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Furman Presents National Conference on Climate Change Nov. 8-9

Oct 31, 2017 01:15PM ● By Emily Stevenson

The two-evening conference, “Climate Change is Real: Now What?” is free and open to the public. Registration is not required.

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Champion Aerospace gift benefits Aircraft Maintenance Technology students at Greenville Technical College

Oct 31, 2017 01:04PM ● By Emily Stevenson

Champion Aerospace donated $50,000 to the Aircraft Maintenance Technology (AMT) program at Greenville Technical College, to allow for expansion and upgrading of the program.

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Riley Institute Announces Winner of WhatWorksSC Education Award

Oct 27, 2017 08:01AM ● By Emily Stevenson

Make Summer Count, a program of Public Education Partners in Greenville that combats summer learning loss, has won the 2017 Dick and Tunky Riley WhatWorksSC Award for Excellence.

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Wells Fargo Foundation Donates to Greenville Technical College

Oct 27, 2017 07:59AM ● By Emily Stevenson

The donation will be used to support scholarships for students enrolled in Quick Jobs with a Future and advanced manufacturing programs.

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Greenwood, Oconee Ranked Top Rural Counties For Workforce Certificates

Oct 26, 2017 10:59AM ● By Emily Stevenson

The ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate is an assessment-based credential earned through scores on three ACT WorkKeys assessments (applied math, graphic literacy, and workplace documents) that measure foundational employability skills.

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Greenville County Schools Signs Dual Enrollment Agreement with ECPI University

Oct 26, 2017 09:40AM ● By Emily Stevenson

Through a new dual-enrollment opportunity, they can earn up to 15 college credits while still in high school.

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Bank of America awards $25,000 grant to the Greenville Tech Foundation

Oct 24, 2017 02:39PM ● By Emily Stevenson

The gift will remove barriers for students by creating funding for items outside of tuition that are necessary to succeed in classes, graduate, and become employable.

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Clemson University breaking new ground for business education

Oct 24, 2017 02:17PM ● By Emily Stevenson

The 176,000-square-foot building is expected to be ready for occupancy in January of 2020. It will nearly double Clemson’s business education space for one of the university’s fastest-growing academic disciplines.

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Furman partners with Gallup to study impact of education

Oct 19, 2017 10:38AM ● By Emily Stevenson

Furman will work with Gallup over the next five years to collect data and analyze outcomes as the university seeks to provide all of its nearly 2,800 students with a distinctive and highly individualized learning experience that prepares them for lives of purpose, successful careers and community benefit.

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Five schools and one district join TransformSC’s network

Oct 17, 2017 02:06PM ● By Kathleen Maris

TransformSC schools receive a variety of supports and opportunities through participation in the network, including access to national experts, mentorship opportunities with other innovative schools, and assistance with the implementation of plans.

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Clemson University students unveil Deep Orange 7 MINI

Oct 17, 2017 12:49PM ● By Emily Stevenson

The 18-student team unveiled the fully-functional, drivable concept vehicle at the BMW Zentrum in Greer on Saturday, Oct. 14.

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Clemson supercomputer gets $1 million upgrade

Oct 04, 2017 11:11AM ● By Emily Stevenson

New hardware that could be in place as early as spring will add even more power to the Palmetto Cluster. Even before the upgrade, it rated eighth in the nation among academic supercomputers, according to the twice-annual Top500 list.

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USC Upstate Inks Agreement with Spanish University

Sep 29, 2017 08:38AM ● By Emily Stevenson

Chancellor Brendan B. Kelly, Ph.D. on Wednesday completed the effort to build a collaborative relationship between the University of South Carolina Upstate and the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria Madrid, in Spain.

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CU-ICAR to Host 200 Teens at Acura/Honda STEAM Connections Tour

Sep 28, 2017 11:02AM ● By Emily Stevenson

The event will showcase STEAM — science, technology, engineering, art and math — in motorsports and the automotive industry by exposing kids to Indy/Formula SAE race cars, race car drivers and other related activities while visiting one of the premier automotive research campuses in the world.

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Upcountry History Museum opens exhibit on Eugenia Duke

Sep 19, 2017 02:36PM ● By Kathleen Maris

Eugenia Duke: A Centennial Celebration is on display until January 7, 2018 at the Upcountry History Museum - Furman University.

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MADE in SC to grow advanced materials education, research, economy statewide

Sep 19, 2017 02:27PM ● By Kathleen Maris

With the EPSCoR grant, MADE in SC is committed to hiring 17 new researchers over five years at five institutions.

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Furman awarded $1.3 million grant from NSF

Sep 19, 2017 02:16PM ● By Kathleen Maris

The funds are part of a larger $20 million NSF grant that harnesses the collective research and expertise of 10 state universities and launches MADE in SC.

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Clif Flynn named provost at USC Upstate

Sep 14, 2017 02:05PM ● By Kathleen Maris

Flynn has served the University of South Carolina Upstate for nearly 30 years in roles ranging from faculty member to department chair to administrator.

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Furman listed high in U.S. News rankings

Sep 12, 2017 02:49PM ● By Kathleen Maris

Furman is ranked No. 53 overall among the 233 colleges in the category of “Best National Liberal Arts Colleges” and remains the top-ranked liberal arts and sciences college in South Carolina.

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Furman presents program about global refugee crisis

Sep 11, 2017 02:10PM ● By Kathleen Maris

The event is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the Refugee Task Force, the Shucker Leadership Institute, and Furman Departments of Religion and English.

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