South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities
A Voice for Independent Higher Education in South Carolina
This week the US House and Senate released separate versions of their tax reform proposals. The House bill has passed through the Ways and Means Committee and is on its way to the House floor. The Senate bill is in the Finance Committee. Before sending a tax reform bill to the President, the two chambers …
COLUMBIA, SC (courtesy ciu.edu) — The inauguration of Dr. Mark A. Smith as the seventh president of Columbia International University was held November 3 in Shortess Chapel on the campus of CIU. The inauguration was part of the college’s 2017 Homecoming celebration. The Honorable J. Ronald Mullins Jr., vice-chairman of the CIU Board of Trustees …
Honoring the SCICU Student of the Year and electing new officers and trustees highlighted the 2017 Fall Board of Trustees meeting on September 26 at Furman University. The Council of College and University Presidents started the day-long event with a breakfast meeting hosted by Furman University President Dr. Elizabeth Davis at White Oaks, the official …
Pamela Rutledge, a senior sociology major at Morris College, was announced as the McLean-Smith SCICU Student of the Year at the SCICU Fall Board meeting on September 26, 2017 at Furman University. Ms. Rutledge, a non-traditional student, is a native of Camden, SC and the mother of four children. Upon her May 2018 graduation, Rutledge …
Dr. Walt Griffin, President of Limestone College, was recognized at the SCICU Board of Trustees Awards Luncheon on September 26 for his 25 years of achievement and service at Limestone College. Limestone College experienced significant growth under Griffin’s leadership, including a dramatic increase in enrollment (900 to 3,300), tripling the size of full-time faculty, significant …
At the SCICU Awards Luncheon on September 26, outgoing Board Chair Jim Reynolds was honored by the SCICU Board for his two years as Chair. SCICU President Mike LeFever and Board Chair Russell Cook presented Reynolds with a framed print of Swilken Bridge at the Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland.
Comporium Ventures Managing Director Russell Cook was elected new Board Chair for SCICU at the Board’s September 26 meeting at Furman University. Jerry Cheatham, Director of Financial Analysis at Hartsville, SC-headquartered Sonoco, was named chair-elect. Profiles for SCICU’s new Board leadership may be read here. The SCICU Board also elected eleven South Carolina business and …
SCICU would like to recognize Furman University for hosting the September 26, 2017 Board meeting. Dr. Elizabeth Davis, President of Furman University, graciously provided her residence for the Council of College Presidents breakfast and the Younts Conference Center for the business meeting and awards luncheon. Additional Furman team members who contributed to the success of …
Earlier this year, the SCICU Board of Trustees approved a Strategic Vision and Succession Plan that was the product of two years of study involving Trustees and other stakeholders. The Plan identifies the organization’s program priorities, and in light of the impending retirement of three senior staff, creates an organizational structure that will attract and …
