Main Menu Toggle Staff login Facebook Twitter YouTube Gordon Cooper Technology Center Home Previous Next Request Information Campus Map High School Students Adult Students Events Calendar 1 DEC Kiwanis Club Meeting Date: Dec 1 11:30 AM – 1 PM Location: Shawnee Campus-1-Dining Hall (100) 8 DEC Kiwanis Club Meeting Date: Dec 8 11:30 AM – 1 PM Location: Shawnee Campus-1-Dining Hall (100) 15 DEC Kiwanis Club Meeting Date: Dec 15 11:30 AM – 1 PM Location: Shawnee Campus-1-Dining Hall (100) 16 DEC COHRA Meeting Date: Dec 16 11:30 AM – 1 PM Location: Shawnee Campus-1-Skylab II (50) SHOW ALL EVENTS Preparing people for success in the workplace, education, and in life. Gordon Cooper Technology Center is a public career and technology education center located in Shawnee, Oklahoma at the intersection of Interstate 40 and State Highway 18. It is part of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education system. The school is named for Gordon Cooper, an American aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and one of the seven original Mercury astronauts, the first manned space program of the United States. Cooper piloted the longest and final Mercury spaceflight in 1963. He was the first American to sleep in space during that 34-hour mission and was the last American to be launched alone into space. In 1965, Cooper flew as command pilot of Gemini 5. The school was founded in 1968 and serves around 1,000 full-time students and has over 15,000 short-term enrollments annually. Since opening in 1970, GCTC has gained a reputation for excellence, and is viewed as one of the nation's premier educational and training institutions. Gordon Cooper has been recognized as a Gold Star school eight times since the year 2000. READ MORE Video News & Announcements Global Entrepreneurship Week: Cuckoo Bird and Dashing T Global Entrepreneurship Week runs from November 8-24 Global Entrepreneurship Week: Roller Shaved Ice Global Entrepreneurship Week runs from November 8-24 GCTC Collects 4,306 Canned Food Items All collected items will be donated to charity SHOW ALL NEWS Gallery Placeholder text, please change Placeholder text, please change Placeholder text, please change Placeholder text, please change VIEW ALL GALLERIES Facts $15.75 AVERAGE STARTING WAGE OF GRADUATES 300+ BUSINESSES SERVED IN 2017-18 94% POSITIVE PLACEMENT RATE Contact us info@gctech.edu Powered by Edlio Follow us One John C Bruton Boulevard, Shawnee, OK 74804 Facebook Twitter YouTube Call us (405) 273-7493 Privacy Policy Edlio Login