The Aiken Technical College Foundation was chartered in 1977 as a South Carolina nonprofit organization. President Little also presided over the campus’ second phase expansion, a $3.5 million addition of buildings, classrooms, laboratories and a greatly expanded library. The college's name was changed to Aiken Technical College in 1977. Little led ATC from its beginning as a vocationally based training center to its accreditation as a two-year technical college in 1975.
The original ATC campus consisted of three buildings constructed at a cost of $2.3 million - $80,000 provided by Aiken County and the remainder from federal education grants.įounding President Ashley J. The current campus opened in the winter of 1973. One hundred and seventy-seven students enrolled in the first class of what was then the Aiken Technical Education Center. Nearly four decades after its founding, ATC has grown into a multi-service, two-year comprehensive college offering numerous educational opportunities in college transfer credit and noncredit health, public service, business, industrial engineering and computer technology programs.Ĭlasses for what is now Aiken Technical College began in temporary facilities in Aiken in the fall of 1972. More than 3,400 students enroll in credit courses annually, and ATC's non-credit offerings reach over 10,000 people each year.
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