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South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above with the Fall 2018 GED Graduation Speaker Kaydon Wallis, who was also graduating with his GED at the ceremony.South Georgia Technical College held its 2018 Fall General Educational Development Diploma (GED) Graduation ceremony in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the SGTC Americus campus recently. Kaydon Wallis, a 2018 GED graduate from South Georgia Technical College was the guest speaker at the...

Alyssa Nieves, 4, was the top scorer for the Lady Jets with 15 points. She was five of 11 from the three-point line. Ricka Jackson, 1, came up with 14 points against Southern Crescent. The nationally ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets stretched their winning streak to nine straight with a 72 – 51 conference decision over the Southern Crescent Lady Tigers over the weekend. The win put the Lady Jets at 9 – 1 overall and kept them in 1st place with a 4- 0 record in...

SGTC Jets Justin Johnson, 5, led the Jets in scoring with 26 points again USC Salkehatchie.Walterboro, SC - The South Georgia Technical College Jets dropped an 85 – 63 decision to the USC Salkehatchie Indians in Walterboro, SC, over the weekend to fall to 1 – 6 overall. They will return home to host Marion Military on Tuesday, December 4th at 7 p.m. in the Hangar as part of the SGTC Light Up Your Future events. Everyone is invited out to see the campus in lights and enjoy a great...

Instructors at South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) have nominated six of their students for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) competition, according to Cynthia Carter, coordinator for the college’s GOAL program. GOAL, a statewide program of the Technical College System of Georgia, honors excellence in academics and leadership among the state’s technical college students. GOAL winners are selected at each of the state’s 22 technical colleges as well as one Board of...

South Georgia Technical College will hold a Spring semester registration event on Thursday, Nov. 29 for new and returning students on both campuses. Orientation sessions will be held for new students at 9:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. on the Americus campus and at 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. on the Cordele campus to accommodate for different schedules. During the event, students will have the opportunity to meet with their advisor, register for classes, attend an orientation session, have an SGTC...

Left to right: Dr. Deborah Jones, Mark Brooks, Sammy Stone, Dianne Trueblood and Michelle McGowan have been selected to serve as the GOAL selection committee for 2019.Cynthia Carter, the coordinator for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) program at South Georgia Technical College, has announced the members of the screening committee that will interview students who are nominated for the college’s annual GOAL title. The objective of the GOAL program is to recognize and...

AMERICUS - South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford has announced that Cynthia Carter, the director of career services at the college, will coordinate the 2019 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) program. GOAL, a statewide program of the Technical College System of Georgia, honors excellence among the state’s technical college students. According to Carter, the GOAL program is the first statewide program in the nation designed to recognize leadership and...

Amara Edeh, 5, and Alyssa Nieves, 4, were the top scorers for the Lady Jets in their wins over Roane State and Pensacola State in the Georgia Highlands Thanksgiving Classic Tournament.ROME, GA – The nationally ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets captured their eighth straight win in the Georgia Highlands Thanksgiving Classic Basketball Tournament in Rome over the Thanksgiving Break. The Lady Jets defeated Roane State Community College 76 – 40 in the opening game of the...

Everyone is invited to the FREE 3rd annual “Light Up Your Future” Event at South Georgia Technical College on Tuesday, December 4th from 5:30 to 8 p.m.South Georgia Technical College will be hosting its third annual “Light Up Your Future” event on Tuesday, December 4th from 5:30 p.m. until 8 p.m. in Gailey Park on the South Georgia Technical College Americus campus and the community is invited to this fun free celebration. The Jets basketball team also will be playing Marion...

Bigue Sarr, 21, led the Lady Jets in scoring against Albany Tech.The nationally ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets captured an impressive 82 – 51 victory over the Albany Tech Lady Titans Tuesday night to remain unbeaten in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association conference and post their sixth consecutive win this season. The game was never in doubt as the Lady Jets dominated the Lady Titans almost from the opening buzzer. South Georgia Tech was up 28 – 12 at the...

Fatou Pouye, 12, named GCAA Player of the Week for the second consecutive week.South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets sophomore forward Fatou Pouye from Kaolack, Senegal, has been selected as the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association Division I women’s basketball player of the week for two consecutive weeks. The 6’ 0” forward averaged 16.5 points, 10 rebounds, 4.5 steals, and 1.5 block shots in the Lady Jets two wins this week to earn her second Player of the Week honors in as...

South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets Assistant Coach Kenzia Conyers is shown above with Lady Jets Fatou Pouye, Ricka Jackson, and Bigue Sarr along with South Georgia Technical College Athletic Director and Lady Jets head coach James Frey at the NCAA early signing day event. Pouye signed to play with Illinois at the next level while Jackson chose Texas Tech and Sarr inked with Oklahoma State.The 2018 – 2019 basketball season is barely underway but three sophomores from the nationally...