Jets News

The 2019 – 2020 Lady Jets. Shown (l to r) standing are: Assistant Coach Demetrius Colson, Oumy Gueye, Amara Edeh, Femme Sikuzani, Yasriyyah Wazeerud-Din, Flore Ngasamputu, Sarah Lwambo, Hope Butera, and Assistant Coach Ciarra Edwards. Shown seated are; Shamari Tyson, Niya Goudelock, Veronica Charles, Lady Jets head coach James Frey, Moe Shida, Anna McKendree, and Kamya Hollingshed. The South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady basketball teams are getting ready for the upcoming...

Picture left to right: Raymond Holt, Academic Dean at SGTC; Rob Evans, President of IPG Incorporated, Architects & Planners; Kristie Cook, SGTC drafting instructor; April Hilliard, SGTC Administrative Assistant; and Angie Craig, Eaton Lighting. The advisory committee for the drafting program at South Georgia Technical College recently held its Fall Semester advisory meeting in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus campus. Representatives from the drafting profession...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford, and SGTC Athletic Director James Frey are shown above with the TSG winning team of Kory Hobbs, Brandon Horne and Gatewood Ledbetter. SGTC President Emeritus Sparky Reeves is also shown congratulating the winning team. TSG took first place in the fifth annual South Georgia Technical College Jets Booster Club Sparky Reeves Classic Golf Tournament held at the Griffin Bell Golf and Conference Center in Americus, Georgia recently. ...

SGTC Cordele Student of Excellence Jerrell McIntosh (right) is pictured with barbering instructor Xavier Jackson.South Georgia Technical College in Americus recently held a ceremony to recognize outstanding students in several program areas. The overall “Student of Excellence” distinction was awarded to Jerrell McIntosh of Dawson. He is a student in the barbering program. McIntosh was nominated by Xavier Jackson, SGTC barbering instructor. In his comments presenting McIntosh as...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford is shown above with the Jets and Lady Jets coaches and Booster Club member Doug Goodin while they prepare the Low Country Bowl for the cookoff event. Shown (l to r) are Dr. Watford, Coach Travis Garrett, Doug Goodin, Coach Frey, Assistand Coach Ciarra Edwards, and Assistant Coach Chris Ballaeur. Not shown is Assistant Coach Demetrius Colson. South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford challenged the members of 2019 – 2020 Jets and Lady...

Shown above are the individuals who participated in the largest ever Caterpillar ThinkBIG Mentor Training at South Georgia Technical College in Americus. Six Caterpillar Dealers from the southeastern United States participated in “Think Big” Mentor Training at South Georgia Technical College in the Heavy Equipment Dealers Service Technology (HEDST) program building recently. SGTC HEDST program instructors and Internship Manager for CAT ThinkBIG Don Rountree and Kyle Hartsfield and Jim...

Pictured on the back row (l-r) are: Stephen Olas of Delta; SGTC Aviation Maintenance Instructor Paul Pearson; SGTC Aircraft Structural Instructor Jason Wisham; Eric Rojek of Thrush Aircraft; Alan Lanz and Lee Battista of Delta. On the front row (l-r) are: SGTC Aviation Maintenance Instructor Victoria Herron; Troy Payne of Delta; Patrick Humphrey of Souther Field Aviation; SGTC Aviation Maintenance Instructors David Grant and Charles Christmas.The advisory committee for the Aviation...

Paul Johnson, Father Jim Parker, and Sharon Smith Johnson are shown above (l to r) as Judge George Peagler is shown above presenting a scholarship donation from Saint John’s Anglican Church of Americus in memory of Nicholas Smarr and Jody Smith to SGTC Law Enforcement Academy instructor and SGTC Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs Vanessa Wall, SGTC Law Enforcement Academy Director Brett Murray and South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford for the South Georgia...

SGTC’s Katrice Taylor accepts new position. South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford announced that Katrice Taylor, SGTC English Instructor on the Crisp County Center campus, has been named as the Admissions Coordinator for the college. She will remain on the Crisp County Center campus and will report to South Georgia Technical College Vice President of Student Affairs Eulish Kinchens.    Taylor is a graduate of Valdosta State University with a B.A. in English...

Pictured left-right: SGTC Academic Dean Dr. David Finley; Michael Jaskulski, Electrical Technician, Imerys; Travis Kelley, Engineering Manager, Vantage Southeast; Jesse Wilson, Product Support Engineer, Eaton Lighting; Gabe Hillard, Electrical Engineering Manager, Imerys; SGTC electronics instructor Mike CollinsThe South Georgia Technical College Electronics advisory committee met recently in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the college’s Americus campus to discuss the...

SGTC Cordele Student of Excellence Hannah Weaver (right) is pictured with marketing management instructor Karen Bloodworth.The South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center in Cordele recently recognized several students for outstanding work in their respective programs. Hannah Weaver of Rochelle, a marketing management student, was named the overall fall 2019 Student of Excellence for the SGTC Crisp County Center. Weaver was nominated by Karen Bloodworth, marketing management and...

Shown above are seven of the students who were presented with Charles Eames Travel Fund gas cards this semester. Shown (l to r) are Kylie Nicole McSpadden, Health Care Assisting; Jeterria Boone, Early Childcare; Tison Smith, Precision Machining and Manufacturing; Hawley Steward, Barbering; Jartavious Milledge, Air Conditioning Technology; Christopher Barker, Welding and Joining; and Frederick Lee Gear, Automotive Technology. Charles Eames, a retired librarian from Waycross, Georgia, has...