Presbyterian College Welcomes Leading Economist as Part of New BB&T Program for the Study of Capitalism
September 15, 2009CLINTON, SC – Septmber 15, 2009 – Economist and historian Robert Higgs will speak at Presbyterian College this month as part of the college’s new BB&T Program on the Study of…
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Curriculum Project Making Connections Between High School and Higher Education Coursework
August 3, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – August 3, 2009 – Fifteen high school and college faculty members from across South Carolina are at the forefront of a statewide, ground-breaking initiative that is increasing…
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Sen. Peeler to Receive Honorary Degree at Clemson Graduation
August 3, 2009CLEMSON, SC – August 3, 2009 – Sen. Harvey Smith Peeler Jr., Republican senator for South Carolina District 14, will receive an honorary Doctorate of Humanities on Saturday, Aug. 8,…
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Rex Joins Announcement of New Round of Training to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse
August 3, 2009CHARLESTON, SC – August 3, 2009 – South Carolina Superintendent of Education Jim Rex joined with local education leaders and other public officials today to announce a new round of…
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Education Department Employee Wins Fellowship to Travel, Study in Japan
August 3, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – August 3, 2009 – The South Carolina Department of Education’s social studies coordinator recently returned from a trip to Japan made possible when he won a 2009…
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Dillon County Student's Plea about School Heard
August 3, 2009DILLON, SC – August 3, 2009 – Education officials launched an effort Tuesday to rebuild an South Carolina middle school that has became a symbol of the nation’s education inequities…
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Two S.C. Teachers of the Year Featured in New Books
July 31, 2009ROCK HILL, SC – July 31, 2009 – Former South Carolina Teachers of the Year Jason Fulmer and Ann Marie Taylor have been featured in a pair of new books…
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University of South Carolina School of Law Librarian Honored for Service
July 29, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – July 29, 2009 – Terrye Conroy, librarian for references and public services at the University of South Carolina School of Law’s Coleman Karesh Library, recently received the…
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Clemson Names Interim Dean of Agriculture College
July 29, 2009CLEMSON, SC – July 29, 2009 – Thomas R. Scott, a professor in the animal and veterinary sciences department at Clemson University, has been named interim dean of the College…
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Provost Academy South Carolina Reaches 1,000 Student Milestone
July 28, 2009Enrollment Increased to Include Openings for 500 More Students to Sign Up for State’s New Online Public High School COLUMBIA, SC – July 28, 2009 – With six weeks to…
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Midlands Technical College Commission Elects New Board Chair
July 28, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – July 28, 2009 – Robert F. Dozier, Jr., has been elected Chair of the Midlands Technical College Commission. He previously served as Commission Chair from July 2005…
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Clemson Management Students Named First SCOR Scholars
July 28, 2009CLEMSON, SC – July 28, 2009 – Nearly two dozen undergraduate students at Clemson University have become the first in the world to earn the SCOR Scholar designation. The 22…
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Provost Academy South Carolina Reaches 1,000 Student Milestone
July 28, 2009Enrollment Increased to Include Openings for 500 More Students to Sign Up for State’s New Online Public High School COLUMBIA, SC – July 28, 2009 – With six weeks to…
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Chinese Economic Expert to Address Upstate Business Representatives
July 23, 2009CLEMSON, SC – July 21, 2009 – Experts will dissect the economy of China during a Clemson Renaissance Center lunch meeting at noon Friday, July 31, at High Cotton in…
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Clemson raises $78.7 million in private gifts, pledges
July 23, 2009CLEMSON, SC – July 22, 2009 – Private gifts to Clemson University totaled $78.7 million for the 2008-2009 fiscal year that ended June 30. The total includes $43.1 million given…
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Ozen Engineering Inc. Donates Human Body-Modeling Software to Clemson
July 23, 2009CLEMSON, SC – July 23, 2009 – A gift from California-based Ozen Engineering Inc. to Clemson University is enabling researchers to create detailed computer models of the human body, which…
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Pediatricians Endorse Clemson University Bullying-Prevention Program
July 21, 2009CLEMSON, SC – July 21, 2009 – A bullying-prevention program based in Clemson University’s Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life has been endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics as…
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Furman University Ranks No. 1 Among South Carolina Colleges in State University.com Evaluation
