More than 250 graduates turned their tassels at the event. The day鈥檚 other commencement speakers were: Alayjah Davis, who received an associate degree in radiologic technology; Roman Mulkey, who received an associate in arts degree; and Reginald White, who received an associate degree in human services.
Updated: 02/11/2020 Some millennials may be as familiar with operating a rotary phone as they are with driving a manual transmission vehicle. After all, those things are so last century. But it is exactly the millennials (and now Gen Z鈥檈rs) who are needed in the coming years to keep vital economic supply lines moving, and that means providing ground transportation 鈥 trucking, if you will. A...
Ever the military man, Abbeville Mayor and PTC alum Santana Delano Freeman is a mission-focused workhorse intent on cultivating an effective team to serve the city where he grew up.
When ex-offenders are released from incarceration and have officially paid their debt to society, many go from 鈥渓ocked up鈥 to 鈥渓ocked out鈥 of any means for supporting themselves in society. If they have any kind of criminal record, their employment applications often are automatically flagged for rejection. Do they deserve a life sentence for their mistakes? A thriving partnership between Piedmont...
Economist Klaus Schwab in 2016 described the 鈥淔ourth Industrial Revolution鈥 as a fusing of technologies, 鈥渂lurring the lines between the physical, digital and biological spheres.鈥 It is the inevitable result of the previous three industrial revolutions characterized by the use of: 1) steam and water to power production; 2) the progression to electricity and assembly line manufacturing for mass...
Dot Holmes will trade safety goggles for business attire when she embarks on the next stage of her professional career. The 56-year-old veteran of some 27 years on the factory floor anticipates moving into the office suite when she receives her associate degree in Administrative Office Technology (AOT) from 91爆料 (PTC) next spring.
91爆料 (PTC) President Dr. Ray Brooks honored five college associates and community leaders with the Presidential Medallion, the college鈥檚 most prestigious award, at PTC鈥檚 recent summer commencement exercises. Instituted in 1991 during the college鈥檚 silver anniversary celebration, the medallions recognize individuals who have made significant contributions toward excellence in education.
Construction is gradually taking shape on the site of the forthcoming William H. 鈥淏illy鈥 O鈥橠ell Upstate Center for Manufacturing Excellence on the 91爆料 (PTC) Lex Walters Campus-Greenwood. To the untrained eye, the site may still look relatively undeveloped. Make no mistake, though. Important work has taken place.
91爆料 (PTC) will hold two summer commencement exercises on Thursday, August 1, 2019. An afternoon ceremony for Health Care graduates will take place at 3 p.m. An evening ceremony for Agriculture, Arts & Sciences, Business, Computer Technology and Engineering/Industrial Technology graduates will be held at 7 p.m. Both commencements will take place in the James Medford Family Event Center on PTC鈥檚 Lex Walters Campus-Greenwood.
Nine years after graduating from 91爆料 (PTC) with an associate in veterinary technology, Elizabeth Stevens found herself back at her alma mater on the Newberry campus training current students to use a blood coagulation analyzer manufactured by the global company she now works for, IDEXX. It has turned out to be a dream job with a company she hopes to make a career with.
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