How new state assistance made for student’s zero tuition balance

A Tri-County Tech student from Clemson looked at her tuition balance for Tech’s spring semester and was pleasantly stunned to see that it read zero. The reason is a new assistance through state government. Kaelyn Minick qualified for both the Lottery Tuition Assistance and the new South Carolina Workforce and Industry Needs Scholarship (SC WINS) funding. The Medical Assisting major will attend Tri-County tuition free next semester. Individuals can attend Tri-County tuition free if they qualify for Lottery Tuition Assistance and the SCWINS scholarship, are a resident of Anderson, Oconee or Pickens counties and are enrolled in classes in these critical workforce fields: Engineering Technology, Health Care, and Information Technology. Recipients can be full- and part-time Tri-County students. By qualifying for the scholarships, Minick, will not be saddled with debt when she graduates in August 2020. Introduced last year, SCWINS is a statewide technical college scholarship program designed to address workforce shortages. Lottery Tuition Assistance (LTA) and SC WINS recently were increased for Spring Semester 2020. Information about and eligibility for SC WINS can be found at www.tctc.edu/scwins. Spring semester begins January 6, 2020, but the deadline to submit all admissions requirements is Wednesday December 18, 2019. Contact 864-646-1550 or [email protected] for more information. Medical assisting graduates are cross trained in every area of ambulatory care. Their duties range from hands-on patient care, under physician and nursing supervision, to front office duties. After graduating next summer, Minick wants to work in a physician’s office and continue her education to earn a nursing degree.