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Aaron Pitts, 4, led the Jets in scoring with 25 points against Chattahoochee Valley Community College.Phenix City, AL – The South Georgia Technical College Jets dropped their fourth consecutive loss recently when they traveled to Phenix City, AL, to take on Chattahoochee Valley Community College.  The Pirates took a commanding 92 – 67 decision over the Jets who fell to 3 – 7 on the season.    “We are just not making our shots,” said SGTC Jets head coach Chris Ballauer.  “We have...

Shown above are the six Lady Jets and Jets players that are listed nationally for their individual accomplishments this season. Shown on the top row are: Lady Jets Luanna Leite, 1, Loes Rozing, 2, Veronika Palfi, 4, On the bottom row are Alexia Dizeko, 5, Fanta Gassama, 23, and Samaj Henderson, 2.     The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets moved up three spots into 4th place in the National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) Division I women’s basketball poll...

South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center Industrial Electrical and Air Conditioning Technology Instructor Mike Enfinger is shown above looking at one of the trainers that he uses in his classroom to teach students.   If any one man has left his fingerprints and footprints on a college campus, it would have to be South Georgia Technical College’s Mike Enfinger, who is retiring as the Crisp County Center’s Industrial Electrical and Air Conditioning Technology instructor with...

Fanta Gassama, 23, is shown going up for a layup against East Georgia. She had 29 points against the Bobcats.The nationally ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets moved to 12 – 1 overall and 5 – 0 in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) after securing an 86 – 74 victory over East Georgia State College on Friday and then took a 69 – 38 win over Albany Technical College on Saturday.    The Lady Jets are currently the only unbeaten team in the GCAA and moved...

South Georgia Technical College President, Dr. John Watford, recently announced the four finalists for the honor of representing SGTC in the annual Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) competition to be held in Atlanta next April. The students chosen as finalists were: Tredarrion Colbert of Americus, Barbering; Karson Richmond of Johnson City, TN, Heavy Equipment Dealer Service Technology; Kristy Tyus of Ellaville, Medical Assisting; and John Welch of Ellaville, Criminal...

SGTC students recently attended an on-campus recruiting event for Raymond Carolina Handling.South Georgia Technical College Career Services recently hosted Raymond Carolina Handling for their first on-campus recruitment event. Students from several SGTC programs attended the event to learn more about the career opportunities at Carolina Handling, an intralogistics solutions company in business for 55 years. Upon meeting with SGTC students, Tanner Burford, Field Service Manager for Carolina...

Fifth-grade students from Furlow Charter School recently visited the SGTC campus to learn more about the college’s programs.South Georgia Technical College recently welcomed 46 Furlow Charter School fifth-grade students for a tour of SGTC programs that align with their science standards. The students visited aviation maintenance, aircraft structural, precision manufacturing, and industrial electrical systems. During their visit, the fifth-graders interacted with the college’s recently...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (left) is shown above presenting 2022 GOAL Student and Culinary Arts honor graduate Zakyah Jaton Cameron with his associate of applied science degree. Nearly 250 individuals earned the right to be recognized at the South Georgia Technical College’s Fall 2022 commencement ceremony Thursday, December 8th at 6 p.m. in the James S. Peters gymnasium.  This was SGTC’s second graduation ceremony for 2022.  Approximately 165 individuals...

Members of the Rick Perkins Award selection committee (l-r) Don Gilman, Betty Suggs, Jennifer Albritton, Dr. Dorothy Ingram, and Harley Calhoun. SGTC Rick Perkins Award nominees (l-r) Wanda Bishop, Chester Taylor, and Rose Leggett.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...

SGTC Adult Education Instructor Tonya Visage has been nominated for the TCSG Office of Adult Education Outstanding Teacher of the Year award.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....

   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 SGTC at the Technical College System of Georgia’s annual EAGLE conference. 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...