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The following individuals have been named honor students for the spring 2016 academic term at Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College: President’s List (full-time) Bamberg: E Georgette Amaker, Jynae Harris-Robinson, Caleb Peterson Barnwell: Stephanie Hair, Stephanie Lott Bowman: Elaine Mims Branchville: Chris Conrad, Dylan Dantzler, Michael George Cayce: Sara Edwards Cope: Vanetta Argo, Zachary Drawdy, Taylor Johnston Cordova: Kimberly Blewer, ...

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 spring 2016 inductees are Kayla Baker, Ashley Bolton, Ivory Brabham, Heather Fender, Robert Hallman, Rebecca Hickman, Alyssa Hutto, Courtney Keller, Lamaranda Kelly, Larry Osborne, Christina Quatrone, ...

By DALE LINDER-ALTMAN T&D Staff Writer “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes You can steer your self Any direction you choose.” Dr. James Williamson, president of the S.C. Technical College System, launched Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College’s 2016 graduating class into the world with words from ...

By GENE ZALESKI T&D Staff Writer An agreement signed Thursday will help Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College students transfer their courses to the online bachelor’s degree programs-old-old-old-old offered through the University of South Carolina. OCtech students will now be able to transfer to online degree completion programs-old-old-old-old offered by USC-Columbia, USC-Aiken, USC-Beaufort ...

By DALE LINDER-ALTMAN T&D Staff Writer “My life is just amazing,” Amanda Cisco said. “I got my son back. I have two wonderful jobs that I love. I’m surrounded by family and friends who care about me and I’m completely restored in my health.” When the 35-year-old single mom marches ...

A table of brightly colored vegetables, a bag of surprise ingredients and 20 minutes to pull it all together for a festive arrangement in front of a live audience. Cathy Hughes, publisher of The Times and Democrat, and Daryl Cate, owner of The Garden Gate Florist, will battle for the ...

Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College will host summer day camps for middle and high school students in July and a special workshop for teachers in June. The VEX Robotics Summer Camp for rising sixth- through 11th-graders will be held Monday through Friday, July 11-15. The Ten80 Student Racing Challenge Introductory Camp for ...

Vegetable gardeners rejoice – there’s a new category in the Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College Foundation’s Home and Garden Symposium Flower Show. The “vegetable plants grown from seed in 2016” category celebrates the beauty of plants that offer us sustenance and joins the returning categories of specimen plants and houseplants; bulbs and ...

Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College will hold its spring graduation at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 12, in the Smith-Hammond-Middleton Memorial Center on the campus of South Carolina State University. This year’s speaker will be Dr. James “Jimmie” Williamson, president of the South Carolina Technical College System. Prior to becoming System president in ...

The Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College Foundation will hold its 12th annual Home and Garden Symposium on Wednesday, May 11, on the campus of OCtech. The day will begin with flower show entry drop-off from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m., followed by a silent auction and brunch catered by Buckridge Plantation from 10 ...