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Ricka Jackson, 1, is shown above bringing the ball down the court against a Georgia Highlands player.Rome, GA – The nationally ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets kept their conference record unblemished after driving to Rome, Georgia to face the second ranked Georgia Highlands and Lady Chargers head coach Brandon Harrell for the third time this season. The Lady Jets came away with the 58 – 52 decision and moved to 17 – 0 in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association and...

Justin Johnson, 5, led the Jets in scoring Wednesday night.It was not the outcome that South Georgia Technical College Jets head basketball coach Travis Garrett and his players had hoped and planned for Wednesday night when they dropped a 73 – 57 decision to the South Georgia State College Hawks as the Jets were making a play to move up in the end of the season Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) conference standings and earn the opportunity to host an NJCAA Region XVII...

Central Georgia Technical College president Dr. Ivan Allen served as the guest speaker for South Georgia Technical College’s Black History Month program recently. South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) president Dr. John Watford welcomed fellow technical college president, Dr. Ivan Allen of Central Georgia Technical College, as the guest speaker of the college’s annual Black History Month program recently. The program was held in the John M. Pope Center on the college’s Americus campus...

Cover of the Spring 2019 Sumter County Living Magazine with South Georgia Technical College English Instructor Raven Payne featured. “Servicing the Community” was the headline for the story and the feature photo on the front cover of the Spring 2019 Sumter County Living magazine with South Georgia Technical College English Instructor Raven Payne as the featured story. Payne, along another SGTC instructor, Charles Christmas and his wife Kim, were also featured on the front cover and...

South Georgia Technical College Vice President of Economic Development (second from left) is shown above with SGTC Economic Development Assistant Tami Blount (l) with the Electrical Lineworker Kyle Glenn Holcombe Scholarship recipients Steven G. Parris and Zane Kendrick along SGTC Electrical Lineworker ¬¬instructors Sandra K. Royal and Sidney Johnson.South Georgia Technical College Vice President of Economic Development (second from left) is shown above with SGTC Economic Development...

Sidney Rhoney, Lead Broadband Deployment Technician, and Matt Massey, Sales Representative, from Pineland Communications are shown above with South Georgia Technical President Dr. John Watford and Steven Snell, Pineland Business Development Representative. Pineland Communications, a subsidiary of Pineland Telephone Cooperative from Metter, GA, made a donation to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation recently, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford. ...

Henry Herald - https://www.henryherald.com/sports/luella-high-alumnae-kamya-hollingshed-posts-career-night/article_a2ff38b5-9b78-5167-9686-9bef6ae6773d.html    Freshman Kamya Hollingshed of McDonough scored as many points as the number on her uniform (30) when she led the South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets to an impressive 107 – 28 victory over Combine Academy Monday night. The win moved the nationally ranked Lady Jets to 16 – 0 in the conference and 25 – 3 overall.   ...

Kamya Hollingshed, 30, was the top scorer for the Lady Jets with 30 points against Combine Academy.Freshman Kamya Hollingshed of McDonough scored as many points as the number on her uniform (30) when she led the South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets to an impressive 107 – 28 victory over Combine Academy Monday night in the Hangar on the SGTC Americus campus. The win moved the nationally ranked Lady Jets to 16 – 0 in the conference and 25 – 3 overall. South Georgia Technical...

Alyssa Nieves, 4, is shown shooting for three points. She was five of seven from the three-point line against Southern Crescent. Saturday was a great day for the South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets. The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets clinched their fourth consecutive Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Conference Title and earned the right to host the NJCAA Region XVII end of the season tournament with an impressive 102 – 62 victory over Southern...

Sophomore and Alumni Day set for February 23rd at SGTC. All alumni, students, faculty and staff, and retirees are urged to come out and enjoy the festivities.South Georgia Technical College is celebrating the 70th anniversary of its first graduating class this year and in recognition of this milestone, the college will be hosting an Alumni Day Celebration on Saturday, February 23rd in the James S. Peters gymnasium in conjunction with the Jets and Lady Jets basketball games and Sophomore Day...

It isn’t easy to tout a 4.0 GPA in a semester of college – but 109 South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) students did just that last semester, earning them a spot on the college's President’s List. SGTC President Dr. John Watford announced the list recently, releasing the names of the 109 students who were included. The President’s List was established to recognize academic excellence in the SGTC student body. In order to be included on the list, a student must be enrolled in an...

Taylor County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and other officials attended a meeting on the campus of South Georgia Technical College and received a tour of the campus and highlights from the over 200 associate degree, diploma, and technical certificate of credit educational programs available at SGTC. Shown (l to r) are: Shonda Blair, Executive Director of the Taylor County Development Authority; Casey Bean, Regional Representative Region 8 of the Georgia Department of Community...