GREENVILLE, SC – December 8, 201 – Upstate businessman Ray Lattimore, President and CEO of Marketplace Staffing, has been named to the Greenville Technical College Area Commission, the body responsible…

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SPARTANBURG, SC – December 7, 2011 – Spartanburg Community College offers a second chance to high school dropouts and students at risk of dropping out through Gateway to College –…

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CLEMSON, SC – December 6, 2011 – Joseph Turner Jr., an emeritus professor of computer science atClemson University, has received the highest award bestowed by theaccrediting body for university science…

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SPARTANBURG, SC – December 7, 2011 – Spartanburg Community College (SCC) has reached a record enrollment of 6,008 students for fall, 2011, with an increase of more than 41 percent…

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MYRTLEBEACH, SC – December 2, 2011 – Clemson University has reorganized and is investing in itscontinuing commitment to South Carolina agriculture and agribusiness,President James F. Barker told the members of…

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GREENVILLE, SC – December 5, 2011 – Bob Jones University announcedthat it will establish an intercollegiate athletics program. The University hasbeen in talks with the National Christian College Athletic Association…

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ANDERSON, SC – December 1, 2011 –  Anderson School District One’s, Mr. Robbie Binnicker, principal of Wren High School, has been named the 2012 South Carolina High School Principal of…

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CLEMSON, SC – December 1, 2011 – IPTAY,widely regarded as the model of successful collegiate athleticfundraising, has pledged $1.25 million for need-based scholarships toClemson University.  “The members of the IPTAY…

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CLEMSON, SC – November 28, 2011 – Clemson University ranks eighth among the nation’s universities ingraduating African-American students in engineering, according to a survey by the magazine Diverse: Issues In…

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Gift presented in honor of university trustee Daniel Sanders GREENVILLE, SC – December 1, 2011 – The Milliken Foundation has made a $1 million contribution to Furman University in honor…

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SPARTANBURG, SC – November 29, 2011 – Spartanburg School District 7, Meredith Rose, assistant principal of Jesse Boyd Elementary School in Spartanburg, SC, has been named the 2012 Elementary Assistant…

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PENDLETON, SC – November 23, 2011 – AT&T is the 2011 recipient of the Tri-County Technical College Foundation’s Philanthropist of the Year award. This is the Foundation’s highest and most…

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GREENVILLE, SC – November 22, 2011 –  Greenville Technical College is one of three Solar Training Centers inthe South Carolina State Technical College system, with funding providedin part by a…

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GREENVILLE, SC – November 17, 2011 – The Bernard Osher Foundation of San Francisco has awarded the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Furman University a $1 million grant in…

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ANDERSON, SC – November 15, 2011 – Barbara Hammond, director of the Office Skills Center for the Corporate and Community Education (CCE) of Tri-County Technical College, was awarded the Outstanding…

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PENDLETON, SC – November 15, 2011 – Ralph Nix, owner of Ralph’s Trophy Shop in Seneca and a longtime friend of Tri-County Technical College, made a $15,000 donation to the…

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CLEMSON, SC – November 15, 2011 – Clemson University School of Computing professor JuanGilbert is one of nine people receiving the Presidential Award forExcellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring,…

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CLEMSON, SC – November 15, 2011 – Underscoring its commitment to improving South Carolina’seconomy, Clemson University has appointed the chairman of its industrialengineering department to an expanded role as associate…

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GREENVILLE, SC – November 15, 2011 – In a celebration held today, Greenville Technical College announced that its Student Center has received LEED Silver Certification. The Barton Campus building, originally…

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SPARTANBURG, SC – November 14, 2011 – Mrs. Rachel Deems has been named the next Head of School at Spartanburg Day School.  Her appointment will begin July 1, 2012.  Mrs.…

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GREENVILLE, SC – November 13, 2011 – Renowned Professor Cecil O’Neal to direct South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities (SCGSAH) drama students in Doubt by John Patrick…

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Pelley anchoring 6:30 p.m. broadcast from outside Main Building SPARTANBURG, SC – November 11, 2011 – The CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley will be broadcast live, anchored by Pelley, at…

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GREENVILLE, SC – November 10, 2011 – Michelin North America has provided a gift of ten Adept robots to Greenville Technical College.   The gift of the robots, originally valued at…

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PENDLETON, SC – November 10, 2011 – Tri-County Technical College’s Veterinary Technology program reports a 90 percent pass rate on the Veterinary Technician National Examination (VTNE). The 10 2011 graduates…

