South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities
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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. (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 …
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 …
