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  • Piedmont Tech Celebrates Pre-Kwanzaa

    In preparation of the coming holiday, students, faculty and staff at Piedmont Technical College held a pre-Kwanzaa celebration sponsored by the Ebony Club. Demonstrating the lighting of the traditional candles are, from left, advisor Reggie King; Bernadet...
  • Local Benefactor Honored by State Tech System

    In a ceremony held recently in Columbia, and sponsored by the SC Technical College System, benefactors from each of the state’s 16 technical colleges were honored for their generosity and support.  The purpose of the event is to provide recognition an...
  • PTC Pottery Students Host Second Annual Christmas Show and Sale

    Need to do some early holiday shopping? Why not purchase some creative and handmade crafts from local students. Piedmont Technical College pottery students will host their 2nd Annual Clayworks Christmas Show and Sale. The exhibit and sale will feature wor...
  • Senior Project Culminates With Donation

    Piedmont Technical College's Fall 2007 Senior ADN class sponsored the inaugural "Run, Walk and Play to a Healthier Way!" event Saturday, October 27 at the Lex Walters Campus in Greenwood. A portion of the proceeds from the event were set aside for A Place...
  • Student Wins iPod

    Piedmont Technical College recently invited students to participate in an online course survey. Those who completed the survey were entered in a drawing for a chance to win an iPod Nano. Pictured, Dr. Bud Marchant, PTC’s vice president for educational a...
  • PTC Students and Staff Enjoy Pie Day

    Stacy Blackwell, left, a practical nursing student from Greenwood serves up a piece of pie to fellow Piedmont Technical College student Linda Tucker, a medical coding/billing major from Laurens. Students, faculty and staff joined to serve up pie to studen...
  • PTC’s Practical Nursing Class Hosts Fall Festival Days

    Senior Citizens celebrated the fall season and got a full day of pampered treatment when Piedmont Technical College’s Senior Practical Nursing Class hosted Fall Festival Days at the Abbeville Senior Center and at the Saluda Council on Aging. The student...
  • Entrepreneurship Certificate Program Offers Assistance to Small Businesses

    Small business owners now have a resource available to help improve their chances of succeeding. “Most small businesses fail because of a lack of management skills,” said Richard Mandau, educational support coordinator and instructor at Piedmont Tech...
  • Pottery Students Featured in Upcoming Exhibit

    Two pottery students from Piedmont Technical College’s Professional Clay Certificate Program have been selected to participate in an upcoming exhibit, The Connection, sponsored by the SC National Heritage Corridor. This traveling exhibit will celebrate ...
  • Wild Turkey Federation Makes Donation

    The National Wildlife Turkey Federation recently made a donation of seven wildlife prints and a conservation banner to the gunsmithing lab at Piedmont Technical College. The presentation was made by Ted Schenck, the National Forest Making Tracks Coordinat...
  • PTC Foundation Names Board Members

    The Piedmont Technical College Foundation Board recently named Young Dendy of Clinton and Jeff Field of Laurens to its Board of Directors. Dendy is a retired teacher in Richland County School District 1 and the owner of Dentwood, Inc., a real estate firm ...
  • Garrett and Lamb Named to PTC Area Commission

    Randy E. Garrett and Steve Lamb have been named to represent Laurens County on the Piedmont Technical College Area Commission. Members of the governing board are recommended by their legislative delegation and appointed by the governor for four-year terms...
  • New Members Inducted in PTK

    Fifty-four new members were recently inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society at Piedmont Technical College. Phi Theta Kappa was established in 1918 to honor two-year college students and boasts more than 1,200 chapters today. The Car...
  • Student Finds Success in 2+2 Program

    For someone who had no particular interest during his high school years in pursuing a four-year college degree, Gavin Berry has come a long way. Marion Bledsoe, head of Piedmont Technical College’s Horticulture program, likes to single Berry out as a p...
  • PTC’s Senior Practical Nursing Class hosts Senior Days

    Piedmont Technical College’s senior practical nursing class hosted two fun filled days for the senior citizens in Saluda and Abbeville. The events were held at the Saluda County Council on Aging and the Abbeville Senior Center. The students offered foot...
  • Aaron Industries Makes Donation to Foundation

    Aaron Industries recently made a generous contribution to the People Transforming Communities Campaign at Piedmont Technical College. Pictured with the commemorative plaque naming the science lab at the Laurens County Higher Education Center in honor of t...
  • Piedmont Tech’s VIP Program Returns

    Piedmont Technical College is inviting students to become VIPs again. Spring VIP registration began November 1st and students can be at the head of the class. VIPs receive their first choice of classes and the $25 registration fee is waived. VIP registrat...
  • PTC Aids Greenwood Food Bank

    Students, faculty and staff at Piedmont Technical College recently joined together to help the Greenwood County Food Bank through “Trick or Canning.” The food drive, which lasted from October 22-31, collected nearly 200 lbs. of canned and non-perishab...
  • Online Course Meets Student’s Needs

    Mieasha Justice of Aiken had been thinking about getting into the medical billing and coding career field for a long time, but never seemed to find the right combination of convenience and course content that she wanted. Then she discovered that Piedmont ...
  • Halloween Celebrated at PTC

    Students and staff at Piedmont Technical College celebrated Halloween with activities including a pumpkin carving contest, costume contests, refreshments and a scary movie screening. Members of the Student Development division, from left, Brenda Edwards, ...