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For the fourth consecutive year, Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) has the largest number of dual enrollment students out of all of the technical colleges in the state of Georgia according to the “High School Collaborative Enrollment: Academic Year 2017” Report issued by the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG). The report shows that GNTC […]

More than 750,000 people live in the Northwest Georgia region these days. And today, with the Baby Boomer generation beginning to look for extended health care, as well as a large number of industrial workers tackling hazardous jobs day in and day out here in the Tennessee Valley, the need for Emergency Medical Service (EMS) […]

Eleven Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) law enforcement students graduated from Basic Law Enforcement Training Class #201701 on Tuesday, Oct. 31, during a ceremony held at the conference center on the Gordon County Campus. Friends, family, advisory board members, chiefs, sheriffs, community leaders, and fellow law enforcement officers from across the Northwest Georgia region also […]

More than $16,000 was raised to provide funding and financial aid to Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) students during the 19th annual J.D. Powell Memorial Golf Tournament held at Barnsley Resort in Adairsville on Thursday, Oct. 26. James Derward Powell served as the president of GNTC from 1987-1994. The tournament was sponsored by Balfour Beatty […]

In the last 12 months alone, nearly eight million days of work were lost due to a dangerous and deadly outbreak close to the home.  That’s the equivalent of 32,000 full-time jobs! This is just one of many statistics that makes Domestic Violence Awareness a priority. Each October, this home-grown system of abuse is put […]

Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) students Brandon Payne, of Chatsworth, and Marvin Pointer, of Cedartown, were awarded the Rome Home Builders Association Scholarship at a recent ceremony held on the Gordon County Campus in Calhoun. The scholarship rewards academic excellence and provides a financial incentive for students working toward the completion of an associate degree […]

The Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) Foundation is sponsoring the 19th annual J.D. Powell Memorial Golf Tournament at Barnsley Resort in Adairsville on Thursday, Oct. 26. Proceeds from the tournament will provide funding and scholarship assistance to GNTC students.  James Derward Powell served as the president of GNTC from 1987-1994. Registration is now open and […]

Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) department of safety and security and Gordon County first responders, law enforcement officers, and emergency responders reported to Building 300 on the Gordon County Campus for a simulated active shooter scenario on Oct. 10. The exercise served as training for local police and emergency responders to test the response capacity […]

Dr. James Cantrell, Director of School Operations of the Dade County Board of Education, has been selected as Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s newest member of its Board of Directors. Cantrell was sworn in at the college’s October 2017 Board of Directors meeting in Rock Spring, Georgia. Cantrell has served in his current director role in education […]

Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) department of Safety and Security will be joined by local law enforcement and emergency responders on Tuesday, Oct. 10, for a Public Safety Training Exercise. It will take place at the Gordon County Campus in Calhoun between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. The exercise will serve as training for local […]