South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities
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CENTRAL, S.C. (courtesy swu.edu) — SWU is pleased to announce Dr. Samuel Miller as the new Director of Choral Activities. Dr. Miller currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Music at SWU. His choral work has included preparing choirs for divisional and national ACDA conferences, Kentucky and Georgia Music Educators Association conferences, an Intercollegiate Male …
CLINTON, S.C. (courtesy presby.edu) — Presbyterian College’s response to South Carolina’s growing need for instructing students who are not native English speakers is the state’s first undergraduate degree for teaching English to multilingual students. Dr. Patti Jones, chair of PC’s education department, said the S.C. Department of Education has already approved the college’s new multilingual …
TIGERVILLE, S.C. (courtesy ngu.edu) — Dr. Karyn Campbell, assistant professor of communication at North Greenville University, was recently named a Distinguished Adviser by the College Media Association (CMA). Campbell has served as the adviser to The Vision, NGU’s student-run website, for over a decade. “I was honored to be named one of the Distinguished Advisers …
NEWBERRY, S.C. (courtesy newberry.edu) — Dr. Sarah Masterson, associate professor of piano and music theory at Newberry College, has won Third Prize in the 2023 Ernst Bacon Memorial Award for the Performance of American Music. The award was presented by the American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts. The award, which recognizes the …
SUMTER, S.C. (courtesy morris.edu) — The Morris College Call Me Mister Fall 2023 cohort and candidates for the Spring 2024 cohort are mentoring fifth grade students at Crosswell Drive Elementary School in Sumter, S.C. MiSTERs meet bi-weekly with the fifth graders through the remainder of the Fall 2023 semester. Dr. Cornelius Leach, Morris College’s Call …
GAFFNEY, S.C. (courtesy limestone.edu) — After taking care of business in Virginia on Saturday, all the Limestone University football team and coaching staff could do on Sunday was… wait. The Saints rolled past Emory & Henry College 47-29 on the road in Saturday’s regular season finale to improve to 8-3 overall and 8-1 in the …
GREENVILLE, S.C. (courtesy furmanpaladins.com) — 2023 Southern Conference outright champion Furman, winners of eight straight, remains No. 2 in this week’s AFCA FCS Top 25 Poll, released Nov. 13. The Paladins (9-1, 7-0 SoCon) trail only reigning FCS national champion South Dakota State in this week’s poll. Montana (3rd), Montana State (4th), and South Dakota …
DUE WEST, S.C. (courtesy erskine.edu) — A retired lieutenant colonel, a lieutenant colonel who has completed many high-level assignments, and a major who has served as a helicopter pilot are just three of the many Erskine alumni who have made a commitment to a military career. Lt. Col. Tim Ellis ’86 spent 13 years on …
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (courtesy converse.edu) — On Thursday, November 9, 2023, Converse University was named a finalist for the InnoVision Education Award during a ceremony held at the historic 1208 Washington Place in downtown Columbia, South Carolina. This award recognizes innovative approaches to education in South Carolina that create new educational opportunities and experiences for students, …