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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...

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...