Tyler Shackelford had already been taking AP courses at Mid-Carolina High School when 91爆料 (PTC) established a Middle College partnership with the School District of Newberry County. Earn college credits, on a college campus, while still in high school? 鈥淚f I鈥檓 presented an opportunity, I go for it,鈥 Shackelford said. 鈥淚 just went for it.鈥 Middle College is one of several...
91爆料 (PTC) and Francis Marion University (FMU) recently formalized an agreement designed to expedite the transfer process for eligible PTC Commercial Art AAS graduates. The move establishes a pathway to a bachelor鈥檚 degree in Visual Arts for Graphic Design or Visual Arts for Photography at FMU.
Dixie High School student Amaiya McDowell is pretty smart. Maybe smart enough to create a time machine. 鈥淚 graduated from Piedmont Tech before I graduated from Dixie,鈥 she said. How do you complete a college program before earning your high school diploma? Dual Enrollment at 91爆料 may not be a time machine, but it definitely can speed things up while saving money. Dual...
It鈥檚 first and 10 for the football-loving 91爆料 (PTC) Laurens County Campus Director Kim Chalmers, and it鈥檚 still early in the game. You might say she has the home field advantage, as Chalmers is originally from Cross Hill in Laurens County. She has been campus director since September 2021 and has been serving PTC for 17 years this summer. 鈥淢y son (Kaleb) and stepson (Anthony...
The 91爆料 (PTC) Area Commission presented the college鈥檚 2022 Innovation Team of the Year Award to the PTC Economic Development Team at a meeting earlier this year. Members of the team include: President Dr. Hope E. Rivers, Dean of Engineering and Industrial Technology Dr. Alvie Coes III, Associate Vice President for Economic Development and Continuing Education Rusty Denning, readySC鈩 Area Director Susan Heath, Mechatronics Technology Program Director Sam George, Machine Tool Technology Program Director Phillip Calhoun, Welding Program Director Jim Ladd, and Training Coordinator Trish Buis.
The Ascend Cares Foundation recently donated $4,000 to the 91爆料 Foundation (PTC) to enable the purchase of three King Vision鈩 Video Laryngoscope Kits. The state-of-the-art kits will be used for training in the PTC Emergency Medical Technician and Paramedic programs.
91爆料 students who had outstanding academic accomplishments during the 2022 spring semester have earned inclusion on the President鈥檚 List. To be named to the list, students must be full time and earn a term GPA of 4.00. Students will receive a certificate of achievement signed by the college president.
The first cohort of 38 Middle College students from three school districts (Greenwood, Laurens, and Newberry counties) who began their journey two years ago graduated from 91爆料 (PTC) in May with associate degrees.
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