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South Georgia Technical College Marketing Management student Christopher McGee of Cordele has been named the SGTC GOAL (Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership) winner for 2017, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford at the recent GOAL luncheon held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on SGTC’s Americus campus. McGee was selected by a panel of local community leaders from a group of three GOAL finalists. The two other finalists were Gage Greene of Williamson, a Heavy...

South Georgia Technical College’s Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) Americus campus chapter had its annual Season of Giving over the holidays. PBL members collected food items, Trauma Bears, and Toys for Tots for the community. PBL’s Season of Giving is an annual series of fundraisers to help individuals in the community who are in need. The Season of Giving was a success with a total of 1,201 non-perishable food items donated to Harvest of Hope, 123 stuffed animals donated to the local fire...

The top-ranked Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association’s South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets moved up three spots into 21st in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I women’s basketball Top 25 poll released January 31st. South Georgia Tech was in the 24th place spot last week and is still the only Georgia women’s team included in the NJCAA Division I national rankings. The Lady Jets are 7 – 0 in the GCAA and have posted a 19 – 3 overall record...

South Georgia Technical College’s National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) held its first meeting of 2017 recently in the Energy and Transportation Center on SGTC’s Americus campus. NTHS members discussed the organization’s upcoming events and fundraisers, including a book drive, community outreach projects, a membership drive, and fundraising activities. NTHS members will visit the local Head Start Program on February 9th to distribute collected books from the book drive and read a...

Barry Blount, City President of SB&T in Americus, made a donation to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation recently in support of the college’s 2017 Instructor of the Year program. Each year SB&T presents the winner of the South Georgia Technical College Instructor of the Year award with a stipend. This year South Georgia Technical College Aviation Maintenance Instructor Charles Christmas was named Instructor of the Year for the college. Christmas was recognized by South Georgia...

South Georgia Technical College Athletic Director and Lady Jets head basketball coach James Frey and Jets head basketball coach Travis Garrett spoke to members of the Americus Rotary Club recently. Americus Rotary Club member and SGTC Assistant to the President Don Smith introduced the coaches at the meeting. The Americus Rotary Club has supported both the South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets each season through a donation to the Jets Booster Club. The club has also assisted...

South Georgia Technical College President Emeritus Sparky Reeves and his wife, Allene, recognized South Georgia Tech’s 2017 Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year winner, Charles Christmas, with a stipend from the South Georgia Technical College Foundation’s Sparky and Allen Reeves endowed fund at the college’s 2017 Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year breakfast recently. Charles Christmas, an aviation maintenance instructor at South Georgia Technical College, is the second recipient of...

The South Georgia Technical College Foundation received a $50,000 grant from Sabal Trail Transmission to provide scholarships to deserving students in the industrial, transportation, public service, and medical programs at South Georgia Technical College. “This is a tremendous opportunity for South Georgia Technical College students,” said SGTC President Dr. John Watford. “I would like to express my appreciation to Sabal Trail Transmission and Andrea Grover for their support of our...

ATLANTA, GA - The South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets continued to capture victories in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association recently when they traveled to Atlanta Metropolitan College in Atlanta and walked away with big wins. The Lady Jets defeated the Atlanta Metropolitan Lady Trailblazers 74 – 57 to capture their seventh straight victory and remain in first place in the GCAA with a 7 – 0 conference record and a 19 – 3 overall record. They are also currently...

Administrators from Valdosta State University (VSU) will visit the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center on Monday, February 6th at 1 p.m. to talk with South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center current students and graduates about the VSU Pathway Program that provides a seamless transfer process for students to earn their associate degree at SGTC and then continue their education at VSU and graduate with a four-year degree. The public is invited to attend. Students...

VSU to visit South Georgia Tech Crisp County Center to discuss pathway partnership.

Seated from left to right are SGTC Student of Excellence nominees Brian McDowell, Kaleb Tyler York, Ashley Taylor, Austin Langford, and Jake Coptsias. Standing, from left to right, are Dean for Academic Affairs Raymond Holt, instructors Glynn Cobb, Lora Wiseman, Mike Collins, Phil Deese, and Ted Eschmann. Not pictured are nominees Logan Duckworth and Calvin Conley, and nominating instructors Tyler Wells and Gil Pittman. Brian McDowell of Cordele, a South Georgia Technical College (SGTC)...