South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities
A Voice for Independent Higher Education in South Carolina
CENTRAL, SC (courtesy swu.edu)– Avid hiker and Southern Wesleyan University Business Professor Jonathan Young is ready to “go the distance” to benefit business majors. To date, Young has hiked major portions of the Appalachian Trail (AT), a 2,180 mile long public footpath that extends from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Mount Katahdin in Maine. He …
DENMARK, SC (courtesy voorhees.edu) – As a part of the recently awarded $1.2 million UNCF Career Pathways Initiative (CPI) Program grant, Voorhees College is offering pre-professional career pathways for medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, physician assistant, veterinary, and occupational and physical therapy beginning in the 2017-2018 academic year. The CPI grant is designed to align curricula …
COLUMBIA – Allen University’s Division of Institutional Advancement will host its first Quarterly Days of Giving Challenge August 1-3, 2017. The money raised will go towards the Allen University General Scholarship Fund to provide tuition assistance for students who qualify for need-based assistance. Nearly 98% of the university’s students receive some form of financial aid, …
HARTSVILLE, SC (courtesy coker.edu) — In an effort to continue providing superior convenience and flexibility for students in the Florence area, Coker College is partnering with Florence-Darlington Technical College (FDTC) in Florence, S.C, to offer two bachelor’s of science degree programs for FDTC graduates: B.S. in business management and B.S. in applied criminology. Once FDTC …
ANDERSON, SC (courtesy andersonuniversity.edu) — Anderson University has received a grant of $200,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency to aid in the further development of the Rocky River Nature Park adjacent to campus. The funds will be used to clean up an industrial site (known as the Seabrook facility), which abuts the Rocky River wetlands. …
ORANGEBURG, SC — Dr. Ananda Mondal vividly recalls how he learned he was the recipient of the National Science Foundation’s prestigious Early CAREER Development Award. “Dr. Verlie Tisdale called and requested I come to her office right away,” said Mondal, an assistant professor of mathematics and computer science at Claflin University. Tisdale is the dean …
TIGERVILLE, SC (courtesy ngu.edu) — North Greenville University’s new president, Dr. Gene Fant Jr., hit the ground running as he officially began his service on June 1. He began his duties not on campus, but in New York City. First, he met with George Russ, executive director of the Metropolitan New York Baptist Association (MNYBA), …
GREENVILLE, SC (courtesy furman.edu) — Michael E. Jennings, associate dean of the Consortium for Social Transformation at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), has been named Chief Diversity Officer at Furman University. Jennings, who is also a tenured professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at UTSA, will begin his …
FOXBOROUGH, MA (courtesy limestone.edu and ncaa.com) — Looking up at a 6-4 deficit early in the second half, the nationally top-ranked Limestone College men’s lacrosse team surged ahead with a 5-0 spurt, including three goals within a 17-second span, to clinch the program’s third NCAA Division II National Championship over the last four years with …
