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PTC and Tri-County Tech Partner to Offer 10-Week Heavy Equipment Operator Training

Greenwood area residents interested in becoming certified to work with large machinery on construction sites can make short work of heavy lifting by completing an accelerated 10-week course now available from partnering institutions Piedmont Technical College (PTC) and Tri-County Technical College (TCTC). 

Summer Nursing Graduates Receive Pins

Graduates of Piedmont Technical College's nursing programs were recognized recently at a summer semester pinning ceremony. Here they appear by county:

PTC Summer Graduates Recognized for Academic Excellence

At Piedmont Technical College’s recent summer commencement exercises, outstanding students were honored for academic achievement as County Award Winners. 

PTC Summer Graduation Scheduled for August 3

Piedmont Technical College (PTC) will hold two summer term commencement exercises on Thursday, August 3, 2023, in the James Medford Family Event Center on PTC’s Lex Walters Campus-Greenwood. 

Piedmont Tech: There is such a thing as a free lunch — even free tuition

Piedmont Technical College (PTC) wants folks to know that there is such a thing as a free lunch. And free tuition, too — guaranteed — at least through this fall. The college’s upcoming showcase will have all the details.

Fall semester ‘last call’ for no-cost tuition at PTC

This fall likely will be the “last call” to pay zero dollars for tuition at Piedmont Technical College (PTC). College officials worked diligently to tap various funding sources to extend the no-cost option through the 2023 fall semester and are urging students to take advantage of the benefit while they can. 

Dixon named director of PTC Laurens Center for Advanced Manufacturing

Piedmont Technical College (PTC) is pleased to announce that Charles Dixon has been named director of the PTC Laurens Center for Advanced Manufacturing (LCAM). 

Power:Ed Grant to Provide GAP Scholarships to Underserved and Nontraditional PTC Students

Power:Ed, a Columbia-based philanthropy of South Carolina Student Loan Corporation, has awarded $30,000 to Piedmont Technical College (PTC) to support scholarships covering tuition and educational expenses for underserved and nontraditional students, with an emphasis on African American and Hispanic students.