Clemson Downs Selects JDPR as PR Agency-of-Record
June 3, 2014
GREENVILLE, SC — Clemson Downs, the only full-service retirement community in Clemson, South Carolina, has selected Greenville-based Jeff Dezen Public Relations (JDPR) as its PR Agency-of-Record. JDPR will consult on…
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$30,000 in Startup Funding Awarded to MBA in Entrepreneurship Winners
June 3, 2014CLEMSON, SC — What do wild yeast, IT training and a social media app have in common? They are the winning business ideas at the Clemson University MBA program EnterPrize Awards presented…
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Three Clemson Students to Train for Movie Industry Dream Jobs
June 2, 2014CLEMSON, SC – Three Clemson University graduates will be on the fast-track to their dream jobs when they head to California next month for an intensive training program with the…
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The Great Outdoors…Indoors?
June 2, 2014GREENVILLE, SC –  The Children’s Museum of the Upstate (TCMU) presents an exciting new summer exhibit that opens to the public on Saturday, June 14th and runs through the summer until Labor…
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Hero or Sissy? Study explores perception of injured athletes
June 1, 2014CLEMSON, SC – NFL teams shoulder most of the blame for players’ injuries and sports journalists can shift football cultural norms toward valuing players who put their health first. Photo…
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Greenfield Industries establishes two nationally-credentialed apprenticeship programs
May 29, 2014SENECA, SC –Â Apprenticeship Carolina, an integral part of the SC Technical College System, announced today that Greenfield Industries, a subsidiary of TDC Cutting Tools Company, has established two registered apprenticeship…
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Retiring Naval Officer to Lead Clemson General Engineering Department
May 29, 2014
CLEMSON, SC — The new director of Clemson University’s general engineering department is a career naval officer who has served aboard three nuclear submarines and has done research on how lasers can…
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WorkKeys® Testing and Profiling Meets Workforce Needs
May 29, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – Used by 250 employers across South Carolina, the WorkKeys® test helps provide a common language between job seekers, employers, and training providers. Job seekers are assessed for…
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SC Babies Born On 529 Day Celebrated With $529 College Savings Grants
May 29, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – State Treasurer Curtis M. Loftis, Jr. is announcing the second annual privately funded Future Scholar 529 Palmettobaby grant program on National 529 College Savings Day, Thursday, May 29, 2014.  The Palmettobabyprogram was…
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SC Babies Born On 529 Day Celebrated With $529 College Savings Grants
May 29, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – State Treasurer Curtis M. Loftis, Jr. is announcing the second annual privately funded Future Scholar 529 Palmettobaby grant program on National 529 College Savings Day, Thursday, May 29, 2014.  The Palmettobabyprogram was…
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U.S. District Court Judge Landya McCafferty Returning to SDS as Graduation Speaker
May 28, 2014
SPARTANBURG, SC – Spartanburg Day School alumna Landya Boyer McCafferty (’80) will take a short recess from her duties as district judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of…
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GWB Attorneys Lead the Way in Participation on the South Carolina Bar’s iCivics Day
May 28, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – Gallivan, White and Boyd, P.A. (GWB) attorneys recently took part in the South Carolina Bar’s Third Annual iCivics Day. As members of the SC Bar’s Young Lawyers…
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Contest Brings Some of Nation’s Brightest Students to Clemson University
May 27, 2014CLEMSON, SC – Some of the nation’s brightest high school students will be at Clemson University this week to take part in a training camp that decides which four will…
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Greenville Tech’s Culinary Program Puts Waste to Good Use in Garden
May 27, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – The Culinary Institute of the Carolinas at Greenville Technical College is working to bring food from the garden to the table and back to the garden when…
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UofSC School of Law names fellows to South Carolina Legal Writing Academy inaugural class
May 26, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – The University of South Carolina School of Law has named five lawyers as fellows of the inaugural class of the South Carolina Legal Writing Academy. The fellows…
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Bob Jones University Offers Summer Camps
May 26, 2014
GREENVILLE, SC – Bob Jones University is accepting applications from students in grades 3 -12 for a variety of camps which will be held in June and July on the…
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Upstate Special Purpose Districts Seminar Covers Legal, Financial, Growth Issues
May 26, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – More than 45 commissioners, superintendents, fire chiefs, managers, and financial officers of Upstate fire, water, and sewer districts attended a seminar at the Pelham-Batesville Fire Department in…
