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Denmark Technical College
1126 Solomon Blatt Ave.
P.O. Box 327
Denmark, SC 29042
General Contact:
Ashley Elliot
Public Information Coordinator
elliotta@denmarktech.edu
(O) 803-793-5147
(F) 803 793-5942
Denmark Technical College
Welcomes Its 9th
President
Denmark
Technical College Student
Scores Highest in South
Carolina
Denmark Technical College
Students Attend Regional
Award Conference
DTC
Enrolls First Licensed
Practical Nursing Program
for Fall 2007
Denmark Technical College Inks
Ex-WNBA,
Tennessee/USC Basketball Star
Denmark
Technical College Officially
Joins NJCAA
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In the News
Denmark Technical College
Welcomes Its 9th
President
 Denmark
Technical College
administrators, faculty, staff,
and students, recently welcomed
its 9th President, Dr. John K.
Waddell. Dr. Waddell assumed his
position on March 1, 2007
following Dr. Joann R.G.
Boyd-Scotland who retired after
a 13-year tenure as president.
A South Carolina native, Dr.
Waddell brings a wealth of
administrative experience to
Denmark Technical College having
previously served as president
at Allen University in Columbia,
South Carolina, Saint Paul’s
College in Lawrenceville,
Virginia, and Paul Quinn College
in Dallas, Texas. He has served
as a Vice President/Dean for
Academic Affairs and Student
Services. Other
direct responsibilities have
included: institutional
administration, faculty
governance, strategic planning,
resource acquisition,
accreditation, technology,
finance, budget development,
coordination of Title III and
Title IV federal programs and
crafting unique,
workforce-oriented articulation
agreements.
In addition to his presidential
posts, Dr. Waddell was appointed
to the White House Board of
Advisors for Historically Black
Colleges and Universities in
2002. He attended the Harvard
Institute of Educational
Advancement and earned a Doctorate
in Higher Education
Administration from Florida
State University. He also has a
Master’s in Student Personnel
and a Bachelor’s in Secondary
Education from the University of
South Carolina.
Dr. Waddell is a member of Alpha
Phi Alpha Fraternity, the Mortar
Board, Omicron Delta Kappa, and
Phi Delta Kappa. He was also
selected as the 2000 “Black
Alumnus of the Year” at the
University of South Carolina.
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DTC’s Electromechanical
Engineering Program
Accredited by ABET
 Denmark
Technical College’s
Electromechanical
Engineering Associate
Degree Program has made
significant developments
with the addition of
robotics within its
curriculum, recent
construction of the
Engineering Technology
Center and most recently
its third accreditation
by the
Accreditation Board for
Engineering and
Technology (ABET).
“We are
excited about the
reaccreditation as well
as the completion of the
$1,000,000 newly
remodeled Engineering
Technology Center, which
will provide our
students with additional
state-of-the art
training. Integrating
robotics into the
curriculum will give our
students the skills
needed to move into the
21st
century,” said Dr. John
K. Waddell, President of
Denmark Technical
College.
The
Engineering Technology
Center will also allow
additional training to
be scheduled through the
Continuing Education
Division in order to
support and meet the
needs of local business
and industries within
the service area.
Dr.
Ambrish Lavania, Dean of
Industrial and Related
Technologies has been
instrumental in the
development of the
Electromechanical
Engineering Program.
This includes
establishing a
longstanding
relationship with the National
Aeronautics and Science
Association (NASA). In
2003, Denmark Technical
College was the
recipient of a $300,000
grant to establish a
NASA Robotics Center.
The new Engineering
Technology Center which
houses state-of-the art
robotics, electronics
and electromechanical
engineering technology
laboratories and
classrooms, along with
the NASA Robotics
Center, has opened for
classes this fall.
Several Denmark Technical
College students have
received opportunities
to complete NASA
internships along with
becoming recipients of
Curriculum Improvement
Partnership Awards which
allowed them to
participate in training
symposiums that were
sponsored by NASA.
The
Electromechanical
Engineering Program
prepares students in
basic circuit analysis,
Electronic circuits and
applications of
engineering principles
in the manufacturing,
installation, testing
and repair of
electromechanical
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