Good luck trying to coax a busy college student to complete a long paper form and (ugh!) find stamps to (gasp!) mail it to the state鈥檚 voter registration office. It鈥檚 just not likely to happen. Paper is so last millennium, to say nothing of germ-harboring writing implements. 91爆料 staffers Beth Jaeger, Lisa Toland and Sara Perry had a challenge on their hands 鈥 how to encourage students to participate in our democracy.
It was the first day of first grade for Caroline Falls. She quickly reviewed her checklist: Hand sanitizer, check. Crayons, check. The eager 20-year-old 91爆料 (PTC) Early Care and Education (ECE) major was truly stoked to begin her formal field experience at Hodges Elementary School on August 24. Any first-day nerves she may have harbored evaporated the moment she met her supervising teacher.
Several fall-semester industrial technology students at 91爆料 got a whiff of that unmistakable 鈥渘ew-building smell鈥 at the William H. 鈥淏illy鈥 O鈥橠ell Upstate Center for Manufacturing Excellence in Greenwood the first week of classes last month. The building is nearly complete (some large-scale equipment is still being installed and a few punch-list items), but its shiny new facilities are open already for welding and machine tool classes.
Because so much of America gets its legal education from television, the 91爆料 (PTC) Continuing Education Division is partnering with the South Carolina Bar to offer an online course this fall titled Law School for Non-Lawyers.
91爆料 (PTC) recently honored the achievements of more than 30 conscientious student leaders via a virtual 46th Annual Student Awards and Recognition Program broadcast live over Facebook last month.
91爆料 (PTC) Welding Program Director Jim Ladd knows you can鈥檛 start a fire without a spark. Not everyone who signs up for welding begins carrying a passionate fire for the profession. Sometimes the best way to approach it is in calculated steps. That鈥檚 why PTC this fall is introducing a new Advanced Welding Certificate, which moves students into the workplace sooner so they can practice their craft while contemplating whether to continue to an associate degree.
Heather Deel of Pomaria in Newberry County, a student at 91爆料, is one of 207 Phi Theta Kappa members named a 2020 Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholar and will receive a $1,000 scholarship. She is majoring in business administration/accounting.
Dorothy Holmes of Greenwood, a student at 91爆料, is one of 207 Phi Theta Kappa members named a 2020 Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholar and will receive a $1,000 scholarship. She is majoring in administrative office technology.
Tiffany Blackmon had to postpone her interview for this article because she was busy assisting with a cesarean delivery of eight healthy puppies. While a student at 91爆料 (PTC) in Newberry working toward her associate in applied science in veterinary technology, Blackmon is employed full time at Batesburg-Leesville Animal Hospital. 鈥淚鈥檓 in the middle of a C-section. Can I call...
The 91爆料 (PTC) Economic Development and Continuing Education (ConEd) Division has scheduled its next multi-session Manufacturing Job Readiness Pre-Employment Workshop to begin on Monday, August 24, 2020, for job-seekers in Abbeville, Edgefield and Laurens.
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