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Coker College To Become Coker University

Jan 29, 2019 12:05PM ● By Kathleen Maris

University status is a reflection of the tremendous growth Coker has experienced in recent years, including the addition of five graduate programs and four online bachelor’s degrees.

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CHE Recipient Of Minority Male Educator Grant For Third Consecutive Year

Jan 24, 2019 10:55AM ● By Kathleen Maris

With the state currently experiencing an acute shortage of teachers, this grant is a positive step forward and a very welcome means of addressing the needs of our most underserved communities.

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Presbyterian College Uses $60.42 Million In JEDA Bonds To Finance, Refinance, And Renovate

Jan 23, 2019 12:33PM ● By Kathleen Maris

The 1,200-student school employs approximately 350 people. Ten new jobs will be created.

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Clemson Announces 2019 S.C. 4-H Engineering Challenge

Jan 17, 2019 10:18AM ● By Kathleen Maris

The 2019 S.C. 4-H Engineering Challenge will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 30, at the South Carolina State Fairgrounds in Columbia. Registration for the event ends on March 1.

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Lexington District One Creates 2018–2023 Building Plan Tracking Web Page

Dec 21, 2018 03:40PM ● By Kathleen Maris

The site enables voters to see what is currently happening at their child’s school and includes “before” photographs, the current phase taking place, photographs of that progress, etc.

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Columbia College Ranked In The Top 50 Best Small Colleges for 2019

Dec 21, 2018 02:52PM ● By Kathleen Maris

The editors began with a pool of about 128 schools and narrowed based on certain criteria: student population less than 2,000, 15:1 student to faculty ratio, and tuition less than $25,000.

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MTC Students Inducted Into Nation's Largest Leadership Honor Society

Dec 11, 2018 10:32AM ● By Kathleen Maris

The 57 students completed the induction requirements for candidacy during the fall 2018 semester. Since the chapter’s inception in 2017, 751 MTC students have joined the NSLS.

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BMW, the Commerce Department, and the Greenville County Library join forces to offer free lessons in computer coding statewide

Dec 07, 2018 09:52AM ● By Kathleen Maris

At this moment in South Carolina, the only thing you need to receive an education in computer coding is access to the internet and a desire to learn.

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MTC Receives Inaugural Grant From BAE Systems

Dec 05, 2018 11:43AM ● By Kathleen Maris

BAE Systems invested in the program to help continue the numerous, top-quality employees MTC has provided the manufacturing company over the years.

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Nephron Pharmaceuticals Partners With STEM Premier

Dec 05, 2018 09:56AM ● By Kathleen Maris

The five-school engagement plan will include on-campus events with industry leaders, onboarding of students onto the STEM Premier platform, and a $500 scholarship for one student at each high school.

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Hunter-Kinard-Tyler High School Teacher Wins $10,000 Computer Lab Grant

Nov 13, 2018 10:30AM ● By Kathleen Maris

Rack Room Shoes launched the national competition calling for customers to nominate teachers who have made a positive impact in their lives and the lives of their children.

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MTC Named 2019 “Best College for Veterans” By Military Times

Nov 13, 2018 10:06AM ● By Kathleen Maris

In its assessment of colleges, the Military Times documents the array of services, special rules, accommodations, and financial incentives offered to students with military ties.

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EdVenture Children’s Museum Receives Federal Funding

Nov 09, 2018 12:39PM ● By Kathleen Maris

EdVenture Children's Museum has been awarded two federal grants totaling $397,493 from the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in support of its statewide early education and youth development programs.

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USC and Midlands Tech create a new pathway for transferring STEM students

Nov 09, 2018 09:45AM ● By Kathleen Maris

For nearly 30 years, the University of South Carolina (USC) and Midlands Technical College (MTC) have worked together to help students make the transition from MTC to USC’s engineering and computing degree programs. Now, the institutions have formed a partnership that will allow MTC students to transfer more easily to the four-year school because they will have taken coursework equivalent to what some of USC’s engineering students take in their first two years.

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MTC Enterprise Campus Welcomes Ritedose Corporation

Oct 31, 2018 10:03AM ● By Kathleen Maris

TRC is the anchor tenant in the MTC Enterprise Campus, a 130-acre industrial park for new or existing industries that are looking for prime-development space and partnership with a technically-focused academic institution.

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SCHA Awards Grants To Clemson, USC Health Programs

Oct 18, 2018 09:16AM ● By Kathleen Maris

The South Carolina Hospital Association (SCHA) has awarded Clemson University and the University of South Carolina $25,000 each to support the development of a high-quality healthcare workforce.

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Midlands Technical College Receives $60,000 To Provide Manufacturing Scholarships

Oct 11, 2018 09:50AM ● By Kathleen Maris

The Gene Haas Foundation presented two $30,000 checks to support both MTC’s Corporate and Continuing Education (CCE) and Academic programs.

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S.C. Education Stakeholders To Participate In Field Study Of Public Education In Finland

Oct 09, 2018 10:53AM ● By Kathleen Maris

Three of the stakeholders traveling to Finland will share takeaways from the field study at the Riley Institute’s WhatWorksSC celebration on Tuesday, Oct. 30.

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Pastides Announces Retirement As UofSC President

Oct 04, 2018 09:13AM ● By Kathleen Maris

Pastides said the timing makes sense given his family obligations, the university’s positive momentum, and its current attractiveness to potential successors.

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SCICU Names New President And CEO

Sep 27, 2018 10:14AM ● By Kathleen Maris

Perez succeeds Mike LeFever, who retired from SCICU in August 2018 after leading the higher education advocacy organization for more than 10 years.

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South Carolina To Offer Free Code Education For All Residents

Sep 26, 2018 09:40AM ● By Kathleen Maris

The new platform connects students with experienced industry mentors and provides pathways for continuing education and employment in technology-related fields.

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Newberry College Reaches New Enrollment Milestones

Sep 19, 2018 11:19AM ● By Kathleen Maris

Newberry College welcomed a record-breaking 471 new students in its incoming class for fall 2018, making it the fourth time in the past five years that the College has achieved a new enrollment milestone for its incoming class.

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Columbia College Named A Gold Five Star Institution By NAIA

Sep 12, 2018 11:34AM ● By Kathleen Maris

Columbia College has been named a 2017/2018 Gold Five Star Institution by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and earned a Gold Champions of Character Medallion.

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