South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities
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GREER, SC (courtesy ngu.edu) — North Greenville University held a ceremonial unveiling of the new street name leading from Poinsett Street to the school’s Tim Brashier Campus at Greer on Friday, July 20. The street, formerly Ryans Corp Drive, is now named Walter Brashier Drive in honor of Dr. T. Walter Brashier, the graduate school’s …
NEWBERRY, SC (courtesy newberry.edu) – Christopher M. Harris will join Newberry College as its new Dean of Enrollment Management effective Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. Harris will provide strategic leadership and planning for the recruitment and enrollment of both traditional undergraduate and online undergraduate degree-completion programs and financial aid. As a member of the College’s senior …
GREENVILLE, SC (courtesy furman.edu) — Three Furman University Department of Biology faculty members have each received research grants of $72,000 from the South Carolina IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (SC INBRE) program for the 2018-2019 fiscal year. Biology professors Adi Dubash (“Desmoplakin Harnesses Rho GTPase and p38 MAPK Signaling to Coordinate Cell Migration”), Linnea …
ANDERSON, SC (courtesy andersonuniversity.edu) — The nation’s largest and oldest international film festival gave top marks to a team of five student filmmakers from Anderson University. Garrett Black, Ashlyn Boudfolf, Parker Roberts, Ashley Smith and Mary Hunter Smittkamp won a Bronze Remi Award in the Student Film and Video Production category at the WorldFest Houston …
CENTRAL, SC (courtesy swu.edu) – Southern Wesleyan University has named Dan Moore as its new chief technology officer (CTO). “Dan brings a wealth of specific experience to SWU that will serve our campus and online students so wonderfully”, said Dr. Todd Voss, Southern Wesleyan University President. “He is a collaborator, an innovator, and is excited …
COLUMBIA, SC — On Friday, July 6, Governor Henry McMaster vetoed 42 items in the $8.2 million general fund budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1. None of the vetoes affected the funding increases for student financial aid and other programs appropriated by the General Assembly. The House and the Senate will return to …
ORANGEBURG, SC (courtesy claflin.edu) — U.S. News and World Report Short List ranked Claflin University fifth on its list of the nation’s top 10 colleges and universities in alumni giving percentage during the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 academic years. In that period, the 10 institutions with the highest percentages of undergraduate alumni donors boasted an average …
On the last day of the 2018 legislative session, the House and the Senate adopted the report of the Budget Conference Committee and sent the $8.2 million general fund budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 to Governor Henry McMaster. For the higher education community, the final budget was a compromise that balanced little …
The Conference Committee considering the FY 2018-19 state budget finished its work late Tuesday night (June 26), and the House is prepared to begin debate on the committee’s recommendations on Thursday, June 28. Higher education funding recommendations from the Conference Committee include the following: Tuition Grants – Increase of $1,169,992 over previous year (FY 2017-18) …
