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RVRC Executive Director Patti Cullen is shown above (center) accepting a plaque from South Georgia Technical College officials in appreciation of her 38 years of service to the River Valley Regional Commission. Shown (l to r) with Cullen are SGTC Director of Business and Industry Services Michelle McGowan, SGTC Vice President of Economic Development Wally Summers, SGTC Director of Business and Industry Services Paul Farr and SGTC President Dr. John Watford. South Georgia Technical...

Justin Johnson, 5, led the Jets in scoring against Gordon with 23 points. The South Georgia Technical College Jets moved one step closer to possibly hosting one of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) District XVII tournament games after defeating Gordon State College, 77 – 70 Wednesday night in the Hangar on the SGTC Americus campus.   “This was a big win. I mean a big win,” said South Georgia Technical College Jets head basketball coach Travis Garrett,...

Kelsi Cannon accepts her Student of Excellence plaque from SGTC vice president of academic affairs David Kuipers. In addition to Student of Excellence, Cannon was also named as the college’s GOAL representative for 2019. Twenty-one days after being announced as the GOAL winner for South Georgia Technical College (SGTC), Kelsi Cannon of Ellaville is taking home a new title: SGTC Americus Campus’ Student of Excellence, February 2019. The practical nursing student was awarded the...

Shown above (l to r) are South Georgia Technical College Economic Development Assistant Tami Blount who works with the SGTC Electrical Lineworker program along with SGTC Vice President of Economic Development Wally Summers, SGTC Electrical Lineworker scholarship recipients Thomas Houston Locke and Brandon Haire with SGTC Electrical Lineworer Instructors Sandra Kay Royal and Sidney Johnson. Two South Georgia Technical College Electrical Lineworker students were awarded South Georgia...

SGTC Athletic Director and Lady Jets head coach James Frey was named the Division I GCAA Coach of the Year for 2018 – 2019 and Lady Jets Alyssa Nieves, Bigue Sarr, Fatou Pouye, and Ricka Jackson all earned All-Region honors for their play this season. South Georgia Technical College Athletic Director and Lady Jets head basketball coach James Frey was selected as the women’s Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Division I Coach of the Year for 2018 – 2019, announced GCAA...

Searra Morehead was named the February 2019 Student of Excellence for South Georgia Technical College’s Cordele campus.South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) Cordele campus named Searra Morehead the February Student of Excellence recently at a ceremony for the seven nominees. Morehead, a medical assisting student, was nominated for the award by her instructor, Carol Cowan. “Searra is a great student with attention to detail,” Cowan said. “When she graduates from South Georgia...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford is shown above with three former basketball players who played basketball at SGTC when the team was known as the “Technics.” They are Michael Coley, Willie Yarbrough, and Eddie Wallace. The skies were overcast but the spirits were bright as South Georgia Technical College hosted its annual Sophomore/Alumni Day Celebration Saturday as a tribute to the college’s “Proud Past – Promising Future!”   Nearly 500 faculty, staff, alumni,...

A day of celebration was the best way to describe the South Georgia Technical College Alumni/Sophomore Day Celebration held recently when the Jets and the Lady Jets matched-up against Albany Technical College.   There were a total of 10 sophomores recognized during the “Sophomore Day” presentations between the men’s and women’s games. The Americus-Sumter County Chamber of Commerce cooked and provided free hamburgers and hotdogs for the faculty, staff, students,...

Alyssa Nieves, 4, scored 18 points against Albany Tech in the Lady Jets 100 – 50 win. The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets finished the 2018 – 2019 Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association regular season undefeated with an 18 – 0 record and captured its fourth consecutive GCAA Division I women’s basketball regular season championship with an impressive 100 – 50 win over the Albany Technical College Lady Titans in the SGTC Alumni/Sophomore Day celebration in the Hangar on...

SGTC English intstructor Katrice Taylor spoke at the recent Black History Month program on the college’s Cordele campus. Growing up as an African American female wasn’t always easy, South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) instructor Katrice Taylor told a standing-room-only crowd at the Black History Month program held recently on the college’s Cordele campus. The National Technical Honor Society (NTHS), the student organization who sponsored the event, invited Taylor to serve as the...

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...