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Furman University Receives Arboretum Accreditation for George G. Willis Jr. Arboretum
May 26, 2014
GREENVILLE, SC – Furman University has received accreditation as a Level I arboretum through The Morton Register of Arboreta. Furman earned the recognition for exemplifying tree conservation, species diversity, and…
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Furman University Hosts Conference for Campus Sustainability Coordinators
May 26, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – Furman University will host a conference of regional university sustainability directors and coordinators June 2-4. The meeting will take place at the Shi Center for Sustainability and…
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Kennedy Named Director of OLLI Program at Furman University
May 23, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – Nancy Kennedy has been named Director of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Furman University. She began her new duties on May 1. Kennedy has spent…
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Orthopaedic Associates Awards Scholarship to Dorman High Graduate Samantha Boniface
May 22, 2014SPARTANBURG, SC –Â Orthopaedic Associates, PA (OA) announced today that the recipient of its Annual W. Howard Tiller, Jr. Memorial Scholarship is Samantha Boniface, a 2014 graduate of Dorman High School.…
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Furman University Professor Receives $2.6 Million NIH Grant to Study Diabetes
May 21, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – Furman University Health Sciences professor Natalie The has been selected to receive a $2.6 million, four-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to advance research in…
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School Of Nursing Earns National Accreditation
May 21, 2014ANDERSON, SC – As it begins its third year of classes, the Anderson University School of Nursing has earned accreditation from the Board of Commissioners of the Commission on Collegiate…
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Clemson University cited as national leader in economic development
May 21, 2014New book calls university ‘enlightening example’ CLEMSON — Clemson University is among 12 universities nationwide that have been cited for helping drive economic growth at a time when more states…
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Phil Bradley elected chairman of Board of Visitors
May 21, 2014CLEMSON, SC – W. Phil Bradley of Charleston has been elected chairman of the Clemson University Board of Visitors for 2014-15. Photo at right: Phil and Mary Bradley Bradley was…
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Clemson graduate returns to lead industrial engineering department
May 20, 2014CLEMSON, SC –  A Clemson University graduate is returning to his alma mater to lead the industrial engineering department in the midst of an enrollment boom and a $10-million expansion of its…
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Furman Chemistry Professor Paul Wagenknecht Receives NSF Grant to Study Solar Energy
May 19, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – Paul Wagenknecht, Furman University Professor of Chemistry, has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to support investigations into cheaper ways to convert solar…
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Five Hundred and Eighty Graduate at Tri-County’s Spring Commencement
May 19, 2014ANDERSON, SC – When Michelin announced in 2012 it would build a new Earthmover tire plant in Anderson County, Michelin Chairman and President Pete Selleck challenged his team to hire…
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Career Change Brings Multiple Jobs Offers for Mechatronics Graduate
May 19, 2014ANDERSON, SC – Licensed homebuilder Steve Sutton spent the better part of 2012 looking for a job. The housing market crash of 2007 initially didn’t affect the successful owner of…
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Wofford College confers degrees to 360 graduates
May 19, 2014Three honorary degrees, awards to be presented at 160th Commencement ceremony  SPARTANBURG, SC – Dr. Nayef H. Samhat delivered his first Commencement address since becoming Wofford College’s president at the…
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Universidad Central de Bayamón, Sherman College Sign Transfer Agreement
May 19, 2014
SPARTANBURG, SC – Sherman College of Chiropractic and Universidad Central de Bayamón (UCB) in Puerto Rico recently signed a transfer agreement to simplify student admission into the doctor of chiropractic…
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Greenville Technical College Hosts Georgia Tech’s OSHA Training Institute
May 15, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – Greenville Technical College’s Corporate and Career Development division will host the Georgia Tech OSHA Training Institute in June with two classes offered. “Occupational Safety and Health Standards…
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Greenville Technical College Offers Healthy Homes Training
May 15, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – May is Asthma Awareness Month, recognizing a disease that affects 25.5 million Americans. Healthy homes training, offered through the Corporate and Career Development division at Greenville Technical…
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Bank of America Makes Donation Tri-County Technical College’s Connect to College (C2C) program
May 15, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – Bank of America Charitable Foundation made a $3,000 donation to Tri-County Technical College’s Connect to College (C2C) program. The funds are designated for textbooks for students in…
