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GAFFNEY, S.C. (courtesy limestone.edu) — The plans have been finalized for a second Limestone University Global Experience trip next month that will take students and chaperones to Puerto Rico for a nine-day adventure. The details for the Global Experience journey to Hawaii were previously announced. While a group of Saints will travel to the Aloha …
GREENVILLE, S.C. (courtesy furman.edu) — After a police department lab technician was found dead of an apparent overdose, an officer on the force was charged in a scheme to skim off drugs. Erica Daly ’22 and her legal team spent the past few weeks preparing to prosecute the officer. And to defend him. Why come …
DUE WEST, S.C. (courtesy erskine.edu) — Eric Metaxas, New York Times #1 best-selling author, renowned commentator, and nationally syndicated radio show host, will serve as keynote speaker at the Garnet & Gold Forum on Saturday, May 14, in the Grand Ballroom of the Greenville Convention Center in Greenville, S.C. Following a VIP reception at 6:00 …
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (courtesy converse.edu) — The Converse community recently met with three leading scholars to place the current events in Ukraine and Russia in a historical context. The “Russia and Ukraine: History Behind the Headlines” session probed the value and the necessity of thinking historically to better understand the worlds around us. Each of the …
COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy ciu.edu) — The community came together for an exciting day of service with the students of Columbia International University joining with the students of Benedict College and Columbia College for RAMServe on April 5. The Ram is the CIU mascot, but in this case, RAM stands for “Renewal Around the Midlands” with …
COLUMBIA, S.C. — SCICU honored faculty acheivement at the 2022 Excellence In Teaching Awards dinner. Please enjoy the presentation photos from the dinner. 2022 SCICU Excellence In Teaching award winners Allen University – Dr. Daniel T. Hembree Anderson University – Dr. Joni M. Criswell Benedict College – Dr. Adrien M. Ratsimbaharison …
COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy columbiasc.edu) — LeAngelia Thompson-Stephan joined the Columbia College family completely positive (as she had been for a long time) that she would one day be a first grade teacher. While her years spent attaining her undergraduate degree proved to be formative and impactful, LeAngelia had no idea of the ways in which …
HARTSVILLE, S.C. (courtesy coker.edu) — The Duke Energy Foundation has awarded Coker University a $25,000 grant to support the launch of Coker’s new nursing program, providing funds to support scholarships to Coker’s first cohort of nursing students this fall. In October, the South Carolina Board of Nursing approved Coker University’s plans to offer a bachelor’s …
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (courtesy claflin.edu) — The recent groundbreaking ceremony for Claflin’s new student center symbolizes the reimagining of the campus landscape and university President Dwaun J. Warmack’s focus on creating innovative programs and providing impactful services that will benefit the campus and Greater Orangeburg communities. Among those playing a vital role in helping Warmack fulfill …
