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.…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
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…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
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,…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
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…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
New Survey Shows Fewer Students Spent Less on Spring Break
April 9, 2009CHARLESTON, SC – April 9, 2009 – A new survey shows that the annual rite of passage known as college Spring Break has become another victim of the struggling economy.…
Read MorePosted in: lowcountrybizsc Category: education
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…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
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…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
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…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
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…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
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.…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
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…
Read MorePosted in: lowcountrybizsc, midlandsbiz Category: education
Global Review Shows LASIK Patients Highly Satisfied
April 7, 2009Research highlights of the April 2009 issue of Ophthalmology CHARLESTON, SC – April 6, 2009 – Findings that were first released by the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery…
Read MorePosted in: lowcountrybizsc Category: education
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…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
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…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
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…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
Clemson Dedicates Building for Packaging Design and Graphics Institute
April 2, 2009CLEMSON, SC — April 2, 2009 – Clemson University Tuesday dedicated the Harris A. Smith Building, home to the Sonoco Institute of Packaging Design and Graphics, where students and researchers…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
K-12 Job Losses Could Top 5,000 if Federal Stimulus Funds Rejected, State Survey Says
April 2, 2009CHARLESTON, SC – April 2, 2009 – A survey of South Carolina school districts indicates that more than 5,000 jobs would be eliminated next year due to budget cuts, although more…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
Atlanta Falcons Owner Arthur Blank to Deliver Lecture at Furman April 1
March 30, 2009GREENVILLE, SC – March 29, 2009 – Philanthropist and Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank will discuss the value of a liberal arts education in business and other ventures when he…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
White-Collar Crime Takes Center Stage at Clemson Symposium
March 30, 2009CLEMSON, SC – March 30, 2009 – White-collar crime involves criminals from the suites instead of the streets and presents a challenge for business leaders and law enforcement officials. Harvard Business…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
GSSM Receives $100,000 Grant from AT&T Foundation
March 30, 2009HARTSVILLE, SC – March 30, 2009 – As the demand for a more tech-savvy workforce continues to escalate in South Carolina, GSSM has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
$500,000 gift will establish financial-journalism endowment at the University of South Carolina
March 30, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – March 30, 2009 – During a time when financial news is dominating front pages of newspapers and newscasts, an alumnus of the University of South Carolina has…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
In Our Schools Looks at Palmetto Priority Schools, Career Guidance, Teacher Training
March 26, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – March 26, 2009 – The “In Our Schools” television program this month looks at state efforts to raise achievement in 16 schools with a history of high…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
West Chester Student Named Among Nation’s Top Advertising Students
March 26, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – March 26, 2009 – Erika Sturino, a University of South Carolina student from West Chester, Pa., has been named one of the top 15 students in the…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
Furman University Receives $1M Gift
March 24, 2009GREENVILLE, SC – March 24, 2009 – Frank and Susan Shaw of Dawsonville, Ga., have given Furman University a $1 million gift that will primarily support a scholarship fund on…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
Two State Agencies Join Forces to Boost Affordable Housing for Saluda Teachers
March 23, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – March 20, 2009 – South Carolina’s Department of Commerce and Department of Education are partners in a pilot program to make more affordable housing available for teachers. Their…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
Town of Saluda Awarded a $148,500 Community Development Block Grant
March 23, 2009Funding to Assist in Creating Affordable Housing for Teachers COLUMBIA, SC – March 20, 2009 – The South Carolina Department of Commerce and the South Carolina Department of Education today…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
McKissick Museum to Host Annual Fundraiser Exhibition
March 23, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – March 23, 2009 – Patricia Moore-Pastides and the McKissick Museum Advisory Council will host the 15th annual spring gala, “Spring for Art!: Wonder and Curiosity,” 7:30 –…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
Furman History Professor Receives NEH Grant
March 23, 2009GREENVILLE, SC – March 23, 2009 – Furman University history professor Monica Black has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to travel and do research in…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
‘Probing Einstein’s Universe’ topic of April 1 lecture at University of South Carolina
March 23, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – March 23, 2009 – The life and work of physicist Albert Einstein will be the focus of a lecture at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 1, at the…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
Robotics Competition at Clemson to Draw 1,000 High-Schoolers
March 23, 2009CLEMSON, SC – march 23, 2009 – One thousand high school students from the United States and Brazil will descend on Clemson University’s Littlejohn Coliseum March 26-28 as part of…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
Clemson peach experts help fruit growers fight fungus
