University of South Carolina’s Popular ‘Caught in the Creative Act’ Series to Feature Five Internationally Recognized Writers
May 7, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – May 7, 2009 – Novelist Tom Perrotta, South Carolina writer Ron Rash and Time magazine book critic Lev Grossman are among the writers who will participate in…
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Twenty-three SC high school seniors named National Merit $2,500 Scholarship winners
May 7, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – May 7, 2009 – Twenty-three seniors in South Carolina’s public high schools are in the ranks of 2009 National Merit $2,500 Scholarship winners announced by officials of the…
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SWU Students Thank Legislators
May 7, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – May 7, 2009 – Students from Southern Wesleyan University traveled to Columbia to thank their legislators on April 22. The students expressed their appreciation to the S.C. General…
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Barker Outlines Next Budget Steps at Year-End Faculty Meeting
May 7, 2009CLEMSON, SC – May 7, 2009 – Clemson has begun implementing recommendations from the 11 budget task forces that met over the last year, President James F. Barker said at the…
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EdVenture Children’s Museum CEO Catherine Horne Named Noyce Leadership Fellow
May 6, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – May 6, 2009 – Catherine Wilson Horne, president and CEO of EdVenture Children’s Museum, has been named a Noyce Leadership Fellow by The Noyce Foundation in collaboration…
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Dreher High Students Compete in SE Regional EconomicsChallenge
May 5, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – May 5, 2009 – Columbia’s Dreher High School took second place in the Adam Smith Division of the Southeast Regional EconomicsChallenge, April 27 at the Federal Reserve…
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Clemson University Swine Flu Sources and Tips
May 5, 2009CLEMSON, SC – May 1, 2009 – Clemson University is monitoring the outbreak of swine flu. For the latest announcements go to http://www.clemson.edu/newsroom/special_reports/flu/. Swine flu is not an animal disease…
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Clemson University to Webcast Friday's Commencement Ceremonies
May 5, 2009CLEMSON, SC – May 5, 2009 – Clemson University plans to have two Commencement ceremonies as scheduled Friday, one at 9:30 a.m. and one at 2:30 p.m. at Littlejohn Coliseum, and…
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Math Professor, Dr. Griggs, Named a Fellow in Prestigious Society
May 5, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – May 5, 2009 – Dr. Jerrold Griggs, Carolina Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at the University of South Carolina, has been named a 2009 fellow by the Society…
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Furman History Professor, Lloyd Benson, Receives Excellence in Teaching Award
May 5, 2009GREENVILLE, SC – May 5, 2009 – Lloyd Benson, a professor of history at Furman University, has been awarded a 2009 Excellence in Teaching Award from the South Carolina Independent…
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University of South Carolina's Moore School of Business is Again Recognized as Top International Graduate Business Program at Any Public University in the Nation
May 5, 2009Moves into Top 25 Overall Among Business Schools at Public Universities COLUMBIA, SC – May 5, 2009 – The Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina has once…
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Clemson Entrepreneurs Recognized at SBA Awards Ceremony
May 4, 2009CLEMSON, SC – April 30, 2009 – Two Clemson entrepreneurs were the top winners in the Spiro Institute’s 10th annual South Carolina Collegiate Entrepreneurship Award program. They were recognized this week…
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University of South Carolina Selected for Multi-Million-Dollar Energy Research Center
May 2, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – May 1, 2009 – The University of South Carolina has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to house a research center that is expected to…
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Governor's School for Science & Math Announces Technology-based Summer Camp
April 30, 2009COLUMBIA, SC & BERKELEY COUNTY, SC April 29, 2009 – The South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics (GSSM) Foundation is pleased to announce its relationship with Google and Berkeley County…
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Clemson Alumna Gives $25,000 to Women’s Leadership Programs
April 29, 2009Gift matched by employer Sherwin-Williams CLEMSON, SC – April 29, 2009 — Clemson University alumna Cheri Dunmore Phyfer of Dallas, Texas, an executive for Sherwin-Williams, has given $25,000 to support…
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Greenville Native, Former DNI Mike McConnell Joins Furman University Board
April 28, 2009Trustees approve faculty promotions, tenure during spring meeting Saturday, April 25 GREENVILLE, SC – April 28, 2009 – The Furman University Board of Trustees heard that six new members will…
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Blue Cross Blue Shield Donation Helps Expand One Laptop per Child Project
April 27, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – April 27, 2009 – An initiative to improve student achievement by making laptop technology available to every elementary school student in the state is expanding this month…
