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COVID-19 Resources – Updated September 11

If you need help now -- What are the symptoms of COVID-19 infection? The CDC reports that symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure to the virus. - Centers for Disease Control resources. Are you sick and think you might have the … [Full Story...]

Uncharted waters

Message from SCICU President and CEO Jeff Perez - I cannot recall a more challenging year to be working at a college or university. Campuses that completely adapted their academics to online learning in the spring have spent the summer conducting a … [Full Story...]

S. C. General Assembly update

Like everything else, COVID-19 casts a long shadow over state government. S.C. Board of Economic Advisors On August 24 all eyes will be on the S.C. Board of Economic Advisors which will report on COVID-19’s impact on the economic well-being of … [Full Story...]

Federal update

With Election Day less than three months away, the political season is heating up here in South Carolina. In Washington D.C., Congress went home empty-handed. CARES Act follow-up U.S. Senators and House members went home on Friday for a recess … [Full Story...]

Columbia College names Tom Bogart as its 20th president; Peter Mitchell thanked for his interim presidency

COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy columbiasc.edu) – Dr. William T. (Tom) Bogart, an accomplished leader at multiple independent colleges and universities, has been named by the Columbia College Board of Trustees as the college's twentieth president, effective … [Full Story...]

South Carolina’s only collegiate Aeronautics program coming to Charleston Southern

CHARLESTON, S.C. (courtesy charlestonsouthern.edu) -- South Carolina is one of only two states without a collegiate aeronautics program, but not for long. Charleston Southern University plans to offer a Bachelor of Science in aeronautics … [Full Story...]

Wofford hosts art exhibition with works by Southern women artists who broke barriers

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (courtesy wofford.edu) -- Paintings spanning from the 1890s to the early 1960s in the Johnson Collection made their debut in Spartanburg Tuesday, Sept. 8 at Wofford College. “Central to Their Lives: Southern Women Artists in the … [Full Story...]

AU Online announces partnership with Billy Graham Evangelistic Organization

ANDERSON, S.C. (courtesy andersonuniversity.edu) -- Anderson University Online and Continuous Learning recently partnered with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) in offering a tuition grant and priority access to professional … [Full Story...]

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions to provide scholarships and internships to Allen and Benedict students

COLUMBIA, S.C. (courtesy savannahrivernuclearsolutions.com and columbiabusinessreport.com) -- Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) has agreed to donate resources including scholarship money and paid internships to Allen University and Benedict … [Full Story...]

Furman to present 10th annual Straight Talk series – Voting in America

GREENVILLE, S.C. (courtesy furman.edu) -- Robert Costa, moderator for PBS’s Washington Week; Allison Riggs, interim director of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice; and Don Gonyea, national political correspondent for NPR, are among more than a … [Full Story...]