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The Index-Journal, Greenwood. S.C.. July 9. 1995 7C (DII1S SdSCBIlQ 1 111 I IIMWMnHIHMinMi Tech course prepares graduates for workplace 0 Recognizing that the workplace is constantly changing and that employer's needs are also changing, Piedmont Technical College offered the Tech Prep course "Education in Industry" to its faculty and staff this spring. Through its efforts to support and foster economic development in the seven-county service area, Piedmont offers educational instruction and services that prepare graduates for the workplace.

This course has given 30 faculty ancf staff the opportunity to update their knowledge of the workplace by visiting area industries and learning more about their employment needs. Taught by Dr. Curtis Miles, dean of curriculum development and special projects, the course has focused on workplace trends arid the consequences of those trends for the college. In the opening session, participants learned more about industries in the area: how many people they employ and what they produce. Additionally, they were exposed to the various kinds of management used by industry Piedmont prepares students for the workplace.

In the early 1980s, the college began to develop seven general competencies that are now required of all graduates. These include the ability to communicate well with others; to use mathematical skills appropriate to the occupation; to employ problem-solving processes; to apply knowledge of computers; to work well with others; to exhibit professionalism; and to function as an independent learner. During the course, participants have heard from a variety of industry representatives that they are looking for employees who are able to work in teams. Wal-Mart, Greenwood City Police Department, Greenwood Mills, Velux, Fuji, Self Memorial Hospital and Sara Lee have consistently reinforced that in addition to basic skills, they want employees who are flexible, have a strong work ethic and can communicate effectively. Each organization has pointed out that they have changed how they manage and what they expect of associatesemployees.

Employer tours Tours of plants like Sara Lee give Piedmont Technical College faculty and staff the opportunity to view the new workplace and to find out what employers are looking for when they hire Piedmont graduates. The "Education in Industry" course, taught by Dr. Curtis Miles, also brought area employers on campus to discuss changes in how they do business and introduced college employees to the evolving trends of the 21st century workplace. Business Lander University accounting major Sherry Kirkland, right, of Saluda was awarded two scholarships during the University's School of Business Scholarship Reception. Presenting the Elliott, Davis Company Scholarship and the Charles Park Scholarship is Dr.

David Dumont, Lander professor of economics. Northside Middle School announces honor roll 'Oijl H)i r'n in. I ttftt Gold medallion The following students were named Outstanding Students recently at Awards Day at Greenwood County Vocational Facility and each was presented a gold medallion and a certificate. Front row, left to right, are James Michael Scott, Automotive Technology; Carla Montrez Holloway, Fashion Design; Crystal Lake McKee, Fashion Merchandising; Julie Joanna MaMahan, Marketing Education. Back row, left to right, are Stacy Leigh Honeycutt, Health Occupations; Charles Samuel Buist, Electricity; Rachel Moriah Johnson, Child Care Services; Larry Michael Turner, Machine Toll Operation; Darrel Wayne Pearson, Auto Collison Repair.

Not pictured are David LaShoughn Braxton, Building Construction; Tisha Lynn Marlar, Cosmetology; Joey Daniel Miller, Automotive Technology; Florence Francesca Mosley, Business Education. employers want people with thinking, reasoning and communication skills as well as the technical skills to perform the job. This change has had a tremendous impact on how Columbia College names DiRocco, McKenzie COLUMBIA Five Columbia College students from the Greenwood area were named to the President's List and the Dean's List for spring semester 1995. The students were Amy Marie DiRocco, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

John J. DiRocco of Greenwood, Dean's list; Stephanie Drew McKenzie, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Michael McKenzie of Greenwood, Dean's list; Fran Marie Septet, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

ink M. Setzler of Greenwov Dean's list. Also Brandy Charlene Snyder, daughter of Mr. Philip A. Lagroon of Greenwood and Dotty L.

Lagroon of Greenwood, Dean's list and Kristina Elaine Riley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G.B. Riley of Hodges, President's list and Dean's list. Students who have a grade point average of 4.00 on the College's 4.00 grading scale are placed on the President's List Students who have a grade point average of 3.50 for the spring semester are placed on the Dean's List.

Columbia College, founded in 1854, is a four-year liberal arts college for women, recently recognized by U.S. News World Report as the 4 Regional Liberal Arts College in the South. LOCALISMS Gold was discovered in McCor-mick in 1852 by William Burkhal-ter Dom. An initial investment of $1,200 for gold-rich land yielded Dom nearly $1 million in return. Northside Middle School recently announced the Honor Roll for the fourth nine weeks.

