COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Aug. 21 -- Benedict College issued the following statement on Aug. 19, 2024, by Board of Trustees Chair Charlie W. Johnson: * * * Dear Benedict College Community, On behalf of the Benedict College Board of Trustees, I am pleased to announce that we have, upon review of her commendable performance, approved a seven-year extension of President Roslyn Clark Artis' contract, which now runs through June 30, 2031. Since her arrival in 2017, President Artis has propelled B  more

CLINTON, South Carolina, Aug. 21 -- Presbyterian College issued the following news: By Sarah Murphy Famed author, academic, and speaker Dr. Temple Grandin opened her keynote address to the 10th annual Charles Chadwell Special Education Institute at Presbyterian College with a simple observation with a profound impact. "You have to realize that people can think differently," she said. "I didn't know until I was in my late 30s that other people don't think in pictures the way I think." An extr  more

CLEMSON, South Carolina, Aug. 21 (TNSres) -- The Clemson University's Cooperative Extension issued the following news: JeoungSoo Lee's research into new ways of delivering medicine to parts of the body that need it most and her student mentorship have earned her one of the most prestigious honors on Clemson University's faculty. Lee has been chosen as the John Witherspoon Gilpin, MD '82 Distinguished Professor in Bioengineering. "I am honored and very happy to be selected for this professorsh  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Aug. 19 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: On the morning of Aug. 5, Category 1 Hurricane Debby made landfall near Steinhatchee, Florida, then moved up the East Coast. The storm flooded nearly 2,200 square kilometers, or 850 square miles, between Florida and New York, according to new findings from Virginia Tech's Earth Observation and Innovation Lab. By Aug. 9, more than 35 million people from South Carolina to Vermont were under flood alerts. Berkeley County, S  more