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CHARLESTON, S.C. (courtesy charlestonsouthern.edu) — African American students make up approximately 16 percent of K-12 public school enrollment in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics. Even fewer are the available African American teachers in public schools. Although South Carolina’s African American K-12 students make up almost …

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (courtesy claflin.edu) — I have vivid images of the Claflin University campus before the unimaginable disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The campus was teeming with unbridled optimism, buoyed by the recognition the university and the men’s basketball program had received during the 2020 CIAA Basketball Tournament in Charlotte, N.C. The men’s team …

HARTSVILLE, S.C. (courtesy coker.edu) — Coker University announced April 6 that Patrick Riccards, a national leader in strategic communications and public education in the education space, is the University’s new vice president of strategic marketing and communications. Most recently, Riccards was the chief communications and strategy officer at the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. While …

COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy columbiasc.edu) — Eau Claire Cooperative Health Center (dba Cooperative Health) and Columbia College are pleased to announce a partnership to bring health care services to its campus and the local community starting Monday, March 22. Columbia Community Family Practice will provide primary and preventative services for adult and pediatric patients, in addition …

COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy ciu.edu) — Columbia International University athlete Josh Ford says he averages about 15,000 steps each day. But on the morning of CIU’s “Serving Cola City” project, he had already hit 10,000 steps by 10:30 as his 15-member clean-up team worked along Monticello Road, picking up litter and clearing overgrown sections of the …

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (courtesy converse.edu) — Converse College announces plans to resume in-person operations for the Fall 2021 term. During the Fall 2020, January 2021, and Spring 2021 terms, Converse utilized a high-flex instructional model, with in-person and online components and options for asynchronous learning. Essential personnel reported to campus to perform their duties while non-essential …

DUE WEST, S.C. (courtesy erskine.edu) — Rev. Clint Davis, chair of the Erskine Board of Trustees, has announced that Provost of the College Dr. Tom Hellams will be appointed to serve as interim president of the institution beginning July 1. The trustees announced in February that Dr. Robert Gustafson had decided to conclude his service …

GREENVILLE, S.C. (courtesy furman.edu) — In conceptualizing and building the Furman Humanities Center, Director Michele Speitz and her board of directors have confronted a long list of decisions. From mission to goals to programming, the choices have been numerous and not always easy. This one was. When Speitz learned about an opportunity for the Humanities …

GAFFNEY, S.C. (courtesy limestone.edu) — Limestone University Professor of Art Carolyn Ford took home a Best In Show award for her works of art featured in a recent juried exhibit in Tennessee. Ford was awarded the Best In Show/Susan Becker Award by juror Coral Turner at the A1LabArts exhibit “GRIT” held March 5-26 at The …