South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities
A Voice for Independent Higher Education in South Carolina
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 …
HARTSVILLE, S.C. (courtesy coker.edu) — The Duke Energy Foundation has awarded Coker University a $25,000 grant to support the launch of Coker’s new nursing program, providing funds to support scholarships to Coker’s first cohort of nursing students this fall. In October, the South Carolina Board of Nursing approved Coker University’s plans to offer a bachelor’s …
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (courtesy claflin.edu) — The recent groundbreaking ceremony for Claflin’s new student center symbolizes the reimagining of the campus landscape and university President Dwaun J. Warmack’s focus on creating innovative programs and providing impactful services that will benefit the campus and Greater Orangeburg communities. Among those playing a vital role in helping Warmack fulfill …
CHARLESTON, S.C. (courtesy charlestonsouthern.edu) — Observations made while working summer camps for Parks and Recreation in Columbia during Ashley Drayton’s high school and college years laid the groundwork for the creation of Camp Artism. Drayton, a 2010 communication with theatre emphasis graduate of Charleston Southern University, observed during her years with Parks and Rec that …
GREENVILLE, S.C. (courtesy bju.edu) — Jason Waggoner, a faculty member in the department of cinema arts at Bob Jones University, along with Shane McMullin, a 2001 BJU cinema graduate, produced a documentary, Go: The Kingdom Journey (Episode 1: Mongolia), which won five awards at the Content 2022 Film and Media Festival, a Christian film festival …
Gov. Henry McMaster proclaimed April 6, 2022 Higher Education Day in South Carolina. Please learn more about the Governor’s proclamation and Higher Education Day at the S.C. State House in the SCICU post “SCICU hosts inaugural Higher Education Day with S.C. public colleges and universities.”
COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy benedicttigers.com) — The Benedict College Tigers won their sixth consecutive SIAC Men’s Tennis Championship with a 4-3 victory over Spring Hill College on Sunday at the Peachtree Tennis Center in Peachtree City, Georgia. With the match tied at 3-3, Killian Surmont clinched the match for the Tigers with a 7-5, 5-7, 6-4 …
ANDERSON, S.C. (courtesy andersonuniversity.edu) — Maya Learmonth, a senior from Austin, Texas, and a student in the Anderson University College of Arts and Sciences, has been studying how Thyme, a Mediterranean herb, can inhibit the growth of breast cancer cells. Learmonth was awarded for her presentation, titled “Mitochondrial Activity and Future Metabolic Profiling of Breast …
COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy allenuniversity.edu) — On March 14 Allen University commemorated the life of Pittsburgh Steeler and Allen alum Sam Davis with the announcement of the Sam Davis Memorial Athletics Scholarship Fund. The development of a $4 million endowment scholarship for Sam Davis is an alumni campaign initiated by the Columbia alumni chapter with the …
