South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities
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TIGERVILLE, S.C. (courtesy ngu.edu) — The oldest college in the foothills of Greenville County is honoring its historic roots while pointing to the future with the announcement of a new athletics mascot. North Greenville University revealed the mascot – Trailblazers – to a packed campus dining hall during a late-night student breakfast April 29. The …
HARTSVILLE, S.C. (courtesy coker.edu) — Coker University recently announced the approval of its Alternative Pathways to Educator Certification (APEC) Program, which aims to address the critical shortage of qualified educators in South Carolina. “We are thrilled to receive approval from the South Carolina State Board of Education for the Coker APEC program,” said Dr. Lisa …
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (courtesy claflin.edu) — Claflin University President Dr. Dwaun J. Warmack’s message of “Elevation and Transformation” was on full display April 18 during the launch of a historic partnership with Ohio Wesleyan University (OWU). Warmack and OWU President Matt vandenBerg, Ed.D., signed a “sister” school Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to establish one of the …
CENTRAL, S.C. (courtesy swu.edu) — Southern Wesleyan University is pleased to announce its partnership with Palmetto State Teachers Association in the formation of a charter PSTA Southern Wesleyan University Student Chapter. Dr. Janice Young, a long-time PSTA supporter and SWU’s director of teacher education and coordinator of field studies, will serve as faculty advisor for …
CHARLESTON, S.C. (courtesy charlestonsouthern.edu) — After earning the No. 2 seed in the Big South Tournament and winning the program’s first conference title in 14 years, first-year Head Coach Chan Metts was named Big South Women’s Golf Coach of the Year. In 9 of the 10 tournaments that the CSU squad has played in, they …
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (courtesy smcsc.edu) — Juana Silva’s grandmother was an entrepreneur and always dreamed of someone else in her family starting their own business. Silva dedicated herself to becoming the one to make that dream come true. Her new business, Decals by Silva, not only lived up to her grandmother’s wishes but also earned her …
COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy benedicttigers.com) — The Benedict College men’s track and field team won their fourth straight championship by claiming the 2024 Cricket SIAC Men’s Track and Field Championship with a 28-point victory over Morehouse College on April 27. Although the Morehouse Tigers had home field advantage, the Benedict Tigers bested the field with 192 …
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (courtesy wofford.edu) — Alexis DeLoach ’25 won the Outstanding Oral Presentation Award in Cell and Molecular Biology at the Association of Southeastern Biologists 85th annual meeting. DeLoach led a research team that included Sebastian Sisk ’24, a biology major from Inman, South Carolina, and alumnus Daiven Sharma ’24. She presented evidence for the …
ANDERSON, S.C. (courtesy andersonuniversity.edu) — Braden Wilson, a graduate of the Anderson University College of Education, has been named the 2025 South Carolina Teacher of the Year. Wilson is a social studies teacher at Palmetto Middle School in Anderson School District One. “Braden’s infectious passion for making history come alive for her eighth graders at Palmetto …
