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Approximately 230 Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) students crossed the stage of the Forum River Center in Rome on Thursday, May 7, to the cheers of their families, friends and instructors. Students representing GNTC’s nine-county service area participated in two traditional Spring Commencement Ceremonies to celebrate their success in completing their program of study. Two […]

A commitment to self-sufficiency prompted Mayahuel Yaoapoqa, a Micronesian native, to pursue a career in Precision Machining and Manufacturing at Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC). Seventeen-year-old Mayahuel Yaoapoqa will graduate with her associate degree in Precision Machining and Manufacturing at GNTC’s 2026 Spring Commencement Ceremony at the Forum River Center in Rome on Thursday, May […]

The Commencement Ceremony for students in GNTC’s Business and Cyber related technology programs and Nursing and Health Technology programs will begin at noon, and the Commencement Ceremony for students in GNTC’s Industrial and Public Service programs will take place at 4 p.m.

Eight students high school students committed to pursuing a technical education during a signing event hosted by GNTC. This year marks GNTC’s third time participating in the National Career and Technical Education (CTE) Letter of Intent Signing Day, which was held on April 30 at the Gordon County Campus in Calhoun.

Georgia Northwestern Technical College on April 16 named Patty Hart as vice president of Economic Development.

The Cisco Networking Academy has honored Dr. Dwight Watt, instructor of Computer Information Systems Technology at GNTC, for instructional excellence.

The Foundation at GNTC awarded $48,350 in grants and scholarships for spring semester 2026. Grant and scholarship awards ranged between $100 and $5,000 to assist in paying for spring semester at GNTC. Sixty grants and scholarships were awarded to 56 students.

Four GNTC students have received The Governor Nathan Deal Technical Education Scholarship in recognition of their academic achievement in an industrial or industrial-related program.

Georgia Northwestern Technical College announces it is accepting applications through April 30 for the summer term for a new state scholarship for disabled veterans. Funded by voluntary state income tax return donations, the Disabled Veterans Support Scholarship (DVSS) was created to support U.S. military veterans with service-connected disabilities as they pursue technical education in Georgia.

The 2026 Spring Plant Sale at Georgia Northwestern Technical College, an annual tradition in Rome, will be held April 13-16.

Eight Georgia Northwestern Technical College students have qualified to compete in the 2026 Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Collegiate National Leadership Conference in Las Vegas June 6-8.

Sixteen students graduated on Wednesday, March 25, from GNTC's Electrical Lineworker program during a ceremony at GNTC’s Polk County Campus in Rockmart.