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PTC Offers Tuition-Free Option for Dual-Enrolled High School Students

If you could earn college credit while still in high school—tuition-free—why wouldn’t you? That is exactly what Piedmont Technical College’s Dual Enrollment students will be able to do starting this fall.

Go Straight to the Express Lane at PTC Instant Admission Days

Students hoping to enroll quickly at Piedmont Technical College can head straight to the express lane at “Instant Admission Days.” At these events, counselors are on hand to help students who “feel the need for speed” get accepted on the spot and quickly complete their enrollment process for the fall 2019 semester. Students will leave Instant Admission Day already enrolled and prepared to start classes.

PTC to Install Kappa Pi Art Honor Society Chapter

The Piedmont Technical College Commercial Art Department on Thursday, June 27, 2019, will celebrate the historic installation of the college’s first chapter of the international Kappa Pi Art Honor Society at the Lex Walters Campus-Greenwood. The ceremony also will welcome 11 new student inductees. All media and the public are invited to attend.

Piedmont Tech Announces Writing Contest Winners

The fear of loss was a common theme in the winning essays of Piedmont Technical College’s annual English Department Writing Contest. Awards were presented in two categories: Nonfiction Essay and Writing About Literature. This year’s winner in the Nonfiction Essay category is Melissa Billey for her piece “Matters of the Heart.” Billey is an online student majoring in General Technology Commercial Art from the town of Donalds in Abbeville County. The winner in the Writing About Literature category is Brandon Martinez of Greenwood for his analysis of the poem “Bilingual/Bilingue” by Rhina P. Espaillat.

SC WINS: New Scholarship Helps Further Reduce Tuition Cost

An SC WINS scholarship bill passed by SC Legislature this spring will help further reduce tuition costs for PTC students.

Spring 2019 Academic Honor Students Recognized

Piedmont Technical College students who had outstanding academic accomplishments during the 2019 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.

Satisfy Your 'Need for Speed' at Piedmont Tech Instant Admission Days

Any student looking for an academic wingman will find one during one of Piedmont Technical College’s “Instant Admission Days.”

Greenwood Edge Graduates 19, Signs Class of 2020

The inaugural class of graduates from the Greenwood Edge program received their certificates last week at a special ceremony at Piedmont Technical College in Greenwood. In all, 19 students received certificates in a number of manufacturing disciplines through the collaborative scholarship program sponsored by the Greenwood Promise and the county’s school districts.