Spartanburg Community College Implements US Department of Commerce Grant and Opens Public Computer Centers
December 1, 2010SPARTANBURG, SC – November 30, 2010 – As a part of the SC State Technical College System’s “SC REACH FOR SUCCESS” initiative, Spartanburg Community College has received and implemented a…
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Statement on Higher Education Transparency Act of 2011
December 1, 2010CLEMSON, SC – December 1, 2010 – Clemson University President James F. Barker participated in a newsconference today at the Statehouse about the Higher EducationTransparency Act of 2011 requiring South…
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Single-gender classes remain popular option, support increases statewide
December 1, 2010December 1, 2010 – A growing number of students,parents and teachers across the state say that single-gender classeshave a positive effect on attitudes and academic performance, accordingto a survey released…
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Lee Ann Johnston To Receive USC Upstate Distinguished Alumni of the Year Award
November 29, 2010SPARTANBURG, SC – November 29, 2010 – The University of South Carolina Upstate Alumni Association will present the 2010 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award to Lee Ann Johnston at…
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Spartanburg Community College Welcomes Samuel S. Hook as Executive Director of Advancement and the SCC Foundation
November 24, 2010SPARTANBURG, SC – November 24, 2010 – Spartanburg Community College recently welcomed Samuel S. Hook as the Executive Director of Advancement and the SCC Foundation. In this role, Hook is…
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The College of Educational Enrichment To Graduate 37 Students With Special Needs On December 1st
November 24, 2010SPARTANBURG, SC – November 24, 2010 – The College of Educational Enrichment, a joint partnership between the School of Education at University of South Carolina Upstate and the Charles Lea…
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Hospitals, medical technology manufacturer team up to fund biomedical research
November 23, 2010CLEMSON, SC – November 18, 2010 – Hospitals across South Carolina joined with a major medical technology manufacturer in a pilot program to help fund biomedical research at three state…
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Schneider Electric Honored with Tri-County Technical College Foundation’s Philanthropist of the Year Award
November 23, 2010SENECA, SC – November 23, 2010 – Schneider Electric, known in the area by its brand name Square D Company, and Tri-County Technical College have had a long-standing partnership for…
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Community Leaders Make Permanent Investment in Tri-County’s New Easley Campus through Room-Naming Opportunities
November 23, 2010EASLEY, SC – November 23, 2010 – Pickens County business and industryleaders are making a permanent investment in Tri-County TechnicalCollege’s new Easley Campus through room-naming opportunities. Photo at right: Joel…
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Furman University to Offer Major in Sustainability Science
November 22, 2010GREENVILLE, SC – November 22,2010 – Furman University will begin offering a new major in the emerging field of sustainability science, making the institution among the first universities to offer…
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Spiro Institute hosts brown bag leadership seminar
November 16, 2010CLEMSON, SC – November 16, 2010 – Clemson University’s Arthur M. Spiro Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership will host a brown bag leadership seminar from noon to 2 p.m. Friday, Nov.…
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Clemson grads make gifts to Clemson civil engineering
November 16, 2010CLEMSON, SC – November 16, 2010 – Two Clemson University civil engineering alumni have made matching $50,000 gifts to their alma mater to help renovate and expand the building in…
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Researcher will study plutonium underground for Energy Department
November 10, 2010CLEMSON, SC – November 10, 2010 – Environmental scientists at Clemson University have received a three-year, $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to study how plutonium, a…
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Greenville Tech and Clemson University Create Early Childhood Transfer Program
November 10, 2010GREENVILLE, SC – November 10, 2010 – Greenville Technical College and Clemson University today signed an articulation agreement that allows students to move seamlessly from Greenville Tech’s associate degree in…
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Furman Ranked among Best College Values by Kiplinger’s Magazine
November 4, 2010GREENVILLE, SC – November 4, 2010 – For the second consecutive year, Furman University has moved up in the rankings of Kiplinger’s “100 Best Values in Private Liberal Arts Colleges.”Furman…
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University Center of Greenville Expands Online with New Member: Greenville Technical College
November 4, 2010GREENVILLE, SC – November 4, 2010 – The University Center of Greenville (UCG) launched the first phase of its new web site earlier this year, and has now expanded the…
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Reed Named President of International Play Association
