Pineland Communications, a subsidiary of Pineland Telephone Cooperative from Metter, GA, made a donation to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation recently, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford.    Pineland is providing approximately $2 million in capital investment in infrastructure to bring gigabit-enabled broadband service to the business community of Americus in an effort to support economic development and business growth. Pineland...

Henry Herald - https://www.henryherald.com/sports/luella-high-alumnae-kamya-hollingshed-posts-career-night/article_a2ff38b5-9b78-5167-9686-9bef6ae6773d.html    Freshman Kamya Hollingshed of McDonough scored as many points as the number on her uniform (30) when she led the South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets to an impressive 107 – 28 victory over Combine Academy Monday night. The win moved the nationally ranked Lady Jets to 16 – 0 in the conference and 25 – 3 overall....

Freshman Kamya Hollingshed of McDonough scored as many points as the number on her uniform (30) when she led the South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets to an impressive 107 – 28 victory over Combine Academy Monday night in the Hangar on the SGTC Americus campus. The win moved the nationally ranked Lady Jets to 16 – 0 in the conference and 25 – 3 overall. South Georgia Technical College Athletic Director and Lady Jets head coach James Frey fielded an All-Freshman squad against the...

Saturday was a great day for the South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets. The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets clinched their fourth consecutive Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Conference Title and earned the right to host the NJCAA Region XVII end of the season tournament with an impressive 102 – 62 victory over Southern Crescent Technical College Saturday in the Hangar. And after that victory, the Jets came out and took a 68 – 49 win over the Southern...

South Georgia Technical College is celebrating the 70th anniversary of its first graduating class this year and in recognition of this milestone, the college will be hosting an Alumni Day Celebration on Saturday, February 23rd in the James S. Peters gymnasium in conjunction with the Jets and Lady Jets basketball games and Sophomore Day recognition. Students, faculty and staff, retirees and alumni will be admitted to the games for free. All South Georgia Technical College alumni and former...

It isn’t easy to tout a 4.0 GPA in a semester of college – but 109 South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) students did just that last semester, earning them a spot on the college's President’s List. SGTC President Dr. John Watford announced the list recently, releasing the names of the 109 students who were included. The President’s List was established to recognize academic excellence in the SGTC student body. In order to be included on the list, a student must be enrolled in an...

The Taylor County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and other officials met on the campus of South Georgia Technical College recently. The officials had the opportunity to tour the college and learn more about the over 200 different associate degree, diploma, and technical certificate of credit educational programs offered at SGTC. South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford welcomed the Taylor County officials to the campus and the Judge T.O. Marshall conference room...

South Georgia Technical College will be offering a Continuing Education Emergency Medical Responder Course on the college’s Crisp County Center campus on Saturday’s from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. from March 2nd – April 6th. Cost is $100 per participant.    This fast-paced course is approved by the Georgia State Office of Emergency Medical Services & Trauma (SOEMST). Successful completion will allow the student to be eligible to sit for the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians...

South Georgia Technical College President Emeritus Sparky Reeves and his wife, Allene, presented Licensed Practical Nursing student Kelsi Cannon with a $500 scholarship after she had been recognized as the college’s 2019 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) winner by SGTC President Dr. John Watford at the college’s GOAL Luncheon recently. “Allene and I are pleased to be here today to present Kelsi Cannon with this scholarship,” said President Emeritus Reeves. “It is...

Colquitt Electric Membership Corporation and Diverse Power teamed up to donate and refurbish a pole trailer to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation for the college’s Electrical Lineworker program recently, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford. “South Georgia Technical College appreciates the partnerships that we have created with business and industry around the state and throughout the Southeastern United States,” said South Georgia Technical College President Dr....

She stands only 5’ 7” inches tall, but Alyssa Nieves has been playing some big time basketball for South Georgia Technical College’s nationally ranked Lady Jets. The sophomore guard from Tampa, FL, shattered two records for the Lady Jets this past week and earned the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I women’s Player of the Week as well as the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association Player of the Week honors. This is only the second time that a member of...

Americus Rotary Club Past President Don Smith presented South Georgia Technical College Licensed Practical Nursing student Kelsi Cannon of Schley County with a stipend recently on behalf of the Americus Rotary Club after she was recognized as the college’s 2019 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) winner by SGTC President Dr. John Watford at the college’s GOAL Luncheon recently. The Americus Rotary Club and the Sumter County Chamber of Commerce have been premier sponsors of...