Jets News

“Servicing the Community” was the headline for the story and the feature photo on the front cover of the Spring 2019 Sumter County Living magazine with South Georgia Technical College English Instructor Raven Payne as the featured story. Payne, along another SGTC instructor, Charles Christmas and his wife Kim, were also featured on the front cover and inside the magazine.    Rachel Price penned the story about Raven Payne titled, “Servicing the Community,” and local...

The Kyle Glenn Holcombe Memorial Scholarship was presented to South Georgia Technical College Electrical Lineworker students Steven Grady Parrish of Perry and Zane Kendrick of Butler recently. The Kyle Glenn Holcombe Memorial Scholarship fund was established and endowed by Georgia Transmission and Aubrey Silvey Enterprises in memory of Kyle Glenn Holcombe, a 23-year old electrical worker who was employed by Aubry Silvey Enterprises in Carrollton, Georgia. Both Parrish and Kendrick...

South Georgia Technical College Vice President of Economic Development (second from left) is shown above with SGTC Economic Development Assistant Tami Blount (l) with the Electrical Lineworker Kyle Glenn Holcombe Scholarship recipients Steven G. Parris and Zane Kendrick along SGTC Electrical Lineworker ¬¬instructors Sandra K. Royal and Sidney Johnson.

Pineland Communications, a subsidiary of Pineland Telephone Cooperative from Metter, GA, made a donation to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation recently, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford.    Pineland is providing approximately $2 million in capital investment in infrastructure to bring gigabit-enabled broadband service to the business community of Americus in an effort to support economic development and business growth. Pineland...

Henry Herald - https://www.henryherald.com/sports/luella-high-alumnae-kamya-hollingshed-posts-career-night/article_a2ff38b5-9b78-5167-9686-9bef6ae6773d.html    Freshman Kamya Hollingshed of McDonough scored as many points as the number on her uniform (30) when she led the South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets to an impressive 107 – 28 victory over Combine Academy Monday night. The win moved the nationally ranked Lady Jets to 16 – 0 in the conference and 25 – 3 overall....

Freshman Kamya Hollingshed of McDonough scored as many points as the number on her uniform (30) when she led the South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets to an impressive 107 – 28 victory over Combine Academy Monday night in the Hangar on the SGTC Americus campus. The win moved the nationally ranked Lady Jets to 16 – 0 in the conference and 25 – 3 overall. South Georgia Technical College Athletic Director and Lady Jets head coach James Frey fielded an All-Freshman squad against the...

Saturday was a great day for the South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets. The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets clinched their fourth consecutive Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Conference Title and earned the right to host the NJCAA Region XVII end of the season tournament with an impressive 102 – 62 victory over Southern Crescent Technical College Saturday in the Hangar. And after that victory, the Jets came out and took a 68 – 49 win over the Southern...

South Georgia Technical College is celebrating the 70th anniversary of its first graduating class this year and in recognition of this milestone, the college will be hosting an Alumni Day Celebration on Saturday, February 23rd in the James S. Peters gymnasium in conjunction with the Jets and Lady Jets basketball games and Sophomore Day recognition. Students, faculty and staff, retirees and alumni will be admitted to the games for free. All South Georgia Technical College alumni and former...

It isn’t easy to tout a 4.0 GPA in a semester of college – but 109 South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) students did just that last semester, earning them a spot on the college's President’s List. SGTC President Dr. John Watford announced the list recently, releasing the names of the 109 students who were included. The President’s List was established to recognize academic excellence in the SGTC student body. In order to be included on the list, a student must be enrolled in an...

The Taylor County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and other officials met on the campus of South Georgia Technical College recently. The officials had the opportunity to tour the college and learn more about the over 200 different associate degree, diploma, and technical certificate of credit educational programs offered at SGTC. South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford welcomed the Taylor County officials to the campus and the Judge T.O. Marshall conference room...

South Georgia Technical College will be offering a Continuing Education Emergency Medical Responder Course on the college’s Crisp County Center campus on Saturday’s from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. from March 2nd – April 6th. Cost is $100 per participant.    This fast-paced course is approved by the Georgia State Office of Emergency Medical Services & Trauma (SOEMST). Successful completion will allow the student to be eligible to sit for the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians...

South Georgia Technical College President Emeritus Sparky Reeves and his wife, Allene, presented Licensed Practical Nursing student Kelsi Cannon with a $500 scholarship after she had been recognized as the college’s 2019 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) winner by SGTC President Dr. John Watford at the college’s GOAL Luncheon recently. “Allene and I are pleased to be here today to present Kelsi Cannon with this scholarship,” said President Emeritus Reeves. “It is...