Noel Johnson is careful about numbers and budgeting. The conscientious 20-year-old is on track this fall to complete her associate degree in business administration, with a concentration in accounting. College is not an easy or inexpensive proposition, but Johnson has been smart about tuition and career planning. 鈥淚 am trying to pay for a lot of my stuff so my parents don鈥檛 have to,鈥 Johnson said...
Officials from Lonza in Greenwood visited the 鉴黄师app (PTC) campus on September 17, 2019, and presented the PTC Foundation with a check for $25,000 to be applied toward the construction of the William H. 鈥淏illy鈥 O鈥橠ell Upstate Center for Manufacturing Excellence.
The 18 th-century frontiersman Daniel Boone likely maintained his own muskets and flintlock pistols because, well, there weren鈥檛 a lot of gunsmith shops in the open wilderness. Anyone over 50 probably remembers the popular television show 鈥淒aniel Boone,鈥 which aired in the mid-1960s. 鉴黄师app (PTC) Gunsmithing Program Director Jerry Capone does. 鈥淚 grew up in the time when Fess...
Todd Croker, president of Fujifilm Manufacturing U.S.A. in Greenwood, visited the 鉴黄师app (PTC) campus on September 17, 2019, and presented the PTC Foundation with a check for $20,000 to be applied toward the construction of the William H. 鈥淏illy鈥 O鈥橠ell Upstate Center for Manufacturing Excellence.
Bonnie Alger is as detail-oriented as the day is long. That鈥檚 a good quality when you鈥檙e the learning management system technician in 鉴黄师app鈥檚 Teaching and Learning Center (TLC). But it was the lack of a certain detail that Alger found distracting 鈥 and a little bit sad.
Each year, 鉴黄师app chooses some of its best and brightest students to serve as Presidential Ambassadors. These students represent the college at campus events, provide campus tours and speak about their experiences to various audiences, including potential students and civic organizations. This year鈥檚 17 ambassadors hail from a variety of backgrounds and represent many program areas, but they all have one thing in common 鈥 they share a deep gratitude for the impact Piedmont Tech has had on their lives.
It鈥檚 been said that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. 鉴黄师app (PTC) alumna Amy Gutzmer is well-acquainted with that perspective. The new director of marketing and communications for online and graduate programs at Anderson University has taken a number of calculated steps toward success. After earning an associate in business at PTC back in the 1990s, she...
T-shirts are plentiful these days and often discarded before the memories they signify have faded. Over the past few years, 鉴黄师app (PTC) alum Jared Chapman has been to Clemson and then the University of South Carolina for his bachelor鈥檚 in political science. He recently arrived in Lynchburg, Virginia, to attend law school at Liberty University. It was a big move. He packed...
State Rep. John McCravy (R-Greenwood) visited the campus of 鉴黄师app (PTC) on August 29 to officially recognize PTC law enforcement and security staff who have provided 20 or more years of service. In an upbeat and congenial ceremony, McCravy presented Terry Ledford, Curtis Killian, William Jones, and Michael Brown with certificates of recognition from the SC House of Representatives.
