Stories

PTC Hosts Workforce Opportunity Summit

Speakers from 91±¬ÁÏ (PTC), the Greenwood Partnership Alliance, the South Carolina Technical College System (SCTCS), Upper Savannah Council of Governments, SC Vocational Rehabilitation, Goodwill Industries and ZF Transmissions recently collaborated to present an overview of Youth and Adult Apprenticeship opportunities to a group that included representation from Greenwood County school districts and the business community.

Piedmont Tech Going ‘Soft’ to Teach Students How to Work Hard

It’s one thing to know how to do a particular job. It’s another thing to know how to work.

Kinard Named PTC Innovator of the Year

Zeolean Frick Kinard, director of Institutional Reporting at 91±¬ÁÏ, has been named the 2017 PTC Innovator of the Year by the PTC Area Commission.

Martha B. Williams Family Contributes to Scholarship Endowment

Members of the Martha B. Williams family recently made a contribution to the scholarship awarded annually in her name to a deserving student.

Teen Tech Provides Summer Options for Teens

91±¬ÁÏ is offering an exciting slate of programs for youth this summer. From aviation to photography, there are a wide variety of different, fun and exciting programs. Get hands-on with future agents in training, mechatronics and automotive technology programs or put your imagination and creativity to work through baking, drawing and sewing offerings.

Kids’ College Provides Summer Options for Younger Children

A total of 15 camps and programs are scheduled this summer at 91±¬ÁÏ for kids ages 7-12. Students can choose from a variety of art, science, career-oriented or self-image improvement camps.

PTC Student Receives Gunsmithing Scholarship

91±¬ÁÏ gunsmithing student Dakota Potts has been awarded $3000 from The American Pistolsmiths Guild.

PTC Student Completes Machine Tool Program and High School Simultaneously

Caleb Boatwright looks like your typical teenager. He’s a soft-spoken guy who has the typical friends that he hangs out with each day. He will graduate in the spring from Greenwood High School. He doesn’t seem to be extraordinary. Until you realize he will also be a 2017 graduate of 91±¬ÁÏ.

AnMed Health Visits PTC Campus

Representatives from AnMed Health recently provided a special lunch for the students in the 91±¬ÁÏ medical assistant and surgical technology programs.

Math Department Hosts State Conference

The South Carolina Affiliate of the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (SOCAMATYC) recently held their annual conference at the Newberry campus of 91±¬ÁÏ.