Catherine Edgemon

GNTC is providing advanced training to regional utility contractors as part of a new program to help them meet registered apprenticeship requirements.

Jayden Allen has been chosen to represent GNTC at the Dinah Culbreath Wayne EAGLE (Exceptional Adult Georgian in Literacy Education) Leadership Institute state competition March 9-11, 2026, at the Crowne Plaza Atlanta Perimeter at Ravinia.

Georgia Trend magazine has selected Dr. Heidi Popham, president of Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC), as one of the magazine’s most influential leaders. This year marks the fourth that Dr. Popham has been profiled in the “annual publication that spotlights the most powerful leaders across major industries and organizations” who impact Georgia, according to Georgia […]

About three dozen students and alumni attended GNTC’s recent 2025 Aviation Career Day. Current students and graduates of GNTC’s Aviation Maintenance Technology and Aviation Maintenance Technician programs participated in the event at GNTC’s Aviation Training Center at the Richard B. Russell Regional Airport in Rome. The event enabled students to network with prospective employers and […]

GNTC will host a Free Application Month throughout November to help those who are seeking to enroll in the spring semester. Through Nov. 30, GNTC will waive the $25 application fee for all incoming students.

Tracey Mercado, program director and instructor of Medical Assisting, has been named GNTC’s 2025 Alumna of the Year.

GNTC has announced the fall 2025 recipient of the Roper Corporation Scholarship is Timothy Wall, a student in the Commercial Truck Driving Class – A program.

Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) has expanded its Construction Management program to the Whitfield Murray Campus in Dalton. GNTC began offering all the same Construction Management classes—which serve Dual Enrollment and traditional students—at the Whitfield Murray Campus (WMC) that previously have been offered only at the Gordon County Campus (GCC) in Calhoun. Donny Holmes, program […]

Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) Respiratory Care graduate Jay Shedd, system director of Respiratory Therapy, Sleep Lab and Neurodiagnostic at Atrium Health Floyd in Rome, continues to collaborate with GNTC faculty and students to prepare future respiratory therapists for the workforce. Shedd advocates for students to learn first-hand to use the latest technology to improve […]

Two GNTC students have received The Governor Nathan Deal Technical Education Scholarship in recognition of their academic achievement in an industrial or industrial-related program. Jamasin Cook, Welding and Joining Technology, and Andy Phillips, Supply Chain Management and Logistics, received the scholarship for the fall 2025 semester. They are students at GNTC’s Whitfield Murray Campus (WMC) in Dalton.