Economic Development News

2021 Regional Job Fair On July 22, a regional job fair hosted by Georgia Piedmont Technical College and community partners from Newton and Walton counties proved to be hugely successful. About 55 employers from several industries including healthcare, transportation, manufacturing, and law enforcement were represented. More than 160 attendees came to the event; many leaving with a new job or several offers to consider! Representatives from Georgia Piedmont stood by to assist students with...

Georgia Piedmont Technical College (GPTC) received a $95,000 grant as part of the Johnson Controls Community College Partnership Program, which aims to equip students with in-demand knowledge and skills to support employment upon graduation. GPTC is one of ten technical and community colleges across the nation receiving grants for the 2021‒2022 academic year but the only college in the state of Georgia. The grant is provided by Johnson Controls in an effort to expand associate degree and...

Students enrolling in Georgia Piedmont Technical College’s (GPTC) online Residential Building Design Technology (RBDT) program during its inaugural term in Fall Semester 2021 won't find another program like it in the nation. The new program, created and taught by industry professionals to train in-demand residential design technicians, is the first and only associate degree of its kind offered completely online. Residential building technician job responsibilities include assisting...

Organizers gathered recently to prepare for the first in-person Regional Job Fair in two years at Georgia Piedmont Technical College. Representatives of business and educational communities in two counties gathered Friday to discuss the 2021 Regional Job Fair scheduled for July 22 at GPTC's Newton campus conference center on Bob Williams Parkway in Covington. The event is set to feature at least 60 local employers from Newton and Walton counties in the fields of manufacturing, logistics,...

The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office unveiled its newly-renovated Career Learning Center for DeKalb Jail inmates with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday, June 19, 2021. DeKalb Sheriff Melody M. Maddox hosted the event with the agency’s new corporate partners and longtime supporters of the jail’s inmate education programs. “We are grateful for contributions from Delta Air Lines, the Georgia-Pacific Foundation, and the Georgia Power Foundation, Inc. which helped make the new...

With logistics-related fields employing nearly 200,000 Georgians and transportation workers occupying one out of every 14 jobs in the state, Georgia Piedmont Technical College’s (GPTC) planned expansion of its Regional Transportation Training Center in DeKalb County promises to fuel the burgeoning workforce needs along the I-20 corridor. On May 10 Gov. Brian Kemp signed off on the budget for the construction of a new $5.77M facility that will house GPTC’s one-of-a-kind regional...

ESL graduate Marbella Otero with GPTC President Tavarez Holston.  The English as a Second Language (ESL) graduation credential at Georgia Piedmont Technical College (GPTC) is more than a crowning achievement for Marbella Otero; it could be the bridge she needs to cross in order to enter the workforce in the United States. In August 2016, Otero fled her home country of Venezuela, currently under dictatorship rule, to lead a better life for herself and her daughter. She had one goal in...

Monday, April 19, the Gwinnett, Newton and Rockdale County Health Departments will open a mass vaccination site in Newton County, located at Georgia Piedmont Technical College, Newton Campus in Building D - 8100 Bob Williams Parkway, Covington. The site will be operational Monday through Wednesday each week by appointment only. Dependent on vaccine availability, Pfizer or Moderna vaccines will be available at the location. Individuals can register for an appointment online or by calling the...

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  An Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology program student earned Georgia Piedmont Technical College’s (GPTC) highest student distinction in a virtual announcement March 17. During the same online ceremony, an instructor who focuses her time teaching incarcerated men and women in local jails became only the second Adult Education program teacher in GPTC’s history to be named its top faculty member. GPTC narrowed the field of 18 student nominees and five finalists for the...

Dr. Tavarez Holston's opinion-editorial article, highlighting how he believes technical colleges like GPTC will be at the forefront of the nation’s economic recovery after the pandemic is behind us, was published in the Atlanta Journal Constitution GET SCHOOLED blog on March 15, 2021. THERE IS HOPE: The road to economic recovery can be traveled in two years or less. I stand firmly on this proclamation. Why? I believe that two-year, technical and community colleges are poised and ready to...

  Georgia Piedmont Technical College (GPTC) recently announced its 18 student nominees and five semi-finalists for the 2021 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL). In a virtual announcement from President Tavarez Holston on March 17, the College will narrow the field when it reveals the school’s one student who will represent GPTC as the GOAL Student of the Year. Georgia Piedmont Tech’s top five GOAL finalists are Marketing Management program student Angalique AsheWright,...