South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities
A Voice for Independent Higher Education in South Carolina
CHARLESTON, S.C. (courtesy charlestonsouthern.edu) — The Charleston Southern University Board of Trustees unanimously approved and announced the appointment of B. Keith Faulkner, JD, LLM, MBA, as CSU’s fourth president. Faulkner, a 1998 Charleston Southern alumnus, will begin in early October 2023. The selection and announcement followed an extensive nationwide search led by CarterBaldwin—the same executive …
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (courtesy claflin.edu) — Congressman James Clyburn (D-SC, 6th District) presented a check to Claflin University President Dr. Dwaun J. Warmack for $17,417,000 from the U.S. Department of Commerce and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for construction of an Innovation Center for Computer Science and Biotechnology. Claflin is the first Historically …
HARTSVILLE, S.C. (courtesy coker.edu) — TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) brings hope and change to the students of Coker University. The TRIO SSS program offers an array of services such as workshops, multicultural activities, graduate campus tours, and advising and counseling for students invested in their college careers and future. TRIO SSS Staff members include …
COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy columbiasc.edu) — Columbia College is pleased to announce the appointment of five new members to the Board of Trustees and Robin Waites as vice chair/secretary. Robin is the executive director of Historic Columbia Foundation, and she serves under Board Chair Ben Rex, CEO of Cyberwoven, a Columbia-based web, brand, and marketing firm. …
COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy ciu.edu) — Three recently appointed deans have articulated the road ahead for CIU’s College of Education, School of Nursing and College of Arts & Sciences. All three bring a high standard for academics, a wealth of experience in their field, and a desire for CIU students to be educated from a biblical …
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (courtesy converse.edu) — Converse University is pleased to welcome five new members to its esteemed Board of Trustees: Dawn C. Davis Deck ’99, Executive Director of Local Initiatives Support Corporation Upstate SC Kim Varnadoe Kent ’97, Chief Executive Officer of Kentwool Brelan Riddle Montgomery ’06, Registered Nurse Christy Davis Stoner ’87, Chief Executive …
DUE WEST, S.C. (courtesy erskine.edu) — Churchill, by British actor and playwright David Payne, will be performed Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, at 8:00 p.m. in Memorial Hall Auditorium on the Erskine College campus. The play is set in 1963 at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England, where British statesman Winston Churchill was born. Churchill, played by Payne, …
GREENVILLE, S.C. (courtesy furman.edu) — More than a decade after stepping down in 2010, Furman University President Emeritus David E. Shi ’73 “couldn’t be more pleased” to see the school’s national acclaim for the sustainability education, research and leadership initiatives he helped launch. With a $1 million pledge to The Shi Institute for Sustainable Communities, …
GAFFNEY, S.C. (courtesy golimestonesaints.com) — The Division 2 Athletic Directors Association (D2ADA) announced the 2022-23 recipients of the D2ADA Academic Achievement Awards, with 148 Limestone University student-athletes receiving recognition, the fourth-most in the South Atlantic Conference. The Academic Achievement Awards is a program that recognizes the academic accomplishments of student-athletes at the Division 2 level. …
