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Florence, South Carolina
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Florence /ˈflɔːrəns/ is a city in Florence County, South Carolina, United States. It is the county seat of Florence County and the city within the Florence metropolitan area. The area forms the core of the historical Pee Dee region of South Carolina, as of the 2010 census, the population of Florence was 37,056, and the estimated population in 2015 was 38,228. In 1965, Florence was named an All-American City, presented by the National Civic League, the city was founded as a railroad hub and became the junction of three major railroad systems, including the Wilmington and Manchester, the Northeastern, and the Cheraw and Darlington. As of 2013, the city retains its status as a hub, both for industry and infrastructure, while establishing itself as a regional center for business, medicine, culture. The City of Florence was chartered in 1871 and incorporated in 1890 following the 1888 creation of Florence County, prior to its charter, the city was part of one of the original townships laid out by the Lords Proprietors in 1719. The area was settled through the late 19th and early 20th century. Early settlers practiced subsistence farming and produced indigo, cotton, naval stores and timber, in the mid-19th century two intersecting railroads were built, the Wilmington and Manchester, and the Northeastern. Gen. W. W. Harllee, the president of the W & M, built his home at the junction, over 2,800 of the prisoners died of disease, and the burial ground adjacent to the prison became the Florence National Cemetery after the war. After the war, Florence grew and prospered, using the railroad to supply its cotton, timber, during the 20th century the economy of Florence came to rely heavily on the healthcare industry, driven by two major hospitals and a number of pharmaceutical plants. Industry grew, especially after World War II, when Florence became increasingly known for textiles, pharmaceuticals, paper, Florence is located in the coastal plain of South Carolina. It is in the part of the state and the northern part of Florence County. The average elevation above sea level is around 140 ft. Jeffries Creek is a tributary of the Great Pee Dee River and is the waterway that flows through the city. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 20.9 square miles, of which 20.9 square miles are land and 0.04 square miles. Autumn, winter and spring are mild, with winter nights below freezing. Florences summers can be hot and humid. The city, like cities of the Southeast, is prone to inversions. The city of Florence has a form of government
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South Carolina
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South Carolina /ˌsaʊθ kærəˈlaɪnə/ is a state in the southeastern region of the United States. The state is bordered to the north by North Carolina, to the south and west by Georgia across the Savannah River, South Carolina became the eighth state to ratify the U. S. Constitution, doing so on May 23,1788. South Carolina became the first state to vote to secede from the Union on December 20,1860, after the American Civil War, it was readmitted into the United States on June 25,1868. South Carolina is the 40th most extensive and the 23rd most populous U. S. state and its GDP as of 2013 was $183.6 billion, with an annual growth rate of 3. 13%. The capital and largest city is Columbia with a 2013 population of 133,358, South Carolina is named in honor of King Charles I of England, under whose reign the English colony was first formed, with Carolus being Latin for Charles. There is evidence of activity in the area about 12000 years ago. Along the Savannah River were the Apalachee, Yuchi, and the Yamasee, further west were the Cherokee, and along the Catawba River, the Catawba. These tribes were village-dwellers, relying on agriculture as their food source. The Cherokee lived in wattle and daub houses made with wood and clay, about a dozen separate small tribes summered on the coast harvesting oysters and fish, and cultivating corn, peas and beans. Travelling inland as much as 50 miles mostly by canoe, they wintered on the plain, hunting deer and gathering nuts. The names of these survive in place names like Edisto Island, Kiawah Island. The Spanish were the first Europeans in the area, in 1521, founding San Miguel de Gualdape, established with 500 settlers, it was abandoned within a year by 150 survivors. In 1562 French settlers established a settlement at what is now the Charlesfort-Santa Elena archaeological site on Parris Island, three years later the Spanish built a fort on the same site, but withdrew following hostilities with the English navy. In 1629, King Charles I of England established the Province of Carolina an area covering what is now South and North Carolina, Georgia, in the 1670s, English planters from the Barbados established themselves near what is now Charleston. Settlers built rice plantations in the South Carolina Lowcountry, east of the Atlantic Seaboard fall line, settlers came from all over Europe. Plantation labor was done by African slaves who formed the majority of the population by 1720, another cash crop was the Indigo plant, a plant source of blue dye, developed by Eliza Lucas. Meanwhile, in Upstate South Carolina, west of the Fall Line, was settled by farmers and traders. Colonists overthrew the rule, seeing more direct representation
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United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
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Geographic coordinate system
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A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system used in geography that enables every location on Earth to be specified by a set of numbers, letters or symbols. The coordinates are chosen such that one of the numbers represents a vertical position. A common choice of coordinates is latitude, longitude and elevation, to specify a location on a two-dimensional map requires a map projection. The invention of a coordinate system is generally credited to Eratosthenes of Cyrene. Ptolemy credited him with the adoption of longitude and latitude. Ptolemys 2nd-century Geography used the prime meridian but measured latitude from the equator instead. Mathematical cartography resumed in Europe following Maximus Planudes recovery of Ptolemys text a little before 1300, in 1884, the United States hosted the International Meridian Conference, attended by representatives from twenty-five nations. Twenty-two of them agreed to adopt the longitude of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, the Dominican Republic voted against the motion, while France and Brazil abstained. France adopted Greenwich Mean Time in place of local determinations by the Paris Observatory in 1911, the latitude of a point on Earths surface is the angle between the equatorial plane and the straight line that passes through that point and through the center of the Earth. Lines joining points of the same latitude trace circles on the surface of Earth called parallels, as they are parallel to the equator, the north pole is 90° N, the south pole is 90° S. The 0° parallel of latitude is designated the equator, the plane of all geographic coordinate systems. The equator divides the globe into Northern and Southern Hemispheres, the longitude of a point on Earths surface is the angle east or west of a reference meridian to another meridian that passes through that point. All meridians are halves of great ellipses, which converge at the north and south poles, the prime meridian determines the proper Eastern and Western Hemispheres, although maps often divide these hemispheres further west in order to keep the Old World on a single side. The antipodal meridian of Greenwich is both 180°W and 180°E, the combination of these two components specifies the position of any location on the surface of Earth, without consideration of altitude or depth. The grid formed by lines of latitude and longitude is known as a graticule, the origin/zero point of this system is located in the Gulf of Guinea about 625 km south of Tema, Ghana. To completely specify a location of a feature on, in, or above Earth. Earth is not a sphere, but a shape approximating a biaxial ellipsoid. It is nearly spherical, but has an equatorial bulge making the radius at the equator about 0. 3% larger than the radius measured through the poles, the shorter axis approximately coincides with the axis of rotation
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Community college
