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Chamber, Greenville Schools Announce Initiative

Mar 21, 2018 04:13PM ● By Kathleen Maris

Businesses will play an active role in developing their future workforce by raising awareness about employment opportunities in their field and by guiding students on their path to filling critical jobs.

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Furman Offers New Master of Science in Community Engaged Medicine

Mar 20, 2018 02:25PM ● By Emily Stevenson

The new degree program aims to narrow the gap between community health and the resources necessary to meet those needs.

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Furman Gets NSF Grant

Mar 16, 2018 09:21AM ● By Kathleen Maris

The REU site award supports the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2019-2021.

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Clemson Chemical Engineering Department Receives Donation

Mar 16, 2018 07:59AM ● By Emily Stevenson

William Sturgis and his wife, Martha Beth, are contributing $600,000 to create a distinguished professorship in the department. They plan to double their contribution in their will.

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Greenville Tech Opens Third Student Veterans Center

Mar 13, 2018 12:34PM ● By Emily Stevenson

The centers are made possible through several gifts from Lockheed Martin totaling $20,000.

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Furman Hosts Climate Change Discussion

Mar 07, 2018 09:09AM ● By Kathleen Maris

The discussion is free and open to the public and is part of Furman’s year-long exploration of climate change.

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Business Community Focuses on S.C.’s Subpar Education System

Mar 06, 2018 02:07PM ● By Emily Stevenson

More voices are saying a subpar system is a threat to business, and corporate South Carolina should get behind educational improvements with a sense of urgency.

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UNCF Celebrates Inaugural Upstate Mayor’s Masked Ball

Mar 02, 2018 09:23AM ● By Kathleen Maris

Tens of thousands of students look to UNCF for the support they need to help pay for tuition, textbooks, and other college costs.

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USC Upstate Panel To Address Need for Translators, Interpreters

Feb 28, 2018 09:12AM ● By Kathleen Maris

No Palmetto State college or university offers a degree program for either discipline; the closest is the University of North Carolina-Charlotte.

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USC Upstate Celebrates 10 Years of Recognition as a Tree Campus

Feb 23, 2018 10:02AM ● By Emily Stevenson

For the 10th year in a row, the University of South Carolina Upstate has been named a Tree Campus USA by the Arbor Day Foundation, for its dedication to campus forestry management and environmental stewardship.

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Clemson Names New CU-ICAR Leader

Feb 20, 2018 11:23AM ● By Kathleen Maris

Rigas said his vision is not just to oversee the daily operations of CU-ICAR but also to work closely with the industry and to listen what they have to say.

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Clemson Unveils Vehicle Assembly Center

Feb 16, 2018 09:40AM ● By Kathleen Maris

The Vehicle Assembly Center is a collaboration of CU-ICAR, Greenville Technical College, BMW Manufacturing, and Siemens.

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ECPI, S.C. Technical Colleges Sign Agreement

Feb 14, 2018 12:55PM ● By Emily Stevenson

The SC Technical College System and ECPI University will closely examine and improve transfer functions to expand and encourage access for students who complete an associate in arts, science or applied science degree at one of the state's 16 technical colleges to an approved baccalaureate program offered at ECPI University.

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Manufacturing Training Program Launches in Greenwood County

Feb 13, 2018 09:36AM ● By Kathleen Maris

The Greenwood Edge is available for rising Junior and Senior students that initially allows them to earn a Manufacturing Production Technician Certificate while in high school.

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NGU, USC Upstate Reach Nursing Agreement

Feb 06, 2018 11:19AM ● By Kathleen Maris

The partnership will help address supply and demand projections of the nursing workforce.

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Dyslexia Day 2018 Set For March 1

Feb 05, 2018 09:58AM ● By Kathleen Maris

Dyslexia Day 2018 is organized by Decoding Dyslexia South Carolina, a movement focused on connecting South Carolina families to resources, support, and educational interventions for dyslexia.

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Clemson Officials to Serve on Forward50

Jan 31, 2018 09:32AM ● By Kathleen Maris

The group will examine policy related to access, affordability, accountability, and transparency.

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Study Shows Economic Impact of Natural Resources

Jan 24, 2018 05:07PM ● By Emily Stevenson

A study from a pair of Clemson University professors has concluded that natural resource-based sectors contribute $33.4 billion in economic activity annually to the South Carolina economy.

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Furman Psychology Professor Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Jan 23, 2018 12:32PM ● By Emily Stevenson

Gilles O. Einstein was named co-recipient of a 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the International Conference of Prospective Memory (ICPM).

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Higher Ed Commission Predicts ‘Financial Knife Fight’

Jan 12, 2018 09:48AM ● By Emily Stevenson

A storm has been brewing for some 40 years during which the cost of higher education in our state has increased a whopping 1,120 percent.

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