GTC Students Learn Leadership Lessons from Top Names

GTC Students Attend Chick-fil-A LeadercastGwinnett Tech students had the chance to attend the recent Chick-fil-A® Leadercast®, learning leadership skills and life lessons from stand-outs like Jack Welch, Condoleezza Rice, Coach Mike Krzyzewski and Olympian Sanya Richards-Ross....  more

 
 
 

Hospitality Interview Contest is ‘Career Speed Dating’

GTC Hosts Interview ContestThink speed dating meets job interview and you’ll have the essence of Gwinnett Tech’s annual Interview Contest for Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management Program students....  more

 
 
 

Middle School Student Wins Manufacturing Appreciation Week Design Contest

cagle-with-studentDong Ouk (Joseph) Chung, an eighth grader from Hull Middle School in Suwanee, has been recognized by Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle for winning third place in his division for the 2013 Manufacturing Appreciation Week (MAW) Student Design Contest....  more

 
 
 

Gwinnett Tech Alumnus Leads Life-Saving Team

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Gwinnett Technical College alumnus and Alpharetta paramedic Matt Caswell recently led a team of firefighters and EMTs to save a man in sudden cardiac arrest....  more

 
 
 

Gwinnett Tech Graduates Receive Early Education STAR Scholarship

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Three Gwinnett Technical College (GTC) Early Childhood Care and Education graduates have been awarded the Birth Through Five (B-5) STAR scholarship from Georgia State University’s Department of Early Childhood Education....  more

 
 
 

Gwinnett Technical College Names 2013 Instructor of the Year

Dr. Waddell Wins Teaching AwardDr. Penny Joyner Waddell, speech program director at Gwinnett Technical College, has been honored with the college’s 2013 Rick Perkins Award of Excellence in Technical Education....  more

 
 
 

Culinary Dream is All in the Family

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You could say Adam Cherry’s love for cooking was all in the family. “My uncle was part of my inspiration to pursue a culinary degree. He liked to cook and had always said if he didn’t get drafted in the Vietnam War, he would have become a chef. I feel I’m living out his dream.”...  more

 
 
 

Gwinnett Tech Alumnus Returns as Medical Assisting Program Director

Ennis_heroGwinnett Tech alumnus Jessica Ennis is now taking what she learned in the classroom and at work, and presenting it to her students in her role as the college’s medical assisting program director....  more

 
 
 

Eagle Scout Service Project Focuses on Gwinnett Tech Landscape

Scouts from Troop 1534 work on Brian Dalrymple's Eagle Service Project.

 

Scientists and environmentalists studying ways to minimize the heat island effect might want to consult Eagle Scout Brian Dalyrmple about the strategies he implemented on the Gwinnett Tech campus.

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Gwinnett Tech Faculty Member Wins 2012 Friend of Tourism Award

(left to right) Dr. Mark Newton, program director, Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management, Gwinnett Tech, and GTC alumni Candace Kirkpatrick, Catering Sales Executive, Proof of the Pudding, and Ed Peterson, Director of Sales, Wyndham Garden Duluth.

(left to right) Dr. Mark Newton, program director, Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management, Gwinnett Tech, and GTC alumni Candace Kirkpatrick, Catering Sales Executive, Proof of the Pudding, and Ed Peterson, Director of Sales, Wyndham Garden Duluth. 

Dr. Mark Newton, program director of the Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management program at Gwinnett Technical College, has been honored by the Gwinnett Convention and Visitors Bureau as a 2012 Friend of Tourism.

Newton was among five hospitality professionals honored with the designation at the Gwinnett Convention and Visitors Bureau’s (GCVB) Annual Tourism Awards last week....  more