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A community college is a type of educational institution. In Australia, the community college refers to small private businesses running short courses generally of a self-improvement or hobbyist nature. Equivalent to the American notion of community colleges are Tertiary And Further Education colleges or TAFEs, there are also an increasing number of private providers, which are colloquially called colleges. Most Australian universities can also be traced back to such forerunners, in TAFEs and colleges today, courses are designed for personal development of an individual and/or for employment outcomes. A Certificate I may only run for 4 hours twice a week for a term of 9 weeks, a full-time Diploma course might have classes 4 days per week for a year. Some courses may be offered in the evenings or weekends to accommodate people working full-time, funding for colleges may come from government grants and course fees, and many are not-for-profit organisations. There are located in metropolitan, regional and rural locations of Australia, learning offered by TAFEs and colleges has changed over the years. By the 1980s many colleges had recognised a community need for computer training, TAFEs and colleges have not traditionally offered bachelors degrees, instead providing pathway arrangements with universities to continue towards degrees. The American innovation of the degree is emerging at some institutions. Certificate courses I to IV, diplomas and advanced diplomas are typically offered, recently, some TAFE institutes have also become higher education providers in their own right and are now starting to offer bachelors degrees programs. In Canada, community colleges are adult educational institutions that provide education and tertiary education. Each province has its own system, as prescribed by the Canadian federalism model of governance. A formative trend was the merging of the then separate vocational training, Canadian colleges are either publicly funded or private post-secondary institutions. There are 150 institutions that are equivalent to the US community college in certain contexts. They are usually referred to simply as colleges since in common usage a degree-granting institution is almost exclusively a university, University degrees are usually attained through four years of study. The term associate degree is used in western Canada to refer to a two-year college arts or science degree, in other parts of Canada the term advanced degree is used to indicate a 3- or 4-year college program. In the province of Quebec, three years is the norm for a university degree because a year of credit is earned in the CEGEP system, the word College can also refer to a private High School in Quebec. The courses offered by these colleges are diplomas, advance diplomas, the duration of these courses usually ranges from six months to two years
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Florence County, South Carolina
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Florence is a county located in the U. S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2010 census, its population was 136,885, Florence County is included in the Florence, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area. The countys population is about 60% urban, Florence County was formed from main sections of Darlington and Marion Counties plus other townships from Williamsburg and Clarendon Counties, starting in 1888. The last section of Williamsburg County was not added until 1921, Florence County was named for the daughter of General W. W. Harllee. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 804 square miles. The population density was 157 people per square mile, there were 51,836 housing units at an average density of 65 per square mile. 1. 10% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race,24. 50% of all households were made up of individuals and 8. 20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the family size was 3.08. In the county, the population was out with 25. 90% under the age of 18,9. 70% from 18 to 24,28. 90% from 25 to 44,23. 60% from 45 to 64. The median age was 36 years, for every 100 females there were 88.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.20 males, the median income for a household in the county was $35,144, and the median income for a family was $41,274. Males had an income of $32,065 versus $21,906 for females. The per capita income for the county was $17,876, about 13. 50% of families and 16. 40% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22. 30% of those under age 18 and 16. 50% of those age 65 or over. In census 2000, the population of Florence County was classified as 58% urban and 42% rural, along with Darlington County, it comprises part of the Florence Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 136,885 people,52,653 households, the population density was 171.1 inhabitants per square mile. There were 58,666 housing units at a density of 73.3 per square mile. The racial makeup of the county was 54. 9% white,41. 3% black or African American,1. 2% Asian,0. 3% American Indian,1. 1% from other races, and 1. 1% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 2. 2% of the population, in terms of ancestry,8. 4% were American,7. 8% were English,6. 7% were Irish, and 6. 2% were German
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Darlington County, South Carolina
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Darlington County is a county located in the U. S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2010 census, its population was at 68,681, Darlington County is included in the Florence, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area. The countys population was nearly 60% rural in 2000, according to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 567 square miles, of which 561 square miles is land and 5.7 square miles is water. The population density was 120 people per square mile, there were 28,942 housing units at an average density of 52 per square mile. 0. 98% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race,25. 10% of all households were made up of individuals and 9. 20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the family size was 3.07. In the county, the population was out with 26. 30% under the age of 18,9. 00% from 18 to 24,28. 20% from 25 to 44,24. 40% from 45 to 64. The median age was 36 years, for every 100 females there were 89.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.60 males, the median income for a household in the county was $31,087, and the median income for a family was $37,662. Males had an income of $30,947 versus $20,998 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,283, about 16. 40% of families and 20. 30% of the population were below the poverty line, including 26. 70% of those under age 18 and 22. 10% of those age 65 or over. As of Census 2000, Darlington County was classified as 41% urban and it contains the two urbanized areas of Hartsville and Darlington. The countys population is included within the Florence Metropolitan Statistical Area, as of the 2010 United States Census, there were 68,681 people,26,531 households, and 18,552 families residing in the county. The population density was 122.4 inhabitants per square mile, there were 30,297 housing units at an average density of 54.0 per square mile. The racial makeup of the county was 55. 9% white,41. 6% black or African American,0. 3% Asian,0. 3% American Indian,0. 9% from other races, and 1. 1% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1. 7% of the population, in terms of ancestry,9. 5% were American,7. 0% were English, and 5. 3% were Irish. The average household size was 2.54 and the family size was 3.04. The median age was 39.6 years, the median income for a household in the county was $38,379 and the median income for a family was $46,894
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Marion County, South Carolina
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Marion County is a county located in the U. S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2010 census, its population was 33,062, the county was created in 1785 and was originally known as Liberty County. However, four years later it was renamed Marion County, in honor Brigadier General Francis Marion, the famous Swamp Fox and a hero of the American Revolutionary War. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 494 square miles. The population density was 72 people per square mile, there were 15,143 housing units at an average density of 31 per square mile. 1. 79% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race,25. 40% of all households were made up of individuals and 9. 70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the family size was 3.16. In the county, the population was out with 27. 60% under the age of 18,9. 70% from 18 to 24,26. 80% from 25 to 44,23. 80% from 45 to 64. The median age was 35 years, for every 100 females there were 85.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.40 males, the median income for a household in the county was $26,526, and the median income for a family was $32,932. Males had an income of $26,133 versus $18,392 for females. The per capita income for the county was $13,878, about 18. 90% of families and 23. 20% of the population were below the poverty line, including 33. 30% of those under age 18 and 23. 50% of those age 65 or over. Religious Census, Marion County had the highest concentration of followers of the Baháí Faith of any county in the United States, at 5. 5%. As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 33,062 people,13,058 households, the population density was 67.6 inhabitants per square mile. There were 14,953 housing units at a density of 30.6 per square mile. The racial makeup of the county was 55. 9% black or African American,40. 6% white,0. 5% Asian,0. 4% American Indian,1. 3% from other races, and 1. 2% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 2. 4% of the population, in terms of ancestry,7. 8% were American,6. 3% were English, and 5. 2% were Irish. The average household size was 2.52 and the family size was 3.09
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Hartsville, South Carolina
