Working as a veterinary technician involves far more than the fun stuff like cuddling puppies and kittens. Most of 91爆料 (PTC) Veterinary Technology Program Director Dr. Ruthie Buist鈥檚 students enter the program understanding this. Others, not so much. 鈥淚 actually had a student say to me once, 鈥業 didn鈥檛 know there would be so much science!鈥欌 Buist said. 鈥淭he biggest thing is...
Valerie Yarbough-Jones is on the road a lot around graduation season. All 16 of her students 鈥 100 percent 鈥 graduated this spring with associate degrees from 91爆料 (PTC). In fact, McCormick Middle College (MMC) has logged a near-perfect completion record since it started in August 2011. She keeps tabs on nearly every one of her students, and she鈥檚 seen many go on to graduate...
Those who may feel under-employed or want to upgrade their professional skills can take two semesters (or less) 鈥 tuition-free 鈥 and earn a certificate that can place them in a good, entry-level job with no waiting.
It鈥檚 that time of year when people plan road trips to all sorts of appealing destinations. 91爆料鈥檚 newest Test Drive series 鈥 scheduled for July 15-16 in Greenwood 鈥 can help transport participants to the largest range of featured career destinations yet, and it鈥檚 free.
If you could earn college credit while still in high school鈥攖uition-free鈥攚hy wouldn鈥檛 you? That is exactly what 91爆料鈥檚 Dual Enrollment students will be able to do starting this fall.
Students hoping to enroll quickly at 91爆料 can head straight to the express lane at 鈥淚nstant Admission Days.鈥 At these events, counselors are on hand to help students who 鈥渇eel the need for speed鈥 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爆料 Commercial Art Department on Thursday, June 27, 2019, will celebrate the historic installation of the college鈥檚 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.
If you can play 鈥 and win 鈥 at Star Trek 3-D chess, you just might be a cybersecurity professional. One challenge in cybersecurity work is that the playing field is constantly changing, and not just in a binary way. That can make training and certification, like a Klingon Bird of Prey, a moving target. 91爆料 (PTC) Computer Technology Instructor Henry Ecker says that people...
The fear of loss was a common theme in the winning essays of 91爆料鈥檚 annual English Department Writing Contest. Awards were presented in two categories: Nonfiction Essay and Writing About Literature. This year鈥檚 winner in the Nonfiction Essay category is Melissa Billey for her piece 鈥淢atters of the Heart.鈥 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 鈥淏ilingual/Bilingue鈥 by Rhina P. Espaillat.