July 21, 2009University is ranked No. 33 nationally GREENVILLE, SC – July 21, 2009 – Furman University has been named the top post-secondary institution in South Carolina by the website www.StateUniversity.com in…
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Richland 2 School Board to Vote on Charter School
July 20, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – July 20, 2009 – The Richland 2 school board will have the final say on a charter school giving Northeast Richland parents the option of year-round schooling.…
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Former Speaker, Ambassador Wilkins Named Clemson University Board Chairman
July 20, 2009CLEMSON, SC – July 20, 2009 – Longtime South Carolina legislator and former U.S. Ambassador to Canada David H. Wilkins was unanimously elected chairman of the Clemson University board of…
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Clemson University Trustees Approve Budget and Fees, Architecture Building Expansion, New Golf Team Facility
July 20, 2009CLEMSON, SC – July 20, 2009 – Clemson University trustees approved the school’s 2009-10 budget of $755,123,000 at their summer quarterly meeting on campus. Chief Financial Officer Brett Dalton said…
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Character Education Conference Planned
July 17, 2009ORANGEBURG, SC – July 17, 2009 – A one-day conference that will focus on helping people learn to incorporate character in their lives will be held at Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College…
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Psycho-Educational Services Opens in Columbia, SC
July 16, 2009Local business hopes effort will offer more expansive testing services for school kids COLUMBIA, SC – July 15, 2009 – Psycho-Educational Services, specializing in testing children ages 3 to 16 for…
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MUSC Earns $20 Million Award From National Institutes of Health
July 16, 2009Clinical Translational Science Award means better care, research and training CHARLESTON, SC – July 15, 2009 – One of the most challenging aspects of today’s health care system is the…
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Richland 2 Charter School gets Approval
July 16, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – July 16, 2009 – A charter school giving Northeast Richland parents the option of year-round schooling has received the blessing of a key committee of the S.C.…
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National Merit Scholarship Program Announces Additional Awards to SC Grads
July 16, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – July 16, 2009 – Twenty-seven graduates from 19 South Carolina public high schools are among an additional 2,000 award winners announced today by the National Merit Scholarship…
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New Curriculum Guides Making State Debut this Week at Research to Practice Forum
July 15, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – July 15, 2009 – New curriculum guides to help in teaching South Carolina’s academic standards are making their debut this week at the state’s sixth annual research…
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Clemson 'Stimulus Plan' Creates Jobs for Students
July 14, 2009CLEMSON, SC – July 14, 2009 – Clemson University is creating its own version of an economic stimulus plan for students, targeting those most impacted by the current economic recession…
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EdVenture Advocates Science Education for the Elementary Years
July 10, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – July 10, 2009 – In late June, 55 South Carolina public elementary school teachers converged on Columbia at EdVenture Children’s Museum to learn how to best integrate…
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Students Like Provost Academy Online Courses
July 10, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – July 10,2009 – Nationwide, a growing number of high school students are realizing the benefits of technology as an effective educational tool, making accredited teaching, proven curricula and…
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Two Hundred S.C. Students to Attend Business Week
July 10, 2009CLINTON, SC – July 10, 2009 – Two hundred of South Carolina’s brightest high school students will descend upon Presbyterian College in Clinton, S.C., July 12-17, for South Carolina Business…
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Furman University is Great Place to Work, According to Survey by The Chronicle of Higher Education
July 8, 2009GREENVILLE, SC – July 8, 2009 – Furman University has been recognized by The Chronicle of Higher Education as a great place to work based on the publication’s annual survey…
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Top Minority Students Attracted to Business and Entrepreneurship After Attending Program at University of South Carolina's Moore School
July 8, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – July 8, 2009 – As part of its efforts to attract more top minority high school students to study business and entrepreneurial management when they graduate, the…
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DOE Funds Clemson University Clean Energy Research
July 7, 2009CLEMSON, SC – July 7, 2009 – Clemson University associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering David Bruce will participate in a multi-university Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) funded with…
