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Aiken Technical College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• ATC is one of the 16 schools in the South Carolina Technical College System. Aiken Technical College designs its programs and activities to maximize your success. Academic programs, Distance Learning courses, continuing education through Workforce and Business Development and a variety of student activities — including men's basketball and women's fast-pitch softball —help assure a rich and valuable college experience.
• Classes for what is now Aiken Technical College began in temporary facilities in Aiken in the fall of 1972. One hundred and seventy-seven students enrolled in the first class of what was then the Aiken Technical Education Center. The current campus opened in the winter of 1973.
• Nearly three decades after its founding, ATC has grown into a multi-service, two-year comprehensive college offering numerous educational opportunities in college transfer credit and noncredit health, public service, business, industrial engineering and computer technology programs.
• The Health and Science Building, Dale Phelon Information Technology Center and the 700 Building provide students with access to labs and multi-media classrooms outfitted with state-of-the-art technology. The CSRA Manufacturing and Technology Training Center enables ATC to customize instruction to meet workforce needs for both new and existing companies. And our Academic Success Center and other campus resources help every student make the most of their college experience.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Sanford lauds Aiken Tech in career center visit (The Augusta Chronicle)
  posted on October 2, 2009 at 05:00:00 am
  GRANITEVILLE --- Gov. Mark Sanford told an audience at Aiken Technical College's One Stop Career Center that his mission is to use the current "political energy" around him to advance the story of South Carolina.
• Sanford visits Aiken County (The Augusta Chronicle)
  posted on October 1, 2009 at 06:26:58 pm
  GRANITEVILLE – South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford told staff and spectators at Aiken Technical College’s One-Stop Career Center his mission was using the current “political energy” around him to advance the story of South Carolina.
• Sanford's Thursday visit to focus on SRS, Aiken Tech events (The Augusta Chronicle)
  posted on September 28, 2009 at 04:51:35 pm
  AIKEN -- South Carolina's embattled governor will visit a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday at Savannah River Site and speak to Aiken Technical College staff and students.
• Governor Watch (Charleston Regional Business Journal)
  posted on September 28, 2009 at 04:51:33 pm
  Economic development announcement, 10 a.m., Marion. Walterboro Rotary, noon, Dogwood Hills Country Club, Walterboro. Lake Marion High School Jobs for America’s Graduates program, 8:45 a.m., Santee.
• Sanford coming to Aiken (The Augusta Chronicle)
  posted on September 25, 2009 at 10:14:26 pm
  South Carolina’s embattled governor will visit Aiken County next Thursday.

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