Exploring Student Life and Clubs at Gwinnett Technical College

Gwinnett Technical College offers a vibrant student life enriched by diverse clubs, organizations, and activities designed to foster personal growth, leadership skills, and community involvement. Beyond the classroom, students have ample opportunities to connect with peers, explore their interests, and contribute to the college community.

Engaging in Student Organizations

Joining a student organization is a fantastic way to enhance your college experience. Gwinnett Tech offers nearly 100 registered student organizations (RSOs) with varying interests and goals, providing students with opportunities to apply classroom lessons to experience-driven learning environments marked by communication, critical thinking, collaboration, decision-making, project execution, leadership, and assessment. These groups offer leadership, social, and networking possibilities to students on local, state, and national levels.

Examples of Student Organizations

Here are a few examples of the diverse range of student organizations available at Gwinnett Tech:

Association for Future Radiologic Technologists (AFRT): Open to students in the Radiologic Technology program, AFRT promotes student involvement in the profession through school activities and community service. Members participate in local and state professional association activities and stay informed about current practices and equipment used in the industry.
Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP): This organization is for computer information systems students and others with an interest in the computer information systems field. The mission of the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) is to develop an understanding of information technology; promote sound principles and study methods used in IT, and foster a better understanding of the vital role of IT and how it relates to management. Gwinnett Tech’s student chapter is sponsored by the Atlanta Chapter of AITP, an international organization composed of data processing managers, analysts, programmers, and support personnel.
Criminal Justice Club: Designed for students enrolled in the Criminal Justice Program, this club promotes professional, academic, and public awareness of criminal justice issues to the members of the college and community at large.
Design Group: This organization is for students in the Interiors program. The mission of the Design Group is to offer students trade resources, networking opportunities and events and educational opportunities in which to participate.
Environmental Horticulture Club: This organization is for Gwinnett Tech’s Horticulture students. Its mission is to promote training opportunities for horticulture students and alumni. The club schedules on-site training in business and industry settings for members. Club activities include involvement in community affairs and trade organizations.
Future Cardiovascular Technologists (FCT): The purpose of the club shall be to support the advancement of knowledge, involvement and awareness of students in Cardiovascular Technology by promotion of school activities, fundraiser and community services. The members shall be enrolled in the Cardiovascular Technology program at Gwinnett Technical College. They must have a minimum of 2.5 GPA and be in good standing in the program.
Game Development and E-Sports Club: The mission of Game Development and Esports of GTC is to promote the development of video games, board games, and maintain an Esports presence at GTC. The club will host events and meetings that facilitate interaction and create a more successful environment for game developers and Esports competitors.
Green Sustainable Club: Open to all students, this club supports the expansion of environmental studies, the need for a green workforce, and encourages green and sustainable practices. Its mission is to impact our community by educating, inspiring, and involving people to become more efficient in balancing a greener future.
Hospitality Student Association: This organization is for students in the Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management (HRT) program. Its purpose is to encourage and assist HRT students to travel and experience the countless number of tourism opportunities outside the classroom. The organization plans and takes trips around the world and the United States. Members help recommend locations for future trips including the organization of tours and seminars.
Information Security Association (ISA): ISA is open to any students with an interest in information systems. The mission of the Information Security Association (ISA) is to promote management practices that will ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information resources. Our goal is to facilitate interaction and education to create a more successful environment for global information systems security and for the professionals involved. The Gwinnett Tech student chapter is affiliated with the Information Systems Security Association.
Lambda Nu Honor Society: The Lambda Nu Georgia Delta Chi Omega Chapter is the national honor society for radiologic and imaging sciences. Radiologic and imaging sciences students, alumni, and faculty can qualify for membership. The purpose of this organization is to foster academic scholarship at the highest academic levels, promote research and investigation in the radiologic and imaging sciences and recognize exemplary scholarship.
