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Ten students graduated on Wednesday, July 17, from Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) Electrical Lineworker program during a ceremony at GNTC’s Polk County Campus in Rockmart. The students experienced a vigorous, 10-week training program that included donated equipment such as trucks, poles and climbing equipment, as well as hands-on expertise from GNTC instructors. Upon completing […]

Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GTNC) has established the Huston “Buck” Parson Scholarship to support students who reside in Murray or Whitfield County. Parson sold carpet at Carpet Center of Dalton and raised Black Angus cattle. He also loved riding his tractor, said Mary Parson, his widow. Mary Parson, who taught elementary school for years, places […]

The first cohort of Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) students in a new, accelerated CNA program developed from a partnership between Atrium Health Floyd and GNTC to remedy the shortage of area healthcare professionals will complete their classes on July 25. In an agreement signed by Atrium Health Floyd and GNTC on May 8, Atrium […]

Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) student Nancy Johnson, a resident of Tunnel Hill, placed seventh in Foundations of Entrepreneurship at the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Collegiate National Leadership Conference held June 24-27 in Orlando. Five GNTC students competed in a total of eight competitions at the national FBLA competition. To be eligible to […]

Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) Office of Adult Education held its Spring 2024 Graduation Ceremony on Thursday, June 27, for students who have earned their High School Equivalency diplomas. The ceremony was held at the Conference Center on GNTC’s Gordon County Campus in Calhoun to accommodate students and families from all nine counties of GNTC’s […]

A Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) police officer has been recognized for his quick actions that saved a 4-year-old boy from drowning. Sgt. Bruce Franks said he and his wife Kayla, a GNTC Police lieutenant, attended an Easter egg hunt and party for children at a friend’s house. As the couple unloaded supplies from their […]

Georgia Northwestern Technical College is proud to announce the students on the President’s and Dean’s Lists for the 2024 spring 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 […]