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Hartsville is the largest city in Darlington County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 7,764 at the 2010 census, mel Pennington is the current mayor. Hartsville was chosen as an All-America City in 1996 and again in 2016, Hartsville has also been a National Arbor Day Foundation Tree City since 1986. Hartsville is the home of Coker College and a branch of Florence–Darlington Technical College and it is also the site of the South Carolina Governors School for Science and Mathematics, a public boarding high school. The city is served by the Hartsville Regional Airport, Hartsville is home to several major corporations including Sonoco Products Company and Duke Energy Progress. Agrium Inc. maintained a Rainbow Fertilizer plant in Hartsville until it was destroyed by fire on February 14,2011, agrium has chosen not to rebuild in Hartsville. The tribes were wiped out due to diseases brought in by settlers. Hartsvilles first settlement began around 1760, the town is named for Captain Thomas E. Hart, who eventually owned most of the land in the community. Hart started a mercantile business, but he lost his business. In 1845, Thomas Harts son, John Lide Hart, purchased 495 acres of land in what is now downtown Hartsville from Colonel Law, John Hart went on to establish a carriage factory, steam-powered saw mill, grist mill, general store, and Hartsville Baptist Church. Caleb Coker purchased the factory for his son James Lide Coker in 1855. James Lide Coker came to Hartsville in 1857 with plans to implement new farming methods taught to him at Harvard College and his plans were interrupted by the start of the Civil War, in which he became a major for the Confederacy. He returned to Hartsville injured and found that his plantation was in shambles and he made plans to reconstruct his plantation and bring prosperity to the town of Hartsville. Major Coker established Welsh Neck High School which later became Coker College and he also went on to establish a seed company, oil mill, fertilizer plant, the Coker and Company General Store, a bank, and the Southern Novelty Company, now known as Sonoco Products Company. The railroad would become part of the South Carolina Central Railroad. Sonoco would eventually expand to a scale and become a Fortune 500 company. U. S. Route 15 bypasses the city to the southeast, it leads northeast 17 miles to Society Hill and 47 miles to Laurinburg, North Carolina, and southwest 40 miles to Sumter. South Carolina Highway 151 bypasses the city to the southwest, it leads southeast 14 miles to Darlington, the county seat, columbia, the state capital, is 70 miles to the southwest
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Lake City, South Carolina
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Lake City is a city in Florence County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 6,675 at the 2010 census, located in central South Carolina, it is south of Florence and included as part of the Florence Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Lake City area was part of Williamsburg Township, which was first settled by a group of Scots-Irish in 1736. It was first called Grahams Crossroads and then Graham, after Aaron Graham, in 1856, the Northeastern Railroad built its main line through the area. This brought new growth to the community, on March 4,1874, after requests from residents, a city charter was granted to the new town of Graham. On December 24,1883, the changed its name to Lake City. This was at the request of the locally-serving Lynches Lake Post Office, since there was another post office in South Carolina known as that and this small town had a population of 300 in 1893, and by 1898 the area had become the leading strawberry cropland in South Carolina. Lake City was the site of a lynching on February 22,1898. Lake City was at one time called the Bean Capital of the World, the building was built in 1936 by the Public Works Administration, and was a central hub for farmers across the South to get their beans to market. The building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as a property in the Lake City Downtown Historic District. Also listed on the National Register of Historical Places is the W. T. Askins House, Lake Citys city government includes a mayor, an appointed city administrator, and a six-person city council (elected to single-member districts for a four-year staggered term of office. The citys mayor is Lovith Anderson, Jr. and the city administrator is Shawn M. Bell, today, Lake Citys economy is dominated by tobacco. It even has its own festival in September. This was established in 1898, and has grown to one of the two largest markets in South Carolina today. By 1932, the also supported the largest bean market in the world. Lake City is located in southern Florence County at 33°52′4″N 79°45′22″W, U. S. Route 52 is the main highway through the city, leading north 24 miles to Florence, the county seat, and south 17 miles to Kingstree. U. S. Route 378 crosses US521.5 miles north of the city center, leading east 45 miles to Conway and west 35 miles to Sumter. According to the United States Census Bureau, Lake City has an area of 5.2 square miles, of which 0.01 square miles
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College
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College is an educational institution or a constituent part of one. A college may be a tertiary educational institution, a part of a collegiate or federal university. In ancient Rome a collegium was a club or society, a group of living together under a common set of rules. Aside from the educational context - nowadays the most common use of college - there are various other meanings also derived from the original Latin term. In the United States, college can be a synonym for university, in Singapore and India, this is known as a junior college. The municipal government of the city of Paris uses the sixth form college as the English name for a lycée. In some national education systems, secondary schools may be called colleges or have college as part of their title, in Australia the term college is applied to any private or independent primary and, especially, secondary school as distinct from a state school. Melbourne Grammar School, Cranbrook School, Sydney and The Kings School, there has also been a recent trend to rename or create government secondary schools as colleges. In the state of Victoria, some high schools are referred to as secondary colleges. Interestingly, the pre-eminent government secondary school for boys in Melbourne is still named Melbourne High School, in Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory, college is used in the name of all state high schools built since the late 1990s, and also some older ones. In New South Wales, some schools, especially multi-campus schools resulting from mergers, are known as secondary colleges. In Queensland some newer schools which accept primary and high school students are styled state college, in Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory, college refers to the final two years of high school, and the institutions which provide this. In this context, college is an independent of the other years of high school. Here, the expression is a version of matriculation college. This is because these schools have traditionally focused on academic, rather than vocational, subjects. Some private secondary schools choose to use the college in their names nevertheless. Some secondary schools elsewhere in the country, particularly ones within the school system. In New Zealand the word normally refers to a secondary school for ages 13 to 17
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University
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A university is an institution of higher education and research which grants academic degrees in various academic disciplines. Universities typically provide undergraduate education and postgraduate education, the word university is derived from the Latin universitas magistrorum et scholarium, which roughly means community of teachers and scholars. Universities were created in Italy and evolved from Cathedral schools for the clergy during the High Middle Ages, the original Latin word universitas refers in general to a number of persons associated into one body, a society, company, community, guild, corporation, etc. Like other guilds, they were self-regulating and determined the qualifications of their members, an important idea in the definition of a university is the notion of academic freedom. The first documentary evidence of this comes from early in the life of the first university, the University of Bologna adopted an academic charter, the Constitutio Habita, in 1158 or 1155, which guaranteed the right of a traveling scholar to unhindered passage in the interests of education. Today this is claimed as the origin of academic freedom and this is now widely recognised internationally - on 18 September 1988,430 university rectors signed the Magna Charta Universitatum, marking the 900th anniversary of Bolognas foundation. The number of universities signing the Magna Charta Universitatum continues to grow, the university is generally regarded as a formal institution that has its origin in the Medieval Christian setting. The earliest universities were developed under the aegis of the Latin Church by papal bull as studia generalia and it is possible, however, that the development of cathedral schools into universities was quite rare, with the University of Paris being an exception. Later they were founded by Kings or municipal administrations. In the early period, most new universities were founded from pre-existing schools. Many historians state that universities and cathedral schools were a continuation of the interest in learning promoted by monasteries, the first universities in Europe with a form of corporate/guild structure were the University of Bologna, the University of Paris, and the University of Oxford. The students had all the power … and dominated the masters, princes and leaders of city governments perceived the potential benefits of having a scholarly expertise develop with the ability to address difficult problems and achieve desired ends. The emergence of humanism was essential to understanding of the possible utility of universities as well as the revival of interest in knowledge gained from ancient Greek texts. The rediscovery of Aristotles works–more than 3000 pages of it would eventually be translated–fuelled a spirit of inquiry into natural processes that had begun to emerge in the 12th century. Some scholars believe that these represented one of the most important document discoveries in Western intellectual history. Richard Dales, for instance, calls the discovery of Aristotles works a turning point in the history of Western thought and this became the primary mission of lecturers, and the expectation of students. The university culture developed differently in northern Europe than it did in the south, Latin was the language of the university, used for all texts, lectures, disputations and examinations. Professors lectured on the books of Aristotle for logic, natural philosophy, and metaphysics, while Hippocrates, Galen, outside of these commonalities, great differences separated north and south, primarily in subject matter