Students named to the honor roll were: Grade 6, all A's Lauren Brittany Addis, Jennifer Anne Armstrong, Alyson Chambers Campbell, Candice Dawn Crawford, Candice Dee Doughtrey, William Paul DuBerl, Susan Morris Gooding, Christie D'lora Hamlett, Travis Kendrell Hentz, Christopher Todd Home, Alice Andare Lawrence, Noel June Livernois, Elizabeth Kathryn Moore, Stacey Rene Nobel, Sarah Donelly Ramage, Tiffany Kendell Rush, Patrick E. Shaughnessy, Cassandra Leigh Skinner, Derrick Butler Spearman, Helen Catherine Stathakis, Adrienne Louise Steifle, KalhryN Elizabeth Stoddard, Stephanie Lorene Thurston, Walter Virgil Wall III, Mary Claire Weaver, Joshua Mark Wulfekotte. Grade 6, all B's A's Twanna Coekethy Anderson, Amy Lynn Bannister, Susan Marie Beveridge, Ansley Deann Bice, Jacob Kyle Burch, Brooke Kendra Cain, Lindsay Kay Cobb, Lisa Rebecca Cupp, Jan Michael Deblaey John Particl Dilleshaw, Helen Grayson Dixon, Douglas Edward Dobert, Troy Barrett Drinkard, Teshanna Montrez Dye, Mark Davidson Elingburg, Ashley Festa, Apretta Tenish Gray, Kimberly Lori Greene, Shandra Lanae Harris, Elizabeth Wells Harrison, Barry Jeffery Hentz, Samantha Hope Jackson, John Dantzler Jones, Meredith Barbara Khondabi, Thurmond Dwayne Lanier, Heather Ann Lewis, Stephen Lipowski, Kathryn Nicole Lumley, Ayana Celeste Mars, Scott Elliott Maxie, Mary Fran McCammon, Nathaniel Mark Natvig, Jami Liegh Oliver, Katherine Elizabeth Ouzts, Ashley Michelle Porter, James Derrek Pulley, James Little Purvix, Caleb Bernard Saul, Heather Kristen Schroer, Shiquana Synlricee Scotland, Jennifer Leight Shelton, Benjamin Cade Skinner, Avin Saad Smith, Arkus Natorius Susewell, Derek Lorenzo Thomas, Jennifer Brooke Thompson, Jacob West Traynham, Mary Beth Tutton, Cynthia Denise Urban, Joel Ryan Vaughn, William Bryan Waters, Margaret Kennedy Wat kins, Thomas Maurice Watson, Amanda Grace Weikel, Carrie Ann Wilkie, Reneka LaJewel Williams. Grade 7, all A's Carolyn Christine Barger, Kristen Elizabeth Buch, Kristy Nicole Cothern, Sara Kinsey Sullivan Crawford, Anna Blair Davis, Shane Anthony Evans, Wylena Marie Glenn, Josette Victoria Jaecksdi, Patrick Benjamin (i i -i i im ii Speaker Veronica Parks was the featured speaker for Awards Day at Central School on May 18. Parks encouraged students to develop disciplined habits in order to achieve their goals.

Cloniger named vice president for enrollment NEWBERRY Newberry College President Peter French recently named Dr. Steve Cloniger as the new Vice President for Enrollment Management. French announced the creation of the post and subsequent search in February. Cloniger began his duties as a new Presidential Cabinet member on July 5. Cloniger comes to Newberry from Colby-Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire, where he has served as Vice President for Enrollment Management since 1994.

He held that same post at Queens College in Charlotte, North Carolina for six years before leaving for N.H. Cloniger also was a teaching member of the faculty at Queens. Become through the years and the current total quality movement. Traditionally, business and industry were looking for bodies to get the work done. With TQM, that idea has changed, and now geologist, who are collaborating on a book about the preservation of barrier islands; Southern historian Charles Joyner, who addressed the issue of South Carolina's folk heritage; Dana Beach, director of the S.C.

Coastal Conservation League; and Willis Ham, director of the S.C. Human Affairs Commission. Explore ith more than 60 study and graduate M.Ed, and the rid scholarship Kelly, William Hunter Kirkpatrick, Michael Li, Jennifer Louise Osborne, Ryan Thomas Peduzzi, Andrew Hudson Rhodes, Kyle Stuart Ritcher, Nancy Catherine Sheffield, Jamie Lynn Shirley, Matthew Thomas Shirley, Jessica Carol Smith, Jennifer Lynn Sweeney, Hiromi Terawaki, Douglas Stephen Thurston, Sara Beth Turner, William Brockman Watkins, William Charles Wright. Grade 7, all B's and A's Brett Alan Abernathy, Justin Haywood Bello, Robert Lee Boalwright, Melisa Brooke Burkhaller, Ronald Augustus Byrd, Melissa Margaret Chandler, Lacy Michelle Coleman, Elizabeth Leigh Cook, Mannig Charles Counts, Kelly Lee Crowley, Matthew Coleman Darmar, Joshua Leon Edwards, Kristi Nicole Goff, Candace Lynn Goldman, Justin Ross Goldstien, Thomas Martin Haralson, Christopher George Harris, Shayla Camille Haley, Matthew Lynn Haynes. George Calvin Hill III, Christina Lynn Home, Kari Cecile Johnson, Heather Lynn Jones, Lashanda Denise Miller, Shelia Anette Moore, David Jamez Murcier.