Multicultural Club: The Multicultural Group is for all students enrolled at Gwinnett Tech. Its purpose is to promote cultural awareness and understanding through personal acquaintance and cooperative program presentations that provide activities encouraging cultural exchange. The Multicultural Group sponsors programs that encourage interaction among the many cultures represented by students, faculty, staff, and the community.
Gwinnett Technical College Association of Nursing Students (GTCANS): This organization is for students enrolled in the registered nursing program. Its mission is to promote quality patient care by registered nurses. The organization serves to expand visibility, growth and awareness of the RN profession.
National Technical Honor Society (NTHS): National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) promotes the ideals of honesty, service, leadership, career development and skilled workmanship among technical students in America. The organization encourages and assists students in their pursuit of educational and career goals. It also develops a greater awareness within the business, industrial and service communities about the talents and abilities of students engaged in technical education. NTHS membership eligibility is decided by faculty nomination.
Phi Theta Kappa (PTK): The purpose of Phi Theta Kappa is to recognize and encourage scholarship among two-year college students. To achieve this purpose, Phi Theta Kappa provides opportunities for the development of leadership and service, for an intellectual climate for exchange of ideas and ideals, for lively fellowship for scholars and for stimulation of interest in continuing academic excellence. Membership eligibility is determined by semester hours and grade point average.
Respiratory Care Club: This organization is for students in the Respiratory Care program. Its mission is to exchange professional knowledge, expertise and ideas in the field of respiratory care; to promote a high standard of respiratory care performance for quality patient care; and to stimulate interest in continuing education for respiratory care.
Skills USA: This national student organization serves trade, industrial, technical, and health science students and emphasizes leadership, dignity of work, quality workmanship, citizenship, respect and concern for others. Its mission is to develop professional and leadership skills through active contest participation.
Student Ambassadors: Ambassadors are an elite group of students who are nominated, interviewed, and trained to serve as the face of Gwinnett Tech for a year. Duties include volunteering with outreach programs, school-wide events and recruitment activities, as well as meeting with media and VIPs.
Student Government Association: This organization is composed of representatives from various instructional programs. Its mission is to provide a channel through which students may build leadership skills, voice concerns and/or suggestions and enhance communication among students, faculty and staff. The Student Government Association meets monthly and plans activities that involve students in promoting the College and serving the community.
Student Sonographer Association (SSA): The purpose of this club is to support the advancement of knowledge, involvement and awareness of students of Diagnostic Medical Sonography by promotion of school activities as well as community service. The membership of this club shall consist of active members. The members shall be enrolled in the Diagnostic Medical Sonography program at Gwinnett Technical College.
Student Veteran Organization (SVO): The Student Veteran Organization (SVO) of Gwinnett Technical College provides a forum where Student-Veterans can meet fellow Student-Veterans at the college, support and encourage one another and foster a spirit of success through social events, participation in Student Life activities with other Student Groups and by being a positive influence on the college and community through service projects throughout the year.
Surgical Technology Club: This organization is for students enrolled in the Surgical Technology program. Its mission is to promote the surgical technology profession and allow students to market ideas and products to assist them in meeting surgical technology goals.
Women In Technology (WIT): Women in Technology (WIT) is an Atlanta-based group that develops and promotes women for success in technology in Georgia. WIT gives women a plan to blaze the path in their technology career, from volunteering to becoming the Woman of the Year in Technology - with opportunities for training, mentoring and leadership along the way. The top technology women in Georgia utilize WIT’s programs and connections to develop their leadership skills and increase their visibility in the business community.

Signature Programs

Signature programs offer students an array of educational, cultural, and social activities.

GGC Reads

GGC Reads, the campus-wide common reading program, provides a positive reading experience and reinforces reading as an integral part of the college experience.

The Grizzly Growl Speaker Series

The Grizzly Growl Speaker Series focuses on GGC's four pillars - leadership, scholarship, service, and creativity - with events occurring during the spring and fall semesters. A committee of students, faculty, and staff select speakers from a wide variety of backgrounds, disciplines, and perspectives to invite world-class thinkers, writers, scholars, and opinion-leaders who know that GGC is where ideas are freely expressed and learning is a continuous process of being challenged and inspired.