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Clemson Graduate Engineering Programs are Among Nation's Best
April 27, 2009CLEMSON, SC – April 27, 2009 – Eight graduate programs in Clemson University’s College of Engineering and Science are among the nation’s 40 best with three of them in the…
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Longtime SC Educator & Superintendent to Lead Provost Academy South Carolina
April 22, 2009Dr. Darrell M. Johnson Named Executive Director of State’s Newest Public Online High School CHARLESTON, SC – April 22, 2009 – The Executive Director of South Carolina’s new public online…
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Provost Academy Names State Community Outreach Directors
April 22, 2009Three South Carolina Residents Will Answer Parents’ and Students’ Questions About New Online High School CHARLESTON, SC – April 22, 2009 – Provost Academy, South Carolina’s newest free online public…
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Education Superintendent Schedules Second Statewide Virtual Faculty Meeting April 27
April 22, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – April 22, 2009 – Superintendent of Education Jim Rex will hold his second online faculty meeting with South Carolina teachers statewide from 4 to 5 p.m. on…
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Clemson Unversity Center and ANSYS Shift Engineering Innovation Into High Gear with Preferred Partnership
April 21, 2009CLEMSON, SC – April 21, 2009 – ANSYS Inc. a global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, and Clemson University, a top-tier research institution,…
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Anonymous Gift Supports Clemson Center for China Studies
April 21, 2009CLEMSON, SC – April 21, 2009 – An anonymous donor has given $10,000 to the Clemson University Center for China Studies to support the center’s mission and programs. This gift…
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Midlands Technical College Offers New Nuclear Technology Program
April 21, 2009Courses begin in Fall 2009 semester COLUMBIA, SC – April 21, 2009 – In a new economy that stresses the importance of new technologies and job creation to lead the…
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Pilot Project at Hand Middle School will Recycle School Lunchroom Trays into Compost
April 21, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – April 21, 2009 – A pilot project to recycle school lunchroom trays into compost instead of landfill debris is under way at Hand Middle School in Richland District…
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University of South Carolina, Claflin University Develop ‘4 + 1 Program’ to Educate Public-Health Professionals
April 21, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – April 21, 2009 – The University of South Carolina and Claflin University signed an agreement Tuesday (April 21) to establish a partnership that will develop a diverse public-health…
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Union’s LSP Automotive Establishes the State’s First Federally-Recognized Apprenticeship Program in Mechatronics
April 21, 2009Union, SC – April 21, 2009 – LSP Automotive of Union, the first automotive supplier to locate in Union County, continues its trailblazer tradition. Apprenticeship Carolina™, a division of the South…
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Teaching Fellows to be Honored at State House
April 20, 2009ROCK HILL, SC — April 20, 2009 – Graduates representing the 2009 class of the South Carolina Teaching Fellows Program will be honored at the State House on Wednesday, April…
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CERRA Board of Directors Elects New Members
April 20, 2009ROCK HILL, SC — April 20, 2009 – The Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement (CERRA) announces the election of ten education advocates representing public and private sectors including…
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Clemson Trustees Consider Budget, Academic, Facility Issues
April 20, 2009CLEMSON, SC – April 18, 2009 – Clemson University’s trustees learned of state funding proposals for the school’s general education and public service activities budgets as they tended to the business…
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William P. Walker Jr. Honored at Southern Trial Lawyers Association Annual Meeting
April 17, 2009NEWBERRY, SC – April 16, 2009 – At their recent meeting in New Orleans, the Southern Trial Lawyers Association honored William P. “Billy” Walker Jr. with the “Tommy Malone Great American…
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Science Academy Teacher of the Year
April 17, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – April 16, 2009 – A faculty member at North Charleston’s Academic Magnet High School today was named the South Carolina Academy of Science’s2009 Teacher of the Year.…
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Secaida Howell Appointed Principal of South Carolina Calvert Academy
April 16, 2009BALTIMORE & COLUMBIA, SC – April 16, 2009 – South Carolina Calvert Academy, a Kindergarten through Eighth Grade public virtual charter school, has appointed Dr. Secaida D. Howell as its first…
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SCETV will broadcast live interactive field trip to help students observe Earth Day 2009
April 14, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – April 14, 2009 – South Carolina students can celebrate Earth Day on Wednesday, April 22, with a live interactive field trip to be broadcast statewide by SCETV. The…