March 23, 2009CLEMSON, SC – March 23, 2009 – Imagine the well-known Carolina Peachoid covered in rust, then shrunken and gooey. The Gaffney orangey-yellow I-85 icon — a water tower resembling a…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
Clemson to Recognize Alumni Entrepreneurs
March 23, 2009CLEMSON, SC – March 23, 2009 – Executives from Sirius XM Radio Inc. and Mansfield Oil Co. will be recognized at the fourth annual Celebration of Clemson Alumni Entrepreneurs on…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
University of South Carolina Conference to Highlight 250th Anniversary of the Birth of Poet Robert Burns
March 23, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – March 23, 2009 – The University of South Carolina’s G. Ross Roy Collection of Scottish Literature, the world’s largest such collection outside of Scotland, will be the…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
South Carolina Recognizes 403 Schools for Outstanding Academic Performance
March 20, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – March 19, 2009 – More than 400 public schools have earned cash awards recognizing academic achievement, student academic improvement and closing achievement gaps in 2008. In its…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
University of South Carolina study in Nature Geoscience: Neurotoxin has lengthy stay in ocean
March 20, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – March 20, 2009 – A neurotoxin produced by marine algae is escaping from surface waters off California and invading the deep ocean, according to a study by…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
Dillon Student Donates Dress and Jewelry to South Carolina State Museum Collection
March 20, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – March 19, 2009 – In January, she captured the heart of a nation as she sat next to the First Lady during President Barack Obama’s opening address to…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
Leadership South Carolina Class of 2009 Takes on Hunger
March 19, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – March 19, 2009 – – As tough economic times bite into almost every budget, the Leadership South Carolina Class of 2009 kicked off its class project…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
University of South Carolina's Moore School of Business Launches New Programs to Address Global Economic Challenges
March 18, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – March 18, 2009 – The Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina, among the nation’s top-ranked schools for international business, today introduced two innovative programs designed…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
Pickens Educator Named Online Teacher of the Year
March 18, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – March 18, 2009 – Dr. Tasha Christmas, a teacher with the South Carolina Virtual School Program, has been named the state’s High-Quality Online Teacher of the Year.…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
Leaders Set to Discuss China-South Carolina Relationship
March 18, 2009CLEMSON, SC – March 18, 2009 — Upstate leaders will discuss China’s role in the South Carolina economy at noon Friday, April 3, at the Lazy Goat Restaurant in downtown Greenville. “Promoting…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
University to host panel and movie on political strategist Lee Atwater March 31
March 17, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – March 17, 2009 – The department of political science at the University of South Carolina will screen the movie, “Boogieman, The Lee Atwater Story,” Tuesday, March 31,…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
University Programs Receive National Recognition
March 17, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – March 17, 2009 – The University of South Carolina has been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. It’s the third consecutive year that…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
University’s Student Success Center, group exercise program named best in country
March 17, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – March 17, 2009 – The University of South Carolina’s Student Success Center and group-exercise program have won gold Excellence Awards from NASPA, the national organization for student-affairs…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
Federal stimulus funds critical to offset state K-12 budget cuts, Rex tells senators
March 17, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – March 17, 2009 – State Superintendent of Education Jim Rex today told state senators that federal stimulus funds are critically important to South Carolina schools hit with $365…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
Three public talks by Harvard scholar to offer ‘fresh approach’ to Apostle Paul’s theology at University of South Carolina March 26 – 27
March 17, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – March 17, 2009 – New Testament scholar Dr. Helmut Koester of Harvard University will give a series of talks on the Apostle Paul’s theology March 26 –…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
Applications now available on-line for supplemental educational services providers
March 17, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – March 17, 2009 – The South Carolina Department of Education is now accepting on-line applications from agencies and organizations interested in providing supplemental educational services for the…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
School Nurses Recognized for Service to Public School Students and Staff Members
March 16, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – March 16, 2009 – Two school nurses have been recognized for their professionalism and service to South Carolina’s public schools. Jessica Porter, a registered nurse at Oak…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
Even Start Family Literacy Grants Available for South Carolina School Districts, Organizations
March 13, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – March 13, 2009 – New federal money is available for eligible South Carolina school districts and organizations who want to offer a family literacy program. The purpose of Even…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
University of South Carolina director of student health honored for leadership
March 13, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – March 13, 2009 – The Southern College Health Association has honored Dr. Debbie Beck, director of Student Health Services at the University of South Carolina, for outstanding…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
Law school to hold first Alumni Distinguished Lecture
March 13, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – March 13, 2009 – Legal order in colonial South Carolina will be the topic of the University of South Carolina School of Law’s first Alumni Distinguished Lecture,…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: education
