GNTC alum Ryan Fincher selected for welding competition in Russia
February 25, 2019
Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) alumnus and 2017 SkillsUSA welding national champion Ryan Fincher was chosen to be the U.S. representative in an elite international competition against the best welders from around the world. On Thursday, Feb. 21, Fincher was selected as the SkillsUSA World Team Welder to represent the nation at the WorldSkills Competition […]
GNTC Radiologic Technology graduates achieve 100% licensure pass rate and job placement
February 22, 2019
Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) is proud to announce that all students in the Radiologic Technology program that graduated in the fall of 2018 achieved a 100 percent pass rate on the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) licensure exam. “We had a total of 14 students take the ARRT Registry exam and all of […]
Georgia Northwestern to Give Free GED® Practice Test on Feb. 28
February 13, 2019
Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) is offering a free GED® practice test on Thursday, Feb. 28, to all potential students who come into one of the local Adult Education Learning Centers in GNTC’s nine-county service area. Students who take the GED Ready® practice test will be able to see if they are ready to pass […]
GNTC’s Adult Education program is now accepting students for spring semester classes
February 05, 2019
Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) Adult Education program is accepting students for spring classes in Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Polk, Walker and Whitfield counties.  Adults seeking to improve educational skills, earn a GED® credential, prepare for college entrance or learn English as a second language are encouraged to enroll in free classes that are […]
Brandon Neighbors and Leyner Argueta named GNTC’s 2019 GOAL and Rick Perkins Award winners
February 01, 2019
Automotive Technology student Brandon Neighbors was named Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) 2019 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) winner and Leyner Argueta, program director of Business Management, was selected as the college’s 2019 Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year. The winners were named during a reception at GNTC’s Floyd County Campus in Rome on […]
High School Freshmen Facing College Choices at Younger Age
January 31, 2019
College recruits don’t always drive their cars to campuses they want to visit. In Catoosa County, Georgia, one group of future talent, not old enough drive, traveled by school bus to tour Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) as part of the Catoosa County School System’s Career Exploration program. The brand new program, geared towards high […]
GOAL, EAGLE and Rick Perkins Award presentations will take place at GNTC on Friday, Feb.1
January 28, 2019
Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) will announce the student winner of the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) competition and the instructor selected for the Rick Perkins Award of Excellence in Technical Instruction competition on Friday, Feb. 1, at 1 p.m. The presentation will take place at the Conference Center in Building H of GNTC’s […]
GNTC instructors nominated for 2019 Rick Perkins Award
January 23, 2019
Faculty and staff at Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) have nominated five of their peer instructors for the Rick Perkins Award of Excellence in Technical Instruction competition. The Rick Perkins Award honors the Technical College System of Georgia’s (TCSG) most outstanding instructors. The award has been an ongoing statewide event since 1991 and is designed […]
GNTC names semi-finalists for 2019 GOAL award
January 18, 2019
Four Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) students have been selected as the college’s semi-finalists for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL), according to Dione Waddington, coordinator for the college’s GOAL program. Listed are students chosen as semi-finalists for the GOAL award showing (from left to right) the student’s name, county of residence, program of […]