Amanda Yvonne Napier, Lakely Otay Rapp. SeMone Nicole Robinson, Justin Robert Sams. Lillian Kaylae Smith, Sarah Beaudrot Steifle, Mia Latraile Stewart, Prina Chandrakant Taikor, Ashley Beth Tininis. Joshua Staton Wall, Andrienne Uleshia White. Grade 8, all A's Martha Elizabeth Bagett, Courtney Ann Bartie, Jennifer Suzanne Brown, Daniel Justin Coates.

Martha Ann McCracken, Jennifer Laurie Miller, Erci Scott Moore, Tiffany Renate Robinson, Roma Susanne Wornall. Grade 8, all B's and A's Travis Benjamin Agnew, Christopher Duane Barnes, Victor Alan Brannon, Kimberly Diane Butler, Elizabeth Kathryn Cauley. Cathey Claire Chapman, Jessica Leigh Corley, Michael Hayes Cox, James Day, Evita Cornelius Dendy, Daniel Ryan Galloway, Meredith Hope James, Jeremy Edward Kelly, Whitney Marie Lawton, Shelley Marie Lewis, Ursula Moneke Lipscomb, Carmen Denise Martin, Katie Beth Maxwell, Heather Leigh McKnight, Betsy Benton Mitchell, Robert Hoyt Ouzts, Andrea Monique Pressley, John Lee Redfern, Dennis James Rehrer, Meredith Mobley Roquemore, Courtney Allison Sergeant, Kimberly Jane Sherre, Joshua Aaron Skinner, Evita Letoya Sprowl. Sarah Christine Stroud, Courtney Ann Weaver, Nina Elizabeth Wilkie, Rebecca Elizabeth Willard Nicole Lynn Wilson. a Passed exam Brent Allen, Mike Scott, Rick Clark, Lee Polatty, Joey Miller, students in Lonnie Holloway's Automotive Technologies program at Greenwood County Vocational Facility, have successfully passed the examination prescribed by The National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence and, in July, will be awarded a certificate of ASE certification in automotive brakes.

ASE tests are designed to measure skills and knowledge in basic technical theories, repair, and diagnostic procedures. This is the first group to participate in the testing and to receive such a certificate. 4 selected for governor's school "pszzzr "I "ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS." IF YOU WANT BETTER iLjV SCHOOLS, LET YOUR VOTE BE HEARD ON JULY 18. RETURN DICK STOWE yjXr TO THE BOARD OF AT I TRUSTEES. DickStOWe Prtd Po)Hlcl AdvrttMnunt yah I -JWwH A nl (' CHARLESTON Four local students were selected by the Governor's School of South Carolina at the College of Charleston to participate in its summer academic program.

The students were Caroline T. Cobb of Emerald High School; Stephen D. Baggett and Joseph C. Brown of Greenwood High School; and Brooklyn A. Walker of Ware Shoals High School.

The Governor's School is a four-week residential honors program held each summer since 1976 on the College of Charleston campus. This year's program ended July 8. Two hundred forty-four students from across the state and 15 students from the Central European countries of Romania, Yugoslavia, and Slovakia are participating this summer. In order to participate in The Governor's School, students must be rising seniors who are nominated by their high schools to apply. They are in the top of their classes in terms of academic achievement and potential.

Students are then selected from this statewide screening to be a Governor's scholar. While The Governor's School emphasizes the academics, a wide range of enrichment activities add to the overall experience gained from attending The Governor's School. This summer, the speakers and performers who added to this aspect of the program include Tommy Gill, a jazz pianist; South Carolinian Dori Sanders, author of the acclaimed novels Clover and Her Own Place, Mary Edna Eraser, batik artist, and Orrin Pilkey, a Discover areas of undergraduate lift programs including die M.A.T., Lander University Delta-Wbodside donations Donations from Delta-Woodside Industries, Inc. to Piedmont Technical College's newly relocated and refurbished Campus Shop included fixtures and furnishings from floor to ceiling. Former owners of Harper Brothers in Greenwood, the company contributed everything from display unites to light fix tares.

Visiting the new facility during the grand opening were Doug Stevens, second left. Controller of Delta-Woodside, and Nancy Suttlemeyer, second right, account manager at Corporate Express, and formerly of Harper Brothers. With them arc Campus Shop manager Jean Greenway, left, nd Gas Burgdorf, execative director of the college foundation, nations to the Campus Shop and other areas of the college were presented to leave a part of Harper Brothers1 long and saccessfut history In the community for many years to come. Greenwood, SC will help you explore a wide range of studies, discover your own special interests and become the person you want to be. Fall semester begins Aug.

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