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Karen Craven, lead teacher and site manager for Adult Education in Floyd County, was named Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) Adult Education Teacher of the Year for 2024. She also received the award in 2023. Craven characterized Adult Education as “the best of traditional schools, home school and individual tutoring.” She said Adult Education provides […]

As Ethron “Carl” Crawford crossed the stage during Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) Fall Commencement Ceremony on Dec. 14, he was confident in the example he has set for his children. Crawford grew up in Decatur and now resides in Rome. He attended classes at GNTC’s Floyd County Campus in Rome and Gordon County Campus […]

More than 300 Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) students crossed the stage of the Dalton Convention Center on Thursday, Dec. 14, to the cheers of their families, friends and instructors. Dr. Heidi Popham, president of GNTC, welcomed guests, congratulated the graduates and introduced keynote speaker Allie Patnode, GNTC’s 2023 Outstanding Alumni of the Year. Patnode […]

Twenty-seven students received their GED® diplomas through Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) Youth Success Academy (YSA) on Tuesday, Dec. 12. Erika Ambrocio Greenwell, who was chosen to represent GNTC at the Dinah Culbreath Wayne EAGLE Leadership Institute state competition in March, was the graduation speaker; the Leadership Institute recognizes and honors those students who have […]

As a child, Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) student Sean Mullins was told all of the things he would never be able to do because he could not see. He says he has been proving them wrong ever since. Mullins, who has been blind since birth, will graduate with an associate degree in Business Management. […]

More than 300 students from Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) nine-county service area will exit the Dalton Convention Center on Thursday, Dec. 14, armed with the education and technical training needed to kick-start their careers. The 2023 Fall Commencement Ceremony will begin at 6 p.m.  After students, administrators and faculty march into place during Processional, […]

Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) Office of Adult Education held its Fall 2023 Commencement Ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 7, for students who have earned their General Educational Development® (GED®) 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 […]

Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) has been named Georgia’s first National Coalition of Certification Centers (NC3) Leadership School.  All GNTC program areas with applicable NC3 certifications are encouraged to participate, said Jon Byrd, executive director of Aviation at GNTC and Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) state aviation advisor.  “The NC3 curriculum is industry-driven and […]

Thirteen female students are helping to blaze a new career path for women in the welding profession thanks to Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC). This semester GNTC Welding and Joining Technology instructor Billy Brown is working with seven female students at GNTC’s Whitfield Murray Campus in Dalton and six female students in GNTC’s Dual Enrollment […]

A Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) student has received a scholarship from the Georgia Nurses Foundation. The Georgia Nurses Foundation (GNF) has awarded the Amerigroup Rural Georgia Nursing Scholarship for $2,700 to Kymberly Davis-Grahn, who is expected to earn her associate degree in Nursing in December 2023. She attends classes at GNTC’s Walker County Campus […]