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Clemson University
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Clemson University /ˈklɛmsən/ is an American public, coeducational, land-grant and sea-grant research university in Clemson, South Carolina. As of 2016, Clemson University enrolled a total of 18,599 undergraduate students for the semester and 4,807 graduate students. The cost of tuition and fees is about $14,882 and out-of-state tuition. U. S. News & World Report ranks Clemson University 23rd among all public universities. Clemson University is classified as a highest research activity university, thomas Green Clemson, the universitys founder, came to the foothills of South Carolina in 1838, when he married Anna Maria Calhoun, daughter of John C. Calhoun, a South Carolina statesman and seventh U. S and his decision was largely influenced by future South Carolina Governor Benjamin Tillman. Tillman lobbied the South Carolina General Assembly to create the school as an institution for the state. In November 1889, South Carolina Governor John Peter Richardson III signed the bill, as a result, federal funds for agricultural education from the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act and the Hatch Act of 1887 were transferred from South Carolina College to Clemson. Construction of the college began with Hardin Hall in 1890 and then main classroom buildings in 1891, henry Aubrey Strode became the first president of Clemson from 1890 to 1893. Edwin Craighead succeeded Strode in 1893, Clemson Agricultural College formally opened in July 1893 with an initial enrollment of 446. The common curriculum of the first incoming students was English, history, botany, mathematics, physics, until 1955, the college was also an all-white male military school. On May 22,1894 Tillman Hall, the building on campus, was destroyed by a fire. The fire of 1894 consumed the library, classrooms and offices, Tillman Hall was rebuilt in 1894 and still stands today. The first graduating class of Clemson was in 1896 with degrees in mechanical-electrical engineering, Clemsons first football team began in 1896 with trainer Walter Riggs. Henry Hartzog, graduate of The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, Hartzog created a textile department in 1898. Clemson became the first Southern school to train textile specialists, Hartzog expanded the curriculum with more industrialization skills such as foundry work, agriculture studies and mechanics. In 1902 a large student walkout over the use of military discipline escalated tensions between students and faculty forcing Hartzog to resign. Patrick Mell succeeded Hartzog from 1902 to 1910, following the resignation of Mell in 1910 former Clemson Tigers football coach Walter Riggs became president of Clemson from 1910 to 1924
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Coastal Carolina University
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Coastal Carolina University, commonly referred to as CCU or Coastal, is a public, state-supported, liberal arts university in Conway, South Carolina, United States. The campus is located eight miles west of the oceanfront resort town of Myrtle Beach, founded in 1954, Coastal became an independent university in 1993. The university is a national sea-grant institution and owns part of Waties Island, Coastal Carolina Universitys Conway campus is also the home of the Horry County Schools Scholars Academy, a high school for gifted students. The college originally operated under contract as an extension of the College of Charleston, classes met at night at Conway High School and were taught by part-time faculty. After the College of Charleston closed its extension programs, Coastal became an independent community college supported by Horry County, the Horry County Educational Commission was created in 1959 to oversee some of the tax money. This body was responsible for contracting out operations to the University of South Carolina a year later under the name Coastal Carolina Regional Campus, the deal was finalized at the Chat N Chew restaurant in Turbeville, South Carolina, a town halfway between Conway and Columbia. The site of the campus was chosen in 1960, on a plot of land between U. S. Highway 501 and South Carolina Highway 544, on land owned by Burroughs Timber Company. The university officially opened 1962 under a new name, Coastal Carolina College of the University of South Carolina, the Edward M. Singleton Building was the first to open in 1963. A decade of growth led to the becoming an four-year institution in 1974. The universitys first residence halls opened in 1987, by 1991, enrollment had grown to over 4,000 students, leading the Coastal Educational Foundation and Horry County Educational Commission to seek independent status for the school. Throughout the 2010s, the University experienced a building boom achieved as a result of a local 1-cent sales tax for education-related construction, in 2014, the University established its first doctoral degree program, in coastal and coastal and marine science systems science. The business college, most commonly referred to as Wall, offers six majors, accounting, economics, finance, management, marketing and hospitality. The PGA Golf Management program is one of only 20 programs in the nation accredited by the PGA of America, Business students can also minor in business, economics, international business or marketing. The business college also offers two programs, the Master of Business Administration program and the Master of Accountancy program. The Wall College of Business is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, the Wall College is also home to several programs and centers. BB&T Grant Center for Real Estate and Economic Development Clay Brittain, beginning with the Fall 2015 semester, the College will also host Teaching Fellows cohorts. Teaching Fellows is a program of the Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention and it offers over fifteen undergraduate degree programs in the humanities and fine arts, as well as twenty-five undergraduate minor programs. In addition, the Edwards College offers graduate programs in Writing, the press is a student-driven publishing lab that offers students professional-level hands-on experience in authoring, designing and producing innovative stories
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College of Charleston
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The College of Charleston is a public, sea-grant and space-grant university located in historic downtown Charleston, South Carolina, United States. The founders of the College include three signers of the Declaration of Independence and three future signers of the United States Constitution. Founded to encourage and institute youth in the branches of liberal education. Founded in 1770 and chartered in 1785, the College of Charleston is the oldest institution of education in South Carolina. During the colonial period, wealthy families sent their sons abroad or to universities in Middle Atlantic, by the mid-18th century, many leading citizens supported the idea of establishing an institution of higher learning within the state. On January 30,1770, Lieutenant Governor William Bull recommended to the general assembly the establishment of a provincial college. However, internal disagreements, political rivalries and the American Revolution delayed its progress, after the war, South Carolinians returned their attention to establishing a college. On March 19,1785, the College of Charleston was chartered to encourage, the act of the statehouse provided for three colleges simultaneously, one in Charleston, one in Winnsboro and one in Cambridge. Only the College of Charleston continues today as a college, robert Smith served as the colleges first president. Educated in England, he was ordained as a priest in the Anglican Church and relocated to Charleston, during the American Revolution, he supported the Patriot cause and even served as a soldier during the siege of the city. He later became the first Episcopal bishop of South Carolina and he relocated the school to a brick range which had been constructed for use as quarters for soldiers during the Revolutionary War. Dr. Smith continued as the president until 1797 and it was during his term that the school graduated its first class with the degree of A. B. a class which consisted of six students. The oldest of the students was only 18, and the work for a degree was considered so easy that one of its first graduates said that the thing was absurd. Upon the resignation of Dr. Smith in 1797, the school became sporadic and it was revived in 1824 with the hiring of Rev. Jasper Adams from Brown University for a salary of $2500. Rev. Adams plans for enlarging the school met opposition both locally and from the General Assembly which found his plans antagonistic to the interest of the South Carolina College, Adams left the school in 1826, and the future of the college appeared bleak. In 1837, however, the City of Charleston decided that it would be in the citys interest to have a home college, in 1837, the city council took over control of the school and assumed the responsibility for its finances and for electing its trustees. As such, it became the nations first municipal college, the city provided funds, for example, in 1850 to enlarge the main academic building, to construct Porters Lodge and to fence in the Cistern Yard, the block that is still the core of the campus. It remained a college until the 1950s, when the college again became a private institution as a way to avoid racial integration
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Francis Marion University
