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COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy auyellowjackets.com) — The Allen University Yellow Jackets men’s wrestling team steamrolled both Clemson and Florida Atlantic on Dec. 9 in the Yellow Jackets duals. In non-conference action, Allen defeated Clemson 34-9 and returned to the mat later in the day to take down Florida A&M 37-8. Leading Allen in the win over …
COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy columbiasc.edu) — Erin Armstrong, a junior speech-language pathology (SLP) major at Columbia College, stressed the importance of experiential undergraduate learning opportunities in her Nov. 16 presentation at American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) National Convention. During her presentation at the Boston conference, Erin was able to share her 2022-2023 internship experience and how it …
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (courtesy Claflin Twitter feed, claflin.edu, and tandd.com) — After an extended hiatus related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Claflin University Concert Choir returned to the City of Orangeburg’s Stevenson Auditorium on Nov. 28 with a community performance of Handel’s Messiah. The annual holiday Messiah choral performance began in 1997 but was interrupted three …
COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy benedict.edu) — Benedict College is pleased to announce the receipt of a $400,000 grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation for supporting research and increasing innovation capacity. The U.S. National Science Foundation has announced the first-ever Enabling Partnerships to Increase Innovation Capacity (EPIIC) investment of $19.6 million to nearly 50 teams at …
GREENVILLE, S.C. (courtesy bjubruins.com) — It was a memorable night as the Bruins women’s soccer team capped off a successful season by defeating #3 Southwestern Adventist University 2-0 in double overtime in the NCCAA DII National Championship match to capture their sixth national title. The Nov. 18 win marked the 150th Bruins win for Coach …
CHARLESTON, S.C. (courtesy charlestonsouthern.edu) — The CSU family has packed the most Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes of any college or university in the nation for the fifth year in a row, with a total of 13,601 boxes in 2023. “Every area of campus participated in packing shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child,” said Jody Jennings, vice …
HARTSVILLE, S.C. (courtesy coker.edu) — Coker University is proud to announce that Isabel Elson-Enriquez joined the university’s board of trustees in November 2023. Elson-Enriquez is a Ph.D. candidate in Art History at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY). She has been an instructor of Art History at various colleges throughout …
COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy ciu.edu) — CIU student writer Brandon Lee took a little shopping trip and found budding entrepreneurs among the student body. He reports on his experience: Just in time for the Christmas shopping season, Columbia International University’s Fellowship of Christian Professionals (FCP) hosted a “mini-market,” where I met student entrepreneurs displaying their creative …
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (courtesy converse.edu) — Lifelong supporter of higher education and former Converse first lady Ernestine Melvin Morris Carmichael Raclin (1927-2023) further cemented her legacy at Converse with a generous estate gift of $10.3 million. This planned gift is the largest legacy gift and the second-largest single gift in Converse’s history. A 1947 graduate of …