GREENVILLE, SC – November 22, 2011 –  Greenville Technical College is one of three Solar Training Centers inthe South Carolina State Technical College system, with funding providedin part by a…

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GREENVILLE, SC – November 17, 2011 – The Bernard Osher Foundation of San Francisco has awarded the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Furman University a $1 million grant in…

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ANDERSON, SC – November 15, 2011 – Barbara Hammond, director of the Office Skills Center for the Corporate and Community Education (CCE) of Tri-County Technical College, was awarded the Outstanding…

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PENDLETON, SC – November 15, 2011 – Ralph Nix, owner of Ralph’s Trophy Shop in Seneca and a longtime friend of Tri-County Technical College, made a $15,000 donation to the…

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CLEMSON, SC – November 15, 2011 – Clemson University School of Computing professor JuanGilbert is one of nine people receiving the Presidential Award forExcellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring,…

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CLEMSON, SC – November 15, 2011 – Underscoring its commitment to improving South Carolina’seconomy, Clemson University has appointed the chairman of its industrialengineering department to an expanded role as associate…

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GREENVILLE, SC – November 15, 2011 – In a celebration held today, Greenville Technical College announced that its Student Center has received LEED Silver Certification. The Barton Campus building, originally…

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SPARTANBURG, SC – November 14, 2011 – Mrs. Rachel Deems has been named the next Head of School at Spartanburg Day School.  Her appointment will begin July 1, 2012.  Mrs.…

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GREENVILLE, SC – November 13, 2011 – Renowned Professor Cecil O’Neal to direct South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities (SCGSAH) drama students in Doubt by John Patrick…

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Pelley anchoring 6:30 p.m. broadcast from outside Main Building SPARTANBURG, SC – November 11, 2011 – The CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley will be broadcast live, anchored by Pelley, at…

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GREENVILLE, SC – November 10, 2011 – Michelin North America has provided a gift of ten Adept robots to Greenville Technical College.   The gift of the robots, originally valued at…

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PENDLETON, SC – November 10, 2011 – Tri-County Technical College’s Veterinary Technology program reports a 90 percent pass rate on the Veterinary Technician National Examination (VTNE). The 10 2011 graduates…

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GREENVILLE, SC – November 8, 2011 – The Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and The Honors Program of Greenville Technical College are pleased to present a free Honors Seminar Series…

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Fine arts initiative to include partnership with Peace CenterGREENVILLE, SC – November 8, 2011 – The Duke Endowment has awarded Furman University a $2 million grant that will enrich the…

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SOUTH CAROLINA – November 8, 2011 – SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities (SCGSAH) creative writing students were recognized in the Leonard Milberg ’53 Secondary School Poetry Prize…

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CLINTON, SC – November 7, 2011 – Presbyterian College president JohnV. Griffith announced today that he will retire at the conclusion of the2011-12 academic year. The 63 -year-old Griffith, who…

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GREENVILLE, SC – November 7, 2011 – Beginning Monday, Nov. 7 through Friday, Nov. 11, 149 seventh and eighth graders will collect food, cleaning supplies and paper products to donate to…

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SPARTANBURG, SC – November 2, 2011  – Zvi Arad, Ph.D., founder and president of Netanya Academic College in Israel and founder of internationally known Gelbart Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences,…

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COLUMBIA, SC – November 1, 2011 – Darla Moore School of Business announces international business leadership changes The Darla Moore School of Business has made several leadership changes to enhance…

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Ranked 39th among national private liberal arts colleges   SPARTANBURG, SC – November 1, 2011 – Wofford College ranks 39th in the nation and first in South Carolina in the…

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GREENVILLE, SC – November 2, 2011 – The Furman University mock trial team won first place in the Robert E. Sanders Mock Trial Invitational tournament held this past weekend in…

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CLEMSON, SC – November 2, 2011 – South Carolina residents are being askedto help track down a new stinkbug that has Clemson University plant-pestexperts concerned. The public is encouraged to…

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Five new trustees attend fall meetingGREENVILLE, SC – November 1, 2011 – The Furman University Board of Trustees unanimously approved a wide-ranging strategic plan to guide the university for the…

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CLEMSON, SC – November 1, 2011 – A $100,000 gift from his family will provide for a scholarship inhonor of a Clemson University alumnus who died last year. The Robert…

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GREENVILLE, SC – November 1, 2011 – Former Michelin North America chairman and president JimMicali will speak at the Nov. 4 First Friday Series Leadership Seminarat Clemson at the Falls,…

