SC Independent Colleges & Universities

COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy ciu.edu) — Columbia International University athlete Josh Ford says he averages about 15,000 steps each day. But on the morning of CIU’s “Serving Cola City” project, he had already hit 10,000 steps by 10:30 as his 15-member clean-up team worked along Monticello Road, picking up litter and clearing overgrown sections of the …

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (courtesy converse.edu) — Converse College announces plans to resume in-person operations for the Fall 2021 term. During the Fall 2020, January 2021, and Spring 2021 terms, Converse utilized a high-flex instructional model, with in-person and online components and options for asynchronous learning. Essential personnel reported to campus to perform their duties while non-essential …

DUE WEST, S.C. (courtesy erskine.edu) — Rev. Clint Davis, chair of the Erskine Board of Trustees, has announced that Provost of the College Dr. Tom Hellams will be appointed to serve as interim president of the institution beginning July 1. The trustees announced in February that Dr. Robert Gustafson had decided to conclude his service …

GREENVILLE, S.C. (courtesy furman.edu) — In conceptualizing and building the Furman Humanities Center, Director Michele Speitz and her board of directors have confronted a long list of decisions. From mission to goals to programming, the choices have been numerous and not always easy. This one was. When Speitz learned about an opportunity for the Humanities …

GAFFNEY, S.C. (courtesy limestone.edu) — Limestone University Professor of Art Carolyn Ford took home a Best In Show award for her works of art featured in a recent juried exhibit in Tennessee. Ford was awarded the Best In Show/Susan Becker Award by juror Coral Turner at the A1LabArts exhibit “GRIT” held March 5-26 at The …

SUMTER, S.C. (courtesy morris.edu) — Jerry Hannah, 1981 graduate of Morris College, Morris College Lake City Alumni Chapter president, and an astute businessman and entrepreneur in Orangeburg and Florence Counties, donated $10,000 to establish a scholarship in honor of his mother, Mrs. Mamie James Hannah, and his aunt, Mrs. Candance James Richardson. Given through the …

NEWBERRY, S.C. (courtesy newberry.edu) — Newberry College’s fall class of nursing graduates has earned a 100% first-time pass rate on its nursing readiness exams. This is the program’s fourth such success since May 2018. “We could not be prouder of our nursing graduates,” said Dr. Susan Ludwick, chair of the Department of Nursing. “We are …

TIGERVILLE, S.C. (courtesy ngu.edu) — Bill Reeves, CEO of the Christian radio network Educational Media Foundation (EMF), is tapped as the keynote commencement speaker for North Greenville University’s (NGU) spring commencement. The ceremony will be held in Younts Stadium on Friday, April 30 on the NGU Tigerville Campus. EMF is the parent company of K-LOVE …

CLINTON, S.C. (courtesy presby.edu) — Crissy Ellis Waters (PC Class of 1998) chose to major in biology because she loves science and because biology professor Dr. Jim Wetzel was one of her favorite professors at PC. “He made biology interesting and fun,” said Waters. But when she graduated, Waters wasn’t sure what she wanted to …