Examples of past speakers include:

Ken Carter, author, activist, philanthropist, and the inspiration for the film "Coach Carter."
Myra Sky, professional singer, NBC's 11Alive personality, and community influencer.
Kandi Burruss, Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter, TV star, executive producer, and entrepreneur.
Jason Carter, lawyer, former Georgia State Senator, and grandson of former President Jimmy Carter.

Alternative Spring Break

The Alternative Spring Break program offers community-based projects during GGC’s semester breaks, and participants spend a week learning and addressing a social issue affecting a specific community in a domestic or international location.

This program allows students to:

Enhance their knowledge of social issues.
Gain new perspectives by learning about others’ lived experiences.
Cultivate problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
Reflect on their experience through daily activities like journaling, video diaries, and group discussions.
Understand their role as an empowered and positive change agent in our society.

The Alternative Spring Break program empowers individuals through intentional service, personal growth, leadership, and genuine human connection.

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Grizzlies Serve

Grizzlies Serve volunteer opportunities enrich classroom learning by putting theory into practice.

Leadership Development

Emerging, intermediate, and advanced leaders are encouraged to take advantage of Student Life leadership development programs. Participation in registered student organizations (RSOs) compels students to apply classroom lessons to experience-driven learning environments marked by communication, critical thinking, collaboration, decision-making, project execution, leadership, and assessment.

Additional Support Services

Gwinnett Tech is committed to student success both inside and outside the classroom.

We Care Program

At Gwinnett Tech, student success goes beyond the classroom. That’s why the We Care program connects you to the support you need-whether it’s help finding a job, financial assistance, tutoring, mental health resources, or even food support.

Anatomy & Physiology Open Lab

Pursuing one of Gwinnett Tech’s Nursing or Health Science disciplines? Need additional help with lecture material in your science courses? Anatomy & Physiology Open Lab is an opportunity for independent and group study of Anatomy and Physiology lab materials in a lab classroom setting. We encourage you to take advantage of the extra hours in the lab to finish work that you began in your lab class and prepare for the lab exams. Lab assistants will be available to guide students in active learning and answer lab-related questions.

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Campus Resources

Student Life Center

The Student Life Center, in building 100 of the Lawrenceville campus, welcomes all students with current student identification badges. The Student Life Center is a place for special events and meetings for students. It is also a place to relax, meet other students, and learn about planned activities, student organizations, and how to get involved on campus. Student IDs can be purchased in the bookstore after a student registers for classes. Student Life’s mission is to provide a world of opportunities to enrich the Gwinnett Technical College experience. Opportunities available for students on both campuses include workshops, seminars, field trips, conferences, competitions, community projects, and school-wide events. All students are required to have current Student IDs in their possession while on campus. Student IDs should be visible in the Student Life Center, in all computer labs at all times, and presented upon request by any college employee.

Bookstore

The bookstore is operated by Follett Higher Education Group as a service to Gwinnett Tech. The bookstore sells new and used textbooks, supplies, clothing, gifts, electronics, computers, snacks, coffee, and miscellaneous items to students and the general public. Bookstore hours are extended during the first week of the semester. Textbooks and merchandise may also be purchased online at GwinnettShop.com. Students registered at ANF should may purchse books online at GwinnettAlpharettaShop.com. Online purchases may be picked up at the bookstore or shipped to another address. Student identification cards and locker rentals are also available from the bookstore. The bookstore buys back textbooks throughout the year. Valid ID and original receipt is required for all returns, exchanges, and refunds. Non-textbook items may be returned within 30 days of purchase. Textbooks, Codes, Software and Electronic returns must be unopened and still in original condition, i.e. shrink-wrap with all components intact.

Important Policies

Nondiscrimination

In accordance with the Statement of Equal Opportunity, Gwinnett Technical College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, national or ethnic origin, gender, religion, disability, age, political affiliation or belief, genetic information, disabled veteran, veteran of the Vietnam Era, spouse of military member or citizenship status (except in those special circumstances permitted or mandated by law).

