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Synovus’ Tami Duke is shown above (l to r) presenting Chester Taylor with a donation from Synovus for being selected as the South Georgia Technical College 2023 Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year.    SGTC Math Instructor Chester Taylor was presented with a check from Synovus in Americus recently after he was selected as the South Georgia Technical College Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year for 2023.       Each year Synovus or the former SB&T branch presents the winner of the South...

Shown above are the SGTC GCAA Players of the Week. Luana Leite, 1; Nathan Wilson, 20, and Alexia Dizeko, 5.   Three of the South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets and Jets basketball players have earned Player of the Week honors from the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) for their conference play over the past two weeks.  The top-ranked National Junior College Athletic Association Lady Jets are now 20 – 1 overall and 8 – 0 in the conference and the Jets are 2 – 2 and...

Photo: Pictured are members of the SGTC GOAL selection committee for 2023 (l-r) Walter Knighton, Dr. Marnie Dutcher, Richard McCorkle, and Amber Batchelor. Not pictured is Rev. Michael Coley. The committee to select South Georgia Technical College’s candidate for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) met recently on the campus of SGTC in Americus. The committee interviewed three finalists for the honor and chose a winner to be announced Wednesday, January 25th during the GOAL...

Mitch Roundtree joins SGTC as High School Initiative Specialist.   Thomas Mitch Roundtree of Waycross has been hired as a full-time High School Initiative Specialist at South Georgia Technical College effective immediately, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford.  Roundtree will report to High School Initiative Coordinator Vickie Austin and the SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs.    Roundtree is a graduate of Clinch County High School in Homerville, GA, and earned an Associate of...

SGTC nursing student Kagen Leigh Mathis donates blood during a recent American Red Cross Blood Drive on the SGTC campus in Americus.The American Red Cross will conduct a blood drive on Tuesday, January 17 from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. on the campus of South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) in Americus. The blood drive will be held in the Hicks Hall student union on the Americus campus, and all eligible donors are encouraged to participate. Students from the SGTC Practical Nursing program...

Mandy Reeves Young (left), daughter of SGTC President Emeritus Sparky and Allene Reeves is shown above presenting Taylor (right) with a check for being named SGTC 2023 Instructor of the Year.     South Georgia Technical College President Emeritus Sparky Reeves and his wife, Allene, established an endowed fund with the South Georgia Technical College Foundation to honor the college’s Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year each year.  Chester A. Taylor, III, an SGTC Math Instructor was the...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford (left) is shown above presenting Math Instructor Chester Taylor (right) with the SGTC Instructor of the Year award for 2023.    South Georgia Technical College Math Instructor Chester A. Taylor, III, has been selected as the 2023 Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year for South Georgia Technical College (SGTC), announced President Dr. John Watford at a special ceremony held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus campus in front of SGTC...

Shown above is South Georgia Technical College President Dr. Watford with a representative stack of college textbooks that are provided for students to use at no cost at SGTC when they enroll for Spring semester. Classes start January 11th. The New Year is a great time to look at expanding or exploring new career options.   South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) Spring Semester registration is planned for Monday, January 9th in the Pope Center on the Americus campus and at the Crisp...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford recently announced the college’s President’s List for the fall semester, which included nearly 100 students from around the area and several other states. To be eligible for the President’s List, a student must be enrolled full time (12 or more credit hours) in an associate degree or diploma program and have a 4.0 GPA for that semester’s coursework. Those students who qualified included: Calhoun County: Huriel Martin...

Shown above are the SGTC Foundation Smarr-Smith Scholarship recipients Michael Middleton and Hunter Fallin.Americus, GA – South Georgia Technical College Criminal Justice Technology students Hunter Fallin and Michael Middleton were awarded the Smarr-Smith Law Enforcement/Criminal Justice scholarship recently by the South Georgia Technical College Foundation.       The Smarr-Smith endowed scholarship at South Georgia Technical College was created in memory of fallen Americus Police Officer...

Fanta Gassama, 23, named Women’s Basketball GCAA Player of the Week.   South Georgia Technical College’s Fanta Gassama has been selected as the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division 1 Women’s Basketball player of the week for the first poll of 2023.  Gassama averaged 11.3 points, 15.6 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 2.6 steals and 1.3 blocks in three wins for the Lady Jets last week and helped lead them to a 2nd place National Junior College Athletic Association ranking.    This...

Camryn James, 24, named Women’s Basketball GCAA Player of the Week.   South Georgia Technical College’s Camryn James has been selected as the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division 1 Women’s Basketball player of the week in the last poll of 2022.  James scored 17 points and had 10 rebounds and three blocks in a 59 – 46 victory over Central Georgia Tech in Macon, GA.    James, a 6’ 2” sophomore forward from Macon, Georgia,  has helped lead the Lady Jets to a 4th...