Jets News

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above with Georgia Speaker of the House David Ralston and State Representative Mike Cheokas at the Rural Development Council meeting held at South Georgia Technical College.   The Georgia House Rural Development Council met at South Georgia Technical College recently to talk about workforce development in rural Georgia.  South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford welcomed the group and he also talked about...

Smarr-Smith Foundation Chairman Blake Dukes (seated right center) is shown above presenting SGTC President Dr. John Watford (seated left center) with a scholarship check from the Smarr - Smith Foundation to add to the endowed scholarship at South Georgia Technical College. Also shown (l to r) seated with Dr. Watford and Blake Dukes are Paul and Sharron Johnson and Jessie Simmons. Standing (l to r) are SGTC Law Enforcement Academy Director Brett Murray, Americus Police Chief Mark Scott,...

Lady Jets Niya Goudalock, 3, named GCAA Player of the Week for December 16, 2019.     South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets transfer sophomore guard Niya Goudalock from Gaffney, SC, has been selected as the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association Division I women’s basketball player of the week.  She is the fourth member of the Lady Jets to earn this honor for the 2019 – 2020 season.     The 5’ 7” guard that played at Limestone University last season, scored 15 points, had...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above with SGTC Adult Education employee Kenia Wills who earned her Computer Support Specialist Associate Degree and her son, Kenneth Willis who was a Presidential Honor Graduate from the Welding and Joining Technology program.Over 300 individuals were recognized at the South Georgia Technical College’s Fall 2019 commencement ceremony Thursday, December 12th at 6 p.m. in the James S. Peters Gymnasium on the Americus campus...

SGTC LEA Director Brett Murray (left), SGTC President Dr. John Watford (right) and guest speaker District Attorney Lewis Lamb (second from right) are pictured with LEA graduates (l-r) John Webb of Andersonville, Dillon Hanners of Perry, Kevon Kendrick of Leesburg, Samantha Smith of Columbus, Kevin Kendrick of Leesburg, Monteze McCall of Bainbridge, Jalen Johnson of Leesburg, and Andrew Emmons of Perry.Class 19-02 of the South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Law Enforcement Academy (LEA)...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (Center back) is shown above with retirees: Done E. Smith, Diana Skipper and Phil Deese.   South Georgia Technical College honored three valuable employees who have impacted student success for over half a century through their faithful service. They were recognized during the South Georgia Technical College Faithful Service Awards reception held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus campus...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above with Fall 2019 Adult Education graduate Alexander Hale.    South Georgia Technical College held its 2019 Fall General Educational Development Diploma (GED) Graduation ceremony in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the SGTC Americus campus recently.    Heather Hinton, the South Georgia Technical College 2019 Eagle Delegate and an SGTC GED graduate, was the guest speaker at the ceremony where 34 students...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford is shown above (back row, far right) with the SGTC employees who were reaching a milestone with the college this year. The employees shown are: Jeff Wiseman, Don Smith, Karen Werling, Terri Smith, Tami Blount, Mark Brooks, Michele McGowan, Melissa Grantham, Chris Ballauer, and Dr. David Finley. SGTC Human Resource Director Sandy Larson is also shown with the group. Not shown are: Matthew Burks, Bob Cook, Audra Ekkel, Tonya Visage, Kevin Beaver, Victoria...

Chance Simpson is shown above with his Networking Computer Support instructor, Andrea Ingram with his t-shirt that shows that South Georgia Technical College is “Impacting His Success.”Marshallville, GA – Sixteen-year old Chance Simpson of Marshallville is well on his way to a very bright future.  The Macon County student has completed the minimum requirements for high school graduation and will be enrolling full-time at South Georgia Technical College in January.     At this...

Ten graduates of the South Georgia Technical College Licensed Practical Nursing program received their nursing pins in a recent ceremony in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus campus. A crowd of family, friends, administrators, and instructors attended the event to show their support as the students participated in the traditional pinning ritual. Receiving their pins were Meghan Cannady of Oglethorpe, Ahteanna Clark of Americus, Jayla Collins of Americus, Deaondra...

   The South Georgia Technical College Early Childhood Care and Education advisory committee met recently in the conference room in the Odom Center on the SGTC Americus campus. The purpose of the advisory committee is to assist South Georgia Technical College faculty and staff in continuous quality improvement of the Early Childhood Care and Education program. SGTC Early Childhood Care and Education Americus Instructor Jaye Cripe and SGTC Early Childhood Cordele Instructor Lisa Penton...

SGTC’s 2019 Rick Perkins Teacher of the Year Winner Brett Murray (shown above) with SGTC President Dr. John Watford, will be the speaker at SGTC’s Spring Graduation Exercise on Thursday, December 12th, 2019.South Georgia Technical College will be hosting its 2019 fall graduation exercise Thursday, December 12th at 6 p.m. in the James S. Peters Gymnasium on the Americus campus. Brett Murray, South Georgia Technical College’s Law Enforcement Academy Director and 2019 Rick Perkins...