Six Piedmont Technical College (PTC) students in the Horticulture Program traveled to Mississippi State University in Starkville last month to compete in the 47th Annual National Collegiate Landscape Competition (NCLC). After all the soil settled, they returned to Greenwood with national rankings (and bragging rights) in seven horticulture disciplines, including 5th nationwide out of 45 colleges...
Piedmont Technical College (PTC) will hold two spring commencement exercises on Thursday, May 4, 2023, in the James Medford Family Event Center on PTC’s Lex Walters Campus-Greenwood.
Piedmont Technical College’s student club “Full Throttle” will hold its annual PTC Automotive Technology Program Car Show on Saturday, May 6, 2023, in the Medford Family Event Center Parking Lot at the Lex Walters Campus-Greenwood. The show will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Event-day registration is $20 per vehicle. Cars, trucks, motorcycles, tractors, and automotive vehicles of all types are welcome.
A backhoe, a fluffy 5-day-old baby goat, welding torches, high-tech drone tours, and much more caught the attention of 43 high school students from five schools at the Piedmont Technical College (PTC) Saluda County Campus during National Agriculture Week on March 21, 2023. They were there to participate in the college’s Agriculture and Horticulture Showcase, which presented opportunities to enroll...
Three Piedmont Technical College (PTC) employees were honored recently as Outstanding Educators for the 2022-2023 academic year by the South Carolina Technical Education Association (SCTEA) at its annual conference in February in Myrtle Beach.
Runners and walkers in the Piedmont Technical College Foundation’s 2nd Annual Spring Forward for Student Success 5K Run/Walk brought their own brand of sunshine to an otherwise wet course beneath grumpy skies on March 25, 2023. “The turnout was phenomenal, especially when you consider early morning storms, severe weather bulletins, and an hourlong rain delay,” said Fran Wiley, associate vice...
ZF Transmissions in Gray Court recently donated 14 transmissions to the Piedmont Technical College (PTC) Automotive Technology Program. Just as a transmission regulates the speed of an engine power directed to a vehicle’s tires, ZF’s donation to PTC is helping harness the power of education to move students forward in their careers and lives.
Back by popular demand, B.C. and Wizard of Id cartoonist Mason Mastroianni is the April presenter in the Piedmont Technical College (PTC) Visiting Artist Lecture Series. He will be on campus Thursday, April 27, 2023, at 3:30 in Room 102 of the Self Conference Center in Greenwood.
Judith Martin, the etiquette maven otherwise known as “Miss Manners,” would wholeheartedly approve some time-honored advice offered to commercial art students and others during a recent talk at Piedmont Technical College (PTC). Laura Bachinski, owner of Main & Maxwell gallery in Greenwood, was the February guest speaker in the college’s Visiting Artist Series, and she didn’t mince words.
A child’s first steps only happen once. Unless adults are super attentive, they may miss seeing them. Similarly, brain development in children under 5 occurs rapidly. In fact, it is the most active phase of brain development and a window of time when thoughtfully researched educational interventions provide the most benefit. Recognizing how important quality early childhood education programs are to brain development and later academic success, SC Endeavor, a professional development system for South Carolina’s early childhood workforce, on Feb. 28, 2023, presented a check totaling $16,500 to the Piedmont Technical College (PTC) Early Care and Education (ECE) Program to champion this critical curriculum.
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