Lady Jets News

Paul Pearson has been hired as an avionics and air frame instructor at South Georgia Technical College.As the demand for careers in the aviation field continues to grow, South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford announced the hiring of Paul Pearson, who will handle the avionics and air frame instruction for the college. Pearson will report to Dean of Academic Affairs Raymond Holt and Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers. Pearson, a Waycross native and longtime...

Job Fair will be held at the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center on August 28th.South Georgia Technical College will be hosting a job fair on Tuesday, August 28th from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center campus at 402 North Midway Road. The job fair is held in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Labor, Cordele Crisp County Chamber of Commerce, and the Cordele-Crisp County Industrial Development Council. Nearly 30 different...

A student logs into her account using the new Single Sign On method. Students will have one username and password across all of their South Georgia Tech student accounts.In a move to streamline and simplify the login process for its students, South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) has moved to a Single Sign On format for the Banner Web, Blackboard and email systems on its website. As a result, students will now be able to access all three areas of the website with the same username and...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above with USDA Representative Patricia Simmons and members of the South Georgia Technical College Foundation Board of Trustees and college officials after accepting two USDA RBEG grants. Shown seated (l to r) are SGTC Foundation treasurer Rick Whaley, SGTC President Dr. John Watford, USDA’s Patricia Simmons, SGTC Foundation Trustee Ben Dupree, and SGTC Foundation Executive Director and Vice President for Institutional...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford recently announced the college’s President’s List for the summer semester, which included 50 students from around the area and across the Southeast. To be eligible for the President’s List, a student must be enrolled full time (12 or more credit hours) in an associate degree or diploma program and have a 4.0 GPA for that semester’s coursework. Those students who qualified included: Crisp County: Morris Edward Brandenburg of...

SGTC CARE TEAM – Shown above (l to r) are members of the new SGTC CARE Team. They include: Vice President of Institutional Advancement Su Ann Bird, Vice President of Academic Affairs David Kuipers, Director of Campus Safety Sammy Stone, Vice President of Student Affairs Karen Werling, Special Populations Coordinator LaKenya Johnson, Dean of Enrollment Management Julie Partain, and Crisp County Campus Student Affairs Coordinator Kari Bodrey. Not shown are Assistant to the President Don...

South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center practical nursing students stand holding their lamps after being pinned as program graduates at the recent Nurse Pinning ceremonySouth Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) Practical Nursing program held a pinning ceremony for its 15 Crisp County Center graduates recently on the Cordele campus. The Summer 2018 program graduates included: Sasha Cardedra Bray of Hawkinsville, Sheronda Lynn Byron of Cordele, Cassandra Lynn Cuffie of...

Kaylon Harvey, a seventh grader from Sumter County Middle School, gives a thumbs up during a session of the recent STEM camp while precision machining and manufacturing instructor Chad Brown helps a student design a 3D model in the background.Despite being on summer break, more than 40 eager young minds attended South Georgia Technical College’s (SGTC) STEM camps during June and July. The camps were held on both the Americus and Cordele campuses of the college. The middle and high school...

A long line of students and parents wait for their orientation session to begin at the recent Pre-registration Day event on South Georgia Technical College’s Americus campus. Both campuses (Americus, Cordele) of the college will hold a second, more engaging registration event on August 16, 2018.On the heels of a successful pre-registration day in which more than 500 students registered for classes at South Georgia Technical College (SGTC), the college announced it will hold its second...

South Georgia Technical College returning Lady Jets Bigue Sarr, Alyssa Nieves and Ricka Jackson are shown above at the NJCAA All-Star competition.ATLANTA, GA – Three returning members from the nationally ranked South Georgia Technical College 2017 – 2018 Lady Jets women’s basketball tournament were invited to participate in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) All-Star showcase in Atlanta recently. South Georgia Tech sophomore forward Bigue Sarr, a 6’ 3” center...

South Georgia Technical College officials are shown above with a team from Delta TechOps. Delta Air Lines signed a partnership agreement with South Georgia Technical College earlier this year and The Delta Air Lines Foundation presented the South Georgia Technical College Foundation with a $50,000 donation recently to enhance SGTC’s Aviation Maintenance/Avionics programs. Shown standing (l to r) are SGTC Aviation Maintenance Instructor Charles Christmas, SGTC Vice President of Economic...

Summer Semester Luau Flyer Two of South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center student organizations are planning to end the Summer semester on a high note. The Crisp County Center chapter of the Student Government Association (SGA) will close out the semester with a Luau party, and the National Technical Honor Society is sponsoring a school supply collection to help benefit a local non-profit organization. The Luau is scheduled for July 24 at 11 a.m. in the LaPorte Auditorium....