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David Dodson speaks on closing the educational opportunity gap GREENVILLE, SC – October 27, 2011 – David Dodson, President of MDC, an organization that helps institutions and communities close the gaps…

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SPARTANBURG, SC – October 27, 2011 – Spartanburg Day School has hired Mrs. Caroline Hobson to workin their VISTAS program.  Mrs.Hobson received her BA in Elementary Education from Stetson University…

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GREENVILLE, SC – October 27, 2011 – Goodwill Industries ofUpstate/Midlands South Carolina (GIUMSC) announced thatit will co-sponsor Train the Trainer Boot Camp withThe Bob Pike Group, November 17 – 18,…

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CLEMSON – October 25, 2011 – The Avon Foundation for Women has awarded the Clemson University Institute for Biological Interfaces of Engineering (IBIOE) a second grant for medical research related…

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Everman to serve as Medical Director for Genetic Counseling Program GREENVILLE, SC – October 25, 2011 –  David Everman, MD, Associate Clinical Geneticist in the Greenville office of the Greenwood Genetic…

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CLEMSON, SC – October 26, 2011 – Clemson University and its partners will drive a statewide initiative to create a skilled workforce for South Carolina’s leading aviation and automotive industries.…

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SPARTANBURG, SC  – October 26, 2011 – The University of South Carolina Upstate’s Chancellor Thomas F. Moore has become the newest member of the Presidents’ Council for South Carolina Campus…

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CLEMSON, SC – October 21, 2011 – At its quarterly meeting, Clemson University’s board of trustees approved program plans for building a permanent home for the university’s architecture center in…

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PENDLETON, SC – October 21, 2011 – Tri-County Technical College honored former Foundation Board member and Anderson resident Kleo Stathakis with the highest award given by the College’s nine-member Commission. …

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GREENVILLE, SC – October 17, 2011 – Greenville Tech’sCorporate and Career Development division has added welding classes withopen entry and exit opportunities in addition to courses with set startand stop…

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Awards program set for Oct. 29 as part of Homecoming Weekend SPARTANBURG, SC – October 11, 2011 – The Wofford National AlumniAssociation will honor two alumni and a distinguished South…

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CLEMSON, SC – October 20, 2011 – The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $3 million to Clemson University to design, develop and deploy a basinwide network of computerized sensors…

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By Mary Catalonotto CLEMSON, SC – October 19, 2011 – The South Carolina Chapter of the American Planning Association will focus on Clemson University at its 2011 fall conference in…

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CLEMSON, SC – October 14, 2011 – Clemson University has selected Harry E. Johnson Sr., president and CEO of the Martin Luther King Memorial Foundation, as the keynote speaker for…

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CLEMSON, SC – October 12, 2011 – Clemson University Tiger Band Association (CUTBA) has unveiled plans for a Tiger Band Plaza to be built on the band practice field on…

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WASHINGTON, DC – October 6, 2011 – Clemson University Chief Information Officer James Bottum told a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee Thursday that cloud computing is efficient and economical and…

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CLEMSON, SC – October 6, 2011 – When a teenaged Mitch Norville pondered what he should study at Clemson University, it was his dad’s advice that tipped the scales in…

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SPARTANBURG, SC – October 10, 2011 – A $100,000 gift from Wells Fargo has established a new scholarship to advance accessibility and affordability for first generation college students at Converse…

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CLEMSON — October 10, 2011 – A new $1.25 million Carl McHenry Lund Endowed Chair in Agricultural Science at Clemson University continues a legacy for excellence in agricultural innovation that…

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CLEMSON, SC – October 5, 2011 – Clemson University President James F. Barker has been appointed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to serve as chairman of one of…

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GREENVILLE, SC – Furman University’s $400 million Because Furman Matters fundraising campaign received a significant boost today when an alumnus pledged $5 million to the school, the largest outright commitment…

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SPARTANBURG, SC – October 5, 2011 – A professor with an international study abroad program will lecture Wednesday, Oct. 5, at Wofford College on Gaudi and His Contemporaries: Art and…

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CLEMSON, SC – September 28, 2011 – The Clemson University baseball team will name its new locker room for Jim and Barbara McCabe of Clemson, who have supported the construction…

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CLEMSON, SC – September 28, 2011 – Studying images of the very boundaries where atoms meet, a team of Clemson University and Lehigh University researchers has gained an atomic-level understanding…

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