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Francis Marion University is a state-supported liberal arts university located six miles east of Florence, South Carolina, USA. It is named in honor of American Revolutionary War hero Brigadier General Francis Marion, the university dates back to 1957, when the University of South Carolina set up a freshman center at the Florence County Library. A few years later, in 1961, USC-Florence was set up on land donated by the Wallace family six miles east of Florence, in 1966, many in the Florence area pushed to establish a four-year university. Governor Robert E. McNair signed into law an act creating Francis Marion College, the newly created Francis Marion College initially enrolled 907 students from 23 of South Carolinas 46 counties in 10 departments. In 1992, Francis Marion College achieved university status and subsequently changed its name to Francis Marion University, today, Francis Marion enrolls over 4,100 students from 32 states and 17 different countries. Francis Marion is one of South Carolinas 13 state-assisted universities, since 1999, Francis Marion University has consistently ranked as one of the Souths best regional universities, earning it a spot in US News and World Reports Americas Best Colleges. The Slave Houses, Gregg Plantation were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, the campus includes 100 acres of mixed pine-hardwood and bottomland forests accessed by a series of trails. The University is located on U. S, highways 76 and 301 and is just an hours drive from Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand and 4 hours from the Blue Ridge Mountains. The city is served by Amtrak, bus service, and a regional airport, Francis Marion is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award bachelors and masters degrees. The business programs are accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, the baccalaureate degree nursing program is accredited by the National League for Nursing. The chemistry program is approved by the Committee on Professional Training of the American Chemical Society, the graduate psychology program is accredited by the Masters in Psychology Accreditation Council and meets the standards of training approved by the Council of Applied Masters Programs in Psychology. The Master of Science in Applied Psychology Program is accredited by the Interorganizational Board for Accreditation of Masters in Psychology Programs. The University is approved by the South Carolina State Board of Education and is a member of the American Council on Education, more than forty areas of study are available, including majors, cooperative programs with other institutions, and pre-professional programs. Students majoring in English and mathematics may choose the teacher certification option in these areas, graduate degrees include the Master of Arts in Teaching, Master of Business Administration, Master of Education, Master of Science in Applied Psychology, and Specialist in School Psychology. All masters degree programs are accredited by their respective professional organizations, a number of FMUs individual academic programs have also been accredited by specialized agencies. A physician assistant program will begin at FMU in 2016, the Universitys physical plant includes ten major buildings, J. Howard Stokes Administration Building, James A. Rogers Library, Ronald E. McNair Science Building, Hugh K. Leatherman Sr. In addition, the University constructed new student apartments on campus in 2006, Francis Marion is also home to a two-story observatory, equipped with a 14-inch reflecting telescope, and a planetarium that offers public shows twice monthly. In addition, the FMU English Department offers majors in arts, education
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Lander University
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Lander University is a public university located in Greenwood, South Carolina. It is the states second-smallest publicly funded baccalaureate institution, Lander University was founded by Methodist clergyman Samuel Lander in 1872 as Williamston Female College in Williamston, South Carolina. It remained an institution for 26 years. In 1898 the College gained the support of the South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the college moved to Greenwood in 1904 and was renamed Lander College in honor of its founder who died in the same year. It remained a college until 1943 when men were first admitted. In 1951, the Greenwood County obtained the College name and property from the Methodist Conference, the South Carolina General Assembly created the Greenwood County Education Commission, known as the Lander Foundation, to serve as the board of control of the College. Lander thus became the only liberal arts college in the United States to be controlled and financed by a county government. In 1973, Lander College became a college and in 1992 its name was changed to Lander University. The institution is now completely co-educational, Lander is situated on a wooded site near the middle of the City of Greenwood, of approximately 123 acres. The Lander College Old Main Building consists of three distinct sections displaying an eclectic blending of elements of the Romanesque Revival and Georgian Revival styles, two of the sections—Greenwood Hall and Laura Lander Hall—were built in 1903-04, Willson Hall was added in 1911. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, Lander created a new 10-year Campus Master Plan in 2003. The first phase of the plan, the creation of an entrance, is complete. An expanded dining hall opened in January 2007, Lander has a student/faculty ratio of 19,1 with 123 full-time faculty members, the majority of whom hold terminal degrees in their areas. The average class size is 23, more than 60 areas of undergraduate study are offered, as well as a diverse selection of. Three programs are offered online, the R. N. to B. S. N. Completion option, the criminal justice management bachelor’s degree, and the health care management certificate, varsity athletic teams have reaped honors at district and national levels, including 12 national championships in men’s tennis. Lander also offers club sports include equestrian, ultimate disc, rugby, bass-fishing, lacrosse and soccer teams. Lander is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges, List of colleges and universities in South Carolina List of current and historical womens universities and colleges Lander University Lander University Athletics
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South Carolina State University
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South Carolina State University is a four-year historically black university located in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States. Currently the program operates through a partnership with North Carolina State University and University of Wisconsin-Madison, as of May 2015,47 bachelors degrees have been conferred by SCSU. South Carolina State is regionally accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges, in June 2015, the SACS decided to allow the college to retain its accreditation, but kept them on probation for another year. In June 2016, SACSCOC decided to remove the college from probation, the schools campus size is 160 acres, with an additional 267 acres at Camp Harry Daniels in Elloree, South Carolina. Three buildings, Lowman Hall, Hodge Hall, and Dukes Gymnasium are included in the South Carolina State College Historic District, the library is the Miller F. Whittaker Library. The library was allocated $1 million from the South Carolina General Assembly in 1967 for its construction, the library is named in honor of the universitys third president. Originally two levels, a level was added in a 1979 expansion. Academic programs received more attention as the student population increased, but other programs, fortunately, the New Deal Programs were used to create, among other things, Wilkinson Hall, the universitys first separate library building. The colleges campus grew, as it purchased over 150 acres for agricultural learning, after World War II, many students flocked to the college, creating a classroom shortage problem for the school. In 1947, the United States Army created an ROTC detachment, the schools name changed, as well, as the South Carolina General Assembly renamed the school South Carolina State College in 1954. This was done in order to black students an environment of equal education. Also, the created a law program for the college. The law program folded in 1966 after the University of South Carolina integrated, during the height of the Civil Rights Movement, many students participated in marches and rallies aimed at ending segregation. The tragedy, known as the Orangeburg massacre, is commemorated by a plaza near the front of the campus. From the late-1960s to the mid-1980s, under the leadership of Dr. M, the school also opened the I. P. Stanback Museum & Planetarium, which is the facility of its kind on a historically black university campus in the United States. In 1993, Dr. Barbara Hatton became the schools first female president and created many improvements for the campus, dawson Bulldog Stadium, constructing new suites and a larger press box, as well as increasing its capacity to 22,000. Hatton also spearheaded the creation of a plaza which resides in front of the Student Union and passes by several dorms, under the leadership of Dr. Andrew Hugine Jr. the school constructed a new 771-bed residence hall, which is the largest dormitory in South Carolina
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University of South Carolina Aiken
