(From left) Brandy Johnson, community outreach coordinator of Rabbit Valley Farmers Market; Samantha Leslie, executive director of Rabbit Valley Farmers Market; Olin Yaoapoqa, scholarship recipient; Drew Thams, finance director of Rabbit Valley Farmers Market; and Nick Barton, director of the Horticulture program at GNTC. Not pictured is scholarship recipient Mary Sharay.
October 06, 2025
Mary Sharay and Olin Yaoapoqa, Horticulture students at the Floyd County Campus in Rome, have received a Rabbit Valley Farmers Market Scholarship. Scholarship applicants must be planning a career related to farming, gardening, landscape design, environmental issues, floral design or horticulture.
Bart Jenkins, program director and instructor of Precision Machining and Manufacturing at GNTC (right) poses with Gene Haas Scholarship recipients Jesse Nicholson (left) and Mayahuel Yaoapoqa
October 02, 2025
Jesse Nicholson, a Calhoun resident, and Mayahuel Yaoapoqa, a Menlo resident, have received the Gene Haas Scholarship, which rewards academic excellence and provides financial support for students working toward a degree, diploma or certificate in the Precision Machining and Manufacturing program.
Gordon County campus aerial
September 29, 2025
The GNTC Foundation has announced that GNTC’s Board of Trustees has been named a 2025 Role Model Board by the Technical College Foundation Association of Georgia. This year marks the fourth consecutive year that the GNTC Foundation has received this honor.
John Whitehead, Commercial Truck Driving – Class A instructor at GNTC
September 15, 2025
GNTC has received a donation of 32 student manuals for its Commercial Truck Driving – Class A program. J. J. Keller & Associates Inc. recently notified the GNTC Foundation that it would make a one-time donation of 32 copies of its “Entry-Level Driver Training Obtaining a CDL Student Manual” to the college.
(From left, front row) Jackson Woodard, scholarship recipient; Octavio Perez; Jesus Arellano, scholarship recipient; (back row) Dr. Heidi Popham, president of GNTC; and Donny Holmes, program director and instructor of Construction Management at GNTC.
September 12, 2025
The Foundation at Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) has announced the first recipients of the new Octaviano and Bertha Perez Scholarship. Jesus Arellano and Jackson Woodard—both students in Construction Management at GNTC’s Gordon County Campus in Calhoun—received the scholarship for the fall 2025 semester.
Walker County Campus aerial
August 07, 2025
The GNTC Foundation awarded approximately $40,000 in grants and scholarships for fall semester 2025, with recipients ranging in age from 17 to 87.
AdventHealth and Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) have signed an agreement designed to boost enrollment in GNTC’s Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) program
July 28, 2025
AdventHealth and Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) have signed an agreement designed to boost enrollment in GNTC’s Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) program, thereby helping to expand and continue nursing education services in northwest Georgia.
GNTC’s Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) - Class A Driving Range at the Walker County Campus
July 22, 2025
Love’s Travel Stops has awarded a grant to Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) to support the college’s for-credit Commercial Truck Driving – Class A program. Love’s recently notified the GNTC Foundation of the $1,000 award. GNTC sought the funds to purchase driver log books in bulk to provide to Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) certificate program […]
GNTC Logo
May 12, 2025
The Foundation at Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) awarded 51 scholarships totaling more than $36,000 to 48 graduating high school seniors in the northwest Georgia region. Recipients of the Chattooga High School Alumni Scholarship are Connor Elrod, Micheal Cordle II, McKenzie Evans, Akeyla Hendrix and Preslee Hurley. Gisselle Tome, Coosa High School, has been awarded […]
RHBA spring 2025 scholarship
April 22, 2025
Two Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) students have received the spring 2025 Rome Home Builders Association (RHBA) Scholarship. Keny Ramirez and Francisco Triana received the scholarship, which rewards academic excellence and provides financial support for students working toward a degree, diploma or certificate in residential construction-related programs, including Air Conditioning Technology, Construction Management, Electrical Systems […]