Sexual Harassment and Misconduct

It is the purpose of this procedure to ensure that all students within the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) and its colleges are provided access to a safe educational environment free from any discrimination on the basis of gender. To that end, this procedure prohibits sex discrimination of any kind, including sexual harassment and sexual misconduct (“prohibited conduct”). All students and employees are expressly prohibited from engaging in any form of prohibited conduct in all interactions with each other, whether or not the interaction occurs during class or on or off campus. Any student or employee who has engaged in prohibited conduct will be subject to disciplinary action up to and including expulsion or dismissal. TCSG strongly encourages all students and requires employees to report any instances of sexual harassment or sexual misconduct promptly and accurately. TCSG will not tolerate retaliation for having filed a good faith complaint or for having provided any information in an investigation.

Campus Safety

Gwinnett Technical College Police are present during normal operating hours. Police officers are responsible for a full range of public safety services including all crime reports, investigations, and traffic control/accident reports; enforcement of laws concerning use of alcoholic beverages, controlled substances and weapons on campus; and all other incidents requiring police assistance or emergency medical care. Each year Gwinnett Technical College publishes specific crime-related information in accordance with the guidelines of the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (formerly the Campus Security Act of 1990). No student may engage in the unlawful manufacture, possession, use, or distribution of illicit drugs or alcohol while on the property of Gwinnett Tech or while a part of any of its sponsored activities.

Tobacco-Free Campus

Effective July 1, 2008, Gwinnett Technical College is a tobacco/smoking free college. Smoking via any type of tobacco products or electronic smoking devices is not permitted anywhere on the Gwinnett Tech campus including all campus buildings, sidewalks, parking lots, building entrances, common areas, and college-owned vehicles.

Loitering

To facilitate a safe and secure educational environment, Gwinnett Technical College does not allow loitering on campus grounds. Persons identified as loitering will be asked to vacate the College premises.

Guests

Visitors are welcome at Gwinnett Technical College. Individuals or groups (clubs, organizations, high school classes, etc.) wishing to visit campus may contact the Recruitment Office to make an appointment. All visitors without a specific appointment, meeting, event, or similar reason with a specific campus contact, should report to the receptionist desk in Building 100 on the Lawrenceville campus or the lobby of the Alpharetta-North Fulton campus upon arrival. Visitors are not permitted in unauthorized areas of the College unless accompanied by a College representative or have prior authorization. Only registered students are allowed in classrooms and labs. Parents, friends, family members, or any other guests are not permitted.

Children

Parents or guardians must supervise children on campus at all times. Generally, children should not be brought on campus (with the exception of the D. Scott Hudgens, Jr. Early Education Center). In such unavoidable cases, children are not allowed inside classrooms, science labs, or computer labs. Visits with children shall be kept brief and children must not become a disruption or distraction to the learning and operational environment of the College campus. Parents or guardians may be asked to remove the child(ren) from campus.

Animals

The Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) requires all institutions to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Gwinnett Technical College allows individuals to bring animals on College property in accordance with federal laws and in other situations subject to the rules outlined. Service animals, under the ADA, are defined as dogs or miniature horses individually trained to do work or perform tasks for a person with a disability. Examples of such work or tasks include but are not limited to guiding people who are blind, alerting people who are deaf, pulling a wheelchair, and alerting/protecting a person who is having a seizure.

Solicitation

No off-campus individual or organization may distribute literature, advertise, solicit customers, recruit volunteers, employees or members, seek donations, or make sales on campus without the express authorization of the Student Life Director. Any club fund-raising project must be approved by the Student Life Director prior to the start of the project. Commercial solicitation is not permitted at all, unless it is part of a college-sponsored club event or invited on campus as part of a campus event. This policy does not apply to individuals or organizations who are invited to campus by authorized Gwinnett Technical College administrative personnel as part of an approved College activity or event.

Medical Services

Students needing access to first aid and medical emergency service should first notify a faculty or staff member. Minor first aid will be provided by Gwinnett Tech’s paramedic/EMT instructors or other qualified personnel. As a non-resident school, Gwinnett Tech expects students to secure medical services through a private physician. In case of a serious accident or illness, Gwinnett Tech will refer a student to the nearest medical facility for emergency care. Gwinnett Tech does not provide student medical or liability insurance.

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