Member College News

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (courtesy smcsc.edu) — Making new and meaningful connections is an important part of the college experience. New friends, roommates, and professors all play a role in shaping young lives. For one Spartanburg Methodist College student, making new and meaningful connections meant creating that opportunity for others, who may have a bigger challenge in …

DENMARK, S.C. (courtesy voorhees.edu) — Voorhees College announces its newest members for the Board of Trustees executive team following certification by the Ad Hoc Nominations Committee. The institution congratulates trustees David Miller, chair, Dr. Traci Young-Cooper, vice chair, Calhoun (Callie) Walpole, secretary, and Reverend Dr. James Williams, treasurer. Miller currently serves as the co-founder and …

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (courtesy wofford.edu) — Wofford College is one of 51 higher education institutions that are inaugural members of the Liberal Arts Colleges Racial Equity Leadership Alliance (LACRELA) launched by the University of Southern California Race and Equity Center. Beginning in January 2021, the center will host a dozen eConvenings, or in-depth training sessions, each …

HBCU Band News (courtesy theundefeated.com) — The pageantry of bands at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) — the fifth-quarter band battles, the dancers and the halftime shows — are on hold for now with the cancellation of fall sports. HBCUs were affected on all levels by COVID-19, so now these institutions’ bands are operating …

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (courtesy thetandd.com) — Claflin University and the University of South Carolina have teamed up to create a more diverse pool of professionals in the communications industry with the development of a dual-degree program. Officials from the state’s oldest historically Black university and UofSC converged upon Claflin’s Minister’s Hall on Wednesday, October 28 to …

COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy columbiasc.edu) — Columbia College celebrated the accomplishments of its 2020 May and August graduates during an in-person commencement ceremony held on October 23, 2020 at Segra Park. The group included graduates receiving a bachelor’s or master’s degree from the college’s undergraduate, graduate, evening, and online programs. The ceremony was held on the …

NEWBERRY, S.C. (courtesy newberry.edu) — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control is set to open a COVID-19 testing site at the Newberry College Center for Teacher Education located at 1121 Speers St. in Newberry. Testing will be available to members of the public and the college community on Mondays from 11 a.m. …

CLINTON, S.C. (courtesy presby.edu) — Presbyterian College is one of only 15 primarily undergraduate institutions in South Carolina to be awarded an SCINBRE grant supporting biomedical research. The $500,000 award from the National Institutes of Health to the South Carolina IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (SC INBRE) supports faculty and student research. The award …

DENMARK, S.C. (courtesy voorhees.edu) — Voorhees College faculty member Dr. Zhabiz Golkar recently had her article “CRISPR; a journey of Gene-editing based medicine,” published in the October issue of the Journal of Gene and Genomics. Dr. Golkar was recognized by SCICU in 2017 as Voorhees College’s Excellence In Teaching award recipient. She was recognized at …