Alumna Jessie DuBard ’58 Establishes Scholarship to Assist Education Majors
May 29, 2014ROCK HILL, SC – Family support made it possible for Jessie Stanley DuBard ’58 to continue a family tradition and earn a Winthrop degree after the death of her parents.…
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Shubert Foundation, SCTA honor Trustus Theatre
May 29, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Trustus Theatre has received three major awards from prominent national and statewide arts organizations: a national grant award from the Shubert Foundation, the South Carolina Theatre of…
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Keynote Presenters Confirmed for IT-oLogy, Connect South Carolina Connections 2014
May 29, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – SC Dept. of Commerce’s Love now confirmed presenter. What: The Connections 2014 Summit is in its second year and will highlight the latest in hardware, software, infrastructure, and…
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Sam Myers joins Colliers International as a Brokerage Associate
May 29, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Colliers International is pleased to announce that Sam Myers has joined the firm as a Brokerage Associate and a member of the Industrial Services Team in the…
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IT-oLogy to Host Connections 2014
May 29, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – June 11, 2014 – Registration for the second Connections event, Connections 2014, is now open as hosts IT-oLogy and Connect South Carolina prepare to share advances in hardware,…
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Unitrends Acquires AWS and OpenStack Cloud Data Protection Specialist
May 29, 2014Acquisition of Yuruware technology enables Unitrends to extend its hyper-scale cloud offerings COLUMBIA, SC – Unitrends, the industry’s fastest-growing multi-environment data protection and disaster recovery company, today announced that it has…
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Richland One School Board Names Interim Superintendent
May 29, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – The Richland One Board of School Commissioners has chosen Dr. Cynthia Cash-Greene to serve as the district’s interim superintendent. Earlier this month Superintendent Dr. Percy Mack, who…
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Richland One Student Wins National Merit Scholarship
May 29, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Jinyu Gao, a Dreher High School student, is among the 51 South Carolina high school seniors to win a highly prestigious National Merit Scholarship financed by colleges…
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SC Babies Born On 529 Day Celebrated With $529 College Savings Grants
May 29, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – State Treasurer Curtis M. Loftis, Jr. is announcing the second annual privately funded Future Scholar 529 Palmettobaby grant program on National 529 College Savings Day, Thursday, May 29, 2014. The Palmettobabyprogram was…
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SC Babies Born On 529 Day Celebrated With $529 College Savings Grants
May 29, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – State Treasurer Curtis M. Loftis, Jr. is announcing the second annual privately funded Future Scholar 529 Palmettobaby grant program on National 529 College Savings Day, Thursday, May 29, 2014. The Palmettobabyprogram was…
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Three District Five Students Earn College-Sponsored National Merit Scholarships
May 29, 2014
IRMO, SC – Three Lexington-Richland School District Five students have been named winners of National Merit Scholarships financed by colleges and universities. Jacob Baltzegar and Olivia Blair received National Merit…
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The Columbia Museum of Art Reading and Art Program for Third-Graders a Success
May 29, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – The Columbia Museum of Art, in collaboration with Richland Library and the South Carolina State Library, provided a special arts and literacy field trip to more than 500 third-grade…
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Lexington One announces retirement and hire
May 28, 2014LEXINGTON, SC – At the May 20, 2014 regular monthly meeting of the Lexington County School District One Board of Trustees, the board approved the hire of Zan Tracy Pender…
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Saint Joseph Catholic School Wins National Character Award
May 28, 2014COLUMBIA, SC -Saint Joseph Catholic School has been selected as one of only 44 schools in the country, and the only school in South Carolina, to win recognition as a…
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SCRA Technology Ventures Announces Investments
May 28, 2014PharmRight and TriCap Funding Approved COLUMBIA, SC – SCRA Technology Ventures’ SC Launch board approved a first round investment in two South Carolina companies at last week’s board meeting in…
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SCRA Technology Ventures Announces Investments
May 28, 2014PharmRight and TriCap Funding Approved COLUMBIA, SC – SCRA Technology Ventures’ SC Launch board approved a first round investment in two South Carolina companies at last week’s board meeting in…
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Southeastern Piano Festival brings Leon Fleisher to South Carolina’s capital city
May 28, 2014Legendary pianist, a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors, is the special guest for 2014 COLUMBIA, SC – The 2014 Southeastern Piano Festival kicks off June 15 for a week…
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Conductors Institute of South Carolina brings renowned maestros and composers to USC
