The Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College Practical Nursing Class of 2017 was honored during a pinning and awards ceremony on Aug. 1 at First Baptist Church of Orangeburg. Forty-five graduates were pinned during the ceremony. Johnna Patrick, director of nursing at Jolley Acres Healthcare Center, was the guest speaker. Patrick is a ...
Working adults who want to earn a degree, change careers or build their skills have a way to reach those goals – and now they can do it tuition-free. Thanks to scholarship money available through the state legislature to the state’s technical colleges, Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College is offering tuition assistance ...
The Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College Foundation will hold its 13th annual Evening of Fine Wines and Foods from 7 to 10 p.m. Monday, Sept. 25, 2017, in the Patrick Student Services Building on the campus of OCtech. In addition to a change in weekday and venue, the Foundation is shaking up this ...
For more than three decades, Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College’s Associate Degree Nursing program has produced some of the best nurses in the state. In May, the ADN program – along with the college’s prestigious health science programs-old-old-old-old – said goodbye to three women who have dedicated countless hours to the success ...
On Monday, Aug. 21, portions of the United States from Oregon to South Carolina – including much of Orangeburg and Calhoun counties – will experience a total eclipse. Do you know why? Do you know when? Do you know how to safely view it? Learn all of that and more ...
Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College invites you to get on the fast track into college and on to the career you’ve always wanted this month during special outreach sessions in Santee and Holly Hill. OCtech faculty and staff will take the college’s new Fast Track initiative on the road Monday and Tuesday, ...
The following individuals have been named honor students for the spring 2017 academic term at Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College: President’s List (full-time) Bamberg: Michael Hammond, Joshua Kinsey, Jonathan Peterson, Zachary Powell, Thompson Pruett Barnwell: Banks Brabham, Lynnsey Jamison, Tracy Palm, Pamela Warren Blackville: Edgar Craig Bowman: Elaine Mims Branchville: Kimberly Helton, William McCormick, Brock Stevens Cope: Robert ...
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 2017 inductees are Tillmon Ancrum, William Bozard, Stuart Brunt, Amelia Chubb, Justin Crim, Angela D’Anna, Steve Damron, Kasey Dantzler, Chasity Davis, Sarah Fanning, Joshua Frazier, ...
Five women now have hope for a better future, thanks to a federally funded grant program available at Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College. Project HOPE – Healthcare Occupations Preparation for Employment – has been providing low-income South Carolina residents with education and training in healthcare careers at state technical colleges for nearly ...
The Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College Associate Degree Nursing program held its annual pinning ceremony Monday, May 15, at First Baptist Church of Orangeburg. During the ceremony, 40 registered nursing graduates received their pins. Keynote speaker was Connie Varn, retiring ADN program coordinator and longtime nursing instructor at the college. Samantha Whittle ...
