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SPARTANBURG, S.C. (courtesy converse.edu) — Power:Ed has awarded $25,000 to Converse University’s Trailblazer Expansion Program. The Trailblazer Program is a first-year success program for Converse First-Generation students. The program serves incoming and current Converse students who identify as one whose parent or guardian has not received a four-year U.S. bachelor’s degree. This provides a smooth …
DUE WEST, S.C. (courtesy erskine.edu) — Dr. Charles S. Bryan, Heyward Gibbes Distinguished Professor of Internal Medicine Emeritus at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, is scheduled to deliver this year’s Stukes Lecture on Thursday, March 31, at 3 p.m. in Memorial Hall. Based on Bryan’s 2014 book, “Asylum Doctor: James Woods Babcock and the …
GREENVILLE, S.C. (courtesy furman.edu) — Furman opened Women’s History Month on March 1 with a panel discussion featuring six women faculty members at Hartness Pavilion. Representing a diverse range of academic disciplines, years at Furman and life experiences, the faculty members provided their perspectives on the theme for this year’s Women’s History Month – “Women …
GAFFNEY, S.C. (courtesy limestone.edu) — Limestone University will host a pair of Women in Technology & Sciences (WITS) Conferences on Thursday, March 24, and Friday, March 25, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. each day. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Limestone’s WITS Conference was cancelled in 2020 and 2021. The keynote speaker at each day’s …
SUMTER, S.C. (courtesy morris.edu) — Morris College will continue its free Fast Track program for incoming freshmen during Summer 2022. Began in Summer 2020, the Fast Track summer program allows 42 incoming freshmen the opportunity to earn up to 9 credit hours. The free program, limited to incoming freshmen (excluding transfers), will run June 7-July …
NEWBERRY, S.C. (courtesy newberry.edu) — On April 1, Dr. Sarah Masterson, associate professor of music at Newberry College, will release her much-anticipated album — a first-ever recording of Philippa Schuyler’s “Seven Pillars of Wisdom.” The album will be published by Centaur Records and will be available through all major sellers and streaming services. The album …
TIGERVILLE, S.C. (courtesy ngu.edu) — The North Greenville University (NGU) School of Theatre presents “Godspell,” a musical that tells about the life of Jesus Christ using a wide variety of games, storytelling techniques, and hefty doses of comic timing. Amy Dunlap, associate dean for the School of the Arts and show director, chose this musical …
CLINTON, S.C. (courtesy presby.edu) — When Presbyterian College alum Dr. Ann Blair Kennedy (Class of 1994) first became director of the Patient Engagement Studio (PES), a support team for qualitative research at the University of South Carolina, the thought of conducting PES work in a virtual setting was largely unheard of. “The patients we had …
CENTRAL, S.C. (courtesy swu.edu) — Through grant funding recently received from U.S. Department of Education’s Centers of Excellence for Veteran Student Success Program, Southern Wesleyan University has established the Warriors Courage, Academic Success, Respect, and Empowerment (CARE) Center. The center serves the purpose of addressing veteran students’ academic, financial, physical, and social needs. Opened in …