Lady Jets News

SGTC Athletic Director and Lady Jets head coach James Frey was named the Division I GCAA Co-Coach of the Year for 2019 – 2020 and Lady Jets Shamari Tyson (1), Yasriyyah Wazeerud-Din, (13), and Anna McKendree, (14) all earned GCAA All-Region honors for their play this season.   South Georgia Technical College Athletic Director and Lady Jets head basketball coach James Frey was selected as the women’s Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Division I Co-Coach of the Year for 2019...

SGTC Admission Coordinator Katrice Taylor is shown above with SGTC’s Brandy Nipper, Wanda Bishop and Brad Harnum at the Crisp County Learning Center Career Awareness Day.   South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center Admissions Coordinator Katrice Taylor joined instructors Brandy Nipper, Wanda Bishop and Brad Harnum in participating in the Crisp County Learning Center’s Career Awareness Day.    The event was sponsored by the Crisp County Industrial Development Council.  Katrice...

Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy, Col. Eric Bryant, speaks at the recent SGTC African American History Program.Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy, Col. Eric Bryant, was the featured speaker at South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) annual African American History Program. The event took place before a large audience in the John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on SGTC’s Americus campus. “We make history every day,” Bryant said in his remarks. “As we...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above with Taylor County CTAE Director Michele Kimble.     Approximately 100 Taylor County High School CTAE students, instructors and administrators attended the South Georgia Technical College Phi Beta Lambda Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education Day at South Georgia Technical College recently.    South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford was the special guest speaker at the event.   The students...

The Reverend Keith Lewis is the guest speaker for the SGTC Crisp County Center African American History program.South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) will host an African American History program at the Crisp County Center in Cordele on Thursday, February 27, at 10:30 am. Reverend Keith Lewis will serve as the featured speaker. The program will start with introductory remarks from SGTC Dean of Enrollment Management Julie Partain. Members of the SGTC chapter of the National Technical Honor...

NJCAA Region XVII Tournament brackets set for Friday and Saturday, February 28th and 29th in the Hangar at South Georgia Technical College.    The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets captured their fifth consecutive Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) conference title and finished the season with an undefeated conference record for the second consecutive year.  It is only the third time in the history of the program that a South Georgia Technical College women’s team has...

Justin Johnson (5) and Shamari Tyson, (1) were the top two scorers for the Jets and Lady Jets over the weekend.   Three games and three wins were recorded against conference opponents by the South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets over the past few days.  The Jets ended a three game losing streak by putting it all together to take a 94 – 56 win over Southern Crescent Tech and then roared back to stage a 60 – 54 win over the nationally ranked South Georgia State Hawks.  Both...

Julie Partain, South Georgia Technical College’s Dean of Enrollment Management for the Crisp County Center is shown above (l to r) receiving the Melvin Jones Fellow Plaque from Cordele Lions’ Club President Willie Mae Dexter. Photo by Gabe Jordan, Cordele Dispatch.    South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center’s Dean of Enrollment Management Julie Partain was recognized as a Melvin Jones Fellow by the Cordele Lions’ Club recently during the club’s weekly meeting.   ...

Dr. Donna Beegle educates the audience on how to “Break the Cycle of Poverty” during a recent workshop on the SGTC Americus campus.South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) recently held a professional development workshop for educators, community leaders, and students entitled “Break the Cycle of Poverty”.  The workshop was conducted by Dr. Donna M. Beegle, an expert on poverty and strategies to combat it. The event was presented free to the community and paid for through a federal...

Dr. Deborah Jones, SGTC Assistant Vice President of Student Navigation, teaches time-management strategies to students in a recent workshop.In a recent workshop for students at South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) in Americus, students learned strategies for managing their time in order to be successful in school, on the job, and at life in general. Dr. Deborah Jones, SGTC Assistant Vice President of Student Navigation, presented the workshop in the Hicks Hall Life Lab on the Americus...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (l to r) is shown above with SGTC Adult Education Transition Specialist Tracy Israel, IET graduates Faith Dunford, Skylar Walker, Dashawn Garvin, and Roberto Bangel, SGTC Dean of Adult Education Lillie Ann Winn, and SGTC Vice President of Operations Karen Werling.    Four South Georgia Technical College Adult Education students passed OSHA-10 Certification exams and received other industry recognized certificates as part of a new...

Col. Eric Bryant to speak at African American History celebration at South Georgia Technical College.    Col. Eric Bryant, Chief Deputy for the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, will be the keynote speaker at the South Georgia Technical College African American History celebration on Thursday, February 27th at 11 a.m. in the South Georgia Technical College John M. Pope Industrial Technology Center on the Americus campus.  The public is invited to attend the free event.    South...