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Dozens of local high school seniors learned about the many STEM career opportunities available at OCtech during the “Ignite Your Career” Youth Forum on March 17. The forum was sponsored by OCtech, the South Carolina Department of Commerce, S.C. Regional Workforce Advisors, Lower Savannah Council of Governments, SC Works Lower ...

The Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College Foundation has welcomed Virginia “Ginny” Watson Williams to its board of directors. Williams is an attorney at Williams & Williams Attorneys at Law. She earned bachelor’s degrees in history and Spanish from the University of South Carolina, a master’s in bilingual legal interpreting from the College ...

Four local entrepreneurs shared their success stories – and the challenges they faced building their businesses – with Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College business students during a recent Entrepreneurship Panel Discussion. The discussion was held during National Entrepreneurship Week, Feb. 20-27, 2016. This year’s panelists were Joanna Godwin, owner of JoJoSox; Rachelle ...

Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College student Ashley Drummond has been named to South Carolina’s 2016 Phi Theta Kappa All-State Academic Team. She was one of 35 S.C. Technical College System students to be honored during an award ceremony March 2 at the Capital City Club in Columbia. Drummond, of Lugoff, is an ...

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 annual conference Feb. 18-20 in Myrtle Beach. Laney Cornelius, a building and grounds supervisor at OCtech, is the outstanding administrator; JoEllen “Jody” W. Ott, ...

Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College and the Center for Creative Partnerships will kick off the Community Cinema social justice film series on Thursday, Feb. 23, with a screening of “Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun.” The film will begin at 6 p.m. in Roquemore Auditorium, Building R, on the campus of ...

Why pay to have your taxes prepared when you can get them done for free? Trained and certified volunteers from Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program will provide free tax preparation assistance through April 15 for individuals whose household income is at or below $54,000. Tax preparation assistance ...

Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College will host the South Carolina Bar Pro Bono Program’s Law School for Non-Lawyers from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays, Feb. 16-March 29. The Bar periodically offers the seven-week Law School for Non-Lawyers course, which covers a variety of general legal subjects and includes a helpful textbook on ...

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 2015 inductees are Michael Bolton, Lynne Bonnette, Khadija Brown, Phillip Brunson, Jessica Bryant, Autumn Carter, Lawrence Childs, Thomas Dressel, Carolena Dukes, Tiajuana Edmond, Ryan Felder, ...

“You have a tremendous opportunity in front of you, but it’s up to you to determine how you are going to take advantage of it.” That was the message Orangeburg County Development Commission Executive Director Gregg Robinson shared with new students at Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College’s Spring Assembly on Jan. 7. ...