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Association of Colleges and
Schools Commission on Colleges,
Piedmont Technical College
is a comprehensive two-year
college offering university-level
education and hands-on career
training. The college offers a wide
variety of career studies programs
that prepare students directly
for the workforce, continuing
education courses for personal
and professional development, and
a university transfer curriculum
designed to fulfill the first two
years of a bachelor’s degree at four-year colleges and universities. .
With locations in each of the seven counties the college serves - Abbeville, Edgefield, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick, Newberry and Saluda - as well as an online campus accessible anywhere there is an internet
photos courtesy Piedmont Technical College
connection, Piedmont Tech works to make the advantages of higher education available to everyone, regardless of their personal circumstances or previous educational preparation.
Piedmont Technical College completed the William
H. “Billy” O’Dell Upstate Center for Manufacturing Excellence, a cutting-edge training facility, in August 2020. The 45,000-square-foot facility houses state-of- the-art classroom and laboratory space for the college’s machine tool, mechatronics and welding programs. It also features flexible training space that can be customized
to meet the training needs of area manufacturers. It is a flagship amenity that will help Greenwood attract more manufacturing investment in the decades to come.
Meet Elizabeth Bishop...literature enthusiast and future doctor!
Elizabeth, who hails from Greenwood, S.C., majored in English and Biology with a minor in Chemistry at Erskine. She says this combination of studies helped her to “put the humanity back into the sciences.” Erskine’s liberal arts education shaped her approach to the medical profession.
“You have to be able to see where a person sits because you’re dealing with a whole person,” Elizabeth says.
Erskine’s small classes, leadership opportunities, and research experiences gave Elizabeth an edge as she prepared to succeed in medical school. She now attends the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville.
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