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Breaking records? Check!Winning multiple championships? Check! Check! It’s a championship-winning, record-breaking spring on SCICU campuses! Click on the names of your favorite colleges and universities to read the latest sports news. Allen University Yellow Jackets Anderson University Trojans Benedict College Tigers Bob Jones University Bruins Charleston Southern University Buccaneers Claflin University Panthers
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Civic leader and philanthropist Minor Mickel Shaw is this year’s recipient of the Council of Independent Colleges’ (CIC) Charles W. L. Foreman Award for recognition of her long-term support of South Carolina’s private colleges and universities. The Foreman award is CIC’s highest honor given annually for distinguished service to independent higher education. …
COLUMBIA, S.C. — S.C. Independent Colleges and Universities, Inc. (SCICU) is proud to announce that it has awarded more than $105,000 in funding to undergraduate researchers in its 2022 Undergraduate Student/Faculty Research Program. Thirty research projects to be conducted by 31 students at 11 SCICU member colleges and universities have received funding. SCICU convened subject-area …
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities (SCICU) is pleased to announce that the Milliken & Company Charitable Foundation will award $10,000 in scholarships to SCICU’s five historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) beginning in fall 2022. The Milliken grant will provide five $2,000 scholarships – one per institution – to STEM majors …
COLUMBIA, S.C. — SCICU members Benedict College, Southern Wesleyan University, and Voorhees University are joining Claflin University in expanding educational opportunities for persons incarcerated in South Carolina. The four SCICU institutions are participating in the U.S. Department of Education’s Second Chance Pell Experimental Sites Initiative. In the 1994 Crime Bill, Congress restricted prisoners’ access to …
A week ago Thursday marked “Sine Die” for the SC General Assembly, the last scheduled day of the 2022 legislative session. Sort of. Despite this year’s session being technically over, legislators will be returning on June 15 to take care of unfinished business. While the General Assembly checked off several items on their to-do list …
COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy Allen University) — Allen University will host STEM day camps June 13-18 for rising juniors and seniors in Richland County School District 2 and Florence County School Districts 1 and 3. Each day students will be introduced to biology and biochemistry concepts presented by experts and researchers with subject area expertise in …
ANDERSON, S.C. (courtesy andersonuniversity.edu) — In preparation for the inaugural season of Trojan Football, Anderson University began construction of its new Football Operations Center during a May 4 groundbreaking ceremony. Construction of the 45,000-square-foot facility is scheduled to conclude ahead of the 2023-2024 academic year. Located in the east end zone of Spero Financial Field …
COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy benedict.edu) — Benedict College is the first institution of higher education in the nation to sign a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the U. S. Department of Veteran Affairs to participate in the Veteran Health Administration (VHA) Health Care Talent Academy (HCTA). Benedict College scholars will participate in a dynamic and innovative …
