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COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy benedict.edu) — Benedict College President Dr. Roslyn Artis: Bathsheba Benedict clearly had a plan for the future in mind (vision) and she demonstrated that she was willing to risk her financial investment during those turbulent times, when many who tried to create educational opportunities for the descendants of the former enslaved were …
CHARLESTON, S.C. (courtesy charlestonsouthern.edu) — The Charleston Southern University College of Business announces the launch of the CSU Center for Personal Financial Management in association with the Ron Blue Institute. The Center for Personal Financial Management is training and equipping CSU students and the greater CSU family with biblical principles of financial wisdom and money …
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (courtesy thetandd.com) — Claflin University has honored its long-serving former president by naming a building after him: the Henry N. Tisdale Molecular Science Research Center. “I am delighted and humbled by the recognition, especially that the board acknowledged my action of educating students in the STEM disciplines, and chose this building to designate …
HARTSVILLE, S.C. (courtesy coker.edu) — Coker University is adding a third cohort of 18 students to its STEM Scholars in Biology (SSB) program for high-achieving students interested in pursuing careers in STEM fields and are in need of financial assistance to attend college. The SSB program is now accepting applications for its 2020 cohort (starting …
COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy ciu.edu) — Columbia International University and the University of South Carolina are collaborating to encourage entrepreneurship and economic development as they share expertise and resources. In a memorandum of understanding (MOU) executed on November 13, the University of South Carolina Columbia Technology Incubator (USCCTI) and the Columbia International University School of Business …
COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy columbiasc.edu) — The Columbia College Dance Company presents this annual performance of student choreographed and produced original works. The dances presented in this formal showcase are curated through an adjudication process by dance program faculty, student board leaders, and a professional guest artist adjudicator. Tickets: $10 General Admission, $5 Senior Citizens/Students, and …
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (courtesy converse.edu) — The Office of Admissions at Converse College announces that it has implemented a test-optional admissions policy. Effective for the fall 2020 admissions cycle, students interested in attending Converse will not be required to submit standardized test scores as part of their application. “When Converse announced our tuition reset in 2014, …
DUE WEST, S.C. (courtesy erskine.edu) — What do Reykjavik, Dublin, medieval literature, the Gap of Dunloe, and the Grand Canyon all have in common? They were all part of summer 2019 for Associate Professor of English Dr. Christine Schott. Iceland, and especially the city of Reykjavik, is where Schott feels at home. “I love the …
GREENVILLE, S.C. (courtesy furman.edu) — When Furman Professor of Physics Bill Baker was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 2003, it served as an initiation into a painful club. “The first thing you have to deal with is, ‘what is my blood glucose reading?’ You learn to love to stick your fingers,” Baker said with …