Lady Jets News

SGTC beginning remote registration for Summer Semester.   South Georgia Technical College is beginning remote registration for its eight-week Summer Semester, which is scheduled to begin on Wednesday, May 27th.  The application fee and testing requirements for summer registration have been waived.    “South Georgia Technical College faculty and staff have begun registering existing students for the shortened summer semester,” said South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John...

Plans are underway for a virtual graduation ceremony for Spring 2020South Georgia Technical College is making plans for a virtual commencement ceremony to honor the achievements of our Spring 2020 graduates.Watch the video below for more details. Date and time to be announced soon! https://youtu.be/eubjzX20NCk

South Georgia Technical College plans VIRTUAL graduation for Spring 2020 graduates with words of encouragement from President Dr. John Watford and other South Georgia Tech officials.   South Georgia Technical College postponed its Spring 2020 graduation due to the Coronavirus.  The SGTC Spring 2020 graduation was originally scheduled for Thursday, May 7th at 6 p.m.   All Spring graduates will be invited to participate in a face-to-face graduation ceremony later in the year when restrictions...

Anna McKendree is shown above cutting down the net after the SGTC Lady Jets won the NJCAA Region XVII championship.     South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets sophomore guard Anna McKendree has announced that she plans to continue her athletic and academic career at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisana, an NCAA Division 1 Southland Conference team, for the 2020 – 2021 year.     “I am so proud of Anna and the other sophomores from the 2019 – 2020 Lady Jets women’s...

Cover photo from the Sumter County Living magazine feature article about Patrick Peacock written by Rachel Price and photographed from David Parks Photography.   “You just have to do it.  Just make it happen.  Do not wait on permission.  Study, make intentional choices and get better.”  These are words of advice for aspiring filmmakers that ring true for any ambition or desire we are consumed by, wrote Rachel Price in the Sumter County Living Magazine article on South Georgia Technical...

South Georgia Technical College’s Shamari Tyson, 1, commits to Stetson University.South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets sophomore guard Shamari Tyson has announced that she plans to continue her academic and athletic career at Division I Stetson University in Deland, FL.  She is the second South Georgia Technical College Lady Jet to sign with Stetson University this season.  SGTC sophomore Yasriyyah Wazeerud-Din announced her intentions to join the Stetson Hatters last week.    “I...

Alyssa Nieves, 4, commits to Georgia Southwestern State University.    Alyssa Nieves, a National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Honorable Mention All-American and Most Valuable Player of the South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets District J championship game in 2019, has decided to transfer from Morehead State University to Georgia Southwestern State University for her senior season.    “We are so excited to have Alyssa back in Americus and finishing up her academic and...

Dr. Andrea Oates, SGTC Academic Dean, is helping students with on-line challenges.   On-line or distance learning may be a challenge to some students, so South Georgia Technical College has prepared a step by step instructional video to help students conquer their hesitations about learning remotely.  The video can be found at:  /academics/online-learning/    Dr. Andrea Oates, Academic Dean for on-line learning at South Georgia Technical College, prepared the step-by-step guide to introduce...

South Georgia Technical College’s Shamari Tyson (1) and Yasriyyah Wazeerud-Din (13) were named to the NJCAA Division 1 Women’s Basketball All-America teams. This is the first time that two players have been recognized as All-Americans in the same season at South Georgia Technical College.   South Georgia Technical College had two sophomores from its record setting 2019 – 2020 Lady Jets women’s basketball team to be selected to the 2019 -2020 National Junior College Athletic...

SGTC Adult Education instructors put together information packets to send to students who may not have online access.   Where there is a will, there is a way.  That is the philosophy that the South Georgia Technical College Adult Education faculty and staff have adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic.    “We are encouraging our adult education students to continue to move forward even though our classrooms at South Georgia Technical College and the adult education sites throughout our seven...

Jay Hilliard of S & S Total Floor Care and Restoration is shown above “fogging” or “misting” on-campus housing rooms with the antimicrobial airborne solution to help kill any virus or bacteria lingering on surfaces.Americus to treat its campuses with an antimicrobial fog to help eliminate or slow the spread of any microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoans, fungi, mold, or mildew.       This is an added precaution undertaken during the COVID-19 pandemic by South Georgia...

South Georgia Technical College’s Yasriyyah Wazeerud-Din commits to Stetson University.South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets sophomore Yasriyyah Wazeerud-Din has announced that she plans to continue her academic and athletic career at Stetson University in Deland, FL.  South Georgia Technical College Athletic Director and head coach James Frey said he couldn’t be more thrilled. “I’m really excited for Yazz and her family,” said Coach Frey. “She has worked really hard to...