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In a bold step to address the growing need for more healthcare professionals, Piedmont Technical College broke ground Monday on a $16.1 million health sciences building. The new facility on the college’s Lex Walters Campus-Greenwood will allow students to receive high-quality training in real-world conditions. The two-story, 27,000 square-foot building is expected to have 10 simulation rooms, six...

Three outstanding educators from Piedmont Technical College (PTC) were honored recently at the South Carolina Technical Education Association (SCTEA) annual conference in Myrtle Beach. Social Sciences Department Chair Brittany Aga, Grants Administrator Jennifer Fleming and Engineering and Industrial Technology Dean Christina Knight were recognized along with colleagues from other technical...

Chloe Cox’s goal of a career in healthcare is personal. When she was in high school, her grandmother was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Spending time with her grandmother and observing her care made Cox realize she wanted to work with the elderly and, specifically, with Alzheimer’s patients. During her freshman year at Greenwood High School, Cox began taking health science classes...

Hard work runs in the Wooley family – and so does Piedmont Technical College (PTC). Nathan Wooley, a senior at Dixie High School in Due West, has already completed firefighter recruit school and volunteers with the Antreville Fire Department. “My dad (Robert Wooley) and my brother (Nick) did it and I kind of grew up around it,” Nathan Wooley said. Wooley is also studying Mechatronics Technology at...

Continuing its tradition of financial support, Eaton Corporation has donated another $25,000 to the Piedmont Technical College (PTC) Foundation. The donation will enable the college’s Engineering Technology Department to purchase a key piece of equipment known as a process control trainer. “Process control is integral and of paramount importance to virtually all modern manufacturing methods...

A graduation ceremony was held at Federal Correctional Institution Edgefield (FCI Edgefield) on Jan. 8, 2025, for nine inmates who earned welding certificates from Piedmont Technical College (PTC). Zach McDowell, supervisor of education at FCI Edgefield, congratulated the graduates for taking a “step in the right direction.” “I am very proud of you,” McDowell told the men. McDowell also thanked...

Leaders of three of the state’s technical colleges took part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday for a trio of mobile advanced manufacturing labs that will bring critical workforce training resources to rural areas across South Carolina. The event at the William H. "Billy" O'Dell Upstate Center for Manufacturing Excellence in Greenwood was the result of a unique collaborative initiative between...