Greenwood High School Senior Gets Head Start on College

The day-to-day world of a high school student can be a busy one, and college life comes with a whole different set of activities and responsibilities. Evan Brown has found a way to conquer one while getting a head start on the other.

Lander and Piedmont Tech Facilitate Transfer Process for Early Education Graduates

Most teachers consider their work a calling. Piedmont Technical College (PTC) and Lander University recently made a commitment to ease the budding educator’s journey by streamlining the transfer process for PTC students who graduate with an associate of applied science in early care and education to continue their career preparation by pursuing a bachelor of science in early childhood education at Lander. 

PTC Joins Lonza and Apprenticeship Carolina for Critical Career Initiative

Piedmont Technical College (PTC) recently joined with Lonza and Apprenticeship Carolina™ on a proactive, multifaceted strategy to address the ongoing workplace need for maintenance technicians. As a result, newly registered apprenticeships at Lonza’s Greenwood facility provide a structured training program for critically important roles in maintenance, electronics, and a hybrid of mechanical and electrical disciplines.

PTC to Launch Fire Science Certificate Program This Fall

Recent evidence suggests that there is genuine community interest in a profession where people voluntarily run — yes, run — into burning buildings. Interest has been so high, in fact, that Piedmont Technical College (PTC) will begin offering a Fire Science Program later this year. 

PTC Fall Nursing Graduates Receive Pins

PTC fall nursing graduates recently received their pins.

Apprenticeships Continue to Grow with Diana Pet Food and Piedmont Technical College

Diana Pet Food North America, a global provider of products and services that improve pet food palatability, pet health, and pet food protection, continues to innovate in its approach to building and sustaining a high-performing workforce. Recently, the company has partnered with Piedmont Technical College and Apprenticeship Carolina™ to create and register several new apprenticeships with the US Department of Labor. 

Women in Manufacturing: ‘This is Where the Money Is!’

Before Lynn Rogers got home from her job interview with ZF Transmissions in Gray Court, an email offering her the position already had landed in her in-box. A 2020 graduate of Piedmont Technical College’s Computerized Numerical Control (CNC) Certificate Program, Rogers has been working full time at ZF for about a year now and is proud to be among the female faces in a profession where they once were scarce. 

PTC Offers Tuition-Free Certificate Through Historic Partnership with SC Criminal Justice Academy

To address training needs and workforce shortages in law enforcement in the state, a progressive partnership announced earlier this year includes Piedmont Technical College (PTC) and 15 other of the state’s technical colleges to assist the Academy by offering a new pre-Academy certificate. PTC will start offering the new training in January 2022. 

Teaching the 3 Rs -- Plus Kindness and Character: A Student Teacher's Reflections, Part 2

At Hodges Elementary School, Ms. Kimber Burrell’s first-grade class has eased into an affable routine this fall. They study the “Number of the Day.” They have reading time. They sing songs. And every day they are in class, the youngsters also learn words of affirmation, words that help instill self-confidence and reinforce the importance of being kind to others. Piedmont Technical College early education student and practice teacher Caroline Falls believes the affirmations will have a lasting effect on the children.

Student Teacher: 'Today Was a Good Day'

When duty called, Piedmont Tech student teacher Caroline Falls was fully prepared to lead a first-grade classroom for the first time without her supervising teacher, Kimber Burrell, at Hodges Elementary School.
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