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OCtech’s Educators Rising collect coats for Our Father’s Closet

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 ...

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Rosenwald Legacy Topic of Second Film in Social Justice Series at OCtech

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 ...

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College Goal SC to Offer FAFSA Help, Information at OCtech March 18

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 ...

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OCtech Honors 2017 Educators of the Year

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 ...

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Local Fundraising Group Fishing for Friends Establishes Physical Therapist Assistant Scholarship at OCtech

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 ...

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OCtech Plans Entrepreneurship Week Programs

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 ...

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Explore Your Future During Engineering Week at OCtech, Feb. 20-23

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 ...

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Social Justice Film Series Coming to OCtech

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 ...

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High School Seniors to Explore STEM Career Possibilities during Youth Forum

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 ...

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Students Honored at Orangeburg-Calhoun Adult Education Fall Graduation

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, ...

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