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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SCCP executive dean moves on, campus deans take reins
May 13, 2014
Dr. Joseph DiPiro assumes dean position at Virginia Commonwealth University CHARLESTON, SC – After nine years of service to the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and the University of…
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MUSC Commencement set for Friday, May 16 at 9 a.m.
May 13, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – Approximately 870 graduates will receive degrees from the Medical University of South Carolina’s six colleges during commencement exercises scheduled for Friday, May 16, at 9 a.m. at…
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Richland One Announces 2014-2015 Teacher of the Year
May 12, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Richland One honored some of the district’s most dynamic and dedicated employees on May 8 during Celebration 2014, the district’s annual employee recognition banquet. Daniel Oddo, a mathematics…
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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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Computer Science Club Attracts 1200+ Students
May 12, 2014BERKELEY COUNTY, SC – May 12, 2014 – Google is celebrating an education milestone in South Carolina’s Lowcountry. At the start of the 2013-2014 school year, CS First created after-school clubs…
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Computer Science Club Attracts 1200+ Students
May 12, 2014BERKELEY COUNTY, SC – May 12, 2014 – Google is celebrating an education milestone in South Carolina’s Lowcountry. At the start of the 2013-2014 school year, CS First created after-school clubs…
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Midlands Technical College graduates more than 2300 students
May 12, 2014Students prepared to enter the workforce or transfer to four-year colleges COLUMBIA, SC – May 12, 2014 – Midlands Technical College (MTC) graduated more than 2300 students at its annual…
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Two Midlands Educators Represent S.C. On A National Platform
May 12, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – May 12, 2014 – Dr. BeaAtryce Mazyck and Preston Thorne are two Midlands educators who are making something of a name for themselves in South Carolina and on…
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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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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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Local Business Woman Awarded Harvard Business School Scholarship
May 9, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – May 9, 2014 – Senior Matters Extended Care Services, LLC and One Matters President, Mary Katherine Bagnal, was recently awarded a scholarship to attend The Harvard Business…
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USC College of Education Launches New Website to Recruit Teachers of Science and Mathematics
May 9, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – May 9, 2014 – The University of South Carolina (U of SC) College of Education recently launched www.TeachScienceandMath.org, an interactive and informative website reflecting the new and…
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District Five announces new principal of Irmo Elementary School
May 8, 2014IRMO, SC -May 9, 2014 – Lexington-Richland School District Five has named a new principal for Irmo Elementary School. Veteran administrator Tina McCaskill will take over as principal of the…
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Tommy Preston, Jr. Elected President-Elect of USC Alumni Association
May 8, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – May 8, 2014 – Nexsen Pruet attorney Tommy Preston, Jr. has been elected President-Elect of the USC Alumni Association “My Carolina”. He will serve as President-Elect for…
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District Five teacher chosen to attend White House event
May 7, 2014IRMO, SC – May 7, 2014 – A Lexington-Richland School District Five teacher was one of 20 educators from across the county chosen to visit the White House for a…
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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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PHS head athletic trainer receives two prestigious awards
May 7, 2014PELION, SC – Pelion High Head Athletic Trainer George Wham was named the 2014 Athletic Trainer of the Year by the South Carolina Athletic Coaches Association. The award honors Wham…
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Richland Two Awarded the 2014 Sylvia Charp Award for District Innovation in Technology
May 6, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – May 6, 2014 – Richland School District Two is the winner of the 2014 Sylvia Charp Award for District Innovation in Technology. Presented by the International Society…
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SCC Offers Free South Carolina Manufacturing Certification Program
May 6, 2014SPARTANBURG, SC – May 6, 2014 – Spartanburg Community College’s Corporate & Community Education Division (SCC CCE) is holding information sessions for a five-week South Carolina Manufacturing Certification (SCMC) program…
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Top National Scholarships Awarded to Four Students at The Citadel
May 5, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – May 5, 2014 – As the 2013-14 academic year comes to a close, students from The Citadel are making global plans for their continued work and study. …
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Lee Higdon Teaches Course on Leadership, Offers Six Ways to Develop Leadership Skills
May 5, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – May 5, 2014 – Former College of College of Charleston President Leo I. Higdon is passionate about leadership. So passionate that he retired from a 40-year career…
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Computer Science Club Attracts 1200+ Students: Google Seeks Volunteers for Expansion this Fall
May 5, 2014BERKLEY COUNTY, SC – May 5, 2014 – Google is celebrating an education milestone in South Carolina’s Lowcountry. At the start of the 2013-2014 school year, CS First created after-school…
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University of South Carolina College of Education Launches New Website to Recruit Teachers of Science and Mathematics
May 5, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – May 5, 2014 – The University of South Carolina (U of SC) College of Education recently launched www.TeachScienceandMath.org, an interactive and informative website reflecting the new and…
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Lexington One Promotes Taylor
May 5, 2014LEXINGTON, SC – May 5, 2014 – At a special board meeting/board budget workshop of the Lexington County School District One Board of Trustees held on April 29, 2014, the…
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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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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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District Five Students Earn Top Prizes in “Art of Healing” Student Art Competition
May 4, 2014IRMO, SC – May 4, 2014 – Several Lexington-Richland School District Five students will have their artwork displayed at the Columbia Museum of Art, after winning seven out of nine…
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District Five School Launches Anonymous Alerts Reporting Service
May 4, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – May 4, 2014 – Irmo High School has added a new communications tool called Anonymous Alerts®, allowing students and other individuals to quickly and anonymously report urgent…
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Irmo High School Athletic Director, Football Coach Bob Hanna Resigns
May 4, 2014IRMO, SC – May 4, 2014 – The trophies and awards prominently displayed in Bob Hanna’s office are telling of his long, decorated career as athletic director and head football…
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Finding the elusive decision maker. Then what?
