Gwinnett 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
GTC Students Learn Leadership Lessons from Top Names
Hospitality Interview Contest is ‘Career Speed Dating’
Think 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
Dong 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
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
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. 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
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
Gwinnett 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
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.
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