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Stormie Moore Reflects on Journey from High School Dropout to Honor Grad
May 15, 2014PENDLETON, SC – The last day of final exams for Tri-County Technical College associate degree nursing graduate Stormie Moore was tough. She wasn’t struggling with academics and last-minute projects, but…
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Bruce Yandle named Honorary Alumnus of Clemson University
May 14, 2014
CLEMSON, SC – Bruce Yandle, dean emeritus of the College of Business and Behavioral Science and Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus of economics, has been named an Honorary Alumnus of Clemson University by theClemson…
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Students choose accounting lecturer as 2014 Alumni Master Teacher
May 14, 2014CLEMSON – Clemson University students chose accounting senior lecturer J. Russell Madray as this year’s Alumni Master Teacher for outstanding undergraduate classroom instruction. The annual award is presented to a…
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Communities In Schools of South Carolina Announces Continued Improvement in Graduation Rates in New Report Released Today
May 14, 2014TV Ads by Academy Award-Winning Filmmaker Highlight Leading Reasons Why Kids Drop Out, Including Hunger, Homelessness, Lack of Medical Care COLUMBIA, SC – As kids around the country are graduating, Communities In…
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Communities In Schools of South Carolina Announces Continued Improvement in Graduation Rates in New Report Released Today
May 14, 2014TV Ads by Academy Award-Winning Filmmaker Highlight Leading Reasons Why Kids Drop Out, Including Hunger, Homelessness, Lack of Medical Care COLUMBIA, SC – As kids around the country are graduating, Communities In…
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Joan Kalley Receives Tri-County Technical College’s Presidential Medallion for Instructional Excellence
May 12, 2014PENDLETON, SC – Joan Kalley, English instructor at Tri-County Technical College, was honored May 8 with the highest award presented to the faculty. She received the Presidential Medallion for Instructional…
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Doug Wilson Receives 2014 Distinguished Alumni Award
May 12, 2014ANDERSON, SC – Doug Wilson is energized by investing in others’ lives, whether it’s building race cars with his teenage nephew on weekends, mentoring and teaching young associates through his…
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Clemson University to bring together art and technology at Artisphere 2014
May 12, 2014Highlights include concept car and hands-on activities CLEMSON, SC – May 12, 2014 – One of Artisphere 2014’s largest exhibits will show how Clemson University is bringing together technology and…
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Clemson summit to address youth success in South Carolina
May 10, 2014
CLEMSON, SC – May 10, 2014 – Education, government and nonprofit officials from across South Carolina will gather at Clemson University Monday and Tuesday to address this critical question: How…
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Steve Pettit Elected Fifth President of Bob Jones University
May 9, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – May 8, 2014 – Larry Jackson, chairman of the Bob Jones University Board of Trustees, announced today the election of Steve Pettit as the fifth president of…
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Three to receive honorary degrees from Wofford
May 8, 2014Coffey, Henry-Crowe, Kuh to be honored at Commencement May 18 SPARTANBURG, SC – May 8, 2014 – Wofford College will confer three honorary degrees during the 2014 Commencement Exercises on Sunday, May 18,…
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Furman University Philosophy Professor Appointed to Position at USC School of Medecine
May 7, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – May 7, 2014 – Furman University philosophy professor Carmela Epright has been invited to join the Department of Psychiatry at the University of South Carolina School of…
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2014 Yearbook, The Vintage, Dedicated to Dr. Bruce McAllister
May 6, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – May 6, 2014 – The Bob Jones University (BJU) Vintage staff announced today the 2014 yearbook has been dedicated to Dr. Bruce McAllister for his lifelong  commitment to advancing…
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Haworth Inc. pledges $3 million to Clemson, partners with Watt Family Innovation Center
May 5, 2014CLEMSON, SC – May 5, 2014 –  An innovative international company in furniture and organic workspace design and products is partnering with Clemson University’s Watt Family Innovation Center, now under construction…
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GHS Vice President wins SCPRSA Executive Excellence Award
May 4, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – May 4, 2014 – Howell Clyborne, vice president of community and governmental affairs at Greenville Health System, recently received the Executive Excellence Award from the South Carolina…
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Furman VP Merkt Named President of Southern Association of College and University Business Officers
May 4, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – May 4, 2014 – Furman University Vice President of Finance and Administration Mary Lou Merkt has been named President of the Southern Association of College and University…
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