May 4, 2014Jeffrey, I speak with many people in organizations that want you to think they are the decision maker when in fact they are not. I have wasted too many emails…
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Two Richland One Students Named Gates Millennium Scholars
May 4, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – May 4, 2014 – Two Richland One students have been named 2014 Gates Millennium Scholars, a highly prestigious award that will pay the entire cost of their college…
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Sandlapper Elementary Teacher Named Conservation Teacher of the Year
May 3, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – May 3, 2014 – Brooke Scott, a fourth-grade teacher at Sandlapper Elementary School, has been named Richland County’s Conservation Teacher of the Year for 2014 by the…
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Dr. Johnnie Cordell Breed to Keynote Columbia College Commencement
May 2, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – May 2, 2014—Columbia College is proud to announce Dr. Johnnie Cordell Breed as the 2014 undergraduate commencement speaker. Dr. Breed is an entrepreneur whose expertise in transportation…
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Gov. Nikki Haley Announces 2014 Governor’s Award For Excellence In Science
May 1, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Governor Nikki Haley was joined today by the South Carolina Academy of Science in presenting the 2014 Governor’s Award for Excellence in Science. Founded in 1924, the South Carolina…
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IT-oLogy and STEM Premier announce partnership
May 1, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – IT-oLogy and Charleston based STEM Premier announce their partnership to launch the new STEM Premier platform for high school and college students who are engaged in science,…
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Jill Johnson Joins Newberry as Director of Marketing
April 9, 2014NEWBERRY, SC – Jill Johnson has joined Newberry College as director of Marketing effective April 1, 2014. She will be responsible for developing, implementing and measuring a comprehensive marketing and communications strategy…
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Kershaw County Students Benefit from FAC's School Arts Program
November 20, 2013CAMDEN, SC – November 20, 2013 – The Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County (FAC) brings another exciting School Arts Program to students in the Kershaw County School District. Camden…
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Public Education Partners Announces Fluor as 2013 Partner of the Year
November 19, 2013GREENVILLE, SC – November 19, 2013 – Each year Public Education Partners Greenville County (PEP) gathers with school representatives, donors and business partners to celebrate a year of hard work…
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Fine Arts Center's Outreach Program Touches Lives of Over 270 Children
November 7, 2013CAMDEN, SC – November 7, 2013 – Now in its fourth year, the Outreach Committee of the Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County (FAC) continues its initiative to bring a…
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USC Senior Pedro De Abreu Stars in WLTX News 19 Segment
October 11, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – October 11, 2013 – Darla Moore School of Business senior Pedro De Abreu recently became the host of the television segment The Motivational Minute on WLTX-Columbia News…
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$25 Million Grant Will Fund Midlands Technical College and Partner Colleges To Fast-track Displaced Workers Towards Healthcare Careers
October 9, 2013The largest grant in the college’s history will help workers displaced by offshoring receive certification within one year COLUMBIA, SC – October 9, 2013 – Thousands of displaced workers and…
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Dick and Tunky Riley Education Award Winner announced Oct 16
October 7, 2013GREENVILLE, SC – October 7, 2013 – The Riley Institute at Furman and South Carolina Future Minds will announce the winner of the 2013 Dick and Tunky Riley WhatWorksSCsm Award for…
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Central Carolina Community Foundation Awards $133,150 in Scholarships to South Carolina Students
October 3, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – October 3, 2013 – Central Carolina Community Foundation has awarded 53 scholarships totaling $133,150 to some of South Carolina’s best and brightest students. The Community Foundation manages…
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Above Grade Level to sponsor free proctored SAT for area high school students
September 30, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – September 30, 2013 – As the nation’s most widely used college admission test, the SAT is the first step toward higher education for students of all backgrounds.…
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Lower Richland High School to kick off year of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) programming on October 4, 2013
September 18, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – September 17, 2013 – Richland County Council Chairman Kelvin Washington will join local community leaders, members of the press, and the faculty, staff, parents and students of…
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Announcing John Fulmer and Dr. Susan Thomas: New Senior Leadership Team for Glenforest School
August 6, 2013WEST COLUMBIA, SC – August, 2013- Glenforest School and Governing Board have announced exiting changes in senior leadership for the new school year. It is with great excitement that Glenforest…
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Accent Connections Helps Individuals Find Their Professional Voice
July 16, 2013COLUMBIA, SC – July 16, 2013 – How does your accent or dialect affect your communication in the work place? Whether you speak English as a second language or have…
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Above Grade Level’s In-Home Tutoring Expands to South Carolina
July 8, 2013National franchise grows to empower students for life, address U.S. education crisis COLUMBIA, SC – July 8, 2013 – Throughout South Carolina, teacher layoffs and cutbacks in education are causing…
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