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Skilled Labor Pool Fuels Regional Economic Development

It’s a really great time to live and work in the seven-county region served by Piedmont Technical College (PTC). Names like Teijin, Samsung, Lonza, Fujifilm, JTEKT and Colgate Palmolive are making their presence known by creating hundreds of well-paying jobs in our part of the state. But how did...

PTC Awards Highest Honor to College Associates and Community Leaders

Piedmont Technical College (PTC) President Dr. Ray Brooks honored 15 college associates and community leaders with the Presidential Medallion, the college’s most prestigious award, at PTC’s winter semester commencement exercises. Instituted in 1991 during the college’s silver anniversary...

Need for Qualified Auto Technicians Continues to Grow

More than six months after it was launched into space, Elon Musk’s bright red Tesla Roadster with “Starman" at the wheel continued to zoom across the galaxy at an estimated 2,246 miles per hour. It had exceeded its 36,000-mile warranty more than 7,800 times over. And if the growing shortage of auto...

Piedmont Tech Holds Winter Graduation

Piedmont Technical College (PTC) held its winter graduation on Dec. 13 at the James Medford Family Event Center in Greenwood. One hundred and twenty-three (123) graduates walked across the stage to receive their degrees and shift the tassel hanging from their caps. Two graduation speakers expressed...

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...

Grainger Awards Scholarship to PTC Criminal Justice Student

Grainger, the leading broadline supplier of maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products, recently presented Alexander Hester of Ninety Six, a criminal justice student at Piedmont Technical College (PTC), with a $2,000 scholarship as part of Grainger’s Tools for Tomorrow® program. Each year,...

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...

Groundbreaking for Long-Anticipated O'Dell Center Set for Nov. 15

In 2016, Piedmont Technical College (PTC) announced plans to build the William H. “Billy” O’Dell Upstate Center for Manufacturing Excellence, so named in honor of the late, long-serving state senator from the Lakelands. What followed were months of fundraising, voter passage of a penny sales tax...

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...

Annual BBQ Thanks Legislators, Other Supporters for Great Year

Piedmont Technical College and the Piedmont Technical College Foundation recently hosted their annual legislative barbecue at Bermuda’s at The Links at Stoney Point. The event helps raise awareness about PTC’s role in economic development and extends gratitude to legislators and other public...

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...