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91���� (PTC) will hold two spring term commencement exercises on Thursday, May 2, 2024, in the James Medford Family Event Center on PTC’s Lex Walters Campus-Greenwood. An 11 a.m. ceremony will recognize graduates from our Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, and Healthcare programs. A 3 p.m. ceremony will recognize graduates from our Business, Information Technology...

Kenyan Morton and Camden Durant have several things in common. Both run a sub-5-second 40-yard dash. Both are McCormick High School athletes attending Middle College classes on 91����’s McCormick County Campus. Both are on track to earn associate degrees this spring, even before graduating high school. And both recently signed scholarship commitments to play football at four...

A relatively unknown (for now) road race in Greenwood attracted some serious competitors at the 91���� (PTC) Foundation’s 3rd Annual Spring Forward for Student Success 5K Run/Walk on March 23, 2024. Top overall male finisher Aaron King, 34, of Greenwood completed the 5K distance in an impressive 17:11.60, keeping an average pace of 5:32 per mile. Top overall female finisher...

Advising is an essential service at 91���� (PTC), and continual improvement is a must. There is always a better way to do things, and the PTC Business Division’s Embedded Advising Coordinator Nicole Fuller has seized on that better way, even expanded upon it. For her trailblazing work at PTC, the college recently named Fuller its Innovator of the Year. Fuller joined the team in...

Lisa Toland admits she wasn’t very good when she played the clarinet in her high school band. The alto-voiced go-getter also claims to be on the tone-deaf side, even though she sings in her church choir. Regardless of that humble self-assessment, Toland is clearly making beautiful music at 91���� (PTC) as its dean of off-campus academic affairs. “I think I was in band more for...

Thanks to a new partnership, students who earn an associate in applied science degree in business from 91���� (PTC) can now transfer seamlessly to Coker University to earn their bachelor of science in business administration with concentrations in accounting or management and leadership. In addition, PTC graduates with an associate in applied science in computer technology with...

Fran Wiley, the 91���� Foundation’s associate vice president for development, is a living, breathing example of the best that our technical college system produces. A PTC alumna from long ago, she built her skills patiently and strategically over time, accessing selected higher education programs that could help her ascend to the next desired level of her career ladder. “Before...

91���� (PTC) is proud to announce its recipients of the annual National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) Excellence Awards. This year’s honorees from PTC are Lakeya Jenkins in the Faculty Division and Kendra Lagreca in the Staff Division. About Lakeya Jenkins A Greenwood resident, Jenkins is the English Department Chair at PTC and has been teaching...

MODELS Academy at 91���� (PTC) has been chosen as this year’s recipient of the SC Technical College System’s highly esteemed A. Wade Martin Innovation Team of the Year Award. MODELS Director Steve Coleman accepted the award at the SC Technical Education Association’s annual conference on Feb. 16. While their formative years ought to be fun and footloose, young African American...

The 91���� Foundation is preparing to hold its third annual Spring Forward for Student Success 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, March 23, 2024, on a USA Track and Field-certified course around the Lex Walters Campus-Greenwood. “This is a fun event for the whole family,” said Fran Wiley, associate vice president of the PTC Foundation. “Whether they walk, run, or just cheer on others...