November 3, 2010SPARTANBURG, SC – November 3, 2010 – Dr. Thomas Reed, associate professor of early childhood education at the University of South Carolina Upstate, has been named president of the USA…
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Ben Childress Honored with Tri-County’s Order of Merit
November 3, 2010PENDLETON, SC – November 2, 2010 – Tri-County Technical College honored former Commission member and Easley resident Ben R. Childress with the highest award given by the College’ s nine-member…
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Clemson’s Missy Ryan named Outstanding Fundraising Executive
November 2, 2010CLEMSON, SC – November 2, 2010 – Missy Ryan, senior director of development for the College of Business and Behavioral Science at Clemson University, has received the Outstanding Fundraising Executive…
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Furman University Welcomes Seven New Trustees At Fall Board Meeting
November 2, 2010GREENVILLE, SC – November 2, 2010 – The Furman University Board of Trustees welcomed seven new members at its fall meeting Saturday. The new trustees, who began their terms in…
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Rose Theatre’s Stephen Unwin To Visit USC Upstate
November 1, 2010SPARTANBURG, SC – The theatre department at the University of South Carolina Upstate is pleased to announce that Stephen Unwin, artistic director and chief executive of The Rose Theatre in…
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Greenville elementary school teacher stunned by national honor, $25,000 prize
November 1, 2010COLUMBIA – November 1, 2010 – A Greenville elementary school teacher got the surprise of his professional life today with the news that he had won the prestigious Milken Family…
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Stockwell Receives Prestigious Milliken Medal of Quality Award
November 1, 2010SPARTANBURG, SC – November 1, 2010 – Dr. John C. Stockwell, chancellor of the University of South Carolina Upstate, recently received the prestigious Milliken Medal of Quality Award that recognizes…
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Bioengineering Class Takes on Real-World Problems
October 27, 2010CLEMSON, SC – October 27, 2010 – Today’s headlines seem eerily familiar to John DesJardins’ bioengineering students. Cholera outbreaks were the subject of a class assignment in DesJardins’ bioengineering design…
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USC Upstate Announces Upstate Direct Connect Partnership With Three Local Two-Year Colleges
October 27, 2010Initiative Offers Students Deliberate Pathway To Baccalaureate Degree Attainment SPARTANBURG, SC – October 27, 2010 – With the demand for higher education in Upstate South Carolina on the rise and…
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Leadership seminar to feature Clemson alumnus Adam Witty
October 27, 2010CLEMSON,SC – October 26, 2010 – Clemson University’s Arthur M. Spiro Institutefor Entrepreneurial Leadership and the Clemson MBA program will presenta leadership seminar at 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5, at…
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Clemson to webcast wind-turbine facility groundbreaking ceremony
October 25, 2010NORTHCHARLESTON, SC – October 25, 2010 – Clemson University will stream liveon the Internet Thursday’s groundbreaking ceremony for the wind-turbinedrive-train testing facility at the Clemson University RestorationInstitute. The ceremony begins…
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Teachers in grades 3-8 may now apply for 2011 Science PLUS Institute in Greenville
October 25, 2010GREENVILLE, SC – October 25, 2010 – Roper Mountain Science Center is now accepting applications from public school teachers in grades 3-8 interested in attending the 2011 Science PLUS Institute…
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GSSM Now Accepting Applications for Class of 2013
October 24, 2010HARTSVILLE,SC – October 24, 2010 – The S.C. Governor’s School for Science andMathematics (GSSM) is accepting applications from rising high schooljuniors (current sophomores) now through March 1 for its two-year,residential…
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Spartanburg Community College’s Early Childhood Development Program Offers Students a Seamless Transfer to Clemson University
October 24, 2010SPARTANBURG, SC – October 24, 2010 – Spartanburg Community College (SCC) and Clemson University recently signed an articulation agreement that offers students in SCC’s Early Childhood Development (ECD) Program the…
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Erskine Board welcomes new president, honors Ruble
October 24, 2010DUE WEST, SC – October 24, 2010 – The Erskine College and Seminary Board of Trustees gathered on campus last week for its first official business since Dr. David A.…
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Hash family gift endows Clemson chair in sustainable development
October 22, 2010CLEMSON, SC – October 21, 2010 – More than a decade ago, as a senior executive with one of the world’s largest engineering and construction firms, Tom Hash first embraced…
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Clemson ends fiscal 2010 with highest research funding ever
October 20, 2010CLEMSON, SC – October 20, 2010 – Clemson University Vice President for Research Gerald Sonnenfeld gave the board of trustees’ Research and Economic Development Committee good news at last Thursday’s…
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Beck Named President Of South Carolina Association of Teachers and Educators