May 28, 2014The International program provides participants the benefit of more than 300 years of combined experience COLUMBIA, SC – The esteemed Conductors Institute of South Carolina, in its 30th year,…
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Turner Padget Expands Business Transactions Practice with Marshall Tinsley
May 28, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Turner Padget Graham & Laney, P.A. announced that Marshall Tinsley has joined the firm’s Business Transactions practice group in the Columbia office. She is the fifth new attorney…
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Jessica Vencill Joins Miller-Valentine Construction
May 28, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Miller-Valentine Construction is pleased to announce Jessica Vencill has joined their Columbia office as a project assistant. In Jessica’s role as project assistant she will be supporting…
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Park7 Group Purchases Student Housing Land
May 28, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – CBRE|Columbia has represented Park7 Group in the purchase of four acres of land located at Blossom and Huger Streets. The 237 unit, five story student housing project…
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New Digitization Program for Libraries Announced
May 28, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – Libraries often have photographs, local histories, maps, family papers and/or genealogical documents that could reach a wider audience if digitized and made available online. The South Carolina…
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New Digitization Program for Libraries Announced
May 28, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – Libraries often have photographs, local histories, maps, family papers and/or genealogical documents that could reach a wider audience if digitized and made available online. The South Carolina…
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Pacific Rim Aerospace Opens Charleston County Office
May 28, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – Pacific Rim Aerospace (PacRim), a provider of solutions for aerospace engineering applications, has established an office in Charleston County, allowing for more direct support of its customers in the…
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Pacific Rim Aerospace Opens Charleston County Office
May 28, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – Pacific Rim Aerospace (PacRim), a provider of solutions for aerospace engineering applications, has established an office in Charleston County, allowing for more direct support of its customers in…
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CREW Cocktails
May 28, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – June 5, 2014 – CREW Midlands is delighted to announce “CREW Cocktails”, its signature summer series of events hosted on the outdoor patio at The Oak Table…
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Columbian Mammoth Named The Official State Fossil
May 28, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Governor Nikki Haley was joined today by Olivia McConnell, her mother Amanda, her classmates and teachers, Senator Kevin Johnson, and Representative Robert Ridgeway for a ceremonial signing of House Bill…
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Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd Attorneys & Practices Recognized in 2104 Chambers USA Rankings
May 28, 2014CHARLESTON, SC– Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. received numerous distinctions in the 2014 edition of Chambers USA. The UK guide annually ranks American law firms and lawyers by state and practice area. Chambers USA ranked…
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Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd Attorneys & Practices Recognized in 2104 Chambers USA Rankings
May 28, 2014COLUMBIA, SC– Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. received numerous distinctions in the 2014 edition of Chambers USA. The UK guide annually ranks American law firms and lawyers by state and practice area. Chambers USA ranked…
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Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina to Award $370,200 in Grants
May 28, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina announces eight Strategic grants, totaling $370,200, to nonprofit organizations addressing the root causes of poverty in South Carolina. Grantees…
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Expanding Early Childhood Program to Help More Children with Special Needs
May 28, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – The South Carolina Developmental Disabilities Council/Office of the Governor has just announced it is increasing funding to $50,000 for The Therapy Place to expand its Bridges Early…
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Palmetto Place Kids Announces New Board Officers and Members
May 27, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Palmetto Place Children’s Shelter is pleased to announce the 2014 – 2015 Board Officers, and the new board members joining this year. Marie Dieckmann of CBRE will…
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Nickelodeon Theatre Hosts Come Around My Way: A Youth Media Project
May 27, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – The Nickelodeon Theatre, South Carolina’s only non-profit art house film theater and its Helen Hill Media Education Center, will host Come Around My Way: A Youth Media…
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What is Cancer Equity? EngenuitySC’s Science Café with Dr. Chanita Hughes-Halbert, June 10, 2014 at Speakeasy
May 27, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – Did you know that prostate cancer mortality rates in South Carolina are three times greater in African Americans than Caucasians? Or that African American women succumb to…
