SC Independent Colleges & Universities

NEWBERRY, S.C. (courtesy newberry.edu) — Newberry College has launched a new program for students with language-based learning differences, the first of its kind in South Carolina. The Language-Based Learning Differences Program is designed to offer students diagnosed with dyslexia a helpful educational and residential environment with personalized support. “We are proud to be able to …

SUMTER, S.C. (courtesy Morris College and The Sumter Item) — State senators, representatives, and alumni gathered April 12 to celebrate more than 100 years of innovation and excellence at Morris College’s first Charter Day. The day kicked off with the celebration and unveiling of the new John L. Scott Jr. Institute of Network Information Technology …

GAFFNEY, S.C. (courtesy limestone.edu) — The plans have been finalized for a second Limestone University Global Experience trip next month that will take students and chaperones to Puerto Rico for a nine-day adventure. The details for the Global Experience journey to Hawaii were previously announced. While a group of Saints will travel to the Aloha …

GREENVILLE, S.C. (courtesy furman.edu) — After a police department lab technician was found dead of an apparent overdose, an officer on the force was charged in a scheme to skim off drugs. Erica Daly ’22 and her legal team spent the past few weeks preparing to prosecute the officer. And to defend him. Why come …

DUE WEST, S.C. (courtesy erskine.edu) — Eric Metaxas, New York Times #1 best-selling author, renowned commentator, and nationally syndicated radio show host, will serve as keynote speaker at the Garnet & Gold Forum on Saturday, May 14, in the Grand Ballroom of the Greenville Convention Center in Greenville, S.C. Following a VIP reception at 6:00 …

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (courtesy converse.edu) — The Converse community recently met with three leading scholars to place the current events in Ukraine and Russia in a historical context. The “Russia and Ukraine: History Behind the Headlines” session probed the value and the necessity of thinking historically to better understand the worlds around us. Each of the …

COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy ciu.edu) — The community came together for an exciting day of service with the students of Columbia International University joining with the students of Benedict College and Columbia College for RAMServe on April 5. The Ram is the CIU mascot, but in this case, RAM stands for “Renewal Around the Midlands” with …

COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy columbiasc.edu) — LeAngelia Thompson-Stephan joined the Columbia College family completely positive (as she had been for a long time) that she would one day be a first grade teacher. While her years spent attaining her undergraduate degree proved to be formative and impactful, LeAngelia had no idea of the ways in which …