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Future farmers got the real dirt on soil quality at the Invitational Future Farmers of America (FFA) Soil Judging Contest hosted by the �鶹��Ƶ (�鶹��Ƶ) Diversified Agriculture Program at its Saluda County Campus on Sept. 22, 2022. Nineteen FFA teams from 12 different schools across the state competed. The event welcomed 62 high school student participants and 15 high school agriculture instructors. 

Christina Knight, a longtime instructor of Engineering Design Technology and General Engineering Technology at �鶹��Ƶ (�鶹��Ƶ), has been named Dean of the college’s Engineering and Industrial Technologies Division. The promotion was effective on Nov. 1, 2022.

�鶹��Ƶ (�鶹��Ƶ) is pleased to announce that two of its second-year Respiratory Care Program students recently won scholarships for research papers they wrote. The students — Amaro Sunga and Gabby Vickery — were honored at the SC Society for Respiratory Care (SCSRC) State Conference in Myrtle Beach. 

This fall, �鶹��Ƶ (�鶹��Ƶ) upgraded its Surgical Technology degree program from a diploma to an associate of applied science. 

A cross-country runner in high school, Rachel Caron is well acquainted with sometimes meandering racecourses that might loop and bend through grassy fields, forest trails, or muddy pastures. The �鶹��Ƶ (�鶹��Ƶ) transfer student’s college experience, in fact, has been a reversal of the conventional transfer pathway to a baccalaureate degree. She began her journey at the University of South Carolina (UofSC) and will finish her degree at �鶹��Ƶ, rather than the other way around.

�鶹��Ƶ (�鶹��Ƶ) is pleased to announce the appointment of its new Area Commissioner from Abbeville, Anita M. Butler.

�鶹��Ƶ (�鶹��Ƶ) is extending its No Cost for Tuition Option through Summer 2023. 

Each year, �鶹��Ƶ (�鶹��Ƶ) officials hand-pick some of the college’s most promising students to serve as Presidential Ambassadors to represent the college at campus events, provide campus tours, and speak about their experiences to various audiences. This year’s 17 Ambassadors hail from a variety of backgrounds and represent many program areas. 

There are many directions a Criminal Justice major can take after completing their course of study at �鶹��Ƶ (�鶹��Ƶ). That variety was very much in evidence at the Criminal Justice Program’s recent Professional Development Day in Greenwood. From prosecutor to corrections officer, sheriff to SLED agent and beyond, representatives from several key SC law enforcement agencies offered insights into their respective everyday worlds.