South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities
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CENTRAL, SC (courtesy swu.edu) – Southern Wesleyan University welcomes K. Scott Drury as its new vice president for advancement more than three decades after his father served in the same role. Drury, a SWU graduate, brings a range of professional success encompassing law, fundraising and Christian service. He has robust experience in all aspects of …
GREER, SC (courtesy ngu.edu) — North Greenville University held a ceremonial unveiling of the new street name leading from Poinsett Street to the school’s Tim Brashier Campus at Greer on Friday, July 20. The street, formerly Ryans Corp Drive, is now named Walter Brashier Drive in honor of Dr. T. Walter Brashier, the graduate school’s …
NEWBERRY, SC (courtesy newberry.edu) – Christopher M. Harris will join Newberry College as its new Dean of Enrollment Management effective Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. Harris will provide strategic leadership and planning for the recruitment and enrollment of both traditional undergraduate and online undergraduate degree-completion programs and financial aid. As a member of the College’s senior …
GREENVILLE, SC (courtesy furman.edu) — Three Furman University Department of Biology faculty members have each received research grants of $72,000 from the South Carolina IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (SC INBRE) program for the 2018-2019 fiscal year. Biology professors Adi Dubash (“Desmoplakin Harnesses Rho GTPase and p38 MAPK Signaling to Coordinate Cell Migration”), Linnea …
ANDERSON, SC (courtesy andersonuniversity.edu) — The nation’s largest and oldest international film festival gave top marks to a team of five student filmmakers from Anderson University. Garrett Black, Ashlyn Boudfolf, Parker Roberts, Ashley Smith and Mary Hunter Smittkamp won a Bronze Remi Award in the Student Film and Video Production category at the WorldFest Houston …
CENTRAL, SC (courtesy swu.edu) – Southern Wesleyan University has named Dan Moore as its new chief technology officer (CTO). “Dan brings a wealth of specific experience to SWU that will serve our campus and online students so wonderfully”, said Dr. Todd Voss, Southern Wesleyan University President. “He is a collaborator, an innovator, and is excited …
ORANGEBURG, SC (courtesy claflin.edu) — U.S. News and World Report Short List ranked Claflin University fifth on its list of the nation’s top 10 colleges and universities in alumni giving percentage during the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 academic years. In that period, the 10 institutions with the highest percentages of undergraduate alumni donors boasted an average …
HARTSVILLE, SC (courtesy coker.edu) — Coker College President Dr. Robert L. Wyatt has accepted a new four-year contract offered by the college’s Board of Trustees, confirming his leadership through 2022. “We are extremely pleased and excited that Dr. Wyatt has agreed to extend his tenure with Coker,” said Walt George, Chair of the Board of …
GAFFNEY, SC (courtesy limestone.edu) — The nearly 700-mile distance between Limestone College and the New York Stock Exchange will seem much shorter this fall. When they arrive on campus in August, Limestone’s Business and Economics students will not be ringing the opening bell on Wall Street, but they will be walking into the new Vera …
