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Georgia Piedmont Technical College
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Clarkston, GA 30021
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With the Georgia Department of Labor’s recent announcement of the state’s unemployment rate at 9.7 percent for the month of May, employers and jobseekers alike are finding more creative ways to connect their employment needs during the current COVID-19 health crisis. Local community partners in Newton and Walton counties believe they can help through the … Continue Reading →
Georgia Piedmont Technical College (GPTC) and Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) have announced a new partnership and articulation agreement that provides direct transfer opportunities between the two institutions, in the spirit of academic cooperation. Under the agreement, students from Georgia Piedmont Tech will be able to transfer up to 90 credits and complete their bachelor’s … Continue Reading →
Georgia Piedmont Technical College students who earn an associate degree in applied sciences through our Interdisciplinary Studies Health Track will now have the option to transfer seamlessly into a bachelor’s in health science at Georgia Highlands College (GHC). The two colleges held a virtual articulation … Continue Reading →
Georgia Piedmont Technical College is making it easier and more affordable to apply for admission for this year’s summer and fall semesters, in light of the COVID-19 health crisis. President Tavarez Holston recently announced a waiver of the admissions application fee through May 30. The Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) also announced it is … Continue Reading →
A Paralegal Studies program student and mother of five took Georgia Piedmont Technical College’s (GPTC) highest student distinction Jan. 23, while a mathematics instructor in the school’s GED Test preparation division became the first Adult Education teacher in GPTC’s history to be named its top faculty member. GPTC narrowed the field of 28 student nominees … Continue Reading →
Georgia Piedmont Technical College (GPTC) announced its 28 student nominees and four finalists for the 2020 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) Dec. 16. The College will narrow the field Jan. 23 when it reveals the school’s one student who will represent GPTC as the GOAL Student of the Year. Georgia Piedmont Tech’s top four … Continue Reading →
Georgia Piedmont Technical College (GPTC) has enhanced its efforts to strengthen the workforce pipeline for its industry partners in Newton County and to provide a re-entry point for local inmates currently incarcerated at the Newton County Jail. GPTC’s Economic Development Division is working with the Newton County Sheriff’s Department and Action Inc. to host the … Continue Reading →
Mark Engelbracht, president and founder of Omni Machine Works, Inc. in Covington, has a vested interest in seeing students in manufacturing-related programs at Georgia Piedmont Technical College (GPTC) get the best training possible, and on the best equipment. He recently donated a five-ton computer numerical control (CNC) machine to the college to do just that. … Continue Reading →
Georgia Piedmont Technical College was honored to be recognized as the 2019 Newton County Employer of the Year by The Covington News and its community selection committee. The announcement was made in early March 2019, and GPTC President Holston and other members of the GPTC administration and faculty were on hand to receive the award … Continue Reading →
Congratulations to our 2019 GPTC Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership, or GOAL, Student of the Year Tina-Kay Rhoden and our 2019 Rick Perkins Instructor of the Year Kelli Owen for being among the best of the best in the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG)! Both were named as Top 9 State Finalists for their … Continue Reading →