Electronic Technology Instructor Ronald Turner talks about the lab where he will be holding classes at Georgia Northwestern Technical College on Friday in Dalton, Ga. Electronic Technology, cosmetology and robotics are some of the variety of subjects to be taught at GNTC.WHITFIELD MURRAY CAMPUS• Housed on 30,000 square feet inside the Whitfield Career Academy, a career-oriented charter school• Expected to register 250 students for the fall semester that starts Aug. 22• Will offer business management, computer information systems-computer support specialist, criminal justice technology, industrial systems technology and technical specialist programs.• Has 10 instructors and 14 classrooms/labsSource: Georgia Northwestern Technical College
DALTON, Ga. — Georgia Northwestern Technical College on Friday celebrated the grand opening of its Whitfield Murray campus, the fifth for the two-year college.
City, county and school officials gathered inside the Whitfield Career Academy, the college’s new home, for an official ribbon-cutting ceremony and tours of the 14 classrooms and labs.
The college will offer five occupational programs, including computer information systems and industrial systems technology, designed to meet the needs of business, according to school officials.
“What we heard is that we are not developing the technical skills and abilities needed in the local industry,” Whitfield County Schools Chairman Louis Fordham said. “Having the career academy here, that’s the primary function of this school, but we felt that what [the businesses] were telling us is that, ‘You really don’t have the programs.'”