Southwest Airlines donates turbofan engine to GNTC
July 24, 2017
Southwest Airlines recently donated a CFM56-3B1 high-bypass turbofan aircraft engine worth approximately $100,000 to Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) Aviation Training Center to provide students with advanced training in troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining industry-grade aviation equipment.    The donation of the turbofan engine will further GNTC’s ability to prepare students for a career in the […]
Dade County to offer GNTC courses this fall
July 20, 2017
Northwest Georgia’s largest college is set to offer classes at Dade County High School this fall. Georgia Northwestern Technical College has laid out 10 classes to be taught to students in Trenton during the day and at night. Evening courses available to all students include Principles of Management, Composition and Rhetoric, and Introduction to Computer […]
Governor, Georgia Leaders Break Ground on Georgia Northwestern Expansion
July 19, 2017
“Education should lead to employment,” said Georgia Governor Nathan Deal at Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s Whitfield Murray Campus (WMC) Expansion Groundbreaking Tuesday. “We have accelerated the number of programs whose participants will have a job waiting for them. This is what education should encompass. We’re preparing people for the careers that are already available right […]
GNTC alum takes top spot at Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe
July 14, 2017
Seven years ago, Catoosa County’s Charles “Chance” Nix graduated from Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) with a plan. He would take his Criminal Justice Degree he earned in 2010 and turn it into a career. Seven years later, the former Catoosa County Sheriff’s Deputy has done just that. Next month, when students walk the halls […]
Bobcat SkillsUSA teams lead way at nationals
July 14, 2017
After the dust settled on a competition floor large enough to house more than 15 football fields, the students of Georgia Northwestern Technical College would find themselves among the best in the nation at the 2017 Nationals SkillsUSA Competition. More than 6,000 students qualified in their home states to compete at the national competition this […]
Roper Corporation and GNTC Partner to 
Train Next Era of Skilled Workforce
July 12, 2017
We want to push major manufacturing and the jobs that come with it back into the United States,” said Scott Brown, Roper Corporation President. “With this apprenticeship program, we are planning to advance the skill sets of our workforce.” Brown and Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) President Pete McDonald met to sign on the dotted […]
GNTC to Host MOWR new student orientations at all six campuses
June 20, 2017
Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) will hold face-to-face orientations in July for high school students participating in the Move On When Ready (MOWR) Dual Enrollment Program. The MOWR orientations will last approximately 1-2 hours and are only for high school students who are enrolled in the MOWR program at Georgia Northwestern. These sessions are separate […]
GNTC Hosts the 2017 Young Scholars Program
for Rising Eighth-Grade Students, June 12-15
June 14, 2017
This week Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) is hosting the Young Scholars Program for rising eighth-grade students from Rome Middle School. Through the program, students take part in a variety of hands-on learning activities that provides a head start for the upcoming school year and offers insight into future career opportunities. This year’s Young Scholars […]
Design, Engineering, and Manufacturing Camp honors middle school students
June 12, 2017
Northwest Georgia middle school students spent a week on the campuses of Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC), Dalton State College (DSC), and the Northwest Georgia College & Career Academy to attend the Eighth Annual Design, Engineering, and Manufacturing (DEM) Camp. Counting first-timers and return campers, the DEM camp hosted 135 middle school technology enthusiasts June […]