Piedmont Tech Newberry Campus Offers 'Touchless' Voter Registration
Good luck trying to coax a busy college student to complete a long paper form and (ugh!) find stamps to (gasp!) mail it to the state’s voter registration office. It’s just not likely to happen. Paper…
Apprenticeships Continue to Grow with Diana Pet Food and Piedmont Technical College
Diana Pet Food North America, a global provider of products and services that improve pet food palatability, pet health, and pet food protection, continues to innovate in its approach to building and…
PTC’s Patient Care Technician Program Provides Stepping Stone into Health Care
Many people are interested in pursuing a career in health care, but the wealth of options can be overwhelming to some. The patient care technician (PCT) program at Piedmont Technical College may be…
Two PTC Nursing Students Receive Self Foundation Scholarships
That the Piedmont Technical College (PTC) Nursing Program serves as a workforce pipeline for longtime business partner Self Regional Healthcare is no secret. Less known, perhaps, is how the Self…
PTC Launches QuickSkills Training Program for ZF Group
Piedmont Technical College has collaborated with ZF Group to design three certificates that will prepare students directly for entry-level employment at the new transmission facility in Laurens…
Piedmont Tech to Offer New Occupational Therapy Assistant Program
When Piedmont Technical College’s faculty and staff consider new program offerings, they look closely at the skills and training that will help students fill real employment needs in the region. The…
High Schoolers Earn College Credit in Partnership with Abbeville County School District
Eight Abbeville County students recently were honored for completing certificates during their dual enrollment at Piedmont Technical College (PTC) as high school students. PTC and the Abbeville…
Piedmont Tech Awarded Grant for New Job Readiness Program
Piedmont Technical College has received the State Workforce Development Board’s (SWDB) Apprenticeships for Priority Populations Grant which will help cover tuition costs for the first two steps of…
PTC Vet Tech Alum Lands Dream Job
Nine years after graduating from Piedmont Technical College (PTC) with an associate in veterinary technology, Elizabeth Stevens found herself back at her alma mater on the Newberry campus training…
Adams Shares His Passion for Photography with Commercial Art Students
Growing up around the newspaper business, Kendall Adams always felt a pull toward printing and found he had an interest in photography. He moved around a lot as a kid and photography became the one…
PTC Begins CAREplan Initiative to Help Students
The development of a redesigned advising plan for health science and nursing students is among the special initiatives currently being undertaken at Piedmont Technical College.
Called the CAREplan,…
PTC to Launch Fire Science Certificate Program This Fall
Recent evidence suggests that there is genuine community interest in a profession where people voluntarily run — yes, run — into burning buildings. Interest has been so high, in fact, that Piedmont…
PTC Graduate Finds Success through Tragedy
Kim Ashley’s life has taken many twists and turns. While not all of those twists have been happy, she will tell you they have transformed her life.
A native of Abbeville, Ashley moved to Greenwood in…
Piedmont Tech Instructor Finds the Right Path in Building Construction Technology
Bobby Roche tried many options in his search for his perfect career before he found his love with building construction technology (BCT). Now, 17 years later, he can’t imagine doing anything else.…
Reverse Transfer Student Going the Distance at PTC
A cross-country runner in high school, Rachel Caron is well acquainted with sometimes meandering racecourses that might loop and bend through grassy fields, forest trails, or muddy pastures. The…
QuickSkills Training Program Opens Doors to Manufacturing
Piedmont Technical College is offering three certificates that will open doors for students to seek entry-level employment in manufacturing in Laurens County.
The QuickSkills program offers three…
PTC 2024 featured trips include Caribbean, South Africa, Normandy
Ready to get back to traveling and seeing the world? Piedmont Technical College’s Workforce Innovation Division is excited to offer amazing and diverse trips to the community for 2024. Bookings are…
Automotive Technology Instructor an Old Car Guy with New Ideas
While his email address says he’s an Old Car Guy, Don Gaskin has some new ideas for the automotive technology program at Piedmont Technical College.
Gaskin grew up tinkering with cars. When he…
Matters of the Heart: Cardiovascular Technology Jobs are on the Rise
There are many rewarding careers in health care, but few are as in-demand as those positions related to heart health. The need for professionals in heart-related fields is due to the high rate of…
Scholarship Trip Full of Firsts for Horticulture Student
Over the 2019 holidays, Piedmont Technical College (PTC) horticulture student Kellan Hamrick flew on an airplane for the first time in his life. To Las Vegas, Nevada. But he was even more excited…