Jets News

Shown above are the South Georgia Technical College Sophomore Lady Jets who were named to the GCAA All-Academic team for 2018-2019. They are: Aubrey Maulden, 20, Bigue Sarr, 21, Alyssa Nieves, 4, Ricka Jackson, 1, Fatour Pouye, 12, and Mari Hill, 10. 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...

Kenneth Hair 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...

Advancing Sumter Flyer announcing Leadership Training.   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...

South Georgia Technical College Grants Coordinator and STEM Day Coordinator Nancy Fitzgerald is shown above with Chattahoochee Flint RESA Executive Director Richard McCorkle and RESA Stem Day Coordinator Heidi Gooden. Imagine, Invent, Inspire, – those three words explain the entire emphasis of the South Georgia Technical College STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Day efforts that involved more than 700 middle school students and teachers from Marion County, Schley...

Danny Wingard of Sumter Electric Membership Corporation is shown above presenting a check from the Georgia EMC Foremen & Supervisors’ Association for scholarships to students in the SGTC Electrical Lineworker program to SGTC President Dr. John Watford. Also shown with Wingard (second from right) and Dr. Watford (far right) are South Georgia Technical College Electrical Lineworker Instructor Sidney Johnson, Electrical Lineworker students Justin Cooley of Monroe County, and Will Roberson of...

South Georgia Technical College Director of Business and Industry Services Paul Farr, SGTC Vice President of Economic Development Wally Summers, SGTC Dean of Enrollment Management Julie Partain and SGTC Director of Business and Industry Services for the Crisp County area Michele McGowan are shown above at the SGTC informational table at the Crisp County 31st annual Atlanta Legislative Fish Fry. South Georgia Technical College officials traveled to Atlanta to participate in the Crisp County...

Earn college credit in just eight weeks by taking c-term classes.South Georgia Technical College is offering day, evening, and online eight week classes beginning March 11 on both the Americus and Crisp County Center campuses. The eight-week classes are part of the Spring Semester C-term which begins March 11 and ends May 2. C-term classes serve as an option for students who want to catch up or get ahead in their coursework. The classes, which are often fast-paced, allow students to earn an...

RVRC Executive Director Patti Cullen is shown above (center) accepting a plaque from South Georgia Technical College officials in appreciation of her 38 years of service to the River Valley Regional Commission. Shown (l to r) with Cullen are SGTC Director of Business and Industry Services Michelle McGowan, SGTC Vice President of Economic Development Wally Summers, SGTC Director of Business and Industry Services Paul Farr and SGTC President Dr. John Watford. South Georgia Technical...

Kelsi Cannon accepts her Student of Excellence plaque from SGTC vice president of academic affairs David Kuipers. In addition to Student of Excellence, Cannon was also named as the college’s GOAL representative for 2019. Twenty-one days after being announced as the GOAL winner for South Georgia Technical College (SGTC), Kelsi Cannon of Ellaville is taking home a new title: SGTC Americus Campus’ Student of Excellence, February 2019. The practical nursing student was awarded the...

Shown above (l to r) are South Georgia Technical College Economic Development Assistant Tami Blount who works with the SGTC Electrical Lineworker program along with SGTC Vice President of Economic Development Wally Summers, SGTC Electrical Lineworker scholarship recipients Thomas Houston Locke and Brandon Haire with SGTC Electrical Lineworer Instructors Sandra Kay Royal and Sidney Johnson. Two South Georgia Technical College Electrical Lineworker students were awarded South Georgia...

Searra Morehead was named the February 2019 Student of Excellence for South Georgia Technical College’s Cordele campus.South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) Cordele campus named Searra Morehead the February Student of Excellence recently at a ceremony for the seven nominees. Morehead, a medical assisting student, was nominated for the award by her instructor, Carol Cowan. “Searra is a great student with attention to detail,” Cowan said. “When she graduates from South Georgia...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford is shown above with three former basketball players who played basketball at SGTC when the team was known as the “Technics.” They are Michael Coley, Willie Yarbrough, and Eddie Wallace. The skies were overcast but the spirits were bright as South Georgia Technical College hosted its annual Sophomore/Alumni Day Celebration Saturday as a tribute to the college’s “Proud Past – Promising Future!”   Nearly 500 faculty, staff, alumni,...