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Those who may feel under-employed or want to upgrade their professional skills can take two semesters (or less) ― tuition-free ― and earn a certificate that can place them in a good, entry-level job with no waiting.

It’s that time of year when people plan road trips to all sorts of appealing destinations. 91����’s newest Test Drive series ― scheduled for July 15-16 in Greenwood ― can help transport participants to the largest range of featured career destinations yet, and it’s free.

If you could earn college credit while still in high school—tuition-free—why wouldn’t you? That is exactly what 91����’s Dual Enrollment students will be able to do starting this fall.

Students hoping to enroll quickly at 91���� can head straight to the express lane at “Instant Admission Days.” At these events, counselors are on hand to help students who “feel the need for speed” get accepted on the spot and quickly complete their enrollment process for the fall 2019 semester. Students will leave Instant Admission Day already enrolled and prepared to start classes.

The 91���� Commercial Art Department on Thursday, June 27, 2019, will celebrate the historic installation of the college’s first chapter of the international Kappa Pi Art Honor Society at the Lex Walters Campus-Greenwood. The ceremony also will welcome 11 new student inductees. All media and the public are invited to attend.

The fear of loss was a common theme in the winning essays of 91����’s annual English Department Writing Contest. Awards were presented in two categories: Nonfiction Essay and Writing About Literature. This year’s winner in the Nonfiction Essay category is Melissa Billey for her piece “Matters of the Heart.” Billey is an online student majoring in General Technology Commercial Art from the town of Donalds in Abbeville County. The winner in the Writing About Literature category is Brandon Martinez of Greenwood for his analysis of the poem “Bilingual/Bilingue” by Rhina P. Espaillat.

An SC WINS scholarship bill passed by SC Legislature this spring will help further reduce tuition costs for PTC students.

91���� students who had outstanding academic accomplishments during the 2019 Spring Semester have earned inclusion on the President’s 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.