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The University of South Carolina Aiken is a four-year, public coeducational university in Aiken, South Carolina. The school offers degree programs as well as masters degrees in elementary education, educational technology. Additional graduate courses and degree programs are offered through the University of South Carolina Extended Graduate Campus program, the University of South Carolina Aiken awards baccalaureate degrees in more than 30 major areas of study include the bachelor of science in business administration online through Palmetto College. Founded in 1961 in a mansion in downtown Aiken, USC Aiken moved to its present site in 1972. A small cadre of faculty and staff was assigned the mission of establishing a community with acceptable operations. The campus opened its doors in September 1961 with 139 students, Mr. Chris Sharpe served as the first Director of the University of South Carolina Aiken Center, which was housed in Banksia, a renovated mansion in the City of Aiken. In 1962, Mr. Bill Casper was appointed Director of the Center, initially, the Center offered only freshman and sophomore-level courses. The first associate degrees were awarded in June 1968, in 1968, the South Carolina General Assembly authorized a bond issue to purchase a new site for the campus. After an extensive search, the Aiken County Commission for Higher Education purchased property from the Graniteville Company in 1970 for a new campus location, the campus moved from Banksia to the present site in 1972, occupying 144 acres. The building features a courtyard with a sculpture by artist Charles O. Perry. The sculpture, Double Knot, was designed as a symbol of the Universitys close ties with the local community, in 1972, the Gregg-Graniteville Foundation and the Swint Foundation contributed $400,000 to establish a library on campus. This was the largest contribution ever made to a library in the state at that time, the Gregg-Graniteville Library was completed in 1975. In 1976, the Student Activities Center, housing a gymnasium, bookstore, in September 1976, the Board of Trustees granted academic autonomy to the Aiken campus. The institution was accredited as a four-year university by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. In 1977, a building, later named the Humanities. An operations/maintenance building for services was completed in 1978. The 1980s marked a change in leadership as Mr. Bill Casper announced his retirement as Chancellor of the institution after 20 years of service, Dr. Robert E. Alexander was named Chancellor of the University of South Carolina Aiken in 1983. The 1980s and 1990s included the completion of a number of projects on campus
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University of South Carolina Beaufort
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The University of South Carolina Beaufort is a public university serving nearly 2,000 students with two campuses located in the Lowcountry region of South Carolina. The larger Hilton Head Gateway campus is located between Bluffton and Hardeeville near Hilton Head Island, the original Historic Beaufort campus is located in downtown Beaufort. In 1795, a school and college in Beaufort was chartered as the Beaufort College to serve the families of local planters. Classes began in 1802 and the reached a prominent status in the community during the antebellum period. The college was forced to close in 1861 at the beginning of the Civil War, the college building was used by the Freedmens Bureau during Reconstruction and it was an elementary school from 1909 to 1959. In the 1950s, two factors brought about the return of higher education to the Beaufort region, a branch campus of the University of South Carolina was established in 1959 at the site of the old Beaufort College, but the official opening was delayed by Hurricane Gracie. The campus experienced steady growth through the years and it expanded south along Carteret Street, in 2002, the campus was upgraded from a regional campus to a senior campus offering bachelors degrees. USCB opened a second, 200-acre campus with housing in Bluffton, in 2004, it also began offering programs for the Marine Corps on Parris Island. USCB is one of the 3 senior campuses in the University of South Carolina system and is a Southern Association of Colleges and it also offers the bachelors degree in human services online through Palmetto College. 1,875 students attended the University at one of its two campuses during the Fall 2011 semester, USCB offers the regions only human services degree as well as more traditional degrees like English, psychology, business and education. The school opened a facility in Spring 2009. Human simulators provide nursing students hands-on training opportunities, another popular program capitalizing on nearby Hilton Head Island resorts is the hospitality management program which draws international students and provides internship experiences. The biology program allows students to explore and study first-hand the continental-shelf and estuarine environment with a new concentration in coastal ecology, USCB is also home to the Lowcountry and Resort Islands Tourism Institute. The South Carolina Lowcountry region provides tourists a rich, distinct, in order to provide and enhance those experiences, conducting tourism research, understanding issues, and discovering trends are vital. Therefore, the goal of the LRITI is to investigate, examine, and interpret tourism information that will support the tourism directives for Beaufort, Jasper, Colleton. The LRITI is affiliated with the Department of Hospitality Management at University of South Carolina Beaufort, for more information about the Institute visit www. lriti. org. The University of South Carolina Beaufort has numerous student organizations, the largest organization on campus is the Student Government Association. It consists of student senators and an executive board
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University of South Carolina
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The University of South Carolina is a public, co-educational research university located in Columbia, South Carolina, United States, with seven satellite campuses. Its campus covers over 359 acres in downtown Columbia not far from the South Carolina State House, the University is categorized by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as having highest research activity. It also houses the largest collection of Robert Burns and Scottish literature materials outside Scotland, the University of South Carolina has an enrollment of approximately 49,220 students, with 33,575 on the main Columbia campus as of fall 2015. USC also has several thousand students in feeder programs at surrounding technical colleges. Professional schools on the Columbia campus include business, engineering, law, medicine, pharmacy, on January 10,1805, having an initial enrollment of nine students, the college commenced classes with a traditional classical curriculum. The first president was the Baptist minister and theologian Reverend Jonathan Maxcy and he was an alumnus of Brown University, with an honorary degree from Harvard University. Before coming to the college, Maxcy had served as the president of Brown. Maxcys tenure lasted from 1804 through 1820, when South Carolina College opened its doors in 1801, the building now known as Rutledge College was the only building on campus. Located one block southeast of the State Capitol, it served as an office, academic building, residence hall. However, the plan for the original campus called for a total of eleven buildings. In 1807, the original Presidents House was the building to be erected. The building now known as DeSaussure College followed shortly thereafter, when completed, all eleven buildings formed a U-shape open to Sumter Street. This modified quadrangle became known as the Horseshoe, as with other southern universities in the antebellum period, the most important organizations for students were the two literary societies, the Clariosophic Society and the Euphradian Society. These two societies, which arose from a split in a literary society known as the Philomathic. The College became a symbol of the South in the period as its graduates were on the forefront of secession from the Union. Despite the depletion of students, the professors issued a notice that the college would temporarily close and would reopen to those under eighteen. When the college reopened on March 17, only nine students showed up for classes, on June 25 with the consent of the state government, the Confederate authorities took possession of the college buildings and converted them into a hospital. After many unsuccessful attempts to reopen the college, the trustees passed a resolution on December 2,1863 that officially closed the college
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University of South Carolina Lancaster
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The University of South Carolina Lancaster is a public university located in Lancaster. It is one of the four regional USC campuses, USCL is currently a Southern Association of Colleges and Schools-accredited school offering two-year and four-year programs in the USC System. As of 2012 more than 1,800 students attended the University at its campus in the Piedmont region of South Carolina, the University of South Carolina conducted a program in the 1950s to expand its reach across the state of South Carolina. Five extension campuses were established and one branch was set up in Lancaster because it was the center of a six-county region in the Piedmont, the University began holding classes in an old house in downtown Lancaster, but growth soon forced it to find a larger facility. With the support of the community, the University moved to a tract of land on the northern limits of Lancaster. Seven buildings serve as the campus for the University, USC Lancaster offers five associate degrees as well as three baccalaureate degrees. The University of South Carolina Lancaster sponsors four teams, known as the Lancers, the Lancers field a womens soccer team, its inaugural season in 2007, and mens golf team that competed for the first time in 2006. 2008 was the season for the baseball team. University of South Carolina Lancaster University of South Carolina Lancaster Academic Bulletin University of South Carolina Lancaster Athletics
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University of South Carolina Salkehatchie
