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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.

In 2025, Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) entered into strategic partnerships that boost educational opportunities for northwest Georgia residents, earned recognition and continued to grow its footprint in the northwest Georgia region.

Dr. Elizabeth Anderson, vice president of Academic Affairs and Institutional Effectiveness at (GNTC) has been named executive vice president and chief academic officer by Dr. Heidi Popham, president of GNTC, effective March 1. In her new position, Anderson will continue to be responsible for Academic Affairs and Institutional Effectiveness and will now also be responsible for Adult Education, Economic Development and Student Affairs.

Five GNTC students have received the spring 2026 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.

GNTC announces O’Darius Davis as the 2026 recipient of the Matthew Vroman Memorial Scholarship. Davis, a resident of Rome, is an Aviation Maintenance Technology student at GNTC’s Floyd County Campus in Rome. Matthew Vroman passed away in 2024 at age 25 after years of battling numerous health issues. This scholarship, established last year, supports Aviation students who possess Vroman’s traits of kindness, solid values and relentless work ethic.

One hundred and eight students were honored as the newest inductees into GNTC's chapter of National Technical Honor Society. A full capacity crowd of friends, family, faculty and staff gathered in the Conference Center on GNTC’s Gordon County Campus in Calhoun to celebrate the newest NTHS members achievement.

Georgia Northwestern Technical College is proud to announce the students on the President’s and Dean’s Lists for the 2025 fall semester. To be eligible for the President’s List, the student must maintain a GPA of 3.8 or higher during the semester with a course load of at least 12 credit hours. To be eligible for […]

GNTC announced the 2026 recipients of the LAA-Mohawk Scholarship at a recent ceremony held in the Conference Center on the Gordon County Campus in Calhoun. The scholarship, funded by the Latin American Association (LAA) with the sponsorship of Mohawk Industries Inc., supports students engaged in the Hispanic community who reside in Floyd, Gordon, Murray or Whitfield Counties.

Faculty and staff at GNTC have nominated six of their peer instructors for the Rick Perkins Award of Excellence in Technical Instruction competition. The Rick Perkins Award honors the TCSG's most outstanding instructors. The award has been an ongoing statewide event since 1991 and is designed to recognize technical college instructors who make significant contributions to technical education through innovation and leadership in their fields.

John Kenyon, assistant director of Marketing and Public Relations at Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC), received the Silver Medallion Award from District 2 of the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations (NCMPR) in the Promotional Video-Long Form category.