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PTC Provides Head Start with Engineering Technology Transfer Opportunities

PTC's engineering technology program offers several options that allow students to begin their education here and then seamlessly transfer into bachelor's degree programs.

Piedmont Tech Hosts Dave Ramsey Simulcast

Dave Ramsey’s Total Money Makeover event will be simulcast live to hundreds of locations across the country including Piedmont Technical College Saturday, March 17.

Associate Degree Nursing Students Honored 2012

Recent graduates of Piedmont Technical College’s associate degree nursing program at the Greenwood Campus were recognized in a pinning ceremony in December 2012.

PTC Instructor Recognized with Outstanding Service to Students Award

Lisa Jackson, a developmental mathematics instructor at Piedmont Technical College, was recently awarded the South Carolina Association for Developmental Education’s Outstanding Service to Students Award.

Scholarships Awarded

Scholarships were awarded recently at a luncheon honoring donors and recipients.

Center for Advanced Manufacturing in Laurens on Target for Late Spring

Plans for the Piedmont Technical College Center for Advanced Manufacturing in Laurens County were announced in late August 2011, and the project is moving forward quickly. The necessary demolition work is now complete, and construction began in early January.

CeramTec Donates to New PTC Center in Laurens

CeramTec recently made a generous donation to the Piedmont Technical College Foundation toward the new Center for Advanced Manufacturing in Laurens County, a training facility designed to assist the County’s growing manufacturing sector.

Mechanical Engineering Grad Finds Successful Transfer Path

After getting his start at Piedmont Technical College, Jode Robinson is on his way to becoming a nuclear engineer.

Preparing Students for Great Information Technology Jobs

Today, computers are used at home, at work, at school, on our mobile phones and nearly everywhere else in one form or another. They’ve become indispensable parts of everyday life.

Piedmont Tech Graduates First Practical Nursing Students in Laurens

The new practical nursing program for Piedmont Technical College based at the Laurens County Higher Education Center recently had its first class of graduates from the Laurens County program.