Jets News

South Georgia Technical College recently announced three finalists for SGTC’s 2023 Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year award. Nominated by other members of the SGTC faculty, the finalists are Wanda Bishop, Criminal Justice; Chester Taylor, Mathematics; and Rose Leggett, Mathematics. Wanda Bishop joined the faculty of South Georgia Technical College in 2019 to teach Criminal Justice at the College’s Crisp County Center in Cordele. She began her career with the Georgia Department of...

South Georgia Technical College adult education instructor Tonya Visage has been nominated by the college for the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) Office of Adult Education Outstanding Teacher of the Year award. “Students admire her because she is kind, patient, and cares about them,” said Lillie Ann Winn, SGTC Dean of Adult Education. “She is able to see what each student brings to the learning community and freely offers love, acceptance, and grace. Mrs. Visage cares...

   South Georgia Technical College held its 2022 Fall High School Equivalency graduation ceremony recently in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the SGTC Americus campus.  Twenty-five students earned their General Educational Development (GED) Diploma and were recognized for that accomplishment.   Tonya Visage, South Georgia Technical College’s Outstanding Adult Education Teacher of the Year, was the guest speaker at the event, which featured graduates from Sumter, Crisp,...

Zackary Mincey of Buena Vista has been chosen to represent South Georgia Technical College as this year’s nominee for the Exceptional Adult Georgian in Literacy Education (EAGLE) award presented annually by the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG). He will represent SGTC’s adult education program at the annual EAGLE conference in March. Mincey graduated from SGTC’s adult education program in June and is currently enrolled in the college’s welding program. He anticipates...

Phenix City, AL - The 7th place National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) nationally ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets traveled to Phenix City, AL recently and took a 71 – 63 victory over Chattahoochee Valley Community College.    This was the Lady Jets 10th consecutive win this season and it put them at 10 – 1 overall.  They are also tied for first place in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) conference with a 3 – 0 record.  East Georgia...

     The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets maintained their 7th place ranking in the National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) Division I women’s basketball poll released this week.  The Lady Jets are currently 9 – 1 on the season.  The Lady Jets only loss this season was to the third ranked Gulf Coast State College Lady Commodores in the season opener.    Trinity Valley remains in first place with a perfect 11 – 0 record.  Blinn is second at 9 – 0 on the...

    Nearly 1,000 individuals participated in the South Georgia Technical College seventh annual “Light Up Your Future” Drive-Thru event recently and participants were able to vote for their favorite displays electronically using a QR code from a cell phone or computer. The Lighted Aviation Display was awesome!    The joint display of the Aviation Maintenance, Avionics, and Aircraft Structural Technology which featured a lighted helicopter, air plane, propeller and a small jet...

Melbourne, FL – The South Georgia Technical College Jets lost two tough decisions in the Eastern Florida Classic in Melbourne, FL this past weekend.  The Jets fell to Eastern Florida State College in the opener 84 – 66 and then dropped a 95 – 83 decision to 17th ranked Daytona State in the second matchup.  The losses put the Jets at 3 – 6 on the season.    South Georgia Technical College Jets head coach Chris Ballauer said the Jets just didn’t come ready to play.  The Jets had...

    The South Georgia Technical College Foundation and South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford hosted a special Holiday Buffet recently to thank all SGTC faculty, staff, alumni, retirees, foundation supporters, and business and industry partners for their support of the college and its students.     The special event was hosted in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the South Georgia Tech campus recently.  Approximately 350 faculty and staff as well as...

   A black marble bench honoring the accomplishments of South Georgia Technical College’s first state Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) winner, Royce Ann Martin, Ph.D., was unveiled in a small ceremony recently at the Griffin B. Bell Aerospace Center on the South Georgia Technical College Americus campus.    Royce Ann Martin was an aviation maintenance technology student at South Georgia Tech and was selected to serve as the 1981 GOAL winner at the local level.  She won...

South Georgia Technical College held two ceremonies during the fall semester to recognize outstanding students in their respective programs. During the first event, Paula Coleman of Lilly, a Criminal Justice Student, was selected as the overall Student of Excellence. Jessie Kilgore, a Welding and Joining Technology student from Cordele, received the overall honor in the second ceremony. Coleman was nominated by Criminal Justice instructor Wanda Bishop, and Kilgore was nominated by Welding...

    The seconds clicked off the clock as the South Georgia Technical College Jets tried to stage a comeback to upset the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) fourth ranked Chipola State College Indians recently and Chipola walked away with a 69 – 64 decision in the Hangar.  The loss dropped the Jets to 3 – 4 on the season and Chipola moved to 11 – 0.    The Jets missed a three-point shot and a layup in the last 30 seconds of the match-up with Chipola, which could...