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OCtech NSBE Jr. Orengineers Win Big in Boston

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 ...

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Adult Education Program at OCtech Graduates First TASC Completer in S.C., 26 Receive Credentials

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 ...

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OCtech Holds Pinning Ceremony for ADN Class of 2016

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 ...

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OCtech’s Middle College Parent Night is May 23

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 ...

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OCtech Announces Honor Students for 2016 Spring Semester

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, ...

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OCtech Inducts Newest Phi Theta Kappa Members

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, ...

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OCtech grads step into the future

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 ...

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OCtech-USC’s Palmetto College sign agreement

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 ...

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OCtech grad ‘transformed’: Woman says ‘I should be dead,’ but God stepped in

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 ...

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Take a New Look at Home Décor During OCtech Foundation’s Spring Symposium

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 ...

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