Jets News

Kacey Dixon was named the Nov. 2018 Student of Excellence.South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Marketing Management student Kacey Dixon of Montezuma was recently named the Student of Excellence for November.  Dixon and four other outstanding students were recognized as the top students in their respective program areas and then Dixon was selected as the overall Student of Excellence at the ceremony held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the college’s Americus...

A student with the Chamber Champions group reads a quote about leadership during the groups visit to SGTC.South Georgia Technical College hosted a development program recently for a group of area high school juniors known as the “Chamber Champions,” a youth leadership program sponsored by the Sumter County Chamber of Commerce. According to the Sumter County Chamber of Commerce, the Chamber Champions are chosen based on a list of criteria set forth by the Workforce Development division....

Georgia Southwestern and South Georgia Tech signed a new articulation agreement ensuring a smooth transition from SGTC to GSW’s Long-Term Care Management Program. (L-R front) Su Ann Bird, VP of Institutional Advancement at SGTC; Dr. David Kuipers, VP of Academic Affairs at SGTC; Dr. John Watford, SGTC President; Dr. Neal Weaver, GSW President; Dr. Suzanne Smith, Provost and VP of Academic Affairs at GSW; Dr. Leisa Easom, Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Health Sciences and Professor...

President Dr. John Watford and SGTC Board of Director Chairman Jake Everett with the SGTC Board’s 100% certification for the 2018 year at the TCSG Leadership Conference in Savannah.The South Georgia Technical College Board of Directors was recognized as a fully certified board at the Technical College Directors Association and the Technical College Foundation Association annual Leadership conference in Savannah recently. All seven members of the South Georgia Technical College Board...

Larry Paulk, Chairman of the Technical College Foundation Association, is shown above (l to r) with South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford, Duncan Beard and Ellen Marshall Beard who accepted the Benefactor of the Year award for the Mattie Marshall Foundation, along with SGTC Vice President of Institutional Advancement and Foundation Executive Director Su Ann Bird and Technical College System of Georgia Commissioner Matt Arthur.SAVANNAH, GA – The Mattie Marshall...

A group of costume contest participants await the results of the individual costume contest at South Georgia Technical College’s annual Halloween event.A board game character, a gruesome police officer and a chicken all walked away with trophies from South Georgia Technical College’s annual Halloween celebration on the Americus campus recently. The event, which was the largest to date, was held in the Hangar and featured an individual costume contest, a group costume contest, a pumpkin...

SGTC Bobblehead ACE social media contest winner Ashley Holland is shown posing with Bobblehead ACE in the picture she shared on social media. Holland’s picture gained nearly 400 interactions.After reviewing dozens of entries, South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) has determined a winner for the Bobblehead ACE social media contest. Ashley Holland of Cordele, a medical assisting student on the Americus campus, received 399 interactions (likes, comments, shares) on her pictures, making her...

Christopher Mathews was named the Student of Excellence - October 2018 for SGTC's Crisp County Center.South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) student Christopher Mathews of Vienna was recently named October’s Student of Excellence on the college’s Crisp County Center campus. Mathews, a computer information systems (CIS) student, and four other students from various programs were recognized for their hard-work, work ethic and other positive attributes at the ceremony, which was recently...

Woman shooting basketball.

Shown above (l to r) are the educational leaders who participated in the State of Education event at South Georgia Technical College recently. They are: Dr. Elizabeth Kuipers, Principal of Furlow Charter School, Dr. Torrance Choates, Sumter County Schools Superintendent, Dr. John Watford, President of South Georgia Technical College; Ty Kinslow, Headmaster at Southland Academy; and Dr. Neal Weaver, President of Georgia Southwestern State University. The State of Education in Sumter County...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (seated right) is shown above thanking Marie Waitsman (seated left) for the new endowed healthcare scholarship that she and her family endowed in honor of two longtime Magnolia Manor employees, “Kitty” LaDaisy Battle (standing left) and Laurie Jessop. (standing right). The Waitsman family has endowed a second scholarship for healthcare students at South Georgia Technical College in honor of two long-time Magnolia Manor employees...

Brad Harnum has been named as the South Georgia Technical College full-time Emergency Medical Technology instructor effective immediately, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford. He will teach on both the Americus and the Crisp County campuses and will report to SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers. Harnum was been working as an EMT adjunct instructor for South Georgia Technical College for the past 10 months while also working as a full-time...