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Conference Examines Strategies For Closing the Academic Achievement Gap Affecting African-American Children
April 14, 2009DETROIT,MI & COLUMBIA, SC – April 14, 2009 – Wayne State University and University of South Carolina host venue for researchers to present cutting edge research in early childhood programs…
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Furman University Offers Tuition-Free Benefits to Eligible Post-911 Veterans
April 14, 2009GREENVILLE, SC – April 14, 2009 – Furman University has agreed to participate in the new Yellow Ribbon GI Education Enhancement Program, which will allow qualified post-9/11 veterans to attend…
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A Fond Farewell to C. David Warren
April 13, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – April 13, 2009 – After 30 years of exemplary leadership and service to RCPL, C. David Warren retired on Friday, April 3. The RCPL staff, the Friends…
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Twenty-two seniors are winners in National Achievement Scholarship competition
April 11, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – April 11, 2009 – Twenty-two African American seniors in 18 South Carolina public high schools have been named winners in the 45th annual National Achievement Scholarship competition.…
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South Carolina School Districts will Share $20.3 Million in Federal Grants, Loans to Save Energy
April 10, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – April 10, 2009 – South Carolina’s 85 school districts will share $20.3 million in federal stimulus grants and loans to make immediate provements to building energy and lighting systems, the…
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Former SWU president Newby Dies
April 10, 2009CENTRAL, SC – April 10, 2009 – Dr. John Newby, president of Southern Wesleyan University from 1979 to 1994, entered into the presence of the Lord on April 6, 2009,…
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Randall (Mack) Jackson Appointed to the Midlands Technical College Commission
April 10, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – April 9, 2009 – Randall (Mack) Jackson has been appointed to serve on the Midlands Technical College Commission. The Midlands Technical College Commission is a 12-member board representing…
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Run for the Dream SC State's Beta Delta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity host 2nd Run for the Dream 5k
April 9, 2009SC State’s Beta Delta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity host 2nd Run for the Dream 5k ORANGEBURG, SC- April 9, 2009 – The Beta Delta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha…
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Clemson University Trustee Emeritus William Green DesChamps Dies
April 8, 2009CLEMSON, SC – April 8,2009 – Clemson University mourns the loss Wednesday of Trustee Emeritus William Green DesChamps. DesChamps was elected to the Clemson University board of trustees in 1975 and…
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Junior Achievement Creates Free Money-Management Teaching Tools for Teachers, Parents
April 8, 2009New, downloadable lessons designed to help educators, families talk to young people about personal finance COLUMBIA, SC – April 8, 2009 – In its quest to help bridge the financial…
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Furman University Professor, Julian Reed, Tackles Childhood Obesity with New Book
April 7, 2009GREENVILLE, SC – April 7, 2009 – Julian Reed, an associate professor of health and exercise science at Furman University, has written a book about ways that elementary school teachers…
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Administrative Professionals Conference 2009
April 7, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – April 7, 2009 – Midlands Technical College Continuing Education is hosting its annual Administrative Professionals Conference on Thursday, April 23, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.…
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International Wind-Energy Specialist to Visit Charleston
April 7, 2009NORTH CHARLESTON, SC – April 7, 2009 – The Clemson University Restoration Institute, a partner in Palmetto Wind, South Carolina’s pioneering offshore wind-farm initiative, is bringing international alternative-energy specialist Nick…
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Furman University Awarded Beckman Scholars Grant for Research by Chemistry Majors
April 5, 2009GREENVILLE, SC – April 3, 2009 – Furman University is one of nine schools in the nation awarded a Beckman Scholars Program Institutional Award, a highly competitive grant supporting scientific…
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University to Offer LEED Classes on Environmental Design, Green Building
April 5, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – April 5, 2009 – The University of South Carolina’s Office of Academic Enrichment and Conferences is offering two-day courses for individuals preparing for the Leadership in Energy…
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National report says minority, low-income students are reducing ‘achievement gaps’
April 2, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – April 2, 2009 – South Carolina’s minority and lower-income students have raised their scores and reduced achievement gaps on standardized reading and math tests, according to a national…
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