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OCtech’s ADN Program Named Bellwether Award Finalist

Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College was one of 30 community colleges nationwide vying for a prestigious Bellwether Award at the 26th annual Community College Futures Assembly, held Feb. 2-4 in San Antonio, Texas. Ten finalist colleges were competitively chosen in three categories: Instructional Programs and Services, co-sponsored by the National Council of ...

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OCtech Honors 2020 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. 13-15 in Myrtle Beach. Williette Waring Berry, assistant vice president of academic affairs, is the outstanding administrator; Stefanie Gadson Brown, assistant ...

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OCtech to Host Social Justice Film Series This Spring

Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College and the Center for Creative Partnerships will host Community Cinema, a social justice film series, this spring. This year’s film series is dedicated to John Hope Franklin, an American historian best known for his work “From Slavery to Freedom,” first published in 1947. In 1995, Franklin was ...

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OCtech’s New Nursing Building Grand Opening Set for Feb. 6

Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College will hold the grand opening for its new Nursing Building at 3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6. The 30,000-square-foot facility features a lecture hall, computer lab, study rooms, skills practice lab, simulation labs with the latest technology, faculty offices and more. Following a program in the lecture hall ...

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OCtech’s ADN Program Named Bellwether Award Finalist

Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College’s Associate Degree Nursing program has been named a Bellwether Award finalist. Sponsored by the Alamo Colleges District in San Antonio, Texas, Bellwether Awards are part of the Community College Futures Assembly, which recognizes cutting-edge, trendsetting programs-old-old-old-old that other colleges might find worthy of replicating. The awards are ...

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OCtech Announces Honor Students for 2019 Fall Semester

The following individuals have been named honor students for the fall 2019 academic term at Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College: President’s List (full-time) Bamberg: Andrew Hoffman Blackville: Sterling Dunbar, Hannah Wise Blythewood: Chelsea Grow Bowman: Tommy Garrick Calhoun Falls: Alayjah Davis Cameron: Timothy Steadman Columbia: Ronjae Golston, Sabrina Slone, John Sutherland, Christopher ...

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Lineman Prep Program to Launch at OCtech in January

Local utility companies seeking qualified candidates for their lineman training programs-old-old-old-old are partnering with Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College for a new Lineman Prep program starting this spring. “We believe the line worker program will be a tremendous resource for Orangeburg’s Department of Public Utilities going forward,” said Warren Harley, DPU manager. ...

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Orangeburg Area Cattlemen’s Association Awards Scholarships to OCtech Agriculture Students

Six Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College agriculture students received scholarships during the Orangeburg Area Cattlemen’s Association dinner meeting on Thursday, Dec. 12, at the Tri-County Electric Co-op in St. Matthews. Erin Chassereau, Dawson Lucas and Dalton Sandifer received the Orangeburg Area Cattlemen’s Association Scholarship. Brent Bailey and Ashley Walker received the OCtech ...

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OCtech Honor Society Welcomes New Members

The newest members of the Alpha Alpha Delta Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society were officially inducted during a ceremony Dec. 3 at Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College. The fall 2019 inductees are Nyasia Argrow, Anna Beason, Jaid Brightwell (chapter vice president of public relations), Corionah Calloway, Ruth Capers, Cristianna ...

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Celebrating ‘Waves of the Future’ at OCL

  Orangeburg County Library recently received a $500 grant from the American Society of Radiologic Technologists’ National Library Partnership to purchase books that educate the community about the radiologic technology profession and imaging sciences, including computerized tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, mammography, nuclear medicine, radiation therapy, ultrasound and X-ray. The library’s ...

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