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Sophomore and Alumni Day set for February 10th at SGTC.South Georgia Technical College is celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2018 and in recognition of this milestone, the college will be hosting an Alumni Day Celebration on Saturday, February 10th in the James S. Peters gymnasium in conjunction with the Jets and Lady Jets basketball games and Sophomore Day recognition. Students, retirees and alumni will be admitted to the games for free. All South Georgia Technical College alumni and...

The area of South Georgia Tech Parkway by the railroad crossing below South Georgia Technical College is set to be closed beginning Thursday, February 8th through February 22nd.The Department of Transportation is scheduled to close South Georgia Tech Parkway near the railroad crossing west of the South Georgia Technical College Americus campus beginning Thursday, February 8th, 2018 through Thursday, February 22nd, 2018 due to construction. Basket Factory Road has been established as...

Rico Simmons (1) is shown leaping through the air for a lay-up. He led the Jets to the big win over Gordon College in a GCAA Division 1 conference game recently with 26 points.Barnesville, GA - Sophomore guard Rico Simmons from Wilkinson County, scored 26 points to lead the South Georgia Technical College Jets to a 91 – 84 Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) conference victory over Gordon State College recently. The Jets are currently in second place in the GCAA with a 6 –...

Lacey Chandler of Montezuma, an Electronics Technology student at South Georgia Technical College, was named the SGTC Student of Excellence for the month of January during a recent recognition ceremony held in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the college’s Americus campus. Chandler, now in her fourth semester of the Electronics Technology program, was nominated for the award by her instructor Mike Collins. Collins presented her with a nomination certificate and spoke to the...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford presents Instructor of the Year winner Teresa McCook with the Rick Perkins Award. McCook was nominated for the honor by her peers and voted the Instructor of the Year by a panel of judges.South Georgia Technical College criminal justice instructor Teresa McCook was selected as the SGTC 2018 Instructor of the Year and will represent the college in the state Rick Perkins Award competition in Atlanta later this year. SGTC President Dr. John Watford made the...

Adonis Green (2) is shown above dunking against an Albany Tech player in the Jets conference win over the Titans.The South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets rolled to impressive Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) victories over the Albany Tech Titans and Lady Titans in the Hangar on the SGTC campus in Americus recently. The top ranked Lady Jets defended their first place seeding in the GCAA with a 66 – 47 win over the fourth-ranked Albany Tech Lady Titans in the...

Three South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets and Jets were included in NJCAA individual rankings recently. Esther Adenike (24), Houlfat Mahouchiza (5) and Marquel Wiggins (34) were recognized for their talents on the court.The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets fell from the top 25 in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I women’s basketball rankings this week but are still listed as one of the five colleges receiving votes for the national poll. ...

GOAL finalists are pictured with their nominees, GOAL coordinator Cynthia Carter, and SGTC President Dr. John Watford. Left to right: Noah McCleskey, Brenda Gillium, Cynthia Carter, Stephanie L. John, Andrea Ingram, Alexandra Joiner, Karen Bloodworth, Dr. John Watford.South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) 2018 GOAL (Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership) semi-finalists were recently interviewed by the GOAL selection committee following a special luncheon that honored the GOAL...

SGTC President Dr. John Watford (c) is shown above cutting the ribbon for the new South Georgia Technical College Adult Education site in Taylor County. Also shown with Dr. Watford are Taylor County Chamber of Commerce Director Amanda Haynie, Taylor County Executive Director Julie Kent and other chamber and county officials as well as South Georgia Technical College officials including Vice President of Economic Development Wally Summers, Assistant to the President Don Smith, Mia Collier,...

SGTC Jets head coach Travis Garrett talks with the team during a timeout on Dec. 29 vs. Wake Tech.An underperformed second-half was the story for both the South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets in a pair of conference losses over the weekend. The Jets (11-8, 4-2) traveled to Waycross to face the South Georgia State College Hawks (14-5, 3-2) in their first matchup of the season. The Jets entered halftime up by a score of 34-29, but the Hawks would come back to outscore their...

HANCEVILLE, ALA. – A low scoring performance and high turnovers spelled disaster for the South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets recently when they traveled to Hanceville, AL, to take on the Wallace State’s women’s basketball team. The 14th ranked Lady Jets dropped a 56-48 decision to the 13 – 6 Wallace State team at Tom Drake Coliseum. “We did not play well,” said South Georgia Technical College Athletic Director and Lady Jets head coach James Frey. “When you turn the...

The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets remain ranked 14th in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I women’s basketball rankings this week after posting four consecutive conference wins against tough Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association Conference (GCAA) foes. The Lady Jets are now 18 – 3 overall and 10 – 0 in the GCAA Division I standings. The Lady Jets dropped two of their three losses this season to nationally ranked teams in the Lady Jets...