South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities
A Voice for Independent Higher Education in South Carolina
ISLE OF PALMS, SC — College presidents and at-large trustees discussed trends and issues facing higher education at the 2017 Biennial Board of Trustees Retreat held at Wild Dunes Plantation March 2-3, 2017. Dr. David Warren, President of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, and SC Rep. Chandra Dillard (District 23, Greenville County) …
WASHINGTON, DC — Allen University Interim President Dr. Ernest McNealey, Wofford College President Dr. Nayef Samhat, and SCICU President Mike LeFever joined dozens of other independent college and university presidents in a day of advocacy on Washington’s Capitol Hill. Armed with information and briefing materials prepared by the staff of the National Association of Independent …
SPARTANBURG, SC – Forty-one undergraduate students representing twelve SCICU colleges and universities presented findings and results from their 2016 research projects at the 2017 SCICU Research Symposium held at Milliken & Company in Spartanburg on February 23, 2017. Supported by generous sponsors and donors, SCICU awarded $90,000 in research grants to undergraduate student research projects …
COLUMBIA, SC — Fundraising by non-profits across the country has become more challenging than ever before; however, this was not the case for SCICU in 2016 as the association accomplished a record-setting year exceeding its fundraising goal by over $60,000. For the 2015-16 fiscal year, SCICU distributed over $649,000 to its 20 member colleges through …
COLUMBIA, SC — The House Ways and Means Committee did not include an increase for Tuition Grants in the first draft of the state’s roughly $8 billion general fund budget. With $522 million in added money this year, the budget committee funded other statewide needs such as $100 million for the schools in the I-95 …
TIGERVILLE, SC (courtesy of ngu.edu) — The Board of Trustees of North Greenville University has elected Dr. Gene C. Fant, Jr., to serve as its next president. “The Presidential Search Committee undertook a nationwide search with the assistance of the team of Price Harding, III, a partner and founder of CarterBaldwin Executive Search of Atlanta, …
COLUMBIA, SC (courtesy ciu.edu)– An experienced and respected Christian higher education administrator has been named the seventh president of Columbia International University. The announcement was made following a vote by the CIU Board of Trustees on February 2 to confirm Dr. Mark A. Smith as president beginning July 1, 2017. Dr. Smith comes to CIU …
COLUMBIA, SC — SCICU and the South Carolina Independent School Association (SCISA) have entered into an academic collaboration which pairs recipients of SCICU’s Excellence in Teaching Award with SCISA Master Teachers. For 2016-17, the following three parings benefited from professional development meetings and classroom observations: Master Teacher Katherine M. Cannon, Christian Academy of Myrtle Beach …
COLUMBIA, SC — The 122nd SC General Assembly session convened at noon on January 10. This year’s session will be shorter than those in previous years because legislation passed in 2016 moved the adjournment date from the first Thursday in June to the second Tuesday in May. The 2017 session will prove to be historic …
