Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Midlands Technical College will expand its construction trades program with a $1 million grant from the Lowe's Foundation.

Welders work to construct the Scout Motors paint shop in Blythewood April 10, 2025. Welding is among high-demand study programs at Midlands Technical College in Columbia without enough space to handle ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Benjamin Bohnaker is a cybersecurity student at Midlands Technical College, taking his first class in the Beltline campus's new Center for Business and Information Technologies. "We ...

COLUMBIA — At a Midlands Technical College graduation ceremony, high school students walked away with more than just a certificate — each also had the chance to receive a bag full of hundreds of ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — It's a typical class day for Ruth Patterson. She stand's in her booth at the Arclabs Welding School in Columbia, meticulously working melting metal together with her tools. "I've ...

Scout Motors CEO Scott Keogh speaks to reporters at the Scout Motors manufacturing plant in Blythewood, South Carolina on Thursday, April 10, 2025. Joshua Boucher jboucher@thestate.com Just weeks ...

Technical school enrollment has been hurt by the booming growth at USC and Clemson, educators and others say. Programs that boost enrollment at those schools have taken students who might otherwise ...

Just weeks after a new $5 million facility opened at Midlands Technical College to train future Scout Motors employees, the school is eyeing its next project to bolster the automotive company’s ...