Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s precision machining and manufacturing program on the Floyd County Campus and Whitfield Murray campus was presented with a gift of $22,000 from the Gene Haas Foundation for student scholarships.
“We are very fortunate to be a partner of the Haas Technical Education centers and a recipient of the Gene Haas Foundation grants,” Philip Shirley, precision machining and manufacturing instructor, said. “They have contributed over $60,000 to the foundation to date, and over the past three years every student in the program has benefited from the funds.”
The scholarships will be given to students who plan to enroll or are currently enrolled in a machining-based program at GNTC.
“We wish for continued growth and expansion of the machining department as well as successful outreach to all the industries surrounding the local community in Whitfield and Floyd counties,” Haas specialist David Aycock said.
John Popham