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South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (right) is shown above with SGTC Precision Machining and Manufacturing Instructor, (left) with the Gene Haas donation to the SGTC Foundation.   The Gene Haas Foundation donated $8,000 to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation recently to support Precision Machining and Manufacturing scholarships and student competition teams highlighting the CNC/Manufacturing programs such as SkillsUSA and SAE teams.    Haas Automation,...

Aaron Pitts, 4, named GCAA Player of the Week.   South Georgia Technical College’s Aaron Pitts a sophomore guard from Columbus, GA, was selected as the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Men’s Basketball Player of the Week after the first week of play in the 2022 – 2023 season.    Pitts, 6’ 4”, played at Chattahoochee Valley last season.  This is his first season with the Jets.  He scored 18 points, and had two rebounds, one assist and three steals in SGTC’s 79 -74...

Six Jets were ranked nationally for their individual performances in the NJCAA Division I polls this week. Shown above are: Lady Jets Fanta Gassama (23), Loes Rozing (2) and Jets Semaj Henderson (2), Bryce Turner (11), Deonte Williams (12), and Justin Evans (23).   The South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets both cracked the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) first Division 1 Men’s and Women’s 2022 -2023 national basketball poll.  The Lady Jets were ranked...

Sophomore guard Alexia Dizeko, 5, from Sion Switzerland led the Lady Jets in scoring Saturday with 15 points.Wilmington, NC – The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets moved to 2 – 1 on the new season following two impressive victories in the Cape Fear Classic in Wilmington, NC over the weekend.  The Lady Jets defeated Brunswick Community College 82 – 26 on Saturday and then put together a 62 – 50 win over Bryant & Stratton College from Virginia on Sunday.     The Lady Jets...

SGTC participating in No Fee November and waiving the Application Fee during the month of November.    South Georgia Technical College is providing application fee waivers for students who apply during the month of November.  November is “Apply to College Month” and students who apply during “No Fee November” can have the $25 application fee waived.    SGTC will be hosting in-person registration for Spring Semester on Tuesday, November 8th at 9:30 a.m., 1:30, and 5 p.m. on the...

Members of the SGTC Cosmetology classes are shown above participating in the National Violence Awareness Month activities.   “Love does not hurt – end the violence now,” was the message spread for the National Domestic Violence Awareness month activities at South Georgia Technical College which included a wear purple push to join the movement and bring awareness on Thursday, October 27th.    Faculty, staff and students were encouraged to wear purple on Thursday, October 27th and...

Technical College System of Georgia Commissioner Greg Dozier is shown above with SGTC Board of Directors Chairman Michael Coley, Board members Jake Everett, Don Porter, and Grant Buckley along with SGTC President Dr. John Watford and Adie Shimandle, TCDA Director.SAVANNAH, GA - The South Georgia Technical College Board of Directors was recognized as a fully certified board at the Technical College Directors Association and the Technical College Foundation Association Leadership conference in...

Fanta Gassama, sophomore center from Mataro, Spain, was the top scorer for the Lady Jets in their loss to Gulf Coast State College. She had 13 points and 15 rebounds.Panama City, FL – In a battle between two nationally ranked National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) teams, the fifth-seeded South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets suffered a 76 – 61 defeat at the hands of the 16th ranked Gulf Coast State College Lady Commodores in the 2022 – 2023 women’s basketball...

SGTC Adult Education program offering FREE Math Smash Down sessions for individuals who just need One to Go to complete their GED exams.   The South Georgia Technical College Adult Education department is sponsoring FREE “Math Smash Down” sessions for individuals who have successfully completed three of the four sessions of the GED or General Equivalency Diploma tests.     The SGTC Adult Education department will be hosting the sessions on November 7th, 8th, and 9th from 8 a.m. to 12...

Aaron Pitts, 4, sophomore guard from Columbus, GA who played for Chattahoochee Valley last season, led the Jets in scoring with 18 points.    Heart and hustle allowed the South Georgia Technical College Jets to overcome a 10-point deficit with less than 14 minutes on the clock and come away with a 79 – 74 victory over the Gulf Coast Commodores in the Jets first regular season game for the 2022 – 2023 basketball season.    “This was a great win,” said South Georgia Technical College...

Terrie Smith is shown above with the 1967, 1968, and 1969 annuals from the South Georgia Tech Vocational School donated to SGTC by Linda Carll.   Linda Carll of Lafollette, TN, contacted South Georgia Technical College recently and asked if the college would be interested in securing copies of the 1967, 1968, and 1969 South Georgia Tech Vocational School Technic yearbooks.   Her late husband, Robert Curtis Carll, Jr., had attended and graduated from SGTC in 1969.    Robert Curtis Carll,...

Students from Crisp County Elementary School watch a demonstration from SGTC welding instructor Brad Aldridge during the recent STEM Days event at SGTC’s Crisp County Center.South Georgia Technical College recently hosted fifth-graders from Crisp County Elementary School (CCES) for a series of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) days at the college’s Crisp County Center in Cordele. SGTC instructors in healthcare, computers, welding, and culinary arts showcased their...