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SGTC Grant Coordinator Beth Wisham (right) is pictured with Michelle Kimble, CTAE Director/Assistant Principal, Taylor County High School (second from right), Nicole Acree, Executive Director, Taylor County Chamber of Commerce (left) and students from the Taylor County Youth Leadership Program during a recent tour of the South Georgia Technical College Campus.Seven Taylor County High School students in the Youth Leadership program visited South Georgia Technical College in Americus recently...

Synovus’ Tami Duke is shown above (l to r) presenting Chester Taylor with a donation from Synovus for being selected as the South Georgia Technical College 2023 Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year.    SGTC Math Instructor Chester Taylor was presented with a check from Synovus in Americus recently after he was selected as the South Georgia Technical College Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year for 2023.       Each year Synovus or the former SB&T branch presents the winner of the South...

Aaron Pitts, 4, was the top scorer for the Jets with 18 points in the 80 – 70 loss to Central Georgia Tech.   The South Georgia Technical College Jets just couldn’t get it all together Saturday and dropped an 80 – 70 Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) decision to Central Georgia Tech in the Hangar.  The Jets dropped to 2 – 3 in the conference and 5 – 13 overall.  Central Georgia Tech is 2 – 2 and 9 – 7.    “We didn’t play well and we turned the ball over too...

Veronika Palfi, 4, was the leading scorer for the Lady Jets with 17 points against Andrew College. She was three of four from the three-point line.   The top-ranked National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets rolled to an 83 – 42 Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) win over Andrew College and a 63 – 51 victory over Albany Tech on the road this past week to move to 21 – 1 and 9 – 0 in the conference.     The Lady Jets are...

Shown above are the SGTC GCAA Players of the Week. Luana Leite, 1; Nathan Wilson, 20, and Alexia Dizeko, 5.   Three of the South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets and Jets basketball players have earned Player of the Week honors from the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) for their conference play over the past two weeks.  The top-ranked National Junior College Athletic Association Lady Jets are now 20 – 1 overall and 8 – 0 in the conference and the Jets are 2 – 2 and...

Photo: Pictured are members of the SGTC GOAL selection committee for 2023 (l-r) Walter Knighton, Dr. Marnie Dutcher, Richard McCorkle, and Amber Batchelor. Not pictured is Rev. Michael Coley. The committee to select South Georgia Technical College’s candidate for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) met recently on the campus of SGTC in Americus. The committee interviewed three finalists for the honor and chose a winner to be announced Wednesday, January 25th during the GOAL...

Mitch Roundtree joins SGTC as High School Initiative Specialist.   Thomas Mitch Roundtree of Waycross has been hired as a full-time High School Initiative Specialist at South Georgia Technical College effective immediately, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford.  Roundtree will report to High School Initiative Coordinator Vickie Austin and the SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs.    Roundtree is a graduate of Clinch County High School in Homerville, GA, and earned an Associate of...

Aaron Pitts was the top scorer for the Jets in the 80 – 76 loss to Gordon State College.   A banked three-point shot at the buzzer forced the South Georgia Technical College Jets into overtime against the Gordon State College Highlanders.  Gordon State rode that momentum into the five-minute overtime session and outscored the Jets 11 – 7 to take the 80 – 76 victory.    “We had opportunities to walk away with a win tonight,” said South Georgia Technical College Jets head coach...

The SGTC 2022 – 2023 Lady Jets are ranked number one in the nation. This is the first time a South Georgia Technical College team has held that honor.     The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets moved into the first-place position in the National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) Division I women’s basketball poll released this week.  This is the highest ranking ever achieved by the Lady Jets in their 18-year history and the only time a South Georgia Technical...

Bryce Turner, 11, was the top scorer for the Jets in their first conference win over Southern Crescent.    The South Georgia Technical College Jets took a 74 – 67 Georgia Intercollegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) conference win over the Southern Crescent Technical College Tigers Saturday to move into a three-way tie for third place in the conference.    The Jets were able to snap an eight-game losing streak with the victory over Southern Crescent and move to 4 – 11 on the season and...

SGTC nursing student Kagen Leigh Mathis donates blood during a recent American Red Cross Blood Drive on the SGTC campus in Americus.The American Red Cross will conduct a blood drive on Tuesday, January 17 from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. on the campus of South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) in Americus. The blood drive will be held in the Hicks Hall student union on the Americus campus, and all eligible donors are encouraged to participate. Students from the SGTC Practical Nursing program...

Mandy Reeves Young (left), daughter of SGTC President Emeritus Sparky and Allene Reeves is shown above presenting Taylor (right) with a check for being named SGTC 2023 Instructor of the Year.     South Georgia Technical College President Emeritus Sparky Reeves and his wife, Allene, established an endowed fund with the South Georgia Technical College Foundation to honor the college’s Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year each year.  Chester A. Taylor, III, an SGTC Math Instructor was the...