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Shown above (l to r) are Americus and Sumter County Hospital Authority members: Dr. Deborah Jones of South Georgia Technical College, Lewis Webb, Sherrill House, Dr. Fred McLaughlin, Dr. David Kitchens presenting the check to SGTC President Dr. John Watford, along with Hospital Authority members Ginger Starlin, Robert Harvey, Pamela Angry and Fredia Gardner.The Americus-Sumter County Hospital Authority has partnered with South Georgia Technical College to provide scholarship opportunities...

SGTC Financial Aid Specialist Kelly Everett is shown above talking with students at the Financial Aid Management workshop on the Crisp County Center campus recently.South Georgia Technical College hosted a Financial Aid Management Workshop for students on the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center campus recently. The workshop was open to the public. Kelly Everett, SGTC Financial Aid Specialist on the Crisp County Center campus, was the presenter at the workshop. She shared...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (c) is shown above with Jamie Hendren and Bruce Wilcox who delivered the ambulance for Project El Crucero to the South Georgia Technical College campus and presented Dr. Watford with the keys to the donated ambulance.Project El Crucero from Highlands Ranch, CO, donated a 2002 F-350 ambulance with a new motor to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation recently to be utilized for the college’s Emergency Medical Technician...

Student of excellence winner Prince Burns, right, stands with his nominating instructor Glynn Cobb, left, beside the student of excellence banner. The banner will be hoisted in the air conditioning technology area until the next winner is determined in February. South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) Americus campus named Prince Burns of Americus, an air conditioning technology student, the Student of Excellence for the month of January. He was announced as the winner of the seven...

SGTC’s Jaylan McKinney, 1, hit three of four free-throws in the final minutes of the match-up with Albany Tech to lift the Jets to their fourth consecutive win in an 84 – 80 match-up.Albany, Georgia - The South Georgia Technical College Jets overcame a 13-point deficit in the second half to take a last second 84 - 80 victory over Albany Technical College in Albany. This was the Jets fourth consecutive win and they moved to 4 – 2 in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA)...

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; and Justin Johnson, 5.The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets climbed back to 16th place in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I women’s basketball rankings last week after dropping to 18th in the first poll of the 2019 year. The Lady Jets are currently 10 – 0 in the Georgia...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford, (third from right) is shown above with Earl Fowls (second from left) and one of the wing spans from the wood ultralight aircraft that he donated to South Georgia Technical College Aviation Maintenance and Aircraft Structural program. Also shown (l to r) are SGTC Aircraft Structural Instructor Jason Wisham, Fowls, Aviation Maintenance Instructor David Grant, A.J. Rodriquez from Delta, Dr. Watford, and SGTC Aviation Maintenance...

Alyssa Nieves, 4, named GCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Player of the Week.South Georgia Technical College sophomore guard Alyssa Nieves from Tampa, FL, was selected as the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Division I women’s basketball Player of the Week for her performance on the court for the week of January 21st, 2019. This is the first time that Nieves has been selected for this honor and the fifth time that a Lady Jets player has been highlighted for outstanding...

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...