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PTC Presidential Ambassador Eyes Nursing Career

Aime Lorick had an epiphany in 11 th grade that led to her pursuit of a nursing degree at Piedmont Technical College (PTC), where she also serves as a Presidential Ambassador representing the college. She realized the inherent value of newborns from day one. “I want to be reminded of miracles every...

Piedmont Tech Prepared to Help Displaced Students

Like many in the higher education community, officials at Piedmont Technical College (PTC) heard the news about Virginia College closing and expressed concern for the students who were impacted. Students affected by the closures are invited to inquire about opportunities to continue their education...

Seminar Helps Prepare HVAC 'Super-Sleuths'

HVAC technicians must be super-sleuths in troubleshooting compressor problems. With so many components, just one malfunctioning part can throw the whole system off. Sherlock Holmes would be proud of the detective work demonstrated when the Piedmont Technical College (PTC) HVAC Department recently...

Horticulture Club to Hold Massive Poinsettia Sale

Long before children began writing this year’s enthusiastic holiday letters to Santa, the Horticulture Club students at Piedmont Technical College (PTC) were busy cultivating and growing more than 1,000 poinsettia plants in their campus greenhouse. This Friday and Saturday, Nov. 30-Dec. 1, from 8 a...

Piedmont Tech Breaks Ground on Leading-Edge O'Dell Center

Harry Truman astutely observed that a man can accomplish a lot if he doesn’t care who gets the credit. The same can be said of the late Sen. Billy O’Dell. During his nearly 28 years of public service, O’Dell was a staunch advocate for technical education and, particularly, for Piedmont Technical...

Summer 2018 Academic Honor Students Recognized

Piedmont Technical College students who had outstanding academic accomplishments during the 2018 summer term have earned inclusion on the President’s List. To be named to the list, students must be full time and earn a term GPA of 4.00. Students will receive a certificate of achievement signed by...

Joint Industry Showcase Tests New Workforce Development Strategy

They came by the hundreds last month from Laurens and Newberry counties, buzzing throngs of 8 th graders emerging from bright yellow buses at the Piedmont Technical College (PTC) Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CAM) in Laurens. Few knew exactly what to expect beyond this field trip giving them a...

Lonza Executive Named to PTC Foundation Board

The Piedmont Technical College (PTC) Foundation recently welcomed Anna Marie McCarty to its board of directors. McCarty is senior manager of operations of Lonza in Greenwood. She is a member of First Baptist Church of Clinton, where she serves on the College Committee and as a Children’s Church...

Epic Tour de Tech Stops on Newberry Campus

Under nearly flawless blue skies, SC Technical College System President Dr. Tim Hardee cruised across the finish line at Piedmont Technical College’s Newberry Campus on Oct. 1. Followed by his wife and riding companion, Tammy, Hardee completed the fifth section of a 16-leg, 800-mile journey to...

Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Donates $170K to PTC Nursing Program

Self Regional Healthcare in Greenwood has provided an infusion of capital to the Nursing Department at Piedmont Technical College (PTC) to further strengthen the region’s nursing workforce. At a ceremony on September 27, Ken Coffey, executive director of the Self Regional Healthcare Foundation,...

Piedmont Tech Holds Grand Opening for Specialized CARE Planning Center

The options available to health science and nursing students at PTC are vast. While that’s a good thing, many students enroll with only a generalized notion of what they want to pursue, which may be something health-related, but they aren’t sure exactly where along the spectrum to focus. That’s why...

Summer Graduation County Award Winners Announced

At Piedmont Technical College’s recent summer commencement exercises, outstanding students from each of the college’s seven supporting counties were honored for academic achievement. Abbeville County graduate Jessica Bowie, left, was honored for maintaining high academic success. She was recognized...

Graduates Share Messages of Gratitude and Faith

They came from diverse origins in geography, age, race and gender. Yet all four commencement speakers at the Piedmont Technical College (PTC) summer graduation ceremonies on August 2 in Greenwood shared common, overarching messages of gratitude and faith. “I didn’t come from a family with a lot of...

PTC-SC State Bridge Graduate Lauds Progressive Leadership at MEC in Greenwood

As he paddled a turbulent section of the Chattooga River between South Carolina and Georgia, Orlando Carrillo couldn’t help but take an engineer’s interest in the various rock formations and the patterns of rushing water circumnavigating them. “I remember thinking about the water and the danger of...