Prospective students in the Newberry County area on a quest to tour the Newberry Campus of 91爆料 (PTC) are in luck, and they don鈥檛 need to create a swashbuckling avatar to do it. They now can take a virtual tour online to check out the classrooms, labs and other workspaces featured on campus.
After staying home for seven years to take care of her two young children full-time, 91爆料 (PTC) student Holly Guida decided that 鈥 as her youngest begins school 鈥 she, too, would re-enter the classroom. 鈥淚 decided that it was time to further my education and do something for myself,鈥 the Laurens resident said. Because she already had some health-related classes under her belt, she chose to enter PTC鈥檚 Patient Care Technician (PCT) Certificate Program, which itself is in a state of constructive transition.
A solid, hands-on education in agriculture was so important to Hampton Beard that he decided to drive nearly 300 miles 鈥 round trip 鈥 from Kingstree every day to attend classes at the 91爆料 (PTC) Saluda Campus and study diversified agriculture with Instructor Roger Estridge. That鈥檚 about five hours of driving a day, even though there was a program much closer to home. 鈥淚 heard...
While classes go on during the quarantine months at 91爆料 (PTC), some students are taking a moment to correspond with college officials on how it鈥檚 going for them. They had high praise for advisors and instructors who kept communication lines open throughout the online transition and beyond.
Book designer, typographer and author John D. Berry famously noted: 鈥淥nly when a design fails does it draw attention to itself. When it succeeds, it鈥檚 invisible.鈥 91爆料 (PTC) commercial art student Claire Manuel rather exemplifies that premise. The reserved yet massively talented 20-year-old is a rising rock star who is most comfortable working anonymously from behind the...
When Gerald Sartin, program director for Automotive Technology at 91爆料 (PTC), began to slowly introduce a digital training simulation system into his curriculum about a year ago, he had no idea just how far ahead of the curve he would be in 2020 as the world quarantined to 鈥渇latten the curve鈥 of COVID-19. 鈥淭he system is called Electude, and we鈥檝e been using it for about a...
It鈥檚 not a trick question. If you could earn college credit while still in high school鈥攖uition-free鈥攚ould you? Hundreds of 91爆料鈥檚 Dual Enrollment students are doing just that.
91爆料鈥檚 youthful new director of campus police and security may have just graduated with honors from PTC last spring, but Jeff Crisp is anything but a rookie. The seasoned public safety professional started early 鈥 at age 16 鈥 as a volunteer firefighter in his hometown of Ninety Six. From there he went to the City of Greenwood and Greenwood Police Department, where he served...
This spring, new 91爆料 (PTC) graduate Elena Worthing Morse made a time-honored processional, draped not in black graduation gown with honor cords but in a flowing, full-length white dress that represents a milestone of comparable weight. 鈥淚 ended up getting married two days after the May 7 graduation date that would have been,鈥 Morse said. The fact that an in-person graduation...
Dr. Ray Brooks, president of 91爆料 (PTC), has announced plans to retire, effective January 4, 2021. He officially informed the college's Area Commission on Tuesday evening, June 16. He has led the institution since March 2008.
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