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ORANGEBURG, S.C. (courtesy claflin.edu) — Claflin honored the late I.S. Nimmons, one of the University’s first graduates, at the annual Leadership Giving Luncheon held at Ministers’ Hall. The luncheon was a part of Claflin’s Sesquicentennial Homecoming events. Nimmons, a native of Bamberg, S.C., was in the first cohort of freedmen and their children who enrolled …
SUMTER, S.C. (courtesy morris.edu) — Morris College heralded the 2019 holiday season with its annual Fall Harvest Parade on Nov. 24. The parade route wound its way through downtown Sumter, beginning at Harvin and Bartlette streets and traveling north to Calhoun Street before turning onto Main Street and proceeding toward the college on North Main …
CHARLESTON, S.C. (courtesy charlestonsouthern.edu) — The world of cybersecurity is rapidly evolving, and Charleston Southern University is at the forefront of this new frontier with its cybersecurity major, which graduated its first class in the spring. Dr. Yu-Ju Lin has been working at CSU for over 16 years and is the director of graduate studies …
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (courtesy converse.edu) — On Nov. 2, Converse hosted the South Carolina Junior Academy of Science’s (SCJAS) annual workshop, which enables high school teachers and students to participate in a full day of science-focused activities. The 2019 workshop included hands-on activities like shark dissection and virtual reality exploration, as well as research presentations and …
COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy carolinapanorama.com) — Benedict College students, faculty and staff provided turkey and dinner items for over 100 families at its annual Thanksgiving Food Basket Give-Away at Antisdel Chapel. Every year, Benedict College faculty, students and staff host an annual Thanksgiving food drive to ensure that disadvantaged members of the community will not go …
DUE WEST, S.C. (courtesy erskine.edu) — Appointed one year ago to serve as head football coach at Erskine College, Shap Boyd addressed students, faculty, staff, and guests at a Thanksgiving chapel service, sharing his testimony of God’s faithfulness to him. Boyd encouraged attendees to seek God’s purpose for their lives. “Everyone is here for a …
COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy ciu.edu) — Lawrie Sikkema has lived just down the road from Columbia International University for over 27 years. As she stood in the new Richland County Sheriff’s Department substation on Monticello Road, her first words were, “Wow, what a change!” Sikkema is the vice president of the Denny Terrace Neighborhood Association, just …
GREENVILLE, S.C. (courtesy furman.edu) — The statistics from the National Science Foundation are sobering: Women across all ethnicities fall well behind men in the number who hold full professorships in science, technology, engineering and math. To target the gender gap, the NSF awarded nearly $1 million for a five-year project, Advancing STEM Careers by Empowering …
HARTSVILLE, S.C. (courtesy coker.edu) — Darlington County resident and philanthropist Mr. P.L. “Roy” McCall, Jr. gave an outright gift of $1.2 million to Coker University’s School of Visual and Performing Arts. McCall’s generous gift is one of the largest in Coker University’s history. The gift is in memory of McCall’s parents, P.L. and Belle Wolfe …