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The South Carolina Technical Education Association (SCTEA) honored three outstanding educators from 91���� (PTC) at its recent annual conference in Myrtle Beach. Recognized along with colleagues from sister technical colleges across the state, PTC’s honorees are: Nicole Fuller, advising coordinator, business (staff); Dr. Donna Foster, associate vice president, institutional...

Business leaders representing VisionGreenwood visited 91����’s Lex Walters Campus-Greenwood on Jan. 23, 2024, to present a donation of $15,000 to the college’s special initiative, MODELS Academy. MODELS is a holistic mentoring and personal development program for African American males in grades 4-12. MODELS Director Steve Coleman said the donation will help support gap...

Sally Cooke is a quiet force of nature at 91���� (PTC), and the tenacious redhead who works wonders from behind the scenes at the college finally has been thrust into the spotlight — and deservedly so. On Jan. 31, 2024, Cooke was presented with the South Carolina Association of Technical College Commissioners (SCATCC) 2023 Professional Board Staff Member Award. The SCATCC...

Dr. Matteel Knowles, a former 91���� (PTC) admissions director, current vice president for student services at Greenville Technical College, and celebrated motivational speaker, gave a presentation on the enduring legacy of Harriett Tubman at the college’s recent Black History Month Unity Feast in Greenwood. If Tubman were alive today, and perhaps even a student at PTC, there...

When Fujifilm in Greenwood began downsizing in 2021, Wayne Shirley faced the loss of a workplace everyone dreams about. He had spent more than three decades with the company, was promoted through the ranks, earned two degrees, and even met his wife working there. What were the chances he could find such career happiness and satisfaction again? “Once I started at Fuji, it was like a family...

Officials from Countybank and Greenwood Capital Associates visited 91����’s Lex Walters Campus-Greenwood on Jan. 18, 2024, to present a donation of $1,500 to the college’s special initiative, MODELS Academy. MODELS is a holistic mentoring and personal development program for African American males in grades 4-12. MODELS Director Steve Coleman said the donation will help support...

You might say it was a wake-up call of sorts when Lenette Thompson received a phone message recording from a student reading her a children’s bedtime story and instructing her to go to sleep. The Surgical Technology Clinical Coordinator at 91���� (PTC) has an enviable work ethic but did not realize it might be disturbing her students’ coveted eight hours until then. The popular...

In more than two decades of teaching at 91���� (PTC), Christina Knight only missed three graduation ceremonies (with good reason) — for her wedding and for the birth of each of her children. Otherwise, nothing could keep her from witnessing the milestones in her students’ lives, semester after semester. “They are all like my kids,” she said. “Every student has a different story...

Representatives from Eaton Corporation’s Eaton Charitable Fund were on the Greenwood campus of 91���� on Dec. 13, 2023, to present a check for $35,000 to support the ABB Collaborative Robots Project in the college’s Engineering Technology Department. Pictured from left: front/bottom row: PTC President Dr. Hope E. Rivers and Eaton HR Manager Jessica James; middle row: PTC Vice...

Approximately 200 students received degrees during two fall commencement ceremonies in December 2023 at 91���� (PTC). PTC Alumna Mamie Nicholson, president of the Self Family Foundation, delivered the public leader keynote address at both ceremonies. She took inspiration from the PTC abbreviation letters, encouraging graduates to be Patient, Tenacious, and Compassionate in...