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Justin Johnson, 5, was the top scorer for the Jets and Alyssa Nieves, 4, was the leading scorer for the Lady Jets in the match-up with Southern Crescent.Griffin, GA – The South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets took two conference wins over the Southern Crescent Technical College Tigers in Griffin recently. The nationally ranked Lady Jets kept their first place ranking in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association with a perfect 10 – 0 record and moved to 18 – 2 overall....

The American Red Cross and South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) will hold a blood drive on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. The drive will be held in Hicks Hall on the college’s Americus campus from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Appointments are available, but are not necessary. In order to save up to 15 minutes in wait time, donors may also visit RedCrossBlood.org/RapidPass to complete a pre-donation reading and health history questions on the day of the drive. According to the American Red Cross, blood...

SGTC’s Cordele campus chapter of the National Technical Honor Society poses with the EMS training program students holding trauma bears – one of the three categories of items raised during the Season of Giving drive.Three South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) student organizations teamed up with other local partners during the holiday season to raise and donate more than 1,250 items to members of the community during the fifth annual Season of Giving initiative. SGTC’s Phi Beta...

South Georgia Technical College EAGLE representative Heather Hinton lives in Oglethorpe, Georgia.Heather Hinton of Oglethorpe has been selected to represent South Georgia Technical College at the Technical College System of Georgia EAGLE (Exceptional Adult Georgian in Literacy Education) Leadership Institute in Atlanta, March 11-13, 2019. The Leadership Institute recognizes and honors those students who have demonstrated superior achievement in adult education classes and programs. Adult...

The South Georgia Tech Jets basketball team is shown above with Vincent Alston and SGTC Special Populations Coordinator LaKenya Johnson, who extended the invitation to Alston.Vincent Alston, a motivational speaker and founder of AlstonTalks, met with the South Georgia Technical College Jets basketball team recently and shared his mantra that “in the midst of every obstacle, there is an opportunity.” Alston, who has more than 18 years of experience in public speaking and motivating...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (right) and Julie Partain, Dean of Enrollment Management at the SGTC Crisp County Center, are shown above with MAW 2018 Statewide Art Contest winner Rylee Hanson of Crisp County Elementary School with her 2nd place poster in the K – 5th grade competition. Also shown (l to r) are Rylee’s parents Kimberly and Tony Hanson and her brother. All students in Sumter, Schley, Macon, Marion, Crisp, Webster and Taylor County are...

Wanda BishopWanda R. Bishop of Warner Robins has been selected as the new full-time Criminal Justice Instructor for the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center effective immediately, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford. “Bishop has 24 years of experience in the Criminal Justice field and has worked with another higher education institution so we believe that she will be an asset to our Criminal Justice program and our students,” said...

Shown above are the SGTC basketball players ranked nationally in the NJCAA Division I individual statistics January 8th poll. They are: Mari Hill, 10; Fatou Pouye, 12; Bigue Sarr, 21; Laky Samo, 24, and Justin Johnson, 5.   The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets dropped two spots into 18th in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I women’s basketball rankings in the first poll of the 2019 year after losing to the 12th ranked Shelton State Lady Bucs during a...

Bigue Sarr, 21, was the top scorer for the Lady Jets with 16 points.The South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets both captured big Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) wins over Georgia Highlands College in the Hangar on the Americus campus Wednesday. The nationally ranked Lady Jets opened up with a 75 – 59 win over the Georgia Highlands Lady Chargers and then the Jets came back and edged out the Georgia Highlands Chargers 93 – 89. The 16th nationally ranked South...

Carol Cowan named SGTC Crisp County Center Medical Assisting Instructor.Carol D. Cowan of Montezuma was hired as the new full-time Medical Assisting Instructor for the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center effective immediately, announced South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford. She will report to South Georgia Technical College Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers and the Dean of Enrollment Management Julie Partain. Cowan, who is a South Georgia...

SGTC LEA graduate Dalton Windham is interviewed after receiving the Smarr-Smith scholarshipVideo can be viewed here: Montezuma officer wins Smarr-Smith award South Georgia Technical College Law Enforcement Academy graduate and recent Smarr-Smith Foundation Scholarship recipient Dalton Windham was interviewed by 13WMAZ's Pepper Baker on what the scholarship means to him. Windham is a class 18-01 graduate of the Law Enforcement Academy and is currently an officer for the Montezuma Police...

Georgia Power Local Manager Don Porter presented a donation from the Georgia Power Foundation to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation 2018 TechForce annual fund drive recently.  South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford and SGTC Foundation Executive Director Su Ann Bird accepted the donation on behalf of the foundation.     “We would like to thank Don Porter and Georgia Power Company for this donation to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation,” said...