As much as things change, they often also seem to stay the same. That can be said of the machine tool industry — even in the midst of digital advances and increased automation. Don Lytch has been teaching machine tool at Piedmont Technical College (PTC) for nine years and with the Greenwood School District 50 schools for 31 years before that. It can be a challenge to keep up with all the trends...
It should surprise no one that Piedmont Technical College (PTC) Presidential Ambassador Abigail Jacquet’s former track coach nicknamed her “Hollywood.” This student has star power for miles. Her bright smile and energetic demeanor command attention when she speaks to various groups of college stakeholders. “My track coach, Tony (Harlin), used to call me ‘Miz Hollywood’ because I came to track...
Piedmont Technical College (PTC) has been selected to participate in the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s “Intermediaries for Scale” (IFS) initiative, a $100 million investment over five years to forge and support a network of higher education institutions committed to institutional transformation that will create more student-centered campuses and reduce equity gaps in graduation rates.
Piedmont Technical College is excited to offer travel opportunities once again to the community. To get a preview of several unique trips planned for 2023, interested travelers can attend a special showcase at 6 p.m. on Monday, March 20, 2023, in Room 136GA at the PTC Workforce Innovation Building at 313 North Emerald Road in Greenwood.
Bolstered by enthusiastic participation and numerous finish line high-fives last year, the Piedmont Technical College Foundation is preparing to hold its second annual Spring Forward for Student Success 5K Run/Walk to be held on Saturday, March 25, 2023, on a USA Track and Field-certified course around the Lex Walters Campus-Greenwood.
The marketing team at Piedmont Technical College (PTC) recently won Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals in the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations (NCMPR) 2022 Medallion Awards competition, which recognizes outstanding achievement in design and communication at community and technical colleges in each of NCMPR's seven districts. PTC competes in District 2, a region comprised of colleges in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, and The Bahamas.
Piedmont Technical College (PTC) alumna Mamie Nicholson is one of the “ones” — those people who can change the entire dynamic of a family or organization. And she believes that there are many “ones” out there; they need only to believe in themselves. “I was the first one in my family to attend college,” she said. “One person, just one person, can change a whole family!” Nicholson was raised in the...
Greenwood-area parents who have been “racking their brains” trying to figure out how to provide fun, engaging, and educational activities for their children over the upcoming Intersession (March 27-31, 2023) have an option certain to enhance children’s knowledge about engineering. The Building Brains Camp, offered through Piedmont Technical College (PTC), runs Monday to Wednesday, March 27-29, 2023 at PTC’s Greenwood campus.
If you sometimes get confused by legal terms — say you think a docket is where your fishing boat is moored and an injunction is a grammatical term from Schoolhouse Rock — you just might benefit from Law School for Non-Lawyers, a seven-week virtual course offered through Piedmont Technical College’s Continuing Education Division in partnership with the South Carolina Bar.
A jarring experience with law enforcement when she was a young child resonated permanently with Piedmont Technical College (PTC) alumna and newly minted U.S. Marshal for the District of South Carolina Chrissie Latimore. The trauma of that night ultimately led her to be a change agent in police culture. Latimore shared her story with PTC fall graduates at last month’s commencement ceremonies.
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