Lady Jets News

Need a job? Enjoy driving? South Georgia Technical College may have the perfect career opportunity for you and it’s not too late to enroll in classes. South Georgia Technical College Commercial Truck Driving Instructor Robert Cook and his instructors are expanding the South Georgia Technical College Commercial Truck driving program to include day and evening classes in Americus and Cordele as well as specialized contract training for businesses and industries. Ryan Barton, who is...

Chad Brown of Ellaville has joined South Georgia Technical College as the full-time Machine Tool Technology instructor, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford. He will report to South Georgia Technical College Academic Dean David Finley and SGTC Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers. Brown, who is a 2005 graduate of the South Georgia Technical College Machine Tool Technology program, has worked as a Machinist with the Marine Depot Maintenance Command...

Americus Police Chief Mark Scott was the speaker at the South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) 20th Law Enforcement Academy (LEA) graduation recently. Seven graduates of the SGTC Law Enforcement Class 17 – 01 were recognized and received their Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Certification. The graduates of SGTC’s LEA Class 17 -01 included: Larry James Bennett of Vienna; Chandler Ridge Buchanan of Cuthbert; Marcus Allen Ford of Leesburg; Christopher J. Gaddy of Ellaville;...

Charles Kinnamon of Americus was selected as the recipient of the South Georgia Technical College Lt. Michael Sangster Law Enforcement Academy endowed scholarship from the SGTC Law Enforcement Academy (LEA) Class of 17-01. Kinnamon earned his Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) certification from the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy. Kinnamon also received the Highest Academic Award for earning the highest academic marks in the 17-01 graduating class as well as...

Quinntin J. Mann of Americus was presented with the Lou Crouch Law Enforcement Scholarship at the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Class 17 – 01 graduation ceremony held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the SGTC Americus campus recently. Mann earned his Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) certification from the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy. Mann expressed his appreciation for being selected as the Lou Crouch Law...

Christopher J. Gaddy of Ellaville was awarded the very first Smallwood-Sondron Law Enforcement Academy Scholarship at the South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Class 17 – 01 graduation ceremony held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the SGTC Americus campus recently. Lou Crouch of Bryon endowed this new South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Law Enforcement Academy scholarship in memory of Peach County Sheriff’s Office Deputies Patrick Sondron and...

Recruiters from Walmart recently visited South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) students to talk about employment opportunities with the company, including full-time and part-time opportunities, and entry level, mid-management, and supervisory positions. John Davis, Store Manager of the Walmart location in Americus; Paul Thomas, Ethics/Compliance Regional Manager; Angelic Holmes, Personnel Coordinator; and other Walmart employees spoke about their careers at Walmart and the benefits of...

SGTC President Dr. Watford presented Shermel McCluster with her degree at South Georgia Tech’s spring commencement ceremony earlier this month. Shermel McCluster, a seventeen year-old high school senior from Americus, has just accomplished an amazing feat—she walked across the stage to receive her Associate of Applied Science degree in Criminal Justice Technology from South Georgia Technical College nine days before her high school graduation. McCluster, a graduating senior at...

Chief of Police of the Americus Police Department Mark Scott will be the featured speaker at South Georgia Tech’s upcoming Law Enforcement Academy (LEA) graduation. Seven cadets from LEA class 17-01 will graduate from the academy on Friday, May 19th at 11:00am in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on SGTC’s Americus campus. Chief Scott was appointed as the Americus Police Department’s Chief of Police in March 2016. Prior to his appointment, he served for six years with the...

South Georgia Technical College sophomore women’s basketball player Desiree Corbin, a 6’3” center from Griffin, signed a letter of intent to continue her basketball career as Lady Pirate at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. SGTC Lady Jets Head Coach James Frey and Assistant Coach Kezia Conyers were on hand for the signing and offered their support. “I’m proud of Des and the way she fought through a late season injury and never quit on her teammates and...

Americus, GA – Caterpillar dealers from Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, and Tennessee hosted a dinner for the South Georgia Technical College graduates receiving an Associate of Applied Technology Degree in Heavy Equipment Dealers Service Technology prior to the college’s 2017 Spring Commencement Ceremony recently. The dinner was held in the Betty Deriso Pope Teleconference room in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the South Georgia Technical College campus. SGTC...

South Georgia Technical College hosted its 2017 spring commencement ceremony Tuesday, May 9th, 2017 at 6 p.m. in the James S. Peters Gymnasium on the Americus campus in front of a capacity crowd. Approximately 200 students, 38 of which were either Presidential Honor or regular Honor Graduates, received awards of either an associate degree or a diploma during the 2017 Spring commencement ceremony. Students must have an overall grade point average of 3.9 or higher to qualify as a Presidential...