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MTC receives diversity recognition for 11th consecutive year
Midlands Technical College has been ranked among the nation's top colleges for minority students earning associate degrees by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. The school earned 10 top-25 rankings.
New program to offer pre-apprenticeship training
Richland County School District One and Apprenticeship Carolina have launched the state's first certified pre-apprenticeship program in career fields including engineering, transportation, manufacturing and construction.
New University of South Carolina program recognizes leaders
The Luminary Leaders in Medicine and Science Recognition program honored its inaugural seven-member class on Feb. 18. The honorees were selected for legacies of leadership and promotion of diversity and inclusion.
Ben Lippen School expanding to Northeast Columbia
Around 60 students will be accepted and begin classes on Aug. 11 at Sandhills Community Church in grades pre-K4 through second grade. Ben Lippen has campuses at Columbia International University and on St. Andrews Road.
Septima Clark honored with collectible coin
The $1 coin from the U.S. Mint features the S.C. teacher, civil rights leader and Benedict College alumna marching with three Black students. Clark taught for more than 30 years in South Carolina.
S.C. Department of Education seeks meal program partners
The department's summer meal program, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, provides summer meals to children when school is not in season. Organizations can become a program sponsor or a summer meal site.
Richland Library offering mobile self-checkout
Library customers can now scan items for checkout on their phones. The service is available at all 13 library branches. The library said the service aims to adapt to changing customer behavior.
South Carolina State Fair accepting scholarship applications
Applications for 50 $6,000 Ride of Your Life scholarships are due by March 15 and available online. Recipients must attend a state school, maintain a 3.0 GPA and enroll in no less than 30 credit hours per year.
Benedict College president 1 of 13 scholarship recipients
Roslyn Clark Artis has been named a recipient of the Association of American Colleges and Universities-Cengage Inclusion Scholarship, which recognizes leaders for reducing equity gaps and improving inclusion in higher education.
S.C. colleges and universities receive scholarship funding
Schools throughout the state including Columbia College, Benedict College and Allen University received a share of $60,000 through a grant from the Council of Independent Colleges' scholarship program, endowed by UPS.
Benedict College recognized as top producer of STEM graduates
The Columbia college was named a Top 10 Smaller HBCU for STEM by The Hundred-Seven website. Benedict was one of four S.C. schools to make the list, compiled by evaluating data from news magazine Diverse: Issues in Higher Education.
Program takes students inside virtual hospitals
ECPI University's eHospital program allows health care students to remotely practice hands-on skills in six different medical environments, including triage, emergency room and medical lab simulations.
