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Students and community members are invited to learn about Boeing when representatives from the aerospace giant visit St. Matthews on Thursday, Aug. 18. The Soar to Success with Boeing event will begin with morning presentations and Q&A sessions for eighth- through 12th-grade Calhoun County students. The presentations for students will ...

The following individuals have been named honor students for the summer 2016 academic term at Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College: President’s List (full-time) Bamberg: Myrtes Barnwell, Robert Crosby Barnwell: Tracy Palm Blackville: Ivan Cann Cameron: Joseph Rast Columbia: Brandon Alston Cordova: Randal Hughes Hanahan: Madison Breland Norway: Jonathan James Orangeburg: Annika Gupta, Katilyn Just, Randall McDaniel, Aaron Schaffer Ridgeville: Kaitlyn Cummings Santee: Aja ...

Teams of elementary, middle and high school teachers connected metal parts, tinkered with wires, wheels, sensors and gears, and programmed controllers during the VEX Robotics Professional Development Workshop at Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College. The workshop was held June 20-23 in the Mechatronics lab on campus. Educators from as far away as ...

Nearly two dozen rising fifth- through 11th-graders gathered to build and program robots during the VEX Robotics Summer Camp at Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College. “I like programming,” camper Marcus Elmore said. “I’ve made a few games, and I make and sell maps that people can use for their games.” Elmore has ...

More than 20 elementary, middle and high school guidance counselors got an in-depth look at Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College and the employment needs of the local community during the third annual Guidance Counselor Leadership Institute. “Guidance counselors really serve as the gatekeeper for a lot of students, in terms of what ...

Learn how to prepare for exciting, in-demand careers at Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College during the school’s Division Showcases in July. OCtech’s University Transfer, Education and Agriculture programs-old-old-old-old will be highlighted on Tuesday, July 12. In addition to earning an associate degree, University Transfer students can choose from more than 80 courses ...

Twenty-one teams. Two days of competition. One big win. In March, students from the Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College National Society of Black Engineers Jr. Chapter competed in the VEX Robotics Championship at the NSBE National Convention in Boston, Mass. The Middle College students – team Orengineers – were tasked with designing ...

You could say Dominique Rynes stayed on TASC. The 23-year-old Orangeburg woman is the first to complete the Test Assessing Secondary Completion – or TASC – in South Carolina. She also earned the Distinguished Achievement Award for her mathematics score on the TASC. The TASC national high school equivalency assessment ...

The Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College Associate Degree Nursing program held its annual pinning ceremony on Tuesday, May 10, at First Baptist Church of Orangeburg. During the ceremony, 35 registered nursing graduates received their pins. Katie Baltzegar received the award for highest GPA, and Hannah Dockery was honored for achieving the second-highest ...

Rising juniors and seniors and their parents are invited to learn more about getting ahead in college while still in high school at Middle College Parent Night. The open house will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 23, beginning in Roquemore Auditorium on the campus of Orangeburg-Calhoun ...