Representatives from The Charlie Foundation, school officials and high school students recently gathered at Saluda High School to celebrate the launch of The Charlie Foundation Scholarship.
In some neighborhoods, filling up on empty calories is the easiest way to fill an empty stomach. That鈥檚 because some neighborhoods exist in 鈥渇ood deserts鈥 where healthy, fresh ingredients are hard to come by in the absence of full-service grocery stores or farmers markets. Author Will Allen recognized this and established an urban farm within walking distance of Milwaukee鈥檚 largest public housing project. His book, 鈥淭he Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People and Communities,鈥 is the featured selection for 鈥淥ne Book, One College鈥 at 鉴黄师app throughout the month of April.
The 鉴黄师app (PTC) Horticulture Technology Program and Jackson & Perkins Roses and Park Seed have formed a first-of-its-kind partnership to conduct the Jackson Perkins/PTC Horticulture Quarantine Rose Trial Program at the horticulture facilities on the Lex Walters Campus-Greenwood. The project began in October 2018, when Jackson & Perkins Brand Manager Wes Harvell and Rosarian...
Some students contemplating a health care major at 鉴黄师app (PTC) can risk unnecessarily wasting time taking classes that don鈥檛 serve them without a clear focus on their eventual destination. For this reason, a Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) Team comprised of faculty, staff and selected students developed the CARE Planning Center to provide customized advising for pre-program health care majors who are beginning their requisite basic coursework. During its first semester last fall, the Center served 178 students, of whom 156 emerged with a solid degree plan 鈥 a CAREplan. Because of this success, the PTC Area Commission has recognized the QEP Team as its Innovation Team of the Year for 2019.
It鈥檚 OK. You can cut in line without receiving dirty looks 鈥 so long as you are participating in one of 鉴黄师app鈥檚 鈥淚nstant Admission Days.鈥 At these events, counselors are on hand to help students get accepted on the spot and quickly complete the enrollment process for the summer and fall 2019 semesters. Students will leave Instant Admission Day already enrolled and prepared to start classes. Our next Instant Admission Day is scheduled for Tuesday, April 16, in Greenwood.
Tara Gonce understands her students; she was one herself, having graduated from 鉴黄师app (PTC) many years ago with an associate degree in nursing. Like her students on their clinicals, she literally has walked in their hospital-white clogs. Gonce went on to earn her bachelor鈥檚 and master鈥檚 degrees and today serves as PTC鈥檚 dean of health care. Because of her calm, creative problem-solving leadership, the PTC Area Commission has named Gonce its Innovator of the Year for 2019.
In the years ahead, 鉴黄师app (PTC) building construction technology student Chris Rousey can drive by 216 Windtree Road in Greenwood and proudly tell his children in the back seat that daddy built that splendid house at the entrance to a tranquil cul-de-sac. It鈥檚 a special pride shared by those who every day roll up their sleeves, get their hands dirty, hang sheet rock, install...
Three 鉴黄师app associates were honored as Outstanding Educators for the 2018-2019 academic year at the annual South Carolina Technical Education Association (SCTEA) convention, held Feb. 14-16, 2019, in Myrtle Beach.
鈥淲hat do you want to be when you grow up?鈥 It鈥檚 a common childhood query. Familiar answers might include race car driver, firefighter, ballerina or even superhero. But what if a child simply wants to be kind when he grows up? Or honest? Or principled? They first need to be aware of those qualities and why they are desirable. That鈥檚 a basic premise behind the new children鈥檚 book, 鈥淵ou Were Raised...
On-the-spot, face-to-face job interviews are guaranteed to everyone who attends the Upper Savannah Regional Job Fair on Thursday, March 21, in Greenwood. That is the very nature of a job fair and the biggest networking advantage for participants.
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