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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...

Instant Admission Day - Nov. 28

Pro Racer Mario Andretti famously said, “If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough!” Prospective students who are pondering enrollment at Piedmont Technical College (PTC) should never become complacent about their future. They can take decisive action now and slide...

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...

Teijin to Headline Regional Job Fair Oct. 30

Over time, the impersonal, online nature of today’s employment searches can make a job-seeker feel a bit isolated. What would you give for a face-to-face encounter with representatives from companies that are actively hiring? Your time is the only price of admission to the Upper Savannah Regional...

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...

PTC Graduate Earns National Apprentice Toolmaker Certification

After just his first semester studying at Piedmont Technical College (PTC) in Greenwood, Austin Morris began working as an apprentice at Burnstein von Seelen Precision Castings in Abbeville while continuing to work toward his machine tool technology degree at PTC. It was a bit of a risk in the...

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...

Partnership Gives SC Vocational Rehabilitation a Consistent Presence on Greenwood Campus

In its ongoing mission to optimize access to education in its seven-county service area, Piedmont Technical College has forged a partnership with the SC Vocational Rehabilitation Department (VR) that provides access on the Lex Walters Campus-Greenwood to provide on-site counseling, eligibility...

Graduating Veteran Chose PTC to Reinvent Herself for the Third Time

Even if you have a desk job in an Army infantry unit, you still have to run long distances and march for hours in combat boots carrying heavy gear. Willette Wright knows all too well what it takes. She served eight years as an administrative specialist in the Army. And her feet felt every mile of...

Going With the Flow at Menardi in Edgefield County

Navigating a sometimes turbulent marketplace requires vision, experience ― and the right balance to stabilize the ship. Management at Menardi Filter Elements in Edgefield County realized that sailing along the same way as always only brings the same results. All the while, their competitors were...

Piedmont Tech Prepares for Summer Graduations

Piedmont Technical College (PTC) will hold two summer commencement exercises on Thursday, August 2. An afternoon ceremony for Agriculture, Arts & Sciences, Business, Computer Technology, Engineering/Industrial Technology, and Nursing graduates will take place at 3 p.m. An evening ceremony for...