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GREENVILLE, SC – November 8, 2011 – The Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and The Honors Program of Greenville Technical College are pleased to present a free Honors Seminar Series…

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Fine arts initiative to include partnership with Peace CenterGREENVILLE, SC – November 8, 2011 – The Duke Endowment has awarded Furman University a $2 million grant that will enrich the…

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SOUTH CAROLINA – November 8, 2011 – SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities (SCGSAH) creative writing students were recognized in the Leonard Milberg ’53 Secondary School Poetry Prize…

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GREENVILLE, SC – November 7, 2011 – Beginning Monday, Nov. 7 through Friday, Nov. 11, 149 seventh and eighth graders will collect food, cleaning supplies and paper products to donate to…

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CLINTON, SC – November 7, 2011 – Presbyterian College president JohnV. Griffith announced today that he will retire at the conclusion of the2011-12 academic year. The 63 -year-old Griffith, who…

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SPARTANBURG, SC – November 2, 2011  – Zvi Arad, Ph.D., founder and president of Netanya Academic College in Israel and founder of internationally known Gelbart Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences,…

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COLUMBIA, SC – November 1, 2011 – Darla Moore School of Business announces international business leadership changes The Darla Moore School of Business has made several leadership changes to enhance…

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Ranked 39th among national private liberal arts colleges   SPARTANBURG, SC – November 1, 2011 – Wofford College ranks 39th in the nation and first in South Carolina in the…

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GREENVILLE, SC – November 2, 2011 – The Furman University mock trial team won first place in the Robert E. Sanders Mock Trial Invitational tournament held this past weekend in…

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CLEMSON, SC – November 2, 2011 – South Carolina residents are being askedto help track down a new stinkbug that has Clemson University plant-pestexperts concerned. The public is encouraged to…

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CLEMSON, SC – November 1, 2011 – A $100,000 gift from his family will provide for a scholarship inhonor of a Clemson University alumnus who died last year. The Robert…

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GREENVILLE, SC – November 1, 2011 – Former Michelin North America chairman and president JimMicali will speak at the Nov. 4 First Friday Series Leadership Seminarat Clemson at the Falls,…

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Five new trustees attend fall meetingGREENVILLE, SC – November 1, 2011 – The Furman University Board of Trustees unanimously approved a wide-ranging strategic plan to guide the university for the…

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David Dodson speaks on closing the educational opportunity gap GREENVILLE, SC – October 27, 2011 – David Dodson, President of MDC, an organization that helps institutions and communities close the gaps…

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SPARTANBURG, SC – October 27, 2011 – Spartanburg Day School has hired Mrs. Caroline Hobson to workin their VISTAS program.  Mrs.Hobson received her BA in Elementary Education from Stetson University…

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GREENVILLE, SC – October 27, 2011 – Goodwill Industries ofUpstate/Midlands South Carolina (GIUMSC) announced thatit will co-sponsor Train the Trainer Boot Camp withThe Bob Pike Group, November 17 – 18,…

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CLEMSON – October 25, 2011 – The Avon Foundation for Women has awarded the Clemson University Institute for Biological Interfaces of Engineering (IBIOE) a second grant for medical research related…

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Everman to serve as Medical Director for Genetic Counseling Program GREENVILLE, SC – October 25, 2011 –  David Everman, MD, Associate Clinical Geneticist in the Greenville office of the Greenwood Genetic…

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CLEMSON, SC – October 26, 2011 – Clemson University and its partners will drive a statewide initiative to create a skilled workforce for South Carolina’s leading aviation and automotive industries.…

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SPARTANBURG, SC  – October 26, 2011 – The University of South Carolina Upstate’s Chancellor Thomas F. Moore has become the newest member of the Presidents’ Council for South Carolina Campus…

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CLEMSON, SC – October 21, 2011 – At its quarterly meeting, Clemson University’s board of trustees approved program plans for building a permanent home for the university’s architecture center in…

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PENDLETON, SC – October 21, 2011 – Tri-County Technical College honored former Foundation Board member and Anderson resident Kleo Stathakis with the highest award given by the College’s nine-member Commission. …

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GREENVILLE, SC – October 17, 2011 – Greenville Tech’sCorporate and Career Development division has added welding classes withopen entry and exit opportunities in addition to courses with set startand stop…

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