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COLUMBIA, SC (courtesy thestate.com) — Allen University, Benedict College, and Claflin University are featured in the newly-released Green Book of South Carolina mobile guide, which guides tourists of all races and cultures to more than 300 historically significant African-American sites in the Palmetto state. In 1936, the original Green Book guided African-American travelers to safe …
COLUMBIA, SC (courtesy of columbiasc.edu) — Columbia College announces the establishment of The Communiversity at Columbia College. The Communiversity is a partnering of the community and higher education. It is about establishing a campus that meets the needs of the community, starting at the high school level through the university, Master’s and Doctoral degree levels. …
ANDERSON, SC – Several years ago, Anderson University committed to becoming a leader in the use of mobile technology to transform the teaching and learning experience, seeing the massive potential offered by mobile devices. Now, with the Mobile Learning Initiative fully entering a mature phase, Anderson has been recognized for the second consecutive time as …
CENTRAL, SC — (courtesy swu.edu) Officials from Pickens County Board of Disabilities and Special Needs and Anderson County Disabilities and Special Needs Board, Southern Wesleyan University and the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs joined together with elected and appointed officials Feb. 27 to break ground on the first phase of a housing …
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Clemson University a grant to support a new model for effective engagement in the cyberinfrastructure ecosystem through collaboration with historically black colleges and universities (HBCU). The project, titled “CC* Cyber Team: Cyberinfrastructure Empowerment for Diverse Research, Scholarship, and Workforce Development (CI Empower),” plans a regional, long term empowerment …
ORANGEBURG, SC (courtesy of claflin.edu) — Claflin University has been selected to participate in Project Pipeline Repair: Restoring Minority Male Participation and Persistence in Educator Preparation Programs, an initiative of the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO). The project is made possible by a generous three-year grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to engage …
“I believe that if The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, were here today, he’d be very disappointed in the lack of real change in America as it relates to racial and economic justice,” said Claflin President Henry Tisdale in his keynote message Monday (Jan. 16) at the city of Columbia’s 2017 Martin Luther King Day …
DUE WEST, SC (courtesy news.erskine.edu) — Dr. Robert E. Gustafson, Jr. began his service as interim president of Erskine College and Theological Seminary Oct. 31, 2016. He lives in Greenville with his wife Marjorie Graham Gustafson and is the father of two adult children. He and his wife attend Greenville ARP Church. Educated at the …
ANDERSON, SC — A recent visit from a delegation of The University of Wurzburg-Schweinfurt in Germany, including the president and chancellor Dr. Robert Grebner, resulted in the signing of a partnership between that university and Anderson University. AU has agreements with universities around the world, but this is the first from Germany. The delegation from …
