COLUMBIA, SC – September 9, 2008 – The Alfred P. Sloan Travel & Tourism Industry Center at the University of South Carolina and the U.S. Department of Commerce Office of…

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COLUMBIA, SC – September 5, 2008 – RISE SC, a nonprofit organization dedicated to reforming, improving, and supporting public education, announced yesterday the launch of a major initiative to register educators…

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COLUMBIA, SC – September 5, 2008 – The University of South Carolina will launch a monthly farmers market Tuesday, Sept. 16. The Healthy Carolina Farmers Market will operate from 10 a.m.…

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COLUMBIA, SC – September 5, 2008 –  Are you ready to start your business? FastTracSC, which helps foster the creation of new sustainable businesses through training programs, is offering FastTrac® NewVenture™…

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COLUMBIA, SC – August 29, 2008 – Southern Wesleyan University is celebrating a move to the northeast area of Columbia. The university’s Columbia Learning Center is now located in Pinnacle Point…

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COLUMBIA, SC – August 28, 2008 – The College of Engineering and Computing unveiled a memorial portrait of Cassidy Fae Pendley during a ceremony Thursday, August 28 in the Reading…

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GREENVILLE, SC – August 28, 2008 – Frederick Miller has been named Chief Information Officer and Director of Computing and Information Services at Furman University. Miller comes to Furman from…

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GREENVILLE, SC – August 28, 2008 – Forrest Stuart, who has worked in the financial aid office at Rhodes College for the past eight years, has been named Director of…

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COLUMBIA, SC – August 22, 2008 – Eighteen South Carolina high schools have joined the statewide Teen LEAD (Leaders Evolving and Developing) initiative for the 2008-09 school year.  The newcomers…

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Deadline to vote is Labor Day The direct link to the online ballot is http://ed.sc.gov/tools/NameThatTest/. COLUMBIA, SC – August 19, 2008 – State Superintendent of Education Jim Rex announced today that…

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COLUMBIA, SC – August 20, 2008 – Forty-nine award winning Palmetto Gold and Palmetto Silver schools are sharing their success stories with others through the South Carolina Department of Education’s…

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COLUMBIA, SC –  August 20, 2008 – As the rates of autism continue to rise, many parents and educators are facing difficulties implementing effective teaching methods for their children and…

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ROCK HILL – August 19, 2008 – State Teacher of the Year Jenna Hallman has launched a blog to bring readers along with her as she travels to classrooms across…

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COLUMBIA, SC – August 19, 2008 – Three hundred and thirty-eight EIA Teacher Awards totaling more than $1.2 million have been approved for 47 South Carolina school districts and for schools…

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Freshmen arrive Aug. 22; classes begin Aug. 27 GREENVILLE, S.C. – August 19, 2008 – For the first time in 40 years, Furman University will be following a new academic…

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 COLUMBIA, SC – August 14, 2008 – State Superintendent of Education Jim Rex will join Grammy-winning rockers Hootie & the Blowfish in Charleston on Friday, August 15, during the final…

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COLUMBIA, SC – August 14, 2008 – Thirty individuals and organizations are being recognized for their contributions to South Carolina’s public education system. The State Board of Education will honor…

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COLUMBIA, SC – August 13, 2008 – Senior Vice President Laura Stroman Crowther of South Carolina Realtors  (SCR) has been elected to fill a vacancy on Francis Marion University’s (FMU)…

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COLUMBIA – August 14, 2008 –  A special live edition of the In Our Schools television program this coming weekend features a roundtable discussion on funding 21st century public schools in…

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COLUMBIA, SC – August 12, 2008 – Mike Hanson, engineering technology instructor at Midlands Technical College, has received the Cisco(r) 4R Recognition Award in the category of Relationships. Hanson was…

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GREENVILLE, SC – August 12, 2008 – Thanks to a significant grant from the Bernard Osher Foundation of San Francisco, the Furman University Learning in Retirement Program (FULIR) has been…

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COLUMBIA, SC – August 13, 2008 – South Carolina’s 2008 high school graduates showed improved performance on the ACT college entrance exam for a fifth straight year and achieved the highest…

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GREENVILLE, SC — August 6, 2008 – The Environmental Education Association of South Carolina (EEASC) has given Furman University its annual award for Outstanding Leadership in Environmental Education. EEASC is a…

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ROCK HILL, SC – August 4, 2008 – Teacher Cadets, the flagship program of the Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement (CERRA), continues to grow nationally and expand the…

