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Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) will host a Free Application Month through March to help those who are seeking to enroll in the summer semester. Through March 31, GNTC will waive the $25 application fee for all incoming students. Applicants should enter the code MARCH24 (all capital letters) to waive the fee. The admissions deadline […]

Jacquelyn Beck, a Health Care Assistant student, will represent Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) at the 2024 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) regional competition. Jennifer Stephenson, instructor of Medical Assisting at GNTC, nominated Beck, a resident of Rockmart and former U.S. Marine, for the award. Beck graduated from the Medical Assisting program in 2023 […]

Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) Emergency Medical Services and Paramedicine programs have earned reaccreditation by the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP). “The EMS programs are very challenging because students are usually working full-time and must learn so much information in one year,” said Nina Piatt, GNTC’s program […]

Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) has named Jennifer Reynolds, career transition specialist at GNTC’s Floyd County Campus in Rome, as its 2024 Staff Member of the Year Award winner. The award recognizes technical college staff who make significant contributions to the college and to technical education. Dr. Heidi Popham, GNTC president, presented Reynolds with the […]

Since Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) capped 2023 with two prestigious national accreditations and one national designation, college officials are looking ahead to an event in April when high school students will commit to pursue a technical education. Last fall, GNTC was named Georgia’s first National Coalition of Certification Centers (NC3) Leadership School; NC3’s mission […]

Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) students excelled at the 2024 SkillsUSA Georgia State Leadership and Skills Conference, Feb. 22-24, in Atlanta. GNTC competed in 21 categories and took home eight gold medals, five silver medals and eight bronze medals. State gold medal winners will represent GNTC and the State of Georgia in the national contest June 17-21 […]

Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) has transferred its Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) program from the Catoosa County Campus in Ringgold to the Whitfield Murray Campus in Dalton. GNTC began offering EMT classes—which serve Dual Enrollment and traditional students—in fall 2023. Moving the EMT program to the Whitfield Murray Campus is part of an ongoing partnership […]

Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) student Dana Jenkins has received the David Warren Memorial Scholarship. Jenkins is a student in the Environmental Horticulture Technician program at the Floyd County Campus in Rome. The scholarship was established in memory of David Warren, former director of the Horticulture program, and is open to students pursuing a degree, […]