Join us this summer for Summer Reading at CDS! Beginning Wednesday June 12th through Wednesday August 7th, all rising 1st through 6th graders in the Upstate are welcome to come…

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Twenty-one years ago Rhonda Morgan was reading the weekly shoppers guide and spotted an employment advertisement for a victim’s advocate, at the time a new state-mandated position in the Oconee…

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Everyone knows that singing into a microphone produces sound, but one that also creates light will be in downtown Greenville this weekend, as Clemson University helps one of the nation’s…

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Interested students invited to learn more at May open houses Greenville Technical College will begin offering a new accelerated associate degree program this Fall Semester that can be completed in…

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  Richard Reeves, who has taught biology classes and laboratories at Tri-County Technical College since 2011, received the College’s 2019 Adjunct Faculty Presidential Award May 1. This award is given…

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The Greenville Tech Foundation has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the Healthy Greenville, Too program to improve dental care in the community. The funding will be used to purchase…

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Greenville Technical College’s Marketing and Communications department has been honored with a national gold award from the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations (NCMPR), which recognizes outstanding achievement in…

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  Over 600 students will receive degrees at the 92nd annual commencement of Bob Jones University Friday, May 3. The two-hour program begins at 2 p.m. in BJU’s Founder’s Memorial…

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Photo: Brian Easler, transportation technologies department head at Greenville Technical College (GTC); Rick Todd, president and CEO, South Carolina Trucking Association; George C. (Buddy) Smith, fleet sales manager, southeast region,…

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Erskine College and Theological Seminary will mark the completion of the 2018-19 academic year with a commencement ceremony Saturday, May 4, at 10:30 a.m. under the towers of the Erskine…

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Jane S. Sosebee, state President, AT&T South Carolina, will deliver Tri-County Technical College’s spring commencement address. The ceremony will be held Monday, May 6, at 6 p.m. at Clemson University’s…

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Furman Associate Professor of Education Katie Kelly has published a new book with co-author Lester Laminack, consultant and professor emeritus at Western Carolina University. The book, “Reading to Make a…

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The Riley Institute at Furman University has received a $310,000 grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation for its White-Riley-Peterson (WRP) Policy Fellowship program. The WRP Fellowship equips graduates with…

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Three Clemson University seniors who are headed to graduate school and three alumni who are in graduate school are receiving one of the nation’s top honors for graduate students. The…

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Bob Jones University today named a portion of its Student Center “Sargent Memorial” in honor of Earle and Eleanor Sargent, founders of the Sargent Foundation. Over the last four years,…

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Dr. Jessica Williams, Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Chair of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Converse, was honored by South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities at the…

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For the fifth year, TD Bank will present “Artists in Bloom,” a fundraising event benefitting the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities (SCGSAH), on Thursday, April 25…

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Students to pitch ideas in April 25 event for share of $10,000 seed money Wofford College juniors Duncan Williams and Grant Wollam can give great advice to aspiring entrepreneurs. After…

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The Bob Jones University Board of Trustees recently met for its annual spring meeting on the University campus. During the meeting, trustees approved the fiscal year 2020 operating and capital…

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Furman University English professors Nicholas F. Radel and Michele Speitz have been selected for summer residencies at the National Humanities Center (NHC) in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. The NHC…

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Furman Professor of Politics and International Affairs Danielle Vinson has been awarded a 2019 Excellence in Teaching Award from the South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities, Inc. (SCICU). A faculty…

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Galen DeHay, president elect at Tri-County Technical College, is among the 40 leaders nationwide selected by the Aspen Institute’s College Excellence Program to join the 2019-2020 class of the Aspen…

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Dustin Wills has been named director of the Sonoco FRESH initiative in Clemson University’s Sonoco Institute of Packaging Design and Graphics. Sonoco FRESH was established to address the global food waste problem…

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The South Carolina Press Association (SCPA) recognized staff members of Bob Jones University’s student newspaper, The Collegian, with multiple awards at the Collegiate Annual News Contest Saturday, April 6, at The…

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Wofford College is among 25 institutions that will participate in the inaugural cohort of Humanities Research for the Public Good.  This is an initiative to promote student research, to address…

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Public Education Partners (PEP) has again partnered with Greenville County Schools (GCS) and the Greenville Drive to honor teachers and celebrate #Teach864 Night at Fluor Field on Tuesday, April 9.…

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Sylvan Learning Center has added Wendy Green as the center director. Green earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of North Carolina in Asheville. Upon graduation, she…

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Bryan Manuel joined Tri-County Technical College March 1 in the new position of dean of Integrated Workforce Solutions. He and the College’s Integrated Workforce Solutions (IWS) team will collaborate to…

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Creating exposure for what you believe is the next best thing can be the difference between success and failure for an entrepreneur. Clemson University College of Business management graduate Logan…

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Is it possible that daydreaming is not such a waste of time after all? That while we’re taking a break from our immediate surroundings, our brains are working to process…

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Tri-County Technical College officials and community partner agencies gathered March 20 to announce details about a $200,000 grant from Duke Energy to develop and implement a Power Line Worker Training…

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