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Greenwood County School Districts Partner with PTC to Provide More Options

Greenwood School Districts 50, 51 and 52 will be collaborating with Piedmont Technical College (PTC) next fall to offer their students two new opportunities to prepare for careers in health care. The Health Care Quick Start program will enable participating students to become qualified for direct...

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 Lauds Partnership, Grant to Expand Mechatronics Training Opportunities

The Heritage Classic Foundation is partnering with the SC Technical College System to invest $100,000 in a grant to expand training opportunities for skilled mechatronic workers across the state. The grant will be used to support Siemens Mechatronic System Certification Programs for faculty at...

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...

PTC Introduces Newest Class of Presidential Ambassadors

Each year, Piedmont Technical College chooses some of its best and brightest students to serve as Presidential Ambassadors. These students represent the college at campus events, provide campus tours and speak about their experiences to various audiences, including potential students and civic...

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...

Seeking Thinkers, Tinkerers, Fixers and Dreamers

Piedmont Technical College (PTC) is seeking thinkers, tinkerers, fixers and dreamers for its Workforce Pathways Scholarship program, which offers tuition assistance for individuals who desire training in the high-demand fields of information technology, advanced manufacturing or health care...

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,...

Eaton Corporation Continues Support of PTC Engineering Technology Program

Eaton Corporation in Greenwood recently presented the Piedmont Technical College (PTC) Foundation with a check for $45,000 to continue its steadfast support for engineering technology programs at the college. Eaton has donated to the program every year since 2004. “For the past 14 years, the Eaton...

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...