Lady Jets News

The top-ranked Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association’s South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets moved up one spot into 17th place in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I women’s basketball Top 25 poll released February 14th. South Georgia Tech was in the 18th place spot last week and is still the only Georgia women’s team included in the NJCAA Division I national rankings. They have moved up six spots since reentering the polls three weeks ago. ...

Criminal Justice Technology is one many programs offering classes for SGTC’s abbreviated C-Term during spring semester. South Georgia Technical College is offering day, evening, and online eight week classes beginning March 13th on both the Americus and Crisp County Center campuses. The eight-week classes are part of the Spring Semester C-term which begins March 13th and ends May 2nd. C-Term class offerings will include courses in Air Conditioning Technology, Culinary Arts, Medical...

SGTC Crisp County Center Black History Program - Shown above (l to r) are the individuals that participated in the SGTC Crisp County Center’s first Black History Program recently. They include: SGTC National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) members Ramona Williams and Dontavious Harrell, NTHS Vice President Valerie Bryon, SGTC Student Affairs Coordinator Kari Bodrey, Keynote Speaker Dravian McGill, Sr., SGTC Board of Director and Foundation Trustee Willie Patrick, Keynote Speaker Bambie...

On the front row from left to right are SGA/NTHS Winter conference competitors Valerie Byron, Maria Rivera, and Mykaula Harvey. On the second row from left to right are SGA Advisor Kari Bodrey and NTHS Advisor Katrice Taylor. On the back row from left to right are conference competitors Christian Powell, Joshua Chappell, D.W. Persall, and Dontavious Harrell.South Georgia Technical College Student Government Association (SGA) and National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) members of the Crisp...

TUITION TUESDAY – South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford (seated left) and PharmaCentra and Concentra Solutions CEO Dan Berman (seated right) are signing documents that will provide the company’s initial scholarship opportunities to PharmaCentra’s Jennifer Lopez (standing left), and Concentra Solution’s Cierra Watts (standing right).Americus, GA - PharmaCentra, LLC and Concentra Solutions, Inc. made a donation to the South Georgia Technical College Foundation...

Head Start students were excited to choose and read the books that were donated to the program by South Georgia Tech’s National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) after their recent Book Drive. Pictured from left to right are NTHS members Leah Windham and Annie Streeter, NTHS Advisor Raven Payne, and NTHS member Tonya Barrett, who helped distribute donated books to the children of the Americus Head Start program. South Georgia Technical College’s National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) of...

Eleven year-old aspiring chef Kaylon Harvey, who appeared on the Food Network’s Kids Sweets Showdown late last year, recently spoke to students in SGTC’s Marketing Management program. South Georgia Technical College’s Marketing Management class recently welcomed Kaylon Harvey to their class and listened to him speak about his time on the Food Network Kids Sweets Showdown television show. Kaylon and his mother, Pamela, spoke to SGTC Marketing Management instructor Mary Cross’s...

South Georgia Technical College Vice President of Economic Development Wally Summers is shown above (c) with Georgia Power’s Gordy Morris (l) and Georgia Power’s Michael Hardester (r), who is an alumni of the SGTC Electrical Lineworker program.Georgia Power Training Supervisor Gordy Morris and Georgia Power Methods and Training Specialist Michael Hardester, who is also a graduate of the South Georgia Technical College Electrical Lineworker Program, visited South Georgia Technical College...

SGTC PBL Americus campus chapter participants at PBL district competitions in Macon are pictured. From left to right on the front row are PBL state and local advisor Donna Lawrence, PBL members Shannon Stewart, Ashley Halstead, Fierra Riley, and PBL Advisor Dr. Andrea Oates. On the back row from left to right are PBL members Andrea Burton-Willis, Racarda Blackmon, Jarrius Cladd, and Kia Mable. South Georgia Tech’s Crisp County Center PBL members are pictured taking a celebratory selfie...

Penny WarsSouth Georgia Technical College’s Nation Technical Honor Society (NTHS) on the SGTC’s Americus campus is having a Penny War fundraiser starting in February and continuing through April 1st. NTHS’s Penny War is a fundraiser activity that allows any SGTC program or department to collect rolled pennies. All of the collected funds will support the NTHS members as they participate in conferences and competitions this academic school year. The department or program with the most...

SGTC Culinary Arts students display the cookies they made and baked for the “Night to Shine” event. Shown above (l to r) are: Culinary Arts students Markus Given of Americus; Kyle Biggs of Leslie, Cecil Williams and William Martinez of Americus, Justin Keyser of Maulk, Linda Kent of Montzuma, Instructor Chef “Ricky” Watzlowick, Robert West of Albany, Nykeria Marshall of Americus and Paul McNiel, Jr. of Preston.South Georgia Technical College Culinary Arts Instructor Chef “Ricky”...

South Georgia Technical College President Emeritus Sparky Reeves (r) and Allene (l) are shown above presenting a scholarship to the SGTC 2017 GOAL winner, Christopher McGee (c). South Georgia Technical College President Emeritus Sparky Reeves and his wife, Allene, presented Crisp County Marketing Management student Christopher McGee with a $500 scholarship after he had been recognized as the college’s 2017 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) winner by SGTC President Dr. John...