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Frank Gassett, second from left, is shown above with two of his former graduates, Dan Linginfelter and Dr. Royce Ann Martin, as well as SGTC President Dr. John Watford. Linginfelter and Martin both retired after tremendous careers in the aviation maintenance field. Linginfelter who is now Chairman of the Technical College System of Georgia State Foundation Board and former TCSG Alumnus of the Year, retired from Delta Air Lines as the Atlanta Station Manager, International. He also recently...

Shown above with SGTC Assistant Vice President Josh Curtin (left) are some of the SGTC faculty, staff, and students who participated in the “Walk Your Way to a Health Happy Life” as part of the National Walking Day celebration.   South Georgia Technical College’s Student Affairs Department hosted a “Walk Your Way to a Healthy Happy Life” as part of the National Walking Day celebration.  All students, faculty and staff were encouraged to participate.     The original walk was...

SGTC Athletic Director James Frey (l to r) is shown above presenting the Lady Jets MVP Award to Kamya Hollingshed with assistant coaches Adenike Aderinto and Demetrius Colson looking on.     “A very special year” was the way South Georgia Technical College Jets Booster Club President Martha Arrington summed up the 2021 – 2022 basketball season for the Jets and Lady Jets at the Booster Club Awards/Recognition banquet held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus...

Members of SGTC staff and the Sports and Fitness Management Advisory Council (l-r): Brian Davis, MSA Orthopedics; Jeff Fussell, Recreation Manager, Sumter County Parks and Recreation; Terri Battle, Athletics Coordinator; James Frey, Athletic Director and Lady Jets basketball Head Coach; Chris Ballauer, Jets basketball Head Coach; Tim Estes, Executive Director, Sumter County Parks and Recreation; Dr. David Finley, Academic Dean; and Nancy Fitzgerald, Grants Coordinator.The Sports and Fitness...

Members of SGTC staff and the Industrial Programs Advisory Council (l-r): Dr. David Finley, Academic Dean; Josh Strange, RAMTEC; Brad Aldridge, Welding Instructor; Ted Eschmann, Weldin Instructor; Nancy Fitzgerald, Grants Coordinator; Chad Brown, Precision Machining Instructor; Brian White, Southern Company; Betty Suggs, Ignite Academy; Mike Collins, Electronic Instructor; Michael Jakulski, Imerys; Patrick Owen Industrial/Electrical Systems Instructor.The South Georgia Technical College (SGTC)...

SGTC Practical Nursing instructor Jennifer Childs (left) looks on as her students prepare to register donors at the recent American Red Cross blood drive on the SGTC Americus campus.South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) recently hosted a blood drive for the American Red Cross that resulted in the donation of 19 units of blood. Students, faculty and staff members, as well as community members attended the drive to donate blood. SGTC Nursing students assisted with the event to gain valuable...

Student of Excellence overall winner Dawn Ammons (left) and nominees Justice Hayes and Nickolas Phelps. Not pictured is nominee Sara Rogers.Dawn Ammons of Ellaville was recently recognized as the March Student of Excellence on the South Georgia Technical College Americus campus. Ammons studies Marketing Management and was nominated by her instructor, Mary Cross. “I nominated Dawn Ammons because of her impeccable work ethics,” Cross said. “She is an awesome student, she is a great...

Members of SGTC staff and the Cosmetology Advisory Council (l-r): Dorothea Lusane-McKenzie, Cosmetology Instructor; Tori Purvis, Owner/Stylist at Capelli Salon and Spa in Albany; Kembrial Harris of Kem’s Beauty Palace of Montezuma; Samantha Inthiraj Nquyen of Sally’s Nail and Spa in Americus and Ellaville; Martha Bruce of KB’s Beauty Salon; SGTC Cosmetology student Anna Rees; Barbering instructor Andre Robinson; and SGTC Barbering Student Brandon Price. Not pictured is council member...

SGTC Jets Marvin McGhee, 10, was named as a NJCAA second team All-American for 2021 - 2022.    South Georgia Technical College Jets sophomore guard Marvin McGhee was selected to the 2021 - 2022 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division 1 Men’s Basketball All-American second team, announced the NJCAA recently.  McGhee and the Jets finished the season 22 – 12 overall and earned the right to compete in the NJCAA National Tournament in Hutchinson, Kansas.    “I am...

Shown above are the Jets after defeating Georgia Highlands to earn the opportunity to attend the NJCAA National Tournament in Hutchinson, Kansas.Shown above are the SGTC Lady Jets getting ready for their first game at the NJCAA National Tournament in Lubbock, Texas.   The South Georgia Technical College Jets Booster Club will be hosting its 2021 – 2022 recognition and awards banquet on Tuesday, April 5th at 6 p.m. in the John M. Pope Center to honor the Jets and Lady Jets basketball teams...

Alexia Dizeko (5) and Fanta Gassama (23) were named All-Americans by the NJCAA and WBCA.   South Georgia Technical College had two true freshmen from its nationally recognized 2021 – 2022 Lady Jets women’s basketball team to be selected into the 2021 -2022 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) All-American teams.  The Lady Jets finished the season as one of the top sixteen teams in the nation with a 27 – 7...

SGTC Director of Career Services Cynthia Carter conducts a workshop on Income Essentials for students at the SGTC Crisp County Center.Students at South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center in Cordele recently had the opportunity to attend a workshop on campus covering the topic of Income Essentials. Cynthia Carter, SGTC Director of Career Services, conducted the workshop. Twenty students from the LPN, Culinary Arts, and Early Childhood Care and Education programs attended the...