Catherine Edgemon

A GNTC graduate credits the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) program with empowering her to succeed. Shannon Taylor was a low-income single parent seeking resources to assist her with covering the costs of an education when she entered GNTC in 2023. She earned certificates in Domestic and Family Violence Specialist and Addiction Specialist in 2024 before graduating with her associate degree in Social Work in 2025.

Grace Beam, director of Online Learning and Development at GNTC, will speak at two national conferences this fall, focusing on how colleges are responding to artificial intelligence (AI) in the classroom.

GNTC has announced the fall 2026 recipients of the Roper Corporation Scholarship are Michael Doane and Andres “Chuey” Hernandez. Doane lives in Chickamauga and is a student in the Supply Chain Management and Logistics program at GNTC’s Catoosa County Campus. Hernandez resides in Summerville and studies Automation Technology at the Catoosa County Campus.

Four Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) students have received The Governor Nathan Deal Technical Education Scholarship in recognition of their academic achievement in an industrial or industrial-related program. The scholarship honors former Gov. Nathan Deal for his dedication to technical education in Georgia.

The GNTC Foundation awarded $54,238 in grants and scholarships for fall semester 2026. Grant and scholarship awards ranged between $100 and $1,500 to assist in paying for fall semester at GNTC. Sixty-one grants and scholarships were awarded to 59 students.

The Foundation at GNTC announces the fall 2026 recipients of a scholarship rewarding high-achieving first-generation students that was created in honor of a beloved leader at GNTC. Selena’s Scholarship honors the late Selena Magnusson, who was GNTC’s vice president of Institutional Effectiveness and Student Success. She was employed at GNTC for 26 years in a variety of roles.

One hundred and six students were honored as the fall 2026 inductees into GNTC's chapter of National Technical Honor Society. To qualify for GNTC’s chapter of the NTHS, students must have a GPA of 3.0 and be in good academic, behavioral and financial standing.

GNTC has received a donated interactive whiteboard, computer and mobile stand to be used at the Academic Support Center on the Floyd County Campus. Designed for classrooms and collaborative workspaces, the whiteboard is a 65-inch, 4K ultra high definition interactive flat-panel display.

All 18 graduates in GNTC's Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) program have passed a national nursing licensure exam this year on their first attempt and achieved a 100% pass rate. This year is the fourth consecutive year that 100% of GNTC’s ASN graduates have passed the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) to become a Registered Nurse on their first attempt.

A GNTC Nursing student recently assisted a patient in medical crisis and comforted his family. Stephanie Wilson, 33, attends GNTC’s Walker County Campus in Rock Spring and expects to graduate with her Associate of Science in Nursing degree in December. Wilson currently is in her third semester of her clinical rotation duties at a hospital in northwest Georgia.