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Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) received a $40,000 grant from Truist Financial Corporation to support Adult Education. “With support from the Truist grant, our Adult Education program is able to offer Training on the Go sessions, providing our students with the opportunity to obtain industry recognized credentials,” said Lisa Shaw, vice president of Adult Education […]

Friends, family and leaders of the City of Rockmart and Polk County gathered on Wednesday, Sept. 27, at Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) Polk County Campus in Rockmart to congratulate the third cohort of graduates of GNTC’s Electrical Lineworker program. Fifteen students experienced a vigorous training program that included donated equipment such as trucks, poles […]

Three members of the Sisters Poor of Jesus Christ say they are learning more about the northwest Georgia area and its people thanks to classes at Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) Adult Education program in Cedartown. Sisters Antonella and Neriah are natives of Brazil, and Sister Bernada is originally from Paraguay. The sisters came to […]

A Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) Law Enforcement Academy graduate has been recognized for her quick actions that saved a man’s life. Jennifer Nunez, a rookie officer in the Dalton Police Department, and her field training officer were dispatched on July 16 to help a man who was unresponsive in his yard, Nunez said. Nunez […]

Congratulations to GNTC Respiratory Care students Alexa Burk and Tara Peloquin, the fall semester recipients of the college’s National Board for Respiratory Care Scholarship! (From left) Zenia Bratton, program director and instructor of Respiratory Care at GNTC; Burk; Peloquin; and Lauretta Hannon, executive director of the GNTC Foundation.

Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) Surgical Technology program graduates weave their knowledge of human anatomy, surgical procedures, tools and technologies to support a surgeon in the operating room. Working under a surgeon’s supervision, surgical technologists set up, organize, test and ensure sterilization of operating room equipment and minimize patients’ potential exposure to germs and contaminants […]

Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) Police Chief Chad Cardin recently received the Georgia Fraternal Order of Police President’s National Conference Grant to attend a police conference. Cardin was selected as one of two Georgia Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) lodge presidents awarded the grant, which allowed him to attend the 66th Biennial National Fraternal Order […]

Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) student Grant Payne of Cartersville 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, […]