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GAFFNEY, SC (courtesy limestone.edu) — Limestone College President Dr. Walt Griffin received The Order of the Palmetto from the South Carolina Governor’s Office during a reception and dinner in his honor on Thursday, Oct. 26. The Order of the Palmetto is considered the highest civilian honor in the State of South Carolina. It was first …
CENTRAL, SC (courtesy swu.edu) — Southern Wesleyan University’s Board of Trustees has elected SWU alumna Sue Rickman as their new chair. Rickman succeeds Dr. Charles Joiner, who retired from the board after 45 years of service; 13 of those years spent as the chair. Joiner was voted Trustee Emeritus. Rickman is a retired educator who …
SPARTANBURG, SC (courtesy converse.edu) — Converse faculty member Dr. Neval Erturk and alumna Candy Moore ’93 have been selected as National Role Models by Minority Access, Inc., an organization dedicated to improving diversity in education, employment and research. Erturk and Moore were honored Oct. 1 during the organization’s 18th annual Role Models Conference in Washington, …
SPARTANBURG, SC (courtesy wofford.edu) – Wofford College has received a $500,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to revitalize its general education curriculum, providing more creative and collaborative approaches to the student experience. “This generous support from The Mellon Foundation will allow Wofford’s faculty to pilot the new concepts they have been developing, then …
NEWBERRY, SC (courtesy newberry.edu) — Newberry College has launched an online degree-completion program for students seeking to complete a Bachelor of Science degree in Respiratory Therapy. In addition, Dr. Jerry Alewine, a highly qualified and well-respected educator and industry professional, has joined the College to lead the new program. Coincidentally, the announcement of new BSRT …
GREENVILLE, SC (courtesy furman.edu) — Brannon Andersen, professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Furman University, has received the 2017 Geosciences Undergraduate Research Mentor Award from the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR). The award is given annually to an individual who serves as a role model for productive and transformative student-faculty mentoring relationships and who …
COLUMBIA, SC (courtesy ciu.edu) — The inauguration of Dr. Mark A. Smith as the seventh president of Columbia International University was held November 3 in Shortess Chapel on the campus of CIU. The inauguration was part of the college’s 2017 Homecoming celebration. The Honorable J. Ronald Mullins Jr., vice-chairman of the CIU Board of Trustees …
ANDERSON, SC (courtesy auministry.com) -– Pastor and author Bryan Chapell will be the featured speaker for the seventh annual John A. Broadus Lectures on Preaching at Anderson University October 24-25. His theme for the lectures will be “When Law Meets Grace: The Challenge of Application.” The annual lecture series is sponsored by the Clamp Divinity …
COLUMBIA, SC (courtesy ciu.edu) — On this 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, two Columbia International University (CIU) professors reflect on Martin Luther’s Reformation principle of “Sola Scriptura” or “Scripture Alone,” as the final authority for belief and practice within the church. It was on Oct. 31, 1517, that Martin Luther nailed to the Wittenberg, …
