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Approximately 80 Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) graduates lined up in their cars outside the Whitfield Murray Campus (WMC) in Dalton on Thursday, December 3, to participate in the second Drive-Thru Commencement Ceremony of 2020. Students from all six GNTC campuses were invited to attend the ceremony. GNTC’s Campus Police led the procession of vehicles […]

Just back from Cape Canaveral, Fla., where he will soon be working as an Integration Technician for SpaceX, Georgia Northwestern Technical College graduate Palmer Moye dropped in on the GNTC Aviation Training Center for one last visit. Through the GNTC Aviation Maintenance Technology program, Moye studied a combined airframe and power plant curriculum, mandated by […]

Earlier this month, National Arena League indoor football team the Columbus Lions announced they are adding Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) graduate Kacee Smith to the team’s ownership group.  Smith, a Calhoun resident, said he has long admired the Columbus football program. His relationship with the Lions started 15 years ago when Smith took his […]

Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) Fall Commencement Ceremony will be held in Dalton at the Whitfield Murray Campus as a drive-thru ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 3, at 5 p.m. Fall semester GNTC graduates from all six campuses are invited to attend the ceremony. “We want to recognize and celebrate our students’ successes; however, during these […]

During the Eighth Annual Whitfield Education Foundation Celebrity Spelling Bee, Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) Vice President of Economic Development Stephanie Scearce, placed ninth out of 19 participants, which included community members from the greater Dalton area. The fundraising event looked different than it did last year. Audience members in the Dalton Convention Center spread […]

Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) offers high-quality technical education and workforce development programs to the northwest Georgia region. We prepare students for a successful career through a combination of hands-on learning, dedication to industry standards and career-focused training that meet the requirements of business and industry.

Pulling his brand new tractor-trailer truck into the parking lot of Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) Walker County Campus (WCC), Jeffery Brown, a Commercial Truck Driving graduate, talked with current students of the program about how it changed his life. “Truck driving saved me,” he told them. “There is a need for good drivers with […]

GNTC Internal Giving Campaign. A Gift of REAL IMPACT Sherry Herrington, WIOA Assistant, and Kristi Hart, Director of High School Initiatives.

GNTC Internal Giving Campaign. A Gift of REAL IMPACT. Patty Hart, Director of Economic Development

As Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) Construction Management student Lexa Hendrix climbed into her program’s new skid-steer loader, she listened to the directions of Zach Walden, machine representative for Yancey Bros. Co. “This control takes you forwards, backwards, side to side and this lifts the bucket,” he told Hendrix. “I want you to practice by […]