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The University of South Carolina Salkehatchie is a public university with its main campus in Allendale and a branch campus in Walterboro. It is one of the four regional USC campuses which make up Palmetto College, USC Salkehatchie is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools as part of the flagship campus. More than 800 students attend the University at one of its two sites, the citizens of Allendale, Bamberg, and Hampton counties led an effort in 1964 to establish a center of higher education for their region of South Carolina. The proposal was received by the General Assembly, and the Western Carolina Higher Education Commission was created to investigate the possibility of a college for the region. House Speaker Solomon Blatt pleaded with the University of South Carolina to build two year colleges across the state so as to prevent any expansion by Clemson. As a result, USC planned a campus for the area, the first classes were held in 1965 at an unused elementary school building in Allendale with an initial enrollment of 76 students. The campus gradually expanded its programs and it began offering courses in 1978 at Walterboro. A permanent campus was established at Walterboro in 1982 through the acquisition of the old Walterboro High School building, the core requirements are completed as USC Salkehatchie courses. Faculty members from USC Aiken teach the upper level education classes on the USC Salkehatchie campus, the bachelors degree in Nursing program is conducted in partnership with the College of Nursing at USC Columbia. General-education and lower-level courses are completed as USC Salkehatchie courses, upper-level nursing courses are offered on the USC Salkehatchie campus through USC Columbia with most clinical practice in local hospitals and clinics. All courses can be taken at the USC Salkehatchie campus, the degree is awarded by Extended University at USC Columbia. Students completing the first two years of education at USC Salkehatchie can also transfer to other campuses of the University of South Carolina with minimal effort. Key benefits for attending USC Salkehatchie include, * They have the lowest tuition rates of any university in the state * Only needing a 3.0 to obtain the Life Scholarship, or earning a 3. Most all of their students receive some sort of financial aid, the Indians field three womens teams in soccer, softball, and volleyball. Softball coach, Kenneth Bellamy is an alumnus of Salkehatchie and former baseball player and he started coaching at Salk in 2014. The mens teams compete in baseball, basketball and soccer, charles Bubba Dorman is the baseball coach and has held that position since 2005 when he reinstated the baseball program after a 1-year hiatus. Previous coaches before Coach Dorman, Jess Dannelly- 1976-1984 Joe Baxter- 1984-2004 Three Salk baseball players were fortunate enough to play under both Coach Dorman and Coach Joe Baxter and these three guys were a link from the past era of Coach Baxter to the new era of Coach Dorman. EJ Deal, Kyle Anderson, and Kenneth Bellamy, the movie Radio was filmed in Walterboro in the fall of 2002
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University of South Carolina Sumter
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The University of South Carolina Sumter is a public university located in Sumter, South Carolina. One of the four regional USC campuses which make up Palmetto College, USC Sumter is an accredited two-year school in the University of South Carolina System, it is home to approximately 1,500 students. It is fully accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and this was Clemsons first such branch. The original campus consisted of four buildings and was designed to accommodate 550 students, the initial enrollment of 97 had grown to only 245 by 1973. USC Sumter now has an enrollment of more than a thousand, the University of South Carolina Sumter announced on Monday, October 30,2006 the return of intercollegiate athletics to the campus. Competitive sports have not been on campus since the 1970s, when the mascot was The Partisans, University of South Carolina Sumter now sponsors four collegiate teams known as the Fire Ants. The athletic department colors are garnet and white, while the colors are garnet, black. The teams compete in Region X of Division I in the NJCAA and these sports are mens baseball, womens softball and mens and womens tennis. The USC Sumter Fire Ants began playing in the 2007-2008 academic year with baseball and softball, the University plans to add more sports as the support grows for its teams. The baseball team plays at Riley Park, three miles east of campus, the softball team plays at Palmetto Park, a half mile northwest of campus. The baseball team in its 2nd season won the 2009 NJCAA Region X regular season title, the Fire Ants came in third in the Eastern District with a record of 52-11. In 2014, the Fire Ants baseball team became the Region X Champions, in 2015, Fire Ant baseball won the Region X Regular-Season Championship and the Eastern District Tournament in 2015. The team earned the program’s first trip to the �JUCO World Series, the Fire Ant softball team has been named an NJCAA Academic All-American Team for the past three years. University of South Carolina Sumter announced in 2015 that they would hire Sam Kiser as the first Tennis coach for the regional campus, mens and womens tennis started during the 2015-2016 school year. The tennis team play at the Palmetto tennis center. University of South Carolina Sumter University of South Carolina Sumter Academic Bulletin
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University of South Carolina Upstate
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The University of South Carolina Upstate is a public university located in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States. Formerly known as the University of South Carolina Spartanburg, the changed its name in the summer of 2004. The University of South Carolina Upstate is the fastest growing university in South Carolina offering both undergraduate and graduate programs for students in the Upstate and surrounding areas. One of four accredited four-year schools in the University of South Carolina System and it is fully accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. After the Spartanburg General Hospital decided to discontinue its degree program for nurses, local politicians, hodge, decided to create a separate University for the region. In 1967 the Spartanburg Regional Campus was opened as a college with an initial enrollment of 177 students. Because of increased popularity, the became a four-year institution in 1975 and was renamed the University of South Carolina Spartanburg. During the following years, both the campus and the scope of the University expanded, in the summer of 2004 the USC Board of Trustees voted to change the name to University of South Carolina Upstate to better reflect its mission to educate the people of South Carolinas upstate region. College of Arts and Sciences Mary Black School of Nursing George Dean Johnson Jr, the Chemistry Club strives to stimulate and maintain an interest in the field of chemistry through monthly meetings. The Marketing Club, which students with resume workshops, company visits. The Forensics Team, led by coach and director, Dr. Kevin Sargent, has proved to be able to compete with top universities. The Mock Trial Team competes nationally alongside local rivals, Furman, Duke, the team has been gaining in experience and in wins since being taken over by Sargent. Impact, a community organization on campus. The Shoestring Players theater group presents several productions each year, plus smaller presentations. Membership is open to all interested in theatrical performance and production. College Republicans College Democrats CAB The Carolinian - Student run publication on campus, pi Sigma Alpha - Political Science honor society. The University of South Carolina Upstates Honors Program, actively encourages academic enrichment and achievement by providing superb coursework, the program also encourages community service and intellectual betterment by placing high standards for honors graduation which include community service and predetermined honors seminars. The Honors Program organizes trips abroad annually, University of South Carolina Upstate sponsors 13 collegiate teams known as the Spartans
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Winthrop University
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The school originally opened in Columbia to educate young women to teach in the public schools. Winthrop offers undergraduate and graduate degrees through five colleges and schools and has enrollment of about 6,000 students, the 100-acre main academic and residential campus is located 25 miles southwest of Charlotte, North Carolina and 71 miles north of Columbia, South Carolina in Rock Hill. Fielding athletic teams known as Winthrop Eagles, the university participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I level as a member of Big South Conference, the athletic program is known for its success in basketball and soccer. The majority of Winthrops students are from South Carolina, with out-of-state, the university offers a number of extracurricular activities to its students, including athletics, honor societies, clubs and student organizations, as well as fraternities and sororities. Alumni and former students have gone on to prominent careers in government, business, science, medicine, education, sports, Winthrop University was founded In 1886, when the Peabody Education Board, headed by Robert C. Winthrop, provided $1,500 to form the Winthrop Training School for women teachers and that year the school opened its doors to twenty-one students in Columbia, S. C. and nine years later in 1895 moved to Rock Hill, S. C. The schools name had changed in 1893 to Winthrop Normal and Industrial College of South Carolina, the college opened its admissions to minority students in 1964 and became fully coeducational in 1974. The universitys campus is in the city of Rock Hill, South Carolina, tillman Hall, Withers Building, and the