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The Physical Therapist Assistant program at Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College has received a major boost from one of Orangeburg County’s most prolific fundraising organizations. Fishing for Friends – which, since 2006, has collected and donated nearly $450,000 to some 60 families of special needs children in Orangeburg, Calhoun and Bamberg counties ...

Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College will host two special programs-old-old-old-old during National Entrepreneurship Week, Feb. 18-25, 2017. OCtech students will have the opportunity to showcase their own businesses and network with one another during a Student Entrepreneurs’ Expo from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21, in the Café in Building ...

Do you want to be a robotics technician? Does automation or precision manufacturing sound like a great career choice to you? Do you find 3D design and printing fascinating? If so, then join Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College for Engineering Week, Feb. 20-23, when the community is invited to explore the opportunities ...

Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College and the Center for Creative Partnerships will host Community Cinema, a social justice film series, this spring. Three films will be presented at 6 p.m. in Roquemore Auditorium, Building R, on the campus of OCtech, beginning with “Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun” by Kristy Andersen ...

More than 150 high school seniors from Orangeburg and Calhoun counties are expected to explore STEM career opportunities during a youth forum on Thursday, Jan. 26, at Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College. The purpose of the forum – sponsored by the Lower Savannah Council of Governments, the South Carolina Department of Commerce ...

The Orangeburg-Calhoun Adult Education program at Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College held its fall graduation ceremony in December. Twenty-four adult learners earned their high school diplomas or GED. Receiving their credentials were Brantlee Boltjes, Alexis Earle, William Gillespie, Wallace Gilmore, Teresa Ginyard, Hart Harley, Samuel Hulon, Antinette Isaac, Kamryn Jackson, Eline Jones, ...

The newest members of the Alpha Alpha Delta Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society have been inducted at Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College. The fall 2016 inductees are Evelyn Allen, Brandon Alston, Whitney Alston, E Georgette Amaker, Ashley Ayer, Chalsey Ayers, Arkida Bostick, Jeffrey Browning, Justin Carroll, Candice Collins, Tamara ...

The following individuals have been named honor students for the fall 2016 academic term at Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College: President’s List (full-time) Aiken: Derek Martin Bamberg: Jynae Harris-Robinson, Caleb Peterson, Zachary Powell, Thompson Pruett, Marcus Ransom Barnwell: Banks Brabham, Misty Dyal, Tracy Palm, Jennifer Sowell Bowman: Kevin Rast Branchville: Francis Caughman, ...

Members of Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College’s Associate Degree Nursing Flex Class of 2016 were pinned during a ceremony Thursday, Dec. 15, on campus in Roquemore Auditorium. Myra Ardis, Kimberly Daniels, Jordan Gallman, April Johnson, Victoria Mickens, Kimberly Mims, Michael Morris and Brandy Rucker successfully completed the condensed version of the school’s ...

Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College will help new students get college-ready during its annual Spring Assembly, set for Thursday, Jan. 5. Students will benefit from small group meetings with coordinators and faculty from their program of choice and learn about the type of training they will need to get the job they ...