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Benedict and Claflin tapped to join Clemson-led student medical corps

Claflin and Benedict tapped to join Clemson-led student medical corps

July 30, 2022

COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy benedict.edu and news.clemson.edu) — SCICU member institutions Benedict College and Claflin University are participating in a Clemson-led statewide effort to prepare students as medical reserve corps volunteers. The Clemson University School of Nursing received an award of more than $2.7 million to develop a network of diverse undergraduate students who can organize …

Read moreClaflin and Benedict tapped to join Clemson-led student medical corps
Benedict Tigers, O'Connor Named 2022 NCAA Division II Statistical Stolen Base Champions

Benedict Tigers, O’Connor named 2022 NCAA Division II statistical stolen base champs

July 29, 2022

COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy benedicttigers.com) — The Benedict College baseball team has been named the 2022 NCAA Division II statistical champion for stolen bases per game, while Benedict utility player Bradon O’Connor was recognized as the 2022 DII individual statistical champion for stolen bases per game. Benedict averaged 5.79 stolen bases per game, easily outdistancing runner-up …

Read moreBenedict Tigers, O’Connor named 2022 NCAA Division II statistical stolen base champs
Charleston Southern University library staff leads the way with Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes

Christmas in July – CSU library staff leads the way with Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes

July 28, 2022

CHARLESTON, S.C. (courtesy charlestonsouthern.edu) — For two consecutive years, the Charleston Southern University Rivers Library team has shown up and out in a friendly Operation Christmas Child competition among faculty and staff departments on campus. Team members credit library ladies Christine Petty and Marla Bunn for leading the way to reaching 34 boxes per person …

Read moreChristmas in July – CSU library staff leads the way with Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes
Coker University's historic Davidson Hall

Coker University awarded TRIO Upward Bound Grant to increase high school and college completions

July 28, 2022

HARTSVILLE, S.C. (courtesy coker.edu) — Coker University was recently awarded a federal TRIO Upward Bound (UB) grant for the 2022-2023 academic year, and the grant will be supported for up to five years. Coker’s UB program will serve 60 students at four local South Carolina high schools in Darlington, Dillon, Hartsville, and Marion. Students who …

Read moreCoker University awarded TRIO Upward Bound Grant to increase high school and college completions
Study abroad resumes summer 2022 for Anderson University students.

Anderson University subtropical ecosystems class takes learning to a new level

July 25, 2022

ANDERSON, S.C. (courtesy andersonuniversity.edu) — A group of students from the Anderson University College of Arts and Sciences traveled to one of the most diverse ecosystems in the United States for studying subtropical environments. Twenty-one students from the Subtropical Ecosystems class, along with Dr. Joni Criswell, associate professor of biology, and three chaperones traveled to …

Read moreAnderson University subtropical ecosystems class takes learning to a new level
Columbia College hosted its 2nd Biomedical Research Symposium June 16, 2022.

Columbia College hosts second Biomedical Research Symposium

June 30, 2022

COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy columbiasc.edu) — On Thursday, June 16, Columbia College hosted the second annual Biomedical Research Program (CCBRP) Summer Research Symposium. Eight students worked to prepare and execute five research presentations on subjects ranging from the effects and social norms surrounding e-cigarettes to the genetic evolution in mosquitoes carrying Malaria. The CCBRP is funded …

Read moreColumbia College hosts second Biomedical Research Symposium
2022 Palmetto Girls State was hosted by Presbyterian College June 12-18, 2022

Presbyterian College offers $60 million in scholarships to Palmetto Girls State 2022 participants

June 27, 2022

CLINTON, S.C. (courtesy presby.edu) — Presbyterian College’s kilt-clad president made a stunning and generous offer Tuesday, June 14 to each of the 600 Palmetto Girls State delegates. Come to PC and receive a $ 25,000-a-year scholarship. President Dr. Matthew vandenBerg told the group that PC is making a four-year, $60 million commitment to the rising …

Read morePresbyterian College offers $60 million in scholarships to Palmetto Girls State 2022 participants
Claflin President Dwaun Warmack displays the symbolic $500,000 check from Bank of America supporting Claflin' s Center for Social Justice.

Bank of America awards $500,000 to Claflin University’s Center for Social Justice

June 24, 2022

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (courtesy claflin.edu) — Claflin University is proud to announce that Bank of America will invest $500,000 to support the university’s Center for Social Justice and the Pathways From Prison Program. The Pathways From Prison Program is a historic collaboration between Claflin and the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) that provides incarcerated individuals …

Read moreBank of America awards $500,000 to Claflin University’s Center for Social Justice

Happy 50th birthday to the Pell Grant Program!

June 22, 2022
Read moreHappy 50th birthday to the Pell Grant Program!
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