SC Independent Colleges & Universities

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (courtesy claflin.edu) — Individuals incarcerated in S.C. Department of Corrections (SCDC) facilities will soon be able to receive bachelor’s degrees at no cost through a historic partnership with Claflin University. In April 2020, Claflin University was selected as a U.S. Department of Education Second Chance Pell Experimental Site, which continues an initiative that …

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (courtesy wofford.edu) — Wofford College recently celebrated the service of four trustees who rotated off of the college’s board while welcoming new members elected by the South Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church. Thomas L. Bower III, R. Howard Coker, Dr. English C. Flack, and B. Shawan Gillians are the college’s new …

DENMARK, S.C. (courtesy voorhees.edu) — Funding for the Voorhees College TRIO Student Support Services Program (TRIO-SSSP) grant has been renewed through the U.S. Department of Education for $1.4 million over the next five years. TRIO refers to the three types of programs: Upward Bound, Talent Search, and Student Support Services, which existed within the reauthorization …

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (courtesy smcsc.edu) — Spartanburg Methodist College announces the appointment of Kris Neely as interim provost effective January 2021. Neely will take over for Dr. Mark Gibbs, who has served as provost since January 2019. Dr. Gibbs will follow his passion and return to the classroom as a professor of religion and philosophy. “Mark …

CENTRAL, S.C. (courtesy swu.edu) — Forty-two Division II member schools are recipients of the Presidents’ Award for Academic Excellence, presented to member schools earning an Academic Success Rate of 90% or higher. The Academic Success Rate is the percentage of student-athletes who graduate within six years of initial collegiate enrollment and includes virtually all Division …

CLINTON, S.C. (courtesy presby.edu) — Dr. K. Nolon Carter, Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, died on Saturday, Dec. 5. He was 95. Dr. Carter joined the PC faculty in 1951 and retired in 1987, after 36 years of teaching at PC. One of the first two professors to receive a named chair, Dr. …

TIGERVILLE, S.C. (courtesy ngu.edu) — A move that can help men and women called to ministry get placed into ministry positions sooner, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (NOBTS) and North Greenville University (NGU), have partnered to count certain college credit hours toward a master of divinity degree, thereby saving students time and money. The articulation …