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Just as a group of six handpicked graduating seniors from Americus Sumter High School started to get quiet, Don Porter of Georgia Power asked, “how much do you think a lineman makes per hour starting out?” The students threw some numbers out – five, ten, twelve. The correct answer was $19 an hour. When calculated to an annual salary, the number comes out to roughly $39,000 – with a lot of room for growth. The students’ interest came back around. The six students were...

Nineteen students from South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) recently traveled to Atlanta to compete in the state-level SkillsUSA competitions. Of the 19, six students received gold medals in their competitions and will advance to the SkillsUSA National competitions in Louisville, KY at the end of June. The students who will advance include: Ethan Lyle for placing first in aviation maintenance technology; Charles Westra and Tison Smith (team of two) for placing first in the additive...

South Georgia Technical College’s Americus campus named Dwandelyn “Gwen” Hall of Americus, an accounting student and full-time employee of the college, the Student of Excellence for March 2019 recently. She was announced as the winner of the five nominated students at a recent ceremony held in the John M. Pope Center on the college’s Americus campus. Hall was nominated for the award by her instructor, Brenda Hudson-Boone, who introduced her to the room of nominees’ family...

The 19th-seeded South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets’ NJCAA National Tournament run was cut short on Tuesday morning after losing to 14th-seeded Trinity Valley Community College, 73-48, in the first round of the tournament. The loss ends the Lady Jets’ historic season with an overall record and program-best 30-4. The Lady Jets made the trip to Lubbock, TX knowing their opponent would be tough. The Cardinals were ranked in the top five for much of the season, and ended the season...

Robert Michael Johnson of Americus has been hired as a full-time custodian for South Georgia Technical College’s Americus campus effective immediately. He will be reporting to the SGTC Director of Maintenance Jeff Wiseman and Assistant to the President Don Smith.   As a custodian on the Americus campus, Johnson will be responsible for maintaining and caring for the South Georgia Technical College buildings and facilities as well as other duties as assigned.  ...

Americus, GA – Over 150 high school students from across the Southeastern United States attended South Georgia Technical College’s John Deere Agricultural Technology Open House held recently in the college’s John Deere Ag Technology lab and classrooms. This was the largest group ever hosted at one time.   The event was sponsored by South Georgia Technical College and John Deere. John Deere officials and dealers invited prospective students and their parents as well as high...

LUBBOCK, TEXAS - The 2019 South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets basketball team is headed to the National Junior College Athletic Association National Tournament in Lubbock, Texas, for the third consecutive year and for the fifth time in six years under Lady Jets head coach James Frey and Assistant Coach Kenzia Conyers.   The Lady Jets are joining an elite group of women’s basketball teams that are making the trip a regular occurrence and hundreds of fans are expressing...

ATLANTA, GA - South Georgia Technical College's Heather Hinton of Oglethorpe was recognized at the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) 26th annual Exceptional Adult Georgian in Literacy Education (EAGLE) Conference in Atlanta recently along with the other 25 top adult education students from around the state.   TCSG Commissioner Matt Arthur and TCSG Assistant Commissioner for Adult Education Dr. Cavanna Good recognized each of the students and presented Simonne A. Crane, a...

Americus, GA – Approximately 200 John Deere officials from Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and Alabama took part in the John Deere 2019 Division P Optimization Training event at South Georgia Technical College in Americus, GA recently. The training was held in South Georgia Tech’s Energy and Transportation Center in the John Deere Ag Tech classrooms and labs and in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center.   The two-day event was a training session for the parts, sales,...

Seven members of the South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets 2018 – 2019 basketball teams have earned Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Division I All-Academic Team honors, announced GCAA Executive Director David Elder.   All six of the South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets sophomores were named to the All-Academic Team and sophomore Samuel Matice was selected to represent the Jets. South Georgia Technical College had the largest number of...

Kenneth Hair of Ellaville has been hired as a new full-time Commercial Truck Driving Instructor for the South Georgia Technical College Americus campus as well as the Crisp County Center effective immediately, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford.   “Hair has nearly 30 years of experience in the Commercial Truck Driving field and has varied experience as a supervisor and as a short haul and long haul driver. We believe that he will be an asset...

  The Advancing Sumter Community Leadership Development Program will host a 2-day leadership workshop in Americus. The Saturday sessions will be held on March 23rd and March 30th from 9 am to 5 pm at the Georgia Southwestern State University Student Success Center.   The certificated two-day program uses the University of Georgia's Fanning Institute for Leadership Development curriculum.  Topics include:  Understanding Community Leadership, Effective Communication, Group Dynamics,...