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.
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...
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