Ismat Hasan, a student at Aiken Technical College, has been named a 2022 New Century Workforce Scholar and will receive a $1,250 scholarship. New Century Workforce Scholars are selected based on their academic accomplishments, leadership, activities, and how they extend their intellectual talents beyond the classroom. Over 2,200 students were nominated from more than 1,200 college campuses across the country. Only one New Century Workforce Scholar was selected from each state.

Fall 2022 advisement and registration begins for current/returning students on March 14 at 8 a.m.

Several Aiken Technical College (ATC) employees are participating this week in the annual South Carolina Technical Education Association (SCTEA) conference in Myrtle Beach.

SCTEA will recognize Educator of the Year award recipients during the conference, including three ATC employees.

U.S. House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn will be the keynote speaker for the 2022 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Celebration.

The event, presented by Aiken Technical College and the University of South Carolina Aiken, will be held on Sunday, January 23, 2022, at the USC Aiken Convocation Center, 2049 Champion Way, Graniteville, SC 29829.

Doors will open at 2:30 p.m., followed by the event at 3 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.

Keyatta Priester, a member of the Aiken County Commission for Technical and Comprehensive Education, has been elected to a second term on the Association of Community College Trustees’ Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) committee