Athletics News

SGTC WIOA Coordinator Sandhya Muljibhai is shown above with graduate Terrellis Lamar, who is now employed with Big Tex Trailers in Cordele as a welder.   Terrellis Lamar of Americus graduated from the South Georgia Technical College Welding program in 2020 and is grateful for the education, job opportunities, and assistance that he received from the college and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).    Lamar has been employed at Big Tex Trailers in Cordele as a welder for the...

SGTC CAT Instructor Kyle Hartsfield (fifth from right) recently led a classroom training session for motor grader operators at the SGTC Crisp County Center.The South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center recently hosted a Motor Grader Operator Classroom Training session.  Fifteen motor grader operators from Crisp, Cook, Dooly, Sumter, and Turner Counties attended the workshop.  SGTC CAT Lead Instructor Kyle Hartsfield conducted the training.  The classroom session covered the areas...

Shown above are the six South Georgia Technical College Sophomore basketball players who were named to the GCAA All-Academic team for 2020-2021. They are: Kamya Hollingshed, 30, Maikya Simmons, 2, and Will Johnston, 4, on the top row and Justice Hayes, 2, Kallin Fonseca, 5, and Matija Millivojevic, 11.   Six members of the South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets 2021 – 2022 basketball teams have earned Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Division I All-Academic Team...

Jets Will Johnston, 4, was named MVP of the GCAA 2021 – 2022 Tournament and made the All-Tournament team. Marvin McGhee, III, (10), was also named to the All-Tournament team.   South Georgia Technical College’s sophomore point guard Will Johnston of Sydney, Australia, was selected as the Most Valuable Player and a member of the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) All-Tournament team following the Jets 87 – 84 overtime victory over the Georgia Highlands Chargers in Rome, GA...

SGTC students are encouraged to apply for this $2500 scholarship opportunity.   To honor recently retired longtime CEO Tom Donohue and his commitment to workforce development, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation announced a $50,000 scholarship fund to support skills training that will empower more Americans to get ahead in their careers and build better lives.   The Donohue Family Foundation has matched the gift to provide a total of $100,000 in scholarship funding for individuals across...

GACE will hold a virtual career fair April 6 to connect jobseekers with employment opportunities across Georgia.South Georgia Technical College is partnering with over 40 colleges and universities across the state of Georgia this year to hold the GACE (Georgia Association of Colleges and Employers) Virtual Statewide Career Fair on Wednesday, April 6, from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. This virtual event is open to students and alumni from South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) and other...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (seated second from left) is shown above with the SGTC Georgia SkillsUSA medal winners. They are (seated left to right) Kimberly Sadecky, Gold winner in Job Skills Interview; Jonathan Large, Gold winner in Aviation Maintenance Technology, and Carson Innarino, Silver winner in Aviation Maintenance Technology. Shown on the back row are instructors who nominated the students and helped prepare them for the competitions. They are SGTC...

SGTC Super Smash Bros. intramural tournament champions Jason Simon-Pena and Zach Draper are shown above with their SGTC Intramural Champions t-shirts. Jacob Groesch, finalist, is also shown in a t-shirt.   Jason Simon-Pena, a Firefighter/EMSP student, took first place in the South Georgia Technical College Intramural Super Smash Bros Tournament on Nintendo WII U and then he and Zach Draper, an Aviation Maintenance student, teamed up to take first place in the doubles’ competition.   ...

SGTC Crisp County Center Admissions Coordinator Katrice Taylor (left) with a group of 4-H students at the SGTC Crisp County Center in Cordele. The students learned about South Georgia Technical College and toured the Cordele campus.The Crisp County Center of South Georgia Technical College recently hosted a group of home-schooled 4-H students ranging in age from elementary school to 11th grade. Randy West, University of Georgia Crisp County Extension Agent for 4-H Youth, brought the group to...

Potential LPN students attended a recent information meeting on South Georgia Technical College’s LPN program on the Cordele campus.South Georgia Technical College recently held a meeting for people interested in the LPN (Licensed Practical Nursing) program. The meeting was held at the SGTC Crisp County Center in Cordele. Katrice Taylor, Admissions Coordinator at the Crisp County Center, provided an overview of the competitive process for acceptance into the LPN program. Traci Griffen,...

SGTC Aviation Maintenance graduate Terry Thomas is shown above. He is now working as a Senior Consultant, MSG3 Maintenance Programs at Hexagon US Federal.     “Courage doesn’t always roar.  Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying ‘I will try again tomorrow.’”  Mary Ann Radmacher, an American author and artist, is credited with that quote but she could have been speaking about Terry Thomas who graduated from the Aviation Maintenance Technology program at...

March is Free Application Fee at South Georgia Technical College.   South Georgia Technical College will be waiving application fees for high school seniors during the month of March as part of the GA Futures/Georgia Student Finance Commission’s March is “Apply to College Month.”    “This is a great opportunity for high school students graduating in May to go ahead and apply to South Georgia Technical College and have their application fee waived,” said SGTC President Dr. John...