October 15, 2010SPARTANBURG, SC – October 15, 2010 – Dr. Judy Beck, director of the teacher education programs for the University of South Carolina Upstate Greenville Campus, was named president of the…
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Clemson information goes mobile with m.Clemson
October 13, 2010CLEMSON, SC – October 13, 2010 – Information about Clemson University now is available in the palm of your hand. The university’s new mobile application, m.Clemson, offers campus maps and…
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The Launch of BrailleSC.org Puts Braille Resources Online
October 13, 2010SPARTANBURG, SC – October 13, 2010 – With the launch of BrailleSC.org, a new scholarly resource in the field of braille literacy is now online. BrailleSC starts at the level…
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Furman Education Professor Authors Two New Books
October 13, 2010GREENVILLE, SC – October 13, 2010 – Furman University education professor Paul Thomas has published two new books—the first about parental choice in education, and the second about comics and…
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Clemson to host presentations on entrepreneurship
October 13, 2010CLEMSON,SC – October 15, 2010 – The future of entrepreneurship will bediscussed at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15, at Clemson University’s BrooksCenter for the Performing Arts. Sponsored by the Arthur…
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New Workforce Initiative Designed to Engage People into High Skills Manufacturing Careers
October 13, 2010CLEMSON, SC – October 13, 2010 – Local business and education leaders will join Jennifer McNelly, senior vice president of The Manufacturing Institute/National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), at a meeting…
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Ten schools selected as literacy pilot sites to better identify, help struggling readers
October 12, 2010COLUMBIA,SC – October 12, 2010 – State Superintendent of Education Jim Rex todaynamed 10 elementary schools to a pilot project aimed at using studentperformance data more effectively in helping younger…
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ACT Reports That Significant Gaps Persist Between Career Interests of 2010 High School Graduates and Job Projections
October 12, 2010IowaCity, Iowa – October 11, 2010 – ACT has released national andstate-specific data for all 50 states that helps answer the question:Are students prepared for college and career? The analysis…
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History of Colonial Southeast Explored in USC Upstate Professor’s Book
October 8, 2010SPARTANBURG, SC – London-based publisher Pickering & Chatto has published University of South Carolina Upstate History Professor Timothy Paul Grady’s latest work, Anglo-Spanish Rivalry in Colonial South-East America, 1650-1725 as…
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SC Awarded Safe and Supportive Schools grant
October 8, 2010New state initiative awarded funding to measure school safety, improve learning environment WASHINGTON, DC – October 8, 2010 – The South Carolina School ClimateInitiative – a new plan to measure…
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Clemson’s Spiro Institute announces business competition
October 6, 2010CLEMSON, SC – October 6, 2010 – Students with an entrepreneurial flair are encouraged to submit their business concepts to the Launch Pad competition. Created by the Arthur M. Spiro…
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McGraw-Hill Senior Vice President Jeff Livingston Featured in 22nd Annual AT&T African-American History Calendar
October 6, 2010Headof McGraw-Hill Education’s College and Career Readiness CenterRecognized for Significant Contributions to the State of South Carolinaand the Field of Education NEW YORK, NY – October 5, 2010 –…
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USC Upstate School of Education to Host Open House for Graduate Level Programs
October 3, 2010SPARTANBURG, SC – October 20 & 26, 2010 – The University of SouthCarolina Upstate’s School of Education will host two open houses inOctober to share information about its graduate level…
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Spartanburg Community College’s Early Childhood Development Programs Earn NAEYC Accreditation
October 3, 2010SPARTANBURG, SC – October 2, 2010 – Spartanburg Community College’s (SCC) Early Childhood Development (ECD) Programs recently received continuing accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children…
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Former Apollo astronaut to present scholarship to Clemson student
October 3, 2010CLEMSON, SC – October 1, 2010 – The first research paper Patrick Johnson wrote when he entered Clemson University as a 16-year-old freshman two years ago was a treatise on…
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Nine Foreign Languages Offered in Evening Classes
October 3, 2010SPARTANBURG, SC – October 3, 2010 – The University of South Carolina Upstate’s World Languages Institute will offer instruction in nine foreign languages this fall in non-credit, evening courses including…
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Mayo Mac Boggs Exhibit Features Five Monumental Outdoor Sculptures Across Campus
October 3, 2010SPARTANBURG, SC – October 3, 2010 – In celebration of his 40-year teaching career and contributions to the visual arts community in Spartanburg, Converse College, University of South Carolina Upstate…
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