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COLUMBIA, SC (courtesy columbiasc.edu) — On Tuesday, September 26th, Columbia College’s McNair Center for Entrepreneurism opened a new ideas incubation space for students on campus and awarded six students micro-seed fund grants, which combined with coaching and mentoring services, is designed to propel the students’ ideas and startup businesses. The McNair Center for Entrepreneurism, funded …
HARTSVILLE, SC (courtesy coker.edu) – Coker College has earned the designation of being an All-Steinway School, making it the third college in South Carolina and the only college in the Pee Dee to have this distinction. Only 175 institutions, colleges and universities in the world have the privilege of being an All-Steinway School. Coker College …
COLUMBIA, SC (courtesy ciu.edu)– Columbia International University (CIU) is announcing $22 million in facility expansions with the largest portion dedicated to a $15-20 million Business and IT Global Initiative Center. The Center will include a business/corporate training room for Columbia area business professionals, and hands-on learning opportunities for CIU students as well as students of …
Allen University will host a Graduate and Professional School Fair on October 16, 2017 at the Willie E. Johnson Campus Center (2300 Taylor St., Columbia, SC 29204). Details can be found here. On Monday, November 6, 2017, the University will also host a Career Fair for full and part-time jobs and internships. The event will …
Honoring the SCICU Student of the Year and electing new officers and trustees highlighted the 2017 Fall Board of Trustees meeting on September 26 at Furman University. The Council of College and University Presidents started the day-long event with a breakfast meeting hosted by Furman University President Dr. Elizabeth Davis at White Oaks, the official …
Pamela Rutledge, a senior sociology major at Morris College, was announced as the McLean-Smith SCICU Student of the Year at the SCICU Fall Board meeting on September 26, 2017 at Furman University. Ms. Rutledge, a non-traditional student, is a native of Camden, SC and the mother of four children. Upon her May 2018 graduation, Rutledge …
Dr. Walt Griffin, President of Limestone College, was recognized at the SCICU Board of Trustees Awards Luncheon on September 26 for his 25 years of achievement and service at Limestone College. Limestone College experienced significant growth under Griffin’s leadership, including a dramatic increase in enrollment (900 to 3,300), tripling the size of full-time faculty, significant …
At the SCICU Awards Luncheon on September 26, outgoing Board Chair Jim Reynolds was honored by the SCICU Board for his two years as Chair. SCICU President Mike LeFever and Board Chair Russell Cook presented Reynolds with a framed print of Swilken Bridge at the Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland.
Comporium Ventures Managing Director Russell Cook was elected new Board Chair for SCICU at the Board’s September 26 meeting at Furman University. Jerry Cheatham, Director of Financial Analysis at Hartsville, SC-headquartered Sonoco, was named chair-elect. Profiles for SCICU’s new Board leadership may be read here. The SCICU Board also elected eleven South Carolina business and …
