South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities
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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 …
DUE WEST, S.C. (courtesy erskine.edu) — Erskine College senior Sharon George, a Presidential Scholar pursuing a triple major in history, psychology, and Bible and religion, was awarded a research grant for her project “Holy Textiles: The Relationship between the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (MECS) and Upstate South Carolina Textile Mills.” Opportunity beckons Sharon applied for …
GREENVILLE, S.C. (courtesy furman.edu) — Long before dinosaurs, people and even microbes, Earth was hot with an atmosphere of trillions of gaseous molecules swirling around. Some of those molecules were water, while others were the building blocks of proteins, known as amino acids, which arrived on the planet from space. It’s still an open question, …
GAFFNEY, S.C. (courtesy limestone.edu) — Limestone University is now accepting applications for a visionary leader to serve as the 25th President of the non-denominational liberal arts institution located in Gaffney, SC. The university announced the formation of its Presidential Search Committee in November. The Limestone Board of Trustees voted in October to move forward with …
BATESBURG-LEESVILLE, S.C. (courtesy newberry.edu) — Otho L. Shealy ’48 enjoys a penchant for storytelling. At age 97, he has more than a few good stories to tell, often between assembling dining sets at the family business, Economy Furniture Company, where he happily reports to work five days a week. His life’s journey has taken him …
TIGERVILLE, S.C. (courtesy ngu.edu) — Challenging graduates to ponder what the title of their six-word memoir might be, Rev. Wesley Church delivered the Commencement address at North Greenville University Dec. 6, marking the conclusion of the fall 2023 semester. “As you look at all that lies ahead in your life, what might be said to …
CLINTON, S.C. (courtesy presby.edu) — This fall, the Presbyterian College Physician Assistant program reached a significant milestone by earning continuing accreditation from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA). ARC-PA is the accrediting agency responsible for establishing standards for PA education and evaluates PA education programs to ensure those standards are …
CENTRAL, S.C. (courtesy swu.edu) — SWU is proud to present 2023 Professional Excellence Awards to Debbie Lin Muller Walker, class of 2004; Dr. Michele Eller, class of 1997; Amy Byrd, class of 1998; Rev. Dan Leroy, SWU Board of Trustees member from 1999-2016; and Rev. Matt Leroy, class of ‘99. Debbie Lin Muller Walker, ‘08 …