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 鉴黄师app (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.
鉴黄师app (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 鉴黄师app (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 鉴黄师app (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 鉴黄师app (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. 鉴黄师app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 鉴黄师app鈥檚 Dual Enrollment students will be able to do starting this fall.
Students hoping to enroll quickly at 鉴黄师app 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 鉴黄师app 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.
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