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COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy Facebook pages – Allen University and WACH) – On December 13, Allen University President Dr. Ernest McNealey and other South Carolina higher education leaders joined Senator John Scott (D-Richland) in a news conference announcing the formation of the South Carolina Institutes of Innovation and Information (SCIII), a collaboration of South Carolina’s seven …
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (courtesy wofford.edu) — Dr. Jameica Byers Hill, chair of Wofford College’s department of chemistry and a faculty athletics representative, began a two-year term as chair of the national NCAA postgraduate scholarship committee on Sept. 1. She was an FCS representative on the seven-member committee the past two years and was a unanimous choice …
DEMNARK, S.C. (courtesy voorhees.edu) — The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) has approved a Voorhees College master’s program. The Master of Education in Teaching and Learning degree, approved at the SACSCOC annual meeting in December, will launch in January 2022. Classes for the program are scheduled to begin in March. …
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (courtesy smcsc.edu) — The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) recently appointed Spartanburg Methodist College President Scott Cochran to serve on its Council of Presidents. “I’m honored to be asked to join the Council of Presidents. I look forward to contributing to the mission of the organization and the future …
CENTRAL, S.C. (courtesy swu.edu) — On December 10, 2021, Southern Wesleyan University graduated its first Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) cohort which includes 8 students. SWU established its online Ed.D. in 2018 after receiving approval from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). The first Ed.D. cohort began their studies in May …
CLINTON, S.C. (courtesy presby.edu) — The National Institute of General Medical Sciences – part of the National Institutes of Health – has awarded a $100,000 grant to Presbyterian College and the Medical University of South Carolina for collaborative biomedical research. Dr. Austin Shull, a 2011 graduate of PC, and MUSC colleague Dr. Antonis Kourtidis provide …
TIGERVILLE, S.C. (courtesy ngu.edu) — The North Greenville University (NGU) School of Allied Health Professions (SOAHP) held its annual white coat and hooding ceremonies for the Master of Medical Science in PA Studies on Friday, December 10, in Turner Chapel on the school’s Tigerville Campus. Dr. Jordan Hairr, associate dean for the School of Allied …
NEWBERRY, S.C. (courtesy newberry.edu) –Newberry College’s ‘Valorant’ team won the NECC’s Navigators Division Yellow championship Dec. 4. The trophy is the program’s first-ever team honor, won at the end of the gaming title’s inaugural season at Newberry. The team finished regular season play 6-1, with the one defeat coming from Tennessee Tech in the sixth …
SUMTER, S.C. (courtesy morris.edu) — Morris College is the recipient of a $410,000 National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) grant that will help prepare students for a Plutonium Modernization Program (PuMP) at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, S.C. This funding opportunity will help Morris College enhance the technological infrastructure of the Division of Natural Sciences …