$100,000 in scholarships for veterans at MTC Resource Fair
January 26, 2016
What: MTC Veterans Information and Resource Fair
Who: Open to all veterans, active duty service members
When: Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016, 6-8 p.m.
Where: Midlands Technical College Northeast Campus, Center for Excellence in
Technology Auditorium (Room 105)
To Register: midlandstech.edu/vetfair
COLUMBIA, SC – About $100,000 in scholarship funds are available for veterans and active duty service members. Midlands Technical College is holding the resource fair and information session for veterans and active duty service members. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about MTC’s academic programs, VA approved training courses and scholarship opportunities available.
As one of the largest providers of veterans’ educational benefits to service members and their families in the Palmetto State, Midlands Technical College enrolls more than 1,000 veterans each fall.
Marine Sergeant Greg Harmon made MTC his first choice after finishing his active duty service that included two tours in Iraq as a combat engineer.
“My company was in charge of building bases near towns that had been found to be harboring enemy combatants. We would then convoy out, sometimes clearing (Improvised Explosive Devices) on the way to building a (military) base from scratch a couple hundred yards from the town.”
After leaving the Marines, Harmon said a Midlands Technical College education was high on his radar. “A few family members had been through the Radiologic Technology program at MTC and highly recommended it,” Harmon said. “I did some research and discovered that it was one of the top programs in the country.”
Harmon will graduate from MTC in May with his Associate in Science degree from the Radiologic Technology program.
MTC is the only college in South Carolina to be designated as a VetSuccess on Campus site. MTC has also established a Veterans Advisory Council of college and community personnel, a Student Veterans Organization, and the college has a dedicated Office of Veterans Affairs that oversees veterans’ services on campus. The college’s VA Office has consistently exceeded 90 percent satisfaction ratings by student veterans and dependents over the past 10 years.
Scholarship money available for veterans includes:
- The Dogs Offering Military Support Fund, which supports veterans and active duty military who suffer from PTSD
- The MTC Student Veterans Fund, which provides emergency funds for MTC student veterans.
- Life Skills Center Endowment Fund, which provides tuition assistance for veteran QuickJobs students in the QuickJobs program.
- QuickJobs Training Funds, which provide QuickJobs training for Veterans.
All Midlands Technical College academic programs are approved for VA benefits. Corporate and Continuing Education programs approved for VA benefits include:
- A+ IT Technician
- Advanced Desktop and Server Administrator
- Cisco Certified Entry Network Technician
- Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
- Clinical Massage Therapy
- Database Analyst
- Desktop and Server Administrator
- Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
- Front-End Web Developer
- Industrial Electrical Technician
- Industrial Mechanical Technician
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
- Machinist and CNC Operator
- NCCER Pipefitter
- Network+ Technician
- Office Administrative Specialist
- Security+ Technician
- Sonography
- South Carolina Manufacturing
- Certification (SCMC)
- Truck Driver/CDL
- Veterinary Assistant
- Welder – Basic, Intermediate and Advanced
About Midlands Technical College
Midlands Technical College (MTC) is a comprehensive, multi-campus, public, two-year college serving Richland, Lexington and Fairfield counties of South Carolina. The fifth-largest provider of higher education in South Carolina and the largest provider of transfer students to the University of South Carolina, MTC enrolls approximately 16,000 credit students annually. The college’s Corporate and Continuing Education program, one of the largest and most comprehensive in the Southeast, annually has 25,000 enrollments and provides continuing education to hundreds of area businesses each year. MIDLANDSTECH.EDU.
