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Pictured is John Welch, SGTC's February 2023 Student of ExcellencePictured are nominees for SGTC Student of excellence and their instructors. Seated (l-r) DeAndre Victor, Agyalea Armond, Jakia Cox, Nikiya Lewis, Ashley Scott, and Aislin Vincente. Standing (l-r) are instructors Andre Robinson, Dorothea Lusane McKenzie, Teresa McCook, Chef Ricky Watzlowick, Jaye Cripe, Jeana Yawn, and Jennifer Childs. Not shown is John Welch.John Welch of Ellaville was selected as the SGTC overall Student of...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford and SGTC Vice President of Institutional Advancement Su Ann Bird are shown above with a $200,000 donation received by the Foundation in 2022 from an anonymous donor.   The South Georgia Technical College Foundation set a new record for the number of scholarships and grants awarded to students during 2022 by “Going the Extra Mile” and providing 1269 students with nearly $375,000 in foundation support for tuition, fees, on-campus...

Technical College System of Georgia State Board member Carvel Lewis will be the guest speaker at the South Georgia Technical College Black History Celebration on Thursday, February 23rd in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center.   Technical College System of Georgia State Board member Carvel Lewis will be the guest speaker at the South Georgia Technical College Black History Program in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center building on the Americus campus at 11 a.m. Thursday,...

Nicole Turner joins SGTC as full-time Business Administrative Technology Instructor at the Crisp County Center.   Nicole Turner of Vienna has been hired as a full-time Business Administrative Technology Instructor for the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center, announced SGTC President Dr. John Watford.  She reports to SGTC Dean of Enrollment Management Julie Partain on the Crisp County Center campus.    Turner is a graduate of South Georgia Technical College.  She earned her...

Smarr-Smith Foundation Chairman Donnie McCrary (seated right center) is shown above presenting SGTC President Dr. John Watford (seated left center) with a scholarship check from the Smarr - Smith Foundation to add to the endowed scholarship at the South Georgia Technical College Foundation. Also shown (l to r) seated with Dr. Watford and Donnie McCrary are former chairman Blake Dukes, Ashley Austin, Vice President of the Smarr-Smith Foundation, and Treasurer Jessi Simmons. Standing (l to...

Alexia Dizeko led the Lady Jets with 20 points and 12 rebounds against Central Georgia Tech.   The top ranked National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets started slowly but overcame a five-point deficit late in the first quarter to capture an 82 – 53 decision over Central Georgia Technical College in a Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) conference game Monday night.    This was the Lady Jets 26th consecutive victory in the...

Shown above are the five Lady Jets featured individually in the NJCAA rankings for their individual efforts. They include: Luana Leite, 1, Loes Rozing, 2, Alexia Dizeko, 5, and Fanta Gassama, 23.     The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets captured the first-place position in the National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) Division I women’s basketball poll for the fifth consecutive week and received all 10 first place votes based on their 25 – 1 record.      The...

South Georgia Technical College President Emeritus Sparky and Allene Reeves son, Kevin Reeves (l) and daughter, Mandy Reeves Young (r), are shown above presenting a scholarship check to 2023 GOAL winner Tredarrian Colbert (c).   South Georgia Technical College President Emeritus Sparky Reeves and his wife, Allene, established an endowed fund with the South Georgia Technical College Foundation to honor the college’s Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) student each year. ...

Aaron Pitts scored 30 points and pulled down eight rebounds for the Jets in their loss to Southern Crescent.Griffin, GA – South Georgia Technical College sophomore guard Aaron Pitts scored 30 points in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) game against Southern Crescent Technical College in Griffin Saturday, but the Jets still fell three points shy of a win in the 83 – 80 decision.    This was the South Georgia Technical College Jets seventh straight conference loss and...

SGTC freshman center Maeve Fotsa Fofou, 22, was the leading scorer for the Lady Jets. She had 18 points and 17 rebounds.   The South Georgia Technical College top-ranked Lady Jets came away with an 82 – 68 victory against Andrew College in a rescheduled Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) game Thursday night in the Hangar.  The win moved the Lady Jets to 12 – 0 and 25 – 1.    South Georgia Technical College Athletic Director and Lady Jets head coach James Frey utilized the...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (l) and SGTC Vice President of Institutional Advancement and Executive Director of the SGTC Foundation, Su Ann Bird (r), is shown above accepting the Sumter EMC Foundation check from Sumter EMC’s Whitney Johnson (c) in support of the SGTC Foundation’s annual TechForce Drive. Americus, GA —The Sumter Electric Membership Corporation Foundation, Inc. awarded a grant in the amount of $5,000.00 to the South Georgia Technical College...

Gary Prince accepts new position at SGTC.   South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford announced that Gary Prince of Leesburg has been appointed as the SGTC Chief Information Officer over Technology. Prince will report to SGTC Vice President of Administrative Affairs Lea Coe.  The new appointment is effective immediately.    Prince has been working full-time with South Georgia Technical College since 2001 as the Information Systems Administrator, Technical Support Specialist...