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GREENVILLE, S.C. (courtesy furman.edu and upstatebizSC) —Truist Foundation has awarded The Hill Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship’s GVL Starts a $75,000 grant to support startup ventures. Just as the COVID-19 pandemic began, Anthony Herrera, chief innovation officer and executive director of The Hill Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Furman University, asked Merle Johnson, City …

COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy ciu.edu) — Dr. David DeWitt got a bit emotional at the ribbon cutting of the new Columbia International University Health Science Lab. As the dean of the new science majors in Biology and Biomedical Science, he knew the building represented a big step for CIU. “A long time ago I heard someone …

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (courtesy claflin.edu) — We all talk about climate change and its detrimental effects on our planet. Yet if we don’t have scientists specifically trained to help combat it, how will we fight and adapt? Dr. Nicholas Panasik, associate professor of biology and chemistry at Claflin University is helping lead the way with not …

CHARLESTON, S.C. (courtesy charlestonsouthern.edu) — Amy Britt Baldwin (Charleston Southern Class of 2000) describes seventh grade, especially math, as her worst year in school growing up. Ironically, she spent 13 years teaching seventh grade mathematics and a few years in seventh grade science at Oakbrook Middle School before assuming the Gateway to Technology position in …

GREENVILLE, S.C. (courtesy bju.edu) — Bob Jones University graduate Wendy Frans was recently named the 2022-23 Greenville County Schools Teacher of the Year. “Being named Teacher of the Year is one of the highest honors for a public school educator. Wendy Frans embodies the spirit of teaching while setting a strong example for her students. …

COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy benedict.edu and abccolumbia.com) — Benedict College has become the first HBCU in South Carolina to receive accreditation for its Environmental Engineering program. Clemson University is the only other school in the state to have this accreditation for its Environmental Engineering program. The college received the honor from the Accreditation Board for Engineering …