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Aiken Technical College company history timeline

1972

The college opened its doors for the first time in 1972.

Classes for what is now Aiken Technical College began in temporary facilities in Aiken in the fall of 1972.

1973

The current campus opened in the winter of 1973.

1975

Founding President Ashley J. Little led ATC from its beginning as a vocationally based training center to its accreditation as a two-year technical college in 1975.

1977

Before acquiring the present name in 1977, it was named Aiken Technical Education Center.

The Aiken Technical College Foundation was chartered in 1977 as a South Carolina nonprofit organization.

1984

Doctor Paul L. Blowers became the second president of ATC in July 1984.

1994

Doctor Kathleen A. Noble became the third president of ATC in June 1994.

Doctor Blowers retired in 1994.

1999

Doctor Susan A. Winsor became ATC's fourth president in September 1999.

2000

The Dale Phelon Information Technology Center opened for classes in the fall of 2000.

2001

The $3 million, 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m) CSRA Manufacturing and Technology Training Center was built in the summer of 2001.

2003

A 52,000-square-foot Health and Science building was added in fall 2003 to allow the College to offer radiologic technology, surgical technology and medical coding programs.

The $7.6 million, 52,000-square-foot (4,800 m) Health and Science Building was constructed with classes beginning in fall 2003.

2004

With the completion of the Health and Science Building, a student commons was created and dedicated to then-Senator Tommy Moore in 2004.

2012

In the fall of 2012, ATC celebrated its 40th anniversary.

2013

ATC opened its 6,090-square-foot Enrollment Services Center in the Ashley J. Little Administration Building in 2013.

2016

Doctor Forest E. Mahan became ATC's fifth president in July 2016.

Doctor Winsor retired in 2016.

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