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COLUMBIA, SC – August 4, 2008 – City Center Partnership, a non-profit organization that manages the downtown Business Improvement District, is pleased to announce that Vice President of Retail Recruitment Amy…

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Stoudemire scheduled to become ACBSP President in 2009-2010 COLUMBIA. SC – July 31, 2008 – Midlands Technical College accounting instructor Janice Stoudemire was named President-Elect of the Association of Collegiate…

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ROCK HILL – July 31, 2008 – The Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement (CERRA) will launch its brand new Web site Friday, August 1, at 8 a.m. Thanks…

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COLUMBIA, SC – July 31, 2008 – South Carolina’s high school seniors in the Class of 2008 won a record $767 million in college scholarships, the highest one-year total since the…

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Southern Wesleyan University is on the move – to a new location in Columbia. COLUMBIA, SC – July 31, 2008 – The university’s Columbia Learning Center is moving to the…

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HARTSVILLE, SC – July 29, 2008 – The South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics is pleased to announce a $200,000 grant from the Toyota USA Foundation. This gift…

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Grant brings total funding for Furman project to $1 million GREENVILLE, SC — July 24, 2008 – The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation has awarded the Riley Institute at Furman…

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COLUMBIA, SC – July 24, 2008 – South Carolina students gave a big thumbs-up to single-gender classes in a statewide survey released in January.  In an expanded survey released today, parents…

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CLINTON, SC  — July 22, 2008 – The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that Chris Campbell of Irmo High School was named recipient of the inaugural S.…

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COLUMBIA, SC  — July 22, 2008 – The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that Paige Sharky, a rising senior at Pinewood Preparatory School, has been named winner…

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SOUTH CAROLINA – July 18, 2008 – The National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future has awarded South Carolina a planning grant to help develop initiatives that transform teaching and…

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COLUMBIA, SC – July 18, 2008 – The South Carolina Commission on Higher Education has set the maximum lottery tuition assistance (LTA) award amounts for the 2008 Fall semester. The…

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COLUMBIA, SC – July 14, 2008 – For one week in June, 13 Midlands educators returned to the classroom – not to a typical classroom constructed of four walls and…

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BEAUFORT, SC — July 14, 2008 – The Technical College of the Lowcountry’s (TCL) Area Commission has announced the three finalists in the running to replace retiring president Dr. Anne…

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COLUMBIA, SC – July 17, 2008 – School leaders in Hampton, Georgetown and Richland have been named 2008 William B. Harley Administrators of the Year. The South Carolina Association of School…

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New web site allows public to search the online courses at all 16 technical collegesCOLUMBIA, SC – July 16, 2008 – The South Carolina Technical College System announces the launch…

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COLUMBIA, SC – July 10, 2008 – Close to 200 of South Carolina’s brightest high school students will descend upon Presbyterian College in Clinton, July 13-18, for South Carolina Business…

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COLUMBIA, SC – July 9,2008 – The State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education (SBTCE) has elected Montez C. Martin, Jr. and Robert Barnett as its new Chair and Vice-Chair,…

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COLUMBIA, SC – July 9, 2008 – Acting on a recommendation from State Superintendent of Education Jim Rex, the South Carolina State Board of Education today issued public reprimands to two local school…

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COLUMBIA, SC – July 8, 2008 – The National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future (NCTAF) has awarded South Carolina a planning grant to help develop initiatives that transform teaching…

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COLUMBIA, SC – August 2008 Calendar of Events EXHIBITS AirPlay at EdVenture Children’s Museum.  New exhibit explores how air moves and influences the environment. Woosh! – hands-on science experiments inside…

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COLUMBIA – SC – July 1, 2008 – South Carolina has raised students’ reading achievement in the early grades since 2005, but needs to work harder to raise college graduation…

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GREENVILLE, SC – June 26, 2008 – Bill Berg, who has served Furman University for the past nine years as Director of Planning and Institutional Research, has been named Interim…

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COLUMBIA, SC – June 24, 2008 – Midlands Technical College (MTC) is one of nation’s top 50 associate degree providers for African Americans, according to a recent national study published…

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HARTSVILLE, SC – June 23, 2008 -This year, 61 seniors from across the state graduated from the South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics in Hartsville, earning in excess of…

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HARTSVILLE, SC – June 23, 2008 – The South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics recently received a $1,700 grant from the Verizon Foundation to fund an upgrade to…

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