Rome Floyd Chamber
February 12, 2026
Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) Office of Career Services is offering students immersive job readiness training to prepare for today’s workforce via Virtual Reality (VR). Through a partnership with Believe Greater Dalton, an initiative of the Greater Dalton Chamber of Commerce, and the Rome Floyd Chamber, Career Services was able to obtain two Virtual Reality […]
GNTC awards 2026 Matthew Vroman Memorial Scholarship
February 11, 2026
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.
NTHS Leadership
February 06, 2026
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.
GNTC announces President’s and Dean’s Lists for fall 2025
February 05, 2026
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 awards 2026 Latin American Association-Mohawk Scholarships
February 03, 2026
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.
Noelia Sargento (right), a Business Management student from Rossville, was named GNTC’s 2026 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) winner, and Trevor Roberts, clinical coordinator of Ultrasound Programs and instructor of Adult Echocardiography, has been named the college’s 2026 Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year.
January 27, 2026
Noelia Sargento, a Business Management student from Rossville, was named GNTC's 2026 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) winner, and Trevor Roberts, clinical coordinator of Ultrasound Programs and instructor of Adult Echocardiography, has been named the college’s 2026 Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year. The winners were named during the Seven Hills Rotary Club meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 27, at the Coosa County Club in Rome.
2026 Rick Perkins nominees
January 23, 2026
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.
GNTC’s John Kenyon receives Silver Medallion Award for college promotional video
January 22, 2026
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.
2026 GOAL finalists
January 21, 2026
Three GNTC students have been selected as the college’s finalists for the 2026 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL). A statewide program of the Technical College System of Georgia, GOAL honors excellence in academics and leadership among the state’s technical college students.
(From left) Baili Coast, Laiya Coast, G.W. Owens, Angela Owens and Byron Coast pose for a selfie. Laiya Coast earned an associate degree in Health Care Management.
January 14, 2026
In case you missed our live stream of the 2025 Fall Commencement Ceremony at the end of last semester, here it is again with some additional graphics. Congratulations to all of our graduates!