PTC to Hold Spring Commencement Exercises May 4

Piedmont Technical College (PTC) will hold two spring commencement exercises on Thursday, May 4, 2023, in the James Medford Family Event Center on PTC’s Lex Walters Campus-Greenwood. 

Outstanding Educators from Piedmont Technical College Honored

Three Piedmont Technical College (PTC) employees were honored recently as Outstanding Educators for the 2022-2023 academic year by the South Carolina Technical Education Association (SCTEA) at its annual conference in February in Myrtle Beach. 

ZF Donates 14 Transmissions to PTC Auto Tech Program

ZF Transmissions in Gray Court recently donated 14 transmissions to the Piedmont Technical College (PTC) Automotive Technology Program. Just as a transmission regulates the speed of an engine power directed to a vehicle’s tires, ZF’s donation to PTC is helping harness the power of education to move students forward in their careers and lives. 

Gallery Owner Offers Tips to Aspiring Artists at PTC

Judith Martin, the etiquette maven otherwise known as “Miss Manners,” would wholeheartedly approve some time-honored advice offered to commercial art students and others during a recent talk at Piedmont Technical College (PTC). Laura Bachinski, owner of Main & Maxwell gallery in Greenwood, was the February guest speaker in the college’s Visiting Artist Series, and she didn’t mince words. 

Police Chief Smoothly Keeps Contact with Deputies While Giving Remarks

Cell phone logs are one form of documentation, and the fact that Greenwood Police Chief T.J. Chaudoin was interrupted by work-related texts while addressing Criminal Justice Instructor Courtney Smith’s class at Piedmont Technical College (PTC) recently only reinforced his message about the importance of good communication and thorough documentation in police work.

Federal Grant Enlists 3 SC Colleges to Increase Access, Placement in Advanced Manufacturing and Nursing

Institutions that support excellence in workforce development love company. Accordingly, the U.S. Department of Labor has selected Piedmont Technical College (PTC), Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College (OCtech), and Aiken Technical College (Aiken Tech) to form a consortium to develop a virtual Workforce Innovation Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Nursing — two sectors the agency identified as priority workforce needs. 

PTC Selected for Gates Foundation Higher Education Initiative

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. 

PTC Creatives Bring Home Gold, Silver, and Bronze

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. 

Law School for Non-Lawyers Course Demystifies Legalese

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. 

Latimore Urges PTC Fall Graduates to Match Passion with Purpose

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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