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����ʦapp (PTC) is proud to announce its recipients of the annual National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) Excellence Awards. This year’s honorees from PTC are Lakeya Jenkins in the Faculty Division and Kendra Lagreca in the Staff Division. About Lakeya Jenkins A Greenwood resident, Jenkins is the English Department Chair at PTC and has been teaching...

MODELS Academy at ����ʦapp (PTC) has been chosen as this year’s recipient of the SC Technical College System’s highly esteemed A. Wade Martin Innovation Team of the Year Award. MODELS Director Steve Coleman accepted the award at the SC Technical Education Association’s annual conference on Feb. 16. While their formative years ought to be fun and footloose, young African American...

The ����ʦapp Foundation is preparing to hold its third annual Spring Forward for Student Success 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, March 23, 2024, on a USA Track and Field-certified course around the Lex Walters Campus-Greenwood. “This is a fun event for the whole family,” said Fran Wiley, associate vice president of the PTC Foundation. “Whether they walk, run, or just cheer on others...

The South Carolina Technical Education Association (SCTEA) honored three outstanding educators from ����ʦapp (PTC) at its recent annual conference in Myrtle Beach. Recognized along with colleagues from sister technical colleges across the state, PTC’s honorees are: Nicole Fuller, advising coordinator, business (staff); Dr. Donna Foster, associate vice president, institutional...

Business leaders representing VisionGreenwood visited ����ʦapp’s Lex Walters Campus-Greenwood on Jan. 23, 2024, to present a donation of $15,000 to the college’s special initiative, MODELS Academy. MODELS is a holistic mentoring and personal development program for African American males in grades 4-12. MODELS Director Steve Coleman said the donation will help support gap...

Sally Cooke is a quiet force of nature at ����ʦapp (PTC), and the tenacious redhead who works wonders from behind the scenes at the college finally has been thrust into the spotlight — and deservedly so. On Jan. 31, 2024, Cooke was presented with the South Carolina Association of Technical College Commissioners (SCATCC) 2023 Professional Board Staff Member Award. The SCATCC...

Dr. Matteel Knowles, a former ����ʦapp (PTC) admissions director, current vice president for student services at Greenville Technical College, and celebrated motivational speaker, gave a presentation on the enduring legacy of Harriett Tubman at the college’s recent Black History Month Unity Feast in Greenwood. If Tubman were alive today, and perhaps even a student at PTC, there...

When Fujifilm in Greenwood began downsizing in 2021, Wayne Shirley faced the loss of a workplace everyone dreams about. He had spent more than three decades with the company, was promoted through the ranks, earned two degrees, and even met his wife working there. What were the chances he could find such career happiness and satisfaction again? “Once I started at Fuji, it was like a family...

Officials from Countybank and Greenwood Capital Associates visited ����ʦapp’s Lex Walters Campus-Greenwood on Jan. 18, 2024, to present a donation of $1,500 to the college’s special initiative, MODELS Academy. MODELS is a holistic mentoring and personal development program for African American males in grades 4-12. MODELS Director Steve Coleman said the donation will help support...

You might say it was a wake-up call of sorts when Lenette Thompson received a phone message recording from a student reading her a children’s bedtime story and instructing her to go to sleep. The Surgical Technology Clinical Coordinator at ����ʦapp (PTC) has an enviable work ethic but did not realize it might be disturbing her students’ coveted eight hours until then. The popular...