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Upstream Summer 2014 Mindfulness Class Series
May 27, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – With Columbia’s longer-than-average winter finally coming to a close, the bright, sunny days of another Famously Hot summer are on the horizon. The clearer skies can do wonders…
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#1 in Nation for Wallick Investments’ Fidelis Portfolio
May 27, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – Wallick Investments, LLC, SC-based RIA firm, is proud to announce Money Manager Review, San Franciso-based firm providing independent analysis of private money management firms, ranks Wallick Investments…
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Palmetto Health Elects 2014 Board Officers
May 27, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – The Palmetto Health board of directors elected the following officers: James E. “Rick” Wheeler, vice president of M-D MetalSource, chairman (pictured right); William L. “Freedie” Freeman III,…
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RPA Development to Grow, Add 43 Employees
May 27, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – RPA Development LLC, a designer and manufacturer of fencing and railing products and the machines to produce them, has purchased and will upfit a 90,000 square foot…
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Six Fisher & Phillips Columbia Attorneys Ranked Among Top in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers
May 27, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – Fisher & Phillips LLP announces that six attorneys in its Columbia office, and a total of 48 attorneys nationwide, are featured in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers…
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Four Ogletree Deakins Attorneys Ranked in Chambers USA
May 27, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to announce that four attorneys…
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Cherise Arrendale Joins Central Carolina Community Foundation as Interactive Marketing Manager
May 27, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – Central Carolina Community Foundation has hired Cherise Arrendale as its Interactive Marketing Manager. Arrendale’s role is to ensure the Foundation’s online presence reinforces the organization’s brand and…
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Capital Rotary Distributes Dictionaries to Schools
May 27, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Capital Rotary Club members Jenks Mikell (back row, left) and John Guignard (back row) are all smiles after distributing paperback dictionaries to third-grade students at Arden Elementary…
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Columbia City Councilman Moe Baddourah Announces Series of Meet & Greets for New Police Chief to Meet Columbia Residents
May 27, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – Columbia City Councilman Moe Baddourah will host 2 meet-and-greets with the City’s new Police Chief William “Skip” Holbrook. The first will be held on Wednesday, June 5th at Edisto Discovery Park…
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Katie Couric Presents Columbia College Senior Emelin Garcia with Scholarship America Dream Award
May 26, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Columbia College senior Emelin Garcia is a recipient of the first-ever Scholarship America Dream Award announced on May 23 on “Katie”, Katie Couric’s daytime television show. Emelin…
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UofSC School of Law names fellows to South Carolina Legal Writing Academy inaugural class
May 26, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – The University of South Carolina School of Law has named five lawyers as fellows of the inaugural class of the South Carolina Legal Writing Academy. The fellows…
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UofSC School of Law names fellows to South Carolina Legal Writing Academy inaugural class
May 26, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – The University of South Carolina School of Law has named five lawyers as fellows of the inaugural class of the South Carolina Legal Writing Academy. The fellows…
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Mckay Firm Partner, Janet Brooks Holmes, Selected to Join Miss South Carolina Scholarship Organization Board of Directors
May 26, 2014
Former Mrs. South Carolina Excited to Join Scholarship Board COLUMBIA, SC – McKay, Cauthen, Settana & Stubley, P.A. announced that firm Partner, Janet Brooks Holmes, has recently been selected to join the Miss South Carolina Scholarship…
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Graham takes Action to Undo Obama Administration ‘Reckless’ Approach to MOX
May 26, 2014WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) voted in support of and applauded the Senate Armed Services Committee’s markup of the FY15 National Defense Authorization Act. At Senator Graham’s request,…
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Graham takes Action to Undo Obama Administration ‘Reckless’ Approach to MOX
May 26, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) voted in support of and applauded the Senate Armed Services Committee’s markup of the FY15 National Defense Authorization Act. At Senator Graham’s request,…
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Columbia’s Fight for Air Climb Provides Physical Challenge While Supporting Work of Lung Association
May 26, 2014Experience the climb of your life COLUMBIA, SC – The American Lung Association’s Fight for Air Climbs are unique fundraising events that provide participants the opportunity to take part in a vertical…
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