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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 …
GAFFNEY, S.C. (courtesy limestone.edu) — Just two months after announcing its innovative Bachelor of Science in Nursing Pre-Licensure program, Limestone University is introducing a new online Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program. The 10-course MSN program at Limestone, which will welcome its first cohort in the fall of 2022, can be completed in just …
GREENVILLE, S.C. (courtesy furman.edu) — You may have been hearing the phrase “food desert” for more than two decades now. Since it first officially appeared in a 1995 report from a UK government task force, it has become a common talking point in American conversations about the plight of some disadvantaged areas. Simplified, the concept …
DUE WEST, S.C. (courtesy erskine.edu) — Erskine College senior Mary Pratt, a double major in Bible and history, came to Due West from the small South Carolina town of Alcolu. “There are about 400 people there,” she says of her hometown, “and I am certain that I am related to half of them.” Studying at a …
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (courtesy converse.edu) — Converse University has received a $2 million commitment from the Milliken & Company Charitable Foundation — one of the first multi-million dollar gifts of the newly-formed foundation. The commitment is the lead gift to help launch phase one of a $7 million renovation project of the Milliken Fine Arts building …
COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy ciu.edu) — A Columbia International University doctoral student is once again championing the planting of over three million trees across all 46 South Carolina counties. Tom Mullikin, the chairman of the S.C. Floodwater Commission (SCFC), is leading the way as the SCFC plans its second-annual planting of pine tree seeds and saplings, shooting for …
COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy columbiasc.edu) — As the winter sports seasons gear into full swing, the makeup of Columbia College (SC) Athletics will look a little different. For the first time, the Koalas will have a men’s team participating in the sport of indoor track and field. The first-year head coach for Columbia College men’s track …
HARTSVILLE, S.C. (courtesy coker.edu) — Coker University Professor Josh Webb will lead the “No More War Stories” panel discussion at the Southeastern Theatre Conference’s March 2022 Convention. The discussion will explore how experienced professionals and educators can help guide and support students and early career theatre professionals in finding safe and meaningful employment. The panel …