Catherine Edgemon

Sixteen students graduated on Wednesday, March 25, from GNTC's Electrical Lineworker program during a ceremony at GNTC’s Polk County Campus in Rockmart.

Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) has named Rihanna Davis, a LaFayette High School student who attends the Walker LAUNCH College and Career Academy in Rock Spring, as its 2026 Dual Enrollment Student of the Year.

GNTC's Accelerated Career program has empowered Logan Knight to pursue a career path in information technology after overcoming brain cancer. Logan Knight and his twin sister, Ella, are seniors at Model High School in Rome. He participates in GNTC’s Accelerated Career program, which allows eligible high school students to fast-track their education by simultaneously earning a high school diploma and a minimum of either two technical certificates of credit (TCCs), a diploma or an associate degree.

GNTC is hosting Open Houses at all six campuses to provide an opportunity to learn more about the programs offered at GNTC, tour the facilities and meet faculty and staff. Each Open House event will include registration, a panel discussion, campus tours with program highlights, a presentation highlighting GNTC’s unique benefits and a step-by-step overview of the enrollment process.

Jason Gamel, director of Recruitment at GNTC, was selected as the 2026 Staff Member of the Year Award winner. The award recognizes GNTC staff who make significant contributions to the college and to technical education. Gamel joined GNTC as director of Institutional Advancement in 2006 and became director of Recruitment in 2017.

GNTC's Aviation Maintenance Technology program expanded its fleet of aircraft that provide hands-on training to students with the recent donation of a Cessna 401A aircraft. This is the fourth 400 series Cessna airplane GNTC owns and will be used for all aspects of training for the Aviation Maintenance Technology program

GNTC's Office of Adult Education held its Fall 2025 Graduation Ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 18, for students who have earned their High School Equivalency (HSE) diplomas. The ceremony was held at the Conference Center on GNTC’s Gordon County Campus in Calhoun to accommodate students and families from all nine counties of GNTC’s service area.

Friends, family and the community gathered in the Conference Center at Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) Gordon County Campus in Calhoun on Dec. 16 to honor 16 students graduating from Basic Law Enforcement Training Class #BL11-2025-02.

Troyanna “Troy” Foster, Adult Basic Education (ABE) instructor for Adult Education in Floyd County, was named Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) Adult Education Teacher of the Year for 2026. “Adult Education makes what seems impossible possible,” Foster said. “I take pride in helping students celebrate each small win until they have graduated with their High […]

Dr. Heidi Popham, president of GNTC, has been selected to serve on the Board of Trustees for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). SACSCOC is the accrediting body for degree-granting higher education institutions in the southern states, including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia and Latin America and certain other international sites approved by the SACSCOC Board of Trustees that award associate, baccalaureate, master’s or doctoral degrees.