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Thirty high schools from across northwest Georgia competed in the SkillsUSA Region 1 Qualifying Competition hosted by Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) on Friday, Dec. 10. Over 150 competitors represented their schools hoping to qualify for SkillsUSA Georgia being held in Atlanta. Contestants placing first, second or third in their respective categories at the regional […]

Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) Precision Machining and Manufacturing program on the Floyd County Campus and Whitfield Murray Campus was presented with a $20,000 grant by the Gene Haas Foundation to be used for student scholarships. The scholarships will be given to students that plan to enroll, or are currently enrolled, in a machining-based program […]

Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) held its GED® Commencement Ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 9, 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 GNTC’s service area. The evening […]

Close to 20 young adults walked across the stage Tuesday, Dec. 7, to receive their GED® diploma during the Youth Success Academy (YSA) graduation held at Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) Floyd County Campus. The Youth Success Academy is specifically designed for out-of-school youth that wish to attain a GED® diploma and a technical education. […]

Seven Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) students graduated from Basic Law Enforcement Training Classes #2021-01 and #2021-02 on Monday, Dec. 6, during a ceremony held at the conference center on the Gordon County Campus. GNTC Law Enforcement Academy Director James Pledger welcomed the graduates and guests and introduced the guest speaker, Retired Sheriff and GNTC […]

Close to 300 Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) students crossed the stage of the Dalton Convention Center on Thursday, Dec. 2, to the cheers of their families, friends and instructors. GNTC held two separate Commencement Ceremonies in order to practice social distancing guidelines and accommodate friends and families of the graduates. A ceremony was held […]

Renee Robertson, of Chatsworth, began Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) Industrial Systems Technology program with one goal in mind, to earn more money. “I was struggling to get by, working two jobs and cleaning on the side, something had to change,” Robertson said. While she is still a few days from graduation, Robertson has already […]

Students representing Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) nine-county service area will participate in two traditional Fall Commencement Ceremonies on Thursday, Dec. 2, to celebrate their success in completing their program of study. The 2021 Fall Commencement Ceremonies will take place at the Dalton Convention Center. Two separate ceremonies are being held in order to practice […]

Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) along with the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) celebrates this year’s National Apprenticeship Week (Nov. 15-19, 2021) by highlighting the importance of Registered Apprenticeship Programs to growing northwest Georgia’s skilled workforce. GNTC is among Georgia’s 22 technical colleges, including the system office, to serve as registered apprenticeship sponsors making […]

Twelve students in Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) Human Lactation program were recently honored at the Gordon County Campus in Calhoun.   The event was an opportunity for the students to celebrate their accomplishments with family, friends and faculty. Shannon Vann, a GNTC Human Lactation student from Dallas, shared some of the challenges the class faced […]