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   Unmanned aircrafts or drones have been around for more than two decades, but drone technology has developed and prospered in the last few years.  South Georgia Technical College is meeting the needs created by this new technology surge by offering an Unmanned Aerial System Technology Program Fall Semester.  Classes start August 18th.    The Unmanned Aerial Systems Technology Technical Certificate of Credit (TCC) is 18-program credit hours in length and provides student the ability to...

    Former South Georgia Technical College Jets basketball player Jae Crowder was featured in an article by Taylor Lee, Editor of Amherst Wire, July 20, 2021 outlining how Crowder is the penultimate role player searching for validation in the National Basketball Association league.  The article highlighting Crowder was released prior to his team, the Phoenix Suns, losing to the Milwaukee Bucks 105 – 98 in the NBA finals.  The article can be found at...

     Brandon D. Gross of Andersonville was hired as the new full-time Horticulture Instructor for South Georgia Technical College effective immediately, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford.  He will report to South Georgia Technical College Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers and Academic Dean David Finley     Gross earned an Associate of Applied Science in Environmental Horticulture from South Georgia Technical College in 2014 and then...

   South Georgia Technical College will be hosting face-to-face Fall Semester Registration on July 20th on both the Americus and Crisp County Center campuses.   The Americus orientation and registration will start in Hicks Hall and the Crisp County Center registration will begin in the main lobby area.    Students who register for Fall Semester classes will receive a free South Georgia Tech free t-shirt with the new slogan, “Changing Lives at SGTC,” while supplies last.  Free...

    South Georgia Technical College is hosting program tours of the Industrial/Technical programs housed in the John M. Pope Industrial Technical College Center.  Great career opportunities are available to individuals interested in pursuing careers as electricians, drafters, maintenance technicians, precision machine operators and programs, and more.    For more information about a tour of the Drafting, Electrical Systems Technology, Electronics Technology, Industrial Systems and the...

    A good crowd attended South Georgia Technical College’s Luau/Field Day for the faculty, staff and students in front of the James S. Peters gymnasium recently.  The event was a fun activity planned by the SGTC student government association and the Student Affairs department for summer semester.     The Luau/Field day featured live music, a water slide, inflatable basketball goals and games of limbo, cornhole, kickball, sack race, water balloon toss and more.   Aramark also...

The Lady Jets enjoyed the activity and showed off their skills with waterguns!

     South Georgia Technical College and the 2020 – 2021 Lady Jets intercollegiate basketball team tied with Miles Community College from Miles City, Montana for the top spot in the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Academic Top 25 Team Honor Rolls for two-year colleges.    “This is a great group of young ladies with an incredible work ethic on and off the floor,” said South Georgia Technical College Athletic Director and Lady Jets head coach James Frey.  “Academics...

   South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford hosted officials from Jefferson State Community College in Birmingham, AL recently and showcased SGTC’s partnership programs that provide students with excellent educational and workforce development training.    Jefferson State Community College Associate Dean for Technical Programs Deana Goodwine and Director of Workforce Education Leah Bigbee made the trip to South Georgia Tech and talked with Dr. Watford as well as SGTC...

   South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford and members of the SGTC Aviation Maintenance Technology program hosted a delegation from Wiregrass Georgia Technical College recently in the Griffin Bell Aerospace Technology Center on its Americus campus.    Wiregrass Georgia Technical College Interim President DeAnnia Clements along with Wiregrass Interim Vice President of Academic Affairs April McDuffie, Associate Vice President for Workforce Development Brandy Wilkes,...

Americus, GA –Nutrien, the world’s largest provider of crop inputs and services, continued its support of South Georgia Technical College this year by endowing another academic scholarship at the nationally-recognized two-year technical college that focuses on educating individuals for the workforce.     “Nutrien strives to meaningfully contribute globally and locally where we operate.  Nutrien’s purpose is to ‘Grow our World from the Ground Up.’  By 2050, we’ll need to grow...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford recently announced the college’s President’s List for the spring semester, which included 152 students from around the area and several other states.To be eligible for the President’s List, a student must be enrolled full time (12 or more credit hours) in an associate degree or diploma program and have a 4.0 GPA for that semester’s coursework. Those students who qualified included:Baldwin County: Isaiah Lee Reeder of Baldwin,...