Jets News

The South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets basketball squads are gaining a lot of valuable experience during preseason scrimmages and both head coaches hope to see even more improvement before the two teams open the 2019 – 2020 season on November 1st.    The Jets traveled to the CB Hoops JUCO Jamboree in Emerson, GA on Saturday, October 19th and also traveled to Middle Georgia State College in Cochran last week for tough scrimmages. The Lady Jets hosted Thomas...

SkillsUSA club members at South Georgia Technical College met recently to elect officers for the upcoming year. The meeting was held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus Campus. SGTC Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs and SkillsUSA advisor Vanessa Wall explained the duties of each office and opened the floor for nominations from the student club members. When nominations were set, the students cast their ballots for the nominees. SkillsUSA club...

The South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Medical Assisting advisory committee met recently in McLain Hall on the SGTC Americus campus. The purpose of the advisory committee is to assist South Georgia Tech faculty and staff in continuous quality improvement of the Medical Assisting program. Medical Assisting instructors Diana Skipper RN and Jeana Yawn LPN provided updates and information about program changes, enrollment, community activities, and student news. Joining Skipper and Yawn...

The South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) General Education and Learning Support advisory committee met recently in the Energy and Transportation Center on the SGTC Americus campus. In the meeting, the committee discussed several aspects of the general education classes offered at SGTC. The purpose of the advisory committee is to assist South Georgia Technical College faculty and staff in continuous quality improvement of the General Education and Learning Support programs. SGTC general...

South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) Accounting, Business Technology and Marketing Management programs on the Crisp County Center Campus held an advisory meeting recently in the Crisp County Center boardroom.    Members of Crisp County Center’s Accounting, Business Technology and Marketing Management advisory committee met with SGTC’s Business Technology instructor Teresa Jolly and Accounting/Marketing instructor Karen Bloodworth. The members reviewed all aspects of...

Students on the South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Crisp County Center campus recently had the opportunity to attend a workshop on the importance of reading and writing skills. The workshop was conducted by SGTC English instructor and new Admissions Coordinator Katrice Taylor. In addition to stressing the value of reading and writing skills, Taylor also offered strategies to strengthen those skills and get more out of time spent engaged in reading and writing activities. Taylor noted...

Michael Timothy Jaskulski of Ellaville, a South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Industrial Systems Technology student, was awarded a framed certificate from the United States Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship for completing the Registered Apprenticeship program between South Georgia Tech and Imerys Refractory Minerals in Andersonville recently. He was the first South Georgia Technical College student to complete the Registered Apprenticeship program with a certification as...

The South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets took to the courts recently to gain some valuable experience in pre-season JUCO jamborees and scrimmages prior to the official start of the 2019 – 2020 basketball season on November 1st.    The Lady Jets hosted the Joint Base Langley-Eustis Lady Raptors from Virginia and played a six period scrimmage that saw the 2019 Military Basketball Association Champion Lady Raptors take a narrow 75 – 70 win over the Lady Jets at...

South Georgia Technical College recently held a workshop for students on the Americus campus. LaKenya Johnson, Special Service Coordinator, made a presentation on how students can successfully handle procrastination. Johnson explained that there are both helpful and harmful forms of procrastination. In the workshop, she educated students on strategies to avoid the negative impacts of procrastination and even use it to their advantage. The student support services at South Georgia...

Americus, GA – John Deere Agricultural and Turf Division officials visited South Georgia Technical College recently and brought a donation to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation for the John Deere TECH program. SGTC President Dr. John Watford also gave officials a tour of the campus before they met with SGTC John Deere TECH instructors and John Deere TECH students.    Grant Suhre, Director, John Deere Region 4 Customer & Product Support; Andy Meckley, John Deere U.S....

South Georgia Technical College may not be your granddaddy’s old trade school with its over 200 associate degree, diploma, or technical certificate of credit offerings, but the college was ranked recently as the seventh best trade school in Georgia and one of the best 500 trade schools in the nation.    “South Georgia Technical College is over 70 years old and is the second oldest technical college in the Technical College System of Georgia,” said SGTC President Dr. John...

South Georgia Technical College’s Adult Education department hosted its advisory committee meeting recently in the John M. Pope Center on the Americus campus with representatives from each of the seven county areas served by South Georgia Technical College’s GED programs.    South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford and SGTC Adult Education Dean Lillie Ann Winn welcomed the advisory committee members, instructors, and guests to the meeting. Winn also talked...