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Dr. Tim Hardee, president of the South Carolina Technical College System, will be keynote speaker at Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College’s spring graduation. The ceremony will begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 16, in the Smith-Hammond-Middleton Memorial Center on the campus of South Carolina State University. Prior to becoming System president in ...

Showcase the best and the brightest from your very own yard at the Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College Foundation’s Home and Garden Symposium Flower Show on Wednesday, May 10. The flower show, sponsored by the Orangeburg County Master Gardener Association, features nine categories celebrating the beauty of nature – specimen plants and ...

Create the scene. Set the mood. Prepare the menu. Bring it all together for the ultimate outdoor gathering with tips and tricks you’ll learn at the Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College Foundation’s 13th annual Home and Garden Symposium on Wednesday, May 10. Rick Woodley of Woodley’s Garden Center, Amanda Spencer of Spencer ...

“The Ipson Saga,” one family’s story of survival during the Holocaust, will conclude Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College and the Center for Creative Partnerships’ Community Cinema social justice film series on Thursday, April 20. The film will begin at 6 p.m. in Roquemore Auditorium, Building R, on the campus of OCtech. It ...

Plan the perfect garden party using tips to “scape, style and sip” from the Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College Foundation’s 13th annual Home and Garden Symposium. This year’s event will be held Wednesday, May 10, on the campus of OCtech. The day will begin with flower show entry drop-off from 7:30 to ...

Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College’s Associate Degree Nursing and Practical Nursing programs-old-old-old-old are ranked among the best in South Carolina, according to websites dedicated to the professions. OCtech’s ADN program is ranked third out of 29 registered nursing programs-old-old-old-old in the state by RegisteredNursing.org, while the PN program is ranked fifth out ...

Educators Rising, an organization of OCtech Early Care and Education and University Transfer students, recently sponsored a children’s coat drive to collect warm coats for students in need throughout the Orangeburg area. Through the students’ efforts, 75 coats were collected. The students presented the coats to representatives of Our Father’s Closet, an ...

The second film in Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College and Center for Creative Partnerships’ Community Cinema social justice film series will be screened Thursday, March 16. “Rosenwald” by Aviva Kempner will begin at 6 p.m. in the Roquemore Auditorium, Building R, on the campus of OCtech. It is free and open to ...

Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College will host College Goal South Carolina from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 18, in Building R on the OCtech campus. College Goal SC is a participating member of College Goal Sunday, a volunteer program that provides free information and assistance to students and families who are applying ...

Three faculty and staff members have been honored as Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College’s Educators of the Year and were recognized during the South Carolina Technical Education Association’s annual conference Feb. 16-18 in Myrtle Beach. Sandra Aiken, human resources benefits manager at OCtech, is the outstanding staff honoree; Crystal Mallner, a psychology ...