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Piedmont Technical College’s Workforce Innovation Division recently launched a Sterile Processing Technical Training program in response to a growing need involving this important aspect of healthcare. Playing a pivotal role in preventing patient infections, sterile processing technicians clean, inspect, assemble and sterilize surgical instruments and medical equipment. “As surgery and technology...

The Piedmont Technical College (PTC) Foundation has added three new members to its board of directors. The new board members are Joshua “Corey” Harmon, Jason Kelley and Stephen Taylor. They join 20 other board members at the Foundation, which provides financial support to PTC from alumni and friends, business and industry and grant-making organizations. Harmon is the safety, training and...

In recognition of its 60th anniversary, state and federal leaders are congratulating Piedmont Technical College (PTC) for its successful past and promising future. At an anniversary celebration honoring community partners and donors Monday evening, area legislators presented PTC President Dr. Hope E. Rivers with resolutions from the state House of Representatives and state Senate honoring the...

Piedmont Technical College students who had outstanding academic accomplishments during the 2026 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 the college president. President’s List students include: Abbeville County – Bethany A. Black, Josab E...

For the second consecutive year, Piedmont Technical College (PTC) employees donated a record-breaking amount to support students. This year, 160 faculty and staff members pledged to donate $35,500, exceeding the $33,000 goal for the Employee Giving Campaign. The total also topped last year’s record-breaking $28,000 in donations. “Thanks to the generosity of the PTC family, we successfully...

Greg Potts enjoys finding solutions to unexpected challenges. “I like not necessarily knowing what I am going to do every day,” said Potts, director of IT Applications at Piedmont Technical College (PTC). “You come in with a plan, and sometimes that plan changes.” Although he typically works behind the scenes, Potts’ technical expertise and collaborative leadership skills have helped position the...

Piedmont Technical College (PTC) will hold its Corporate Cup Golf Tournament on Monday, Sept. 14, at Olde Eight. The tournament will be followed by a celebration of the college’s 60th anniversary. Since its inception in 1993, the PTC golf tournament has become one of the college’s premier events. Renamed the Corporate Cup in 2026, the event celebrates PTC’s corporate partners and individual...

In preparation for the return of students next week for the fall semester, more than 230 faculty and staff members at Piedmont Technical College (PTC) gathered Tuesday on the Greenwood Campus for the annual convocation. The event featured a discussion about key issues facing higher education, the kickoff of PTC’s 60th anniversary celebration and the start of an employee-giving fundraising campaign...

Piedmont Technical College students who had outstanding academic accomplishments during the 2026 spring semester 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 the college president. President’s List students include: Abbeville County – Alexis T. Anderson...

Piedmont Technical College (PTC) recently dedicated a welding lab in memory of alumnus Austin “Grey” Hamlett. A large sign bearing Hamlett’s initials that reads “Live Like Grey” now adorns the welding lab’s wall in the William H. "Billy" O'Dell Upstate Center for Manufacturing Excellence on PTC’s Greenwood Campus. Hamlett died in July 2022 from injuries that he suffered in a motor-vehicle accident...