Lauretta Hannon, executive director of Institutional Advancement at GNTC, has announced a book launch celebration for her spiritual memoir, “A Priest Walks into a Waffle House: Stories from a Gritty, Grace-Filled Life.”
The event will take place Thursday, Sept. 10, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Broadview Event Venue, located above the Rome Area History Center, at 300 W. First St., Rome.
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.
Two scholarships awarded through GNTC are helping a stay-at-home father complete his associate degree in Cybersecurity. Greg Huff, who grew up in Chattanooga, attended GNTC’s Whitfield Murray Campus in Dalton and completed his classes in July. A first-generation college student, he and his wife live in Dalton with their 8-year-old son, 3-year-old daughter and newborn son.
The Foundation at Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) awarded 48 scholarships totaling more than $37,000 to 47 graduating high school seniors in the northwest Georgia region.
GNTC has announced the spring 2026 recipients of the Roper Corporation Scholarship are Tammy Chandler and Salvador Hernandez. Chandler lives in Trion and is a student in the Computer Support Specialist program at the Walker County Campus; Hernandez resides in Summerville and studies Automation Technology at the Catoosa County Campus.
A commitment to self-sufficiency prompted Mayahuel Yaoapoqa, a Micronesian native, to pursue a career in Precision Machining and Manufacturing at Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC). Seventeen-year-old Mayahuel Yaoapoqa will graduate with her associate degree in Precision Machining and Manufacturing at GNTC’s 2026 Spring Commencement Ceremony at the Forum River Center in Rome on Thursday, May […]
Eight high school students committed to pursuing a technical education during a signing event hosted by GNTC. This year marks GNTC’s third time participating in the National Career and Technical Education (CTE) Letter of Intent Signing Day, which was held on April 30 at the Gordon County Campus in Calhoun.
The Foundation at GNTC awarded $48,350 in grants and scholarships for spring semester 2026. Grant and scholarship awards ranged between $100 and $5,000 to assist in paying for spring semester at GNTC. Sixty grants and scholarships were awarded to 56 students.
Four GNTC students have received The Governor Nathan Deal Technical Education Scholarship in recognition of their academic achievement in an industrial or industrial-related program.
Georgia Northwestern Technical College announces it is accepting applications through April 30 for the summer term for a new state scholarship for disabled veterans. Funded by voluntary state income tax return donations, the Disabled Veterans Support Scholarship (DVSS) was created to support U.S. military veterans with service-connected disabilities as they pursue technical education in Georgia.
