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  • PTC Holds Benefits and Health Fair

    Employees at Piedmont Technical College participated in the annual benefits and health fair. Benefit providers were on hand with information and students in the massage therapy certificate program treated participants to a free massage. Masseuse Krishana ...
  • The Best of China Information Session

    Connie Fortanbary, district sales manager for Collette Vacations, displays a miniature replica of a terra-cotta warrior as she spoke at Piedmont Technical College recently on the history and culture of China. Fortanbary will return to the Greenwood campus...
  • Information Commons Puts the World at Your Fingertips

    The world is now at your fingertips. That was the message recently showcased during the grand opening celebration for Piedmont Technical College’s Information Commons. The computer lab at PTC has merged with the library to form the new Information Com...
  • Mini-Farm Series Continues at PTC’s Saluda County Center

    A six-week course in Horticulture for Nursery and Greenhouse Operators will begin September 25 at Piedmont Technical College’s Saluda County Center. This will be the fifth and final course in the college’s mini-farming series for small farm owners and...
  • PTC Hosts Annual Street Festival Oct. 3

    Piedmont Technical College will host its annual Street Festival on Oct. 3. From left, Don Butler and Felicia Douglas of Greystone Insurance and Financial Services talk with students Shawna Kelley of Honea Path and Maria Alvarez of Newberry, during last ye...
  • Piedmont Tech Offers CDF Class

    Piedmont Technical College is once again in the forefront of education. It is now educating the educators.  Linda Sheffield, a nationally registered Career Development Facilitator (CDF) instructor and director of Piedmont Education and Business Alliance...
  • PTC Sponsors Fall Kick-off and Club Fair

    Students at Piedmont Technical College were treated to a Fall Kick-off and Club Fair Tuesday. Chad Teague, building construction technology instructor, points out some aspects of the program to BCT students C.E. Forrest of Johnston and Erik McCallister fr...
  • Grant Allows Piedmont Tech to Expand Upward Bound Program

    Since 1992 Piedmont Technical College has used its Upward Bound program to provide some of the area’s most overlooked young minds with access to higher education. This program has successfully inspired high school students from Abbeville, Greenwood and ...
  • Piedmont Tech’s Gunsmithing Students Train in Firearm Safety

    Everyone has heard of a tragedy involving guns in or around the home. More often than not, it involves a child and sometimes it ends in a fatality. Most of the accidents could have been avoided if certain safety procedures are in place. According the Nati...
  • Practical Nursing Graduates

    Recent graduates of Piedmont Technical College’s practical nursing program at the Greenwood campus were recognized in a pinning ceremony in August. The students and their hometowns are, first row from left, Claudine D. Gray, Batesburg; Sharon M. Estelle...
  • Practical Nursing Pinning Ceremony Held in Laurens

    The most recent graduates of Piedmont Technical College’s practical nursing program at Laurens County Higher Education Center were honored in a pinning ceremony in August. The students and their hometowns include: first row from left, Frances Moore (New...
  • Academic Honor Students Recognized

    Piedmont Technical College President Lex D. Walters has announced the President’s List for spring semester 2007. The President’s List recognizes full-time students who have earned a term GPA of 4.00. Students will receive a certificate of achievement ...
  • PTC graduates high school student

    Burton Runyan grew up on the campus of Piedmont Technical College. His mother, Beverly Burton, is the head of the public service department. The 2007 Greenwood High School graduate doesn’t seem to be extraordinary. Until you realize he is also a 2007 g...
  • Agreement Benefits PTC Horticulture Students

    Piedmont Technical College has entered into a third “2+2” articulation agreement with Clemson University’s Agriculture Department which enables students to transfer credits to earn a bachelor’s degree in agricultural education with two additional ...
  • VIP Students Win $500 Gift Cards for Textbooks

    Piedmont Technical College invited students to register early for fall semester to become a VIP. All VIP students were entered into a drawing for a chance to win one of five Barnes and Noble $500 gift cards to purchase textbooks from the Campus Shop. Pict...