SC Independent Colleges & Universities

COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy columbiasc.edu) — After years of consideration and analysis, Columbia College has decided to expand its undergraduate residential program from single-gender to coed in fall 2021. The President and Board of Trustees cited a decade long decline in College enrollment, a nationwide decrease of interest in enrollment at women’s colleges, and studies that …

DUE WEST, S.C. (courtesy erskine.edu) — A lively group of classical educators, some accompanied by their children, gathered in the Bowie Arts Center on the Erskine College campus Feb. 28 to hear from two leaders of the classical education movement in the United States. Dr. Christopher Perrin, cofounder of Classical Academic Press and director at …

GREENVILLE, S.C. (courtesy furman.edu) — Two new collections of microtonal music – music played with tones that exist in the spaces between notes like C and C sharp or E and F – have a new home at Furman University. Composer Johnny Reinhard, founder of the American Festival of Microtonal Music (AFMM), has donated his …

GAFFNEY, S.C. (courtesy limestone.edu) — To ease the burden of students from other higher education institutions who are now remotely learning away from campus, Limestone College has implemented a program to help keep them connected to the internet. Many college and universities across South Carolina have closed their campuses and moved to virtual classes due …

SUMTER, S.C. (courtesy morris.edu) — Dr. Solomon Jackson, Jr., Morris College alumnus and former Board of Trustee member, was honored Feb. 24 in a portrait unveiling ceremony held at the Morris College Solomon Jackson, Jr. Administration Building. Dr. Jackson is widely recognized for his generous philanthropic support of Morris College, the state of South Carolina, …

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (courtesy converse.edu) — On Monday, March 9, 2020, Converse community members and women from across the upstate gathered in Barnet Room of Montgomery Student center for the 3rd annual President’s Leadership Forum, featuring keynote speaker Katherine Jeter, Ed.D. Dubbed as “the silver tornado” by her husband of 60+ years and most often identified …

NEWBERRY, S.C. (courtesy newberry.edu) — Newberry City Council recognized the contributions of Newberry College students and an alumnus in its February meeting. Dr. David Fowler, chair of the Newberry department of business administration, sang the national anthem as the meeting began. Later in the meeting, in what has become an annual tradition, the council presented …

COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy ciu.edu) — A new book by Columbia International University Professor Dr. Benjamin J. Noonan offers new insights into the study of biblical Hebrew and Aramaic. Noonan is an associate professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at CIU. His book is titled, “Advances in the Study of Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic.” It provides …

TIGERVILLE, S.C. (courtesy ngu.edu) — North Greenville University (NGU) and Upstate Homeschool Co-Op (UHC) have agreed to provide dual credit beginning the 2020-21 academic year according to the terms outlined in a memorandum of agreement. The NGU High School Dual Credit Program is designed to provide college credit to qualified secondary students before their high …