South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities
A Voice for Independent Higher Education in South Carolina
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 …
CHARLESTON, S.C. (courtesy charlestonsouthern.edu) — Observations made while working summer camps for Parks and Recreation in Columbia during Ashley Drayton’s high school and college years laid the groundwork for the creation of Camp Artism. Drayton, a 2010 communication with theatre emphasis graduate of Charleston Southern University, observed during her years with Parks and Rec that …
GREENVILLE, S.C. (courtesy bju.edu) — Jason Waggoner, a faculty member in the department of cinema arts at Bob Jones University, along with Shane McMullin, a 2001 BJU cinema graduate, produced a documentary, Go: The Kingdom Journey (Episode 1: Mongolia), which won five awards at the Content 2022 Film and Media Festival, a Christian film festival …
COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy benedicttigers.com) — The Benedict College Tigers won their sixth consecutive SIAC Men’s Tennis Championship with a 4-3 victory over Spring Hill College on Sunday at the Peachtree Tennis Center in Peachtree City, Georgia. With the match tied at 3-3, Killian Surmont clinched the match for the Tigers with a 7-5, 5-7, 6-4 …
ANDERSON, S.C. (courtesy andersonuniversity.edu) — Maya Learmonth, a senior from Austin, Texas, and a student in the Anderson University College of Arts and Sciences, has been studying how Thyme, a Mediterranean herb, can inhibit the growth of breast cancer cells. Learmonth was awarded for her presentation, titled “Mitochondrial Activity and Future Metabolic Profiling of Breast …
COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy allenuniversity.edu) — On March 14 Allen University commemorated the life of Pittsburgh Steeler and Allen alum Sam Davis with the announcement of the Sam Davis Memorial Athletics Scholarship Fund. The development of a $4 million endowment scholarship for Sam Davis is an alumni campaign initiated by the Columbia alumni chapter with the …
COLUMBIA, S.C. — SCICU will honor 21 campus faculty leaders at the Excellence In Teaching Awards Dinner on April 5 at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. “We at SCICU are excited to return to our in-person awards dinner for the Excellence In Teaching Program,” said Jeff Perez, SCICU president and CEO. “We look forward to …
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Sixteen SCICU college and university presidents and several dozen trustees ushered in the return to in-person board events with the March 10 Board of Trustees meeting. Bob Jones University, which last year became SCICU’s 21st member institution, hosted the meeting. SCICU President and CEO Jeff Perez, along with SCICU Board Chair Lucy …
COLUMBIA, S.C. — SCICU welcomed trustees, college/university presidents, and higher education stakeholders to its March 9 trustee appreciation reception at The Commerce Club in Greenville, S.C., the first in two years. The event was funded by a capacity-building grant from the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC), a national advocacy organization that serves nonprofit independent colleges …
