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From Arizona Basketball By K Doss South Georgia Technical College post Fanta Gassama had it planned. She was headed to Cincinnati after a strong finish at the junior college level. A coaching change in Ohio reopened her recruitment. Now, she will add to the growing number of frontcourt players at Arizona next season. While the 6-foot-1 sophomore is listed as a center by her juco team, the announcement of her commitment to Arizona lists her as a forward. Regardless, she adds...

   Nearly 200 eighth graders from five different surrounding counties attended the STEM/STEAM Aviation/Avionics Day hosted by South Georgia Technical College and Chattahoochee-Flint RESA on the SGTC Americus campus.    South Georgia Technical College is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year and aviation maintenance was one of the first programs offered at the South Georgia Trade and Vocational School when it opened in 1948.    South Georgia Technical College is the site of the...

    South Georgia Technical College is currently registering students for an eight-week summer semester session which begins on May 24 and can be completed by July 27.  There are no test requirements for admission.  The college will be hosting in-person registration and orientation sessions on Tuesday, April 18 in Americus and on the Crisp County Center campus.     “Summer is an excellent time for individuals to enroll in classes and get a head start on their college education,” said...

   Students were encouraged to engage their hands and their minds at the South Georgia Technical College Spring Fling Open House held recently in the James S. Peters gymnasium on the Americus campus.    Nearly 250 students from Sumter County High School, Schley County High School, Terrell Academy, Stewart County, Georgia Common, and Fresh Start Academy visited the SGTC Spring Fling Open House event to learn more about the over 200 associate degree, diploma, and technical certificate of...

South Georgia Technical College’s Accounting and Business Technology programs recently held an advisory meeting on SGTC’s Crisp campus in the LaPorte Auditorium.SGTC’s Accounting and Business Technology advisory committee members met with Business Technology instructors Teresa Jolly and Nicole Turner and Accounting instructor Tammy Hamilton. The members reviewed all aspects of the program to keep the program abreast of trends and changes in the accounting and business administrative...

     South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy (LEA) instructors stress the importance of getting a good education in addition to the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) certification.  SGTC LEA 23-01 graduate Donquavious Gudes of Cuthbert took those words to heart.  He will now have the opportunity to continue his pursuit of a degree in Criminal Justice with the Lt. Michael Sangster Law Enforcement scholarship.     Gudes was one of eight graduates in the SGTC Law...

Kevin Copeland of Plains recently earned recognition as the South Georgia Technical College overall Student of Excellence for April. Copeland studies Automotive Technology and was nominated by his instructor, Brandon Dean. Dean introduced Copeland as his program’s nominee saying “Kevin is a good student. He comes in every day and does what he’s supposed to do.” Dean also spoke of Copeland’s excellent work ethic and attitude and praised him for excelling as a student while also...

   South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets head women’s basketball coach James Frey has been named as the 2023 World Exposure Report Junior College Division I Head Coach of Year.     Frey, who is in his 11th season as the Head Coach of the South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets, led his team to a 33 – 2 record during the 2022 – 2023 season and an Elite Eight finish in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) national tournament in Lubbock, Texas.     This was...

  Haley Lamberth of Ellaville was presented with the Lou Crouch Law Enforcement Scholarship by the South Georgia Technical College Foundation at the completion of the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Class 23 – 01 graduation ceremony recently. Lamberth earned her Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) certification from the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy.       “I am so thankful for the opportunity to receive this scholarship,”...

      Evan Wood of Fort Valley, GA, was awarded the South Georgia Technical College Foundation Chattahoochee Flint REA Electrical Lineworker Scholarship recently.  SGTC Foundation Executive Director Su Ann Bird made the presentation along with other South Georgia Technical College officials.     Chattahoochee-Flint RESA presented the South Georgia Technical College Foundation with a donation to help fund student scholarships for its Electrical Lineworker program.  Over 600 students have...

    Alexandria Grace Spain of Oglethorpe was awarded the Chief Vanessa Wall Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Scholarship by the South Georgia Technical College Foundation at the SGTC Law Enforcement Academy 23 – 01 graduation ceremony recently.    The endowed scholarship was established in honor of retired Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs Vanessa Wall who began her career at South Georgia Technical College over 20 years ago as the initial Criminal Justice Instructor.  She...

      Retired U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sergeant Howie Franklin shared a secret of success with a standing room only capacity crowd of students, faculty, staff and community members at the South Georgia Technical College Griffin B. Bell Convocation recently in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the SGTC campus in Americus, GA.  The convocation was held in honor of the college’s 75th anniversary.    “This is a special year as South Georgia Technical College is...