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South Carolina Calvert Academy — Newest, Statewide Public Virtual Charter School Opens in Columbia
July 5, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – July 1, 2009 – South Carolina Calvert Academy, a Kindergarten through Eighth Grade statewide, public virtual charter school, will open its headquarters in Columbia today. South Carolina Calvert…
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Montessori Teacher Training Scheduled
July 5, 2009Columbia College to offer Montessori training for primary level teachers COLUMBIA, SC – July 2, 2009 – Columbia College is launching Montessori teacher training this summer in partnership with Florence…
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Michael Amiridis, Dean of Engineering and Computing, Named Provost at University of South Carolina
July 1, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – July 1, 2009 – Dr. Michael Amiridis, dean of the College of Engineering and Computing at the University of South Carolina, has been named the university’s vice…
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Next Generation of Leaders Born at RCPL
June 30, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – June 30, 2009 – Nine library staff members graduated from the Leadership RCPL program at the Richland County Public Library in Columbia, SC on June 25. Designed to…
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Midlands Technical College Establishes Local Board in Batesburg-Leesville
June 30, 2009BATESBURG-LEESVILLE, SC – June 30, 2009 – Midlands Technical College established an Advisory Board of professionals and volunteers from the Batesburg-Leesville community to help advise the college on operational and academic…
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Brown Mackie College Announces the Opening of Greenville, S.C. Location
June 30, 2009New School in Upstate South Carolina Slated to Begin Classes in October 2009 GREENVILLE, SC – June 29, 2009 – Brown Mackie College today announced the addition of Brown Mackie…
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Furman University's Corporate and Professional Development Center Adds New Companies to Client List
June 30, 2009GREENVILLE, SC – June 30, 2009 – Furman University’s Center for Corporate and Professional Development recently added a number of new companies to its client list. Those new organizations are…
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Columbia Native Pens Book on The Role of Media in Presidential Politics
June 28, 2009Nowhere is the media more present and important than when a candidate runs for office and no time is the media more scrutinized than during a presidential campaign. COLUMBIA, SC…
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USC Professor and Burns Scholar Earns Honorary Degree
June 24, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – June 24, 2009 – The University of Glasgow has conferred an Honorary Degree on international Burns scholar Professor Ross Roy. Professor Roy, Professor Emeritus of English and…
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Rex Fields Viewer Questions During Streaming Video State of the Schools Presentation
June 24, 2009MYRTLE BEACH, SC – June 24, 2009 – State Superintendent of Education Jim Rex fielded questions on topics ranging from federal stimulus funds to school choice this morning during his…
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Thirty-nine Schools Across State Recognized for Improving Discipline, School Climate
June 23, 2009Positive Behavior Schools Recognized COLUMBIA, SC – Tuesday, June 23, 2009 – Thirty-nine public schools in 11 districts across the state are being recognized for improving their student discipline and…
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Midlands Technical College Ranks #41 in Nation, #1 in Carolinas
June 23, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – June 23, 2009 – According to a June 15 report from Community College Week, Midlands Technical College ranked #41 in the nation and #1 in the Carolinas…
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University of South Carolina Study Finds Manmade Nanoparticles Could Contaminate Marine Food Web
June 22, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – June 22, 2009 – Too tiny to see or touch, manmade nanoparticles are increasingly becoming a byproduct of industry and chemical and pharmaceutical technology. But once these…
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Clemson Announces Plan to Manage $45.7 Million Budget Cut
June 18, 2009CLEMSON & COLUMBIA, SC – June 18, 2009 – Calling it “a responsible, strategic plan that protects academic quality and minimizes impact on students,” Clemson University President James F. Barker…
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Provost Academy Becomes South Carolina's Newest Eco-Friendly High School
June 17, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – June 17, 2009 – Provost Academy South Carolina (PASC) recently reached the half-way enrollment milestone with 500 students, marking the academy’s continued growth as many students and parents…
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Furman University's Graduation Rate at Top of Highly Competitive Schools in The South, According to Study
June 17, 2009GREENVILLE, SC – June 17, 2009 – Furman University leads the South in graduation rates among “highly competitive” four-year colleges, according to a study recently released by the American Enterprise…
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