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Global financial expert to headline online forum
Preston Keat of global financial service firm UBS will discuss risks stemming from factors including the pandemic and U.S.-China relations. The Zoom event, presented Thursday by the University of South Carolina, is free.
Richland Library’s Career Online High School graduates 14
The library began offering the program, open to Richland County residents age 21 and older, in 2018. Participants take an online self-assessment and complete a prerequisite course before beginning the program.
Richland One educator named county Conservation Teacher of the Year
Jamison Browder has coordinated multiple pre-kindergarten gardening and bird-watching projects at Meadowfield Elementary School. He received a $500 grant and advances to the statewide competition.
CIU hires director for new nursing program
Columbia International University, which expects to begin residential and online nursing classes in the 2021-22 academic year, has hired Jill McElheny to direct the program.
New program to provide academic coach to S.C. students
The ENGAGE South Carolina program, a partnership between the S.C. Department of Education and Graduation Alliance, is designed to address educational challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. It is free to S.C. public schools.
Ten state schools receive scholarships from broadcast group
The South Carolina Broadcasters Association's Educational Foundation awarded $54,000 in scholarships to schools including the University of South Carolina and S.C. State University.
USC history graduate student named fellowship recipient
Ansley Kamau Pope is the 2020 recipient of the Richland Library Friends and Foundation's Ethel Bolden Minority Fellowship. The fellowship, which runs through May 2021, includes a $3,500 prize.
S.C. to receive $31.5M grant for charter schools
The funding from the U.S. Department of Education's Charter School Programs will be used to expand the state's 90 existing charter schools and to open 32 new schools during the next five years.
Teacher-led tutoring program expanding to South Carolina
Maryland Teacher Tutors, founded in 2015, employs more than 150 current and former certified teacher tutors in the greater Baltimore and Washington, D.C. areas. Its S.C. branch will be led by educator Molly Broom.
MTC Foundation accepting spring scholarship applications
Applications, available online, will be accepted through Oct. 31, and more than $100,000 is available. Students complete one application and are matched to scholarship opportunities.
S.C. Technical College System, Webster University sign agreement
Students can now transfer with associate degrees from South Carolina's 16 technical colleges to one of Webster's four statewide campuses with junior standing. Technical college graduates can also receive reduced tuition.
USC researchers: S.C.’s economic recovery faces obstacles
The state's recovery from the pandemic will be affected by the U.S. presidential election and could stall if fall brings an uptick in COVID-19 cases, University of South Carolina researchers say.
