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South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy graduate and Montezuma Police Department Officer Austin Smith (left) was recently named the Montezuma Police Officer of the Year. Smith is pictured accepting his graduation certificate from SGTC President Dr. John Watford (right) during his 2016 Law Enforcement Academy graduation. Smith (right) is pictured with Montezuma Police Chief Eric Finch (left) at a recent city council meeting. Photo courtesy of the Montezuma Police...

Esther Adenike (24) selected as the GCAA Player of the Week for the fourth time this season. South Georgia Technical College Sophomore Forward Esther Adenike from Lagos, Nigeria, was selected as the Division I Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association this past week. Adenike averaged 21.5 points, 15 rebounds, three assists, 4.5 steals and four blocks in two Lady Jets victories this past week. This is Adenike’s fourth time being named as the...

The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets are still receiving votes as one of the top National Junior College Athletic Association Division I women’s basketball teams but they were a few votes shy of breaking back into the top 25 rankings this week. There are six teams ranked with five or more losses. The Lady Jets have won five consecutive conference decisions and are currently 23 – 5 overall and 15 – 1 in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association Shelton State remained...

Members of SGTC’s Automotive Technology Advisory Committee met recently on the college’s Americus campus. Pictured from left to right are advisory committee members Ron Peacock, David Miller, Brandon Dean, Raymond Holt, and Kerry Mahone. Earl Snider is not pictured.The South Georgia Technical College Automotive Technology advisory committee met recently on the SGTC Americus campus to discuss the state of the program and the industry as a whole. The purpose of the advisory committee is...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford is shown above with retired Vice President of Administrative Services and the college’s first Athletic Director Janice Davis and SGTC President Emeritus Sparky Reeves and former Athletic Director Steven Wright with ACE and former coach Douglas Byrd and members of the Jets and Lady Jets that participated in the Gray – Red alumni game as part of the 70th anniversary.A day of celebration was the best way to describe the South Georgia Technical College...

South Georgia Technical College alumni, retirees, current employees and students were recognized during halftime of the Jets basketball game in honor of the 70th anniversary of the college. Over 70 people in attendance stepped onto the court for the photograph.South Georgia Technical College welcomed over 500 faculty, staff, alumni, retirees, students and community members to The Hangar recently for their largest ever Alumni and Sophomore Day celebration. Attendees came out to watch an...

South Georgia Technical College’s 2018 SkillsUSA team celebrated SkillsUSA week recently by highlighting the programs and activities the organization participates in. From left to right are: Chad Brown (Advisor), Ethan Lyle, Timothy Payne, Josiah Copland, Cynthia Carter (Advisor), Katelyn Burgess, Dr. Michele Seay (Advisor), Bailey Mills, Jennifer West, Calvin Conley, Tonya Rodgers, Michael Dewberry and Jacob Grant. Members and advisors of South Georgia Technical College’s SkillsUSA...

Lady Jets Esther Adenike (24) is shown above. She had 14 points against Georgia HighlandsThe top-ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets turned a one-point half-time lead into a 70 – 43 victory over Brandon Harrell and the third-ranked Georgia Highlands Lady Chargers in the opening match-up of the alumni/sophomore day game on the SGTC campus Saturday. The Jets were not as fortunate. The Jets were up 40 – 38 at half-time but fell 82 – 80 to the top-ranked Georgia Highlands...

SGTC Alumnus Ronny Roundtree, Jr. will be the keynote speaker for South Georgia Technical College’s annual Black History Month program on Thursday, February 15 at 11:00 a.m. South Georgia Technical College Alumnus and aviation professional Ronny Roundtree, Jr. will be the keynote speaker for the 2018 African American History program at SGTC’s main campus. The program will be held on Thursday, Feb. 15 at 11:00 a.m. in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center in Americus. The public...

Shown above are some of the SGTC staff members that work in the Admissions, Registrar, Administrative Services, and Foundation and Marketing offices in the Odom Center on the Americus campus. Each of these individuals are alumni of South Georgia Technical College who chose to give back to students after graduation by working at the college. Many have gone on to earn other degrees, but they are still proud of their alma mater. They are also shown with one of the SGTC Jets basketball...

Isaac LeCompte (3) scored 19 points for the Jets in the match-up against Andrew College.The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets clinched their 3rd consecutive Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) conference title with a 79 – 40 victory over Andrew College in the Hangar recently. Then the Jets roared out in the second half of the GCAA double-header to make it a clean sweep with an impressive 83 – 55 win over the Andrew College Fighting Tigers. “I am really proud of...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford (left) awards GOAL Winner Noah McCleskey (right) with a trophy.AMERICUS – Noah McCleskey of Pinehurst, a Welding and Joining Technology student at South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center campus, has been named as the college’s winner of the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL). The announcement was made at the college’s GOAL recognition luncheon at the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the college’s main campus...