SC Independent Colleges & Universities

CLINTON, S.C. (courtesy presby.edu) — Presbyterian College President Bob Staton and program director Dr. Joseph Weber learned in July that the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) has granted Accreditation-Provisional status to the Presbyterian College Physician Assistant Program sponsored by Presbyterian College. Accreditation-Provisional is an accreditation status granted when the plans …

TIGERVILLE, S.C. (courtesy ngu.edu) — Tracing the vital influence of church pastors in the nation’s founding, North Greenville University President Dr. Gene C. Fant, Jr. followed remarks by members of the South Carolina Congressional Delegation with an overview of the importance of religious liberty to an audience of more than 100 faith leaders during the …

NEWBERRY, S.C. (courtesy newberry.edu) — Newberry College has received a $1,000,000 gift from the Kadilhen Foundation to support the school’s innovative Center for Student Success, which helps improve student retention and graduation rates. The foundation’s support will bolster academic success coaching, peer mentoring, and supplemental instruction. The College will also use the funds to enhance …

SUMTER, S.C. (courtesy morris.edu) — Morris College alum Frederick A. Prince has been named the Fall 2019 Convocation Speaker. The ceremony will be held in the Garrick-Boykin Human Development Center at 10 a.m. on September 12. Prince is a 1988 graduate of the Morris College. He graduated with honors with a B.S. degree in business-accounting. …

GREENVILLE, S.C. (courtesy furman.edu) — College can be tough, and Furman Professor of Biology Min-Ken Liao’s classroom on exam day is definitely not an exception. “I can smell the fear,” she said. “They are not doing well.” Liao takes no pleasure from this. In fact, the anxiety experienced by students deeply bothers her, which is …

DUE WEST, S.C. (courtesy erskine.edu) — As Erskine College moves forward with a restart of its football program, the late David Gardiner ‘Dode’ Phillips III, who played for Erskine a century ago, from 1917-1921, was honored as a Legacy Inductee at the South Carolina Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Celebration earlier this year in Greenville. …

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (courtesy converse.edu) — The saga of women’s athletics at Converse and in the nation is infused with strong notions about women’s physical nature, gender roles, and prejudices against “wrong” or “unnatural” feminine behavior. Women in northeastern and midwestern institutions were saddled with these biases in the nineteenth century, and the prejudices were even …

COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy ciu.edu) — Columbia International University softball, volleyball and women’s soccer made an impact with the message of Christ in three different parts of the world over the summer as they teamed-up with local sports ministries and missionaries. Softball Coach Sara Allen and members of her team were in the Middle East for …