GNTC’s Business Healthcare Technology program
October 05, 2022
Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) Business Healthcare Technology program prepares graduates not only to help combat a nationwide shortage of medical coders but also to provide data that will influence medical protocols and patient outcomes. The American Academy of Professional Coders defines medical coding as the translation of healthcare diagnoses, procedures, medical services and equipment […]
Three generations of family graduate from GNTC
October 04, 2022
Three generations of a Walker County family are proud to call Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) their alma mater. Don Shields was awarded his Machine Tool Technology diploma in 1969; his son, Mark Shields, received his Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Technology diploma in 2011; and his granddaughter, Darsey Shields, earned her Dental Assisting diploma in […]
GNTC to hold Industrial Career Day on Friday, Oct. 7.
September 26, 2022
Northwest Georgia high school students will have an opportunity to speak with representatives of Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) industrial programs about the benefits of learning a skilled trade during Industrial Career Day on Friday, Oct. 7, at the Whitfield Murray Campus in Dalton. Industrial program directors will be on-hand to discuss their programs and […]
GNTC observes National Literacy Month
September 20, 2022
Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) Adult Education students on each campus are touring their campus libraries in recognition of National Literacy Month. GNTC, northwest Georgia’s largest Adult Education provider, serves Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Polk, Walker and Whitfield counties. “The purpose of Adult Education and National Literacy Month is to highlight the importance […]
GNTC celebrates 60th anniversary
September 19, 2022
Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) will host a “Diamond Jubilee” Celebration Oct. 3-14 to celebrate the college’s 60th anniversary. GNTC, a unit of the Technical College System of Georgia, offers technical and academic instruction through traditional and distance learning leading to associate degrees, diplomas and certificates of credit programs, as well as through non-credit continuing […]
GNTC graduate draws strength from her personal struggles
September 19, 2022
A social worker who graduated from Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) channels the strength she developed through her own hardships to help disabled adults overcome hurdles to gainful employment. Jill McBee, a rehabilitation counselor 1 at Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency in LaFayette, said she helps disabled adults to go back to school, to get the […]
Student receives Rabbit Valley Farmers Market Scholarship
September 15, 2022
Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) student Brady Zelaya of Dalton has received a Rabbit Valley Farmers Market Scholarship. The Rabbit Valley Farmers Market Scholarship was established to provide financial support to incoming high school students and first-year GNTC students pursuing a degree, diploma or certificate. Scholarship applicants must be planning a career related to farming, […]
GNTC to hold Fall Mum Sale Sept. 29, 2022
September 14, 2022
The Horticulture program at Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) will hold a Fall Mum Sale outside of Building L located across from GNTC’s Floyd County Campus in Rome Monday, Sept. 19, through Thursday, Sept. 22. The sale will be held from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on each day. The mums will cost $5 each […]