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New Statewide Collaborative Will Help Mend Health Care Disparity For Vulnerable Patients

Feb 28, 2019 01:10PM ● By Kathleen Maris

A $1.025 million, three-year grant from The Duke Endowment to the University of South Carolina will help address these issues for vulnerable patients in South Carolina.

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Clemson Libraries To Showcase Open Access Education With Two Weeks Of Events

Feb 28, 2019 12:39PM ● By Kathleen Maris

The event is organized by the library’s Technology unit, instruction team, and subject librarians, with support from Clemson University Press, Clemson Online, and the Office of Teaching Effectiveness and Innovation.

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Bosch Community Fund Gives Grant To Greenville Technical College

Feb 19, 2019 11:38AM ● By Kathleen Maris

A $12,000 grant from the Bosch Community Fund is providing scholarship assistance for 22 high school students enrolled in Greenville Technical College STEM courses.

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Furman UES To Pilot New Summer Schedule For Working Adults

Feb 19, 2019 10:59AM ● By Kathleen Maris

As part of the pilot format, some assignments and peer and teacher interactions will be conducted through an online course management system and video conferencing.

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Clemson's Igor Luzinov Awarded Kentwool Distinguished Professorship In Natural Fibers

Feb 18, 2019 12:15PM ● By Kathleen Maris

Luzinov has done research on natural fibers since he arrived at Clemson 18 years ago. The funding he receives as a result of the endowment will help him and his students attend conferences.

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Clemson Heart Research Receives $4.1 Million Boost On Valentine’s Day

Feb 18, 2019 11:08AM ● By Kathleen Maris

Will Richardson and Naren Vyavahare said that they have each received grants from the National Institutes of Health for new research related to the heart.

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USC Upstate To Launch Call Me MISTER Collaborative With Spartanburg School District 7 And SCC

Feb 11, 2019 10:59AM ● By Kathleen Maris

Call Me MISTER serves to recruit and prepare African American male students to teach in early childhood, elementary, and middle school classrooms.

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Clemson Selected As Beckman Scholar Institution

Feb 07, 2019 11:35AM ● By Kathleen Maris

Clemson is one of 13 programs nationally receiving funding to provide undergraduates with a unique 15-month mentored laboratory research experience.

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Upstate Electrical Apprenticeship Program Experiences Record Enrollment For First-Year Students

Jan 30, 2019 10:48AM ● By Kathleen Maris

A total of 16 students started the rigorous, four-year, state-registered electrical apprenticeship program, which allows those enrolled to “earn while they learn.”

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New Anderson University Personalized License Plates Now Available From SCDMV

Jan 25, 2019 12:31PM ● By Kathleen Maris

A portion of the proceeds from each plate supports the Anderson Fund, which provides scholarships for AU students along with campus improvement projects.

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Benjamin Franklin Experience Opens Early Enrollment

Jan 22, 2019 10:34AM ● By Kathleen Maris

Three courses are available starting in June through early August.

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Countybank Foundation Makes Contribution To Creative Advancement Centers

Jan 17, 2019 10:43AM ● By Kathleen Maris

The Countybank Foundation contribution will aid in general program operations and potentially providing the funds to grow participation from students.

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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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Furman University Communications Receives CASE Awards

Jan 11, 2019 11:46AM ● By Kathleen Maris

CASE District III has honored Furman University Communications with three awards in recognition of the office’s work to support the university’s initiatives.

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Scott Husson Honored With Professorship Named For Bill And Martha Beth Sturgis

Dec 24, 2018 10:41AM ● By Kathleen Maris

Husson said funds that come with the professorship will open new avenues for exploratory research and for students to travel to conferences. He plans to direct some of the funds to help students learn about entrepreneurship.

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USC Upstate To Expand Biomedical Research Program With Membership In SC INBRE

Dec 18, 2018 11:30AM ● By Kathleen Maris

If South Carolina is renewed as an IDeA state in 2020, Upstate will receive $500,000 to fund the summer program that they call ER(Up)T (Engaged Research and Training at Upstate) from 2020-2025.

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Clemson Explores New Opportunities For Engineering Students To Study Abroad

Dec 17, 2018 03:39PM ● By Kathleen Maris

The program has primarily served undergraduates since it was founded as part of the Institute of International Education, headquartered at United Nations Plaza in New York.

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Furman Receives $6 Million Bequest From Estate Of Alumnus Thomas Farmer

Dec 17, 2018 02:50PM ● By Kathleen Maris

Farmer, who died in 2014 at the age of 90, gave Furman a total of $3.8 million during his lifetime. The bequest from his estate brings his total giving to the university to nearly $10 million.

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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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Dick Riley says education is the backbone of democracy—and business

Dec 07, 2018 09:45AM ● By Kathleen Maris

Of all his accomplishments as governor, it’s the Education Improvement Act of 1984—which used a one-cent sales tax increase to raise student performance and elevate the teaching profession, among other reforms—that he is most proud of. Riley also feels it’s the one accomplishment that brought the most change to the state—not just in schools, but in the business sector as well.

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