Winthrop College Historic District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Winthrop University campus also has its own zip code of 29733, Winthrops main campus has seen extensive development during the last decade. A $12 million Dalton Hall opened in 1999, the Courtyard at Winthrop, which features apartment style residences for students, opened in 2003. The Lois Rhame West Health, Physical Education and Wellness Center was opened in 2007 and serves as the new home of the Universitys physical education department, the DiGiorgio Center is connected to the West Center via an open-air plaza. In addition to hosting the universitys intercollegiate athletic facilities, the Research Complex also hosts the Piedmont Wetlands Research Project, a golf course and a world-class disc golf course. Winthrops campus has served as the location for movies, television and other video productions, including the 2008 film Asylum. Additionally, the Winthrop Coliseum has hosted numerous television tapings of various syndicated television programs, first lady Eleanor Roosevelt was the first high-profile visitor to Winthrop in 1943. Winthrop University is a point for presidential elections, it is common for presidential candidates to visit the campus during election season. Most recently, a forum for the Democratic party was held on campus in 2015, barack Obama spoke at Winthrop in 2008 as a presidential candidate. Ninety-one percent of freshman and forty-five percent of all students live on-campus. In all the university offers 42 undergraduate and 26 graduate degrees, Winthrop University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate, master’s and specialist degrees
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Allen University
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Allen University is a private, coeducational historically Black university located in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. Allen University has over 600 students and still serves a predominantly Black constituency, Allen University was founded in Cokesbury in 1870 as Payne Institute by a number of AME ministers including John M. Brown. Its initial mission was to provide education to freed African American slaves, in 1880, it was moved to Columbia and renamed Allen University in honor of Bishop Richard Allen, founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. The university remains connected to the denomination, which is in the Methodist family of churches, as one of two black colleges located in Columbia, Allen has a very strong presence in the African American community. Allen University initially focused on training ministers and teachers, and over the years has enlarged its scope to produce graduates in other academic areas, in 1885, Joseph W. Morris became president of the University. The university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to offer bachelor of arts, several of the districts buildings were restored using $2.9 million in funds obtained through the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Building Restoration and Preservation Act. Chappelle Auditoriums seating capacity of 700 made it home to countless organizations, the auditorium was the site of the meeting that initiated the efforts led to the landmark case Brown vs. the Board of Education. Nationally known musicians and artists, including Leontyne Price, Brooks Benton and Langston Hughes performed in the auditorium. Other notable appearances include, Mary McCloud Bethune, Reverend Martin Luther King, Muhammad Ali, Reverend Jesse Jackson, George Elmore, John H. McCray and Senator Strom Thurmond. Chappelle Auditorium is one of buildings included in the Allen University Historic District. It was designed by John Anderson Langford, who has been heralded as the Dean of Black Architects, ’, the auditorium was named in honor of Bishop William D. Chappelle, an Allen University President. On April 14,1975, Chappelle Auditorium was recognized by the U. S. Department of the Interior, the Yellow Jackets formerly competed in the now-defunct Eastern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and as an Independent of the Association of Independent Institutions. Mens sports include basketball, while womens sports include basketball and volleyball, Allen University official website Allen University official athletics website
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Anderson University (South Carolina)
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Anderson University is a selective private comprehensive university located in Anderson, South Carolina. The university offers bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees in approximately 60 areas of study, Anderson is affiliated with the South Carolina Baptist Convention and is accredited as a Level V institution by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Anderson participates in the NCAA Division II and is a member of the South Atlantic Conference, founded in 1911 as Anderson College it was established as a successor to Johnson Female Seminary. Anderson College was initially a college until 1931 and in 2006 it was renamed to Anderson University. Anderson University traces its heritage and initial founding to 1848 in the form of Johnson Female Seminary which was located in Anderson, the seminary was founded by Anderson citizens Daniel Brown, J. P. Reed, and Stephen McCulley. Johnson Female Seminary was named for the Rev. William Bullein Johnson, an early Baptist statesman, Johnson served as the first chancellor of Johnson University By 1857 Johnson University had around 600 students taking courses in calculus, Latin and Greek. In 1858 Johnsons health declined and in 1862, Johnsons home still stands in Anderson and his portrait hangs in perpetuity in the Truett Cathy Old Common Room in Merritt Hall on the Anderson University campus. The seminary closed its doors due to the impact of Rev. Johnsons untimely death. The main building of Johnson Female Seminary became a Confederate treasury, after the war the Carolina Collegiate Institute and Patrick Military Institute used the buildings of the seminary for educational purposes until 1920. The buildings of Johnson University were then demolished around 1920, the name Anderson comes from the name of Anderson, South Carolina which is named after Robert Anderson who fought in the American Revolutionary War. The Anderson Chamber of Commerce raised $100,000 and secured 32 acres for the new campus, the land and funds were given to the South Carolina Baptist State Convention to establish the college. At the outset of Anderson College there were financial problems until Dr. Annie Denmark became President in 1929, Denmark became the first female college president in South Carolina. Denmarks inauguration as President on February 14,1929 established the tradition for Anderson College as Founders Day celebrating the day of chartering the institution, in 1931 Anderson College became a co-ed two year junior college while still promoting the cause of Christian values in higher education. By 1938 Denmark managed to pay off Anderson Colleges debt of $60,000, since 1944, outstanding graduates of Anderson University are inducted yearly into the Denmark Society. In 1983 President Mark Hopkins and student Camilla York of Anderson College went on NBC Today to discuss Anderson Colleges program for allowing unemployed adults to attend, the program was well received with a personal letter from Ronald Reagan thanking Anderson College for their efforts. In the 1990s Anderson College became a four-year institution, in 2006 Anderson College was renamed to Anderson University. S. Truett Cathy, founder of Chick-fil-A, and his son Dan Cathy received honorary degrees from Anderson University for exemplifying character, in June 2011 Anderson University became the host of the Palmetto Boys State. In 2012 Anderson University joined the University Center of Greenville becoming the first educational institution in approximately 20 years to join
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Benedict College
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Benedict College is a four-year historically black, liberal arts college located in Columbia, South Carolina. Founded in 1870 by northern Baptists, it was originally a teachers college and it has since expanded into a four-year college. Benedict College was founded in 1870 on a 110-acre plantation in Columbia and this new school was established for the recently emancipated people of African descent. Benedicts first class consisted of ten recently emancipated people of African descent and one teacher and he was a college-trained preacher from the North, who became president of the Institute. Benedict Institute set out from humble beginnings in a former slave masters mansion to prepare men and women to be powers for good in society. The dilapidated mansion, built in 1839, served as the first schoolhouse where grammar school subjects, along with Bible, eventually other subjects were added to the curriculum to address the original objective of the school, to train teachers and preachers. On November 2,1894, the institution was chartered as an arts college by the South Carolina Legislature. From 1870 to 1930, Benedict College was led by seven northern white Baptist ministers, on April 10,1930, the Reverend John J. Starks, who earned his bachelors degree from the college in 1891, became the first African American president of the college. Five African American presidents have succeeded him, in 1994, with a strategic planning process in place, Benedict College set an enrollment goal of 2000 by the year 2000. The goal was achieved in 1996 with an enrollment of 2,138 students, the fall 2002 enrollment was 3,000. Benedict College is engaged in a strategic planning process, which will guide the College in the 21st century. The college is currently implementing a $50 million campus improvement plan, which includes land acquisition, during this period, new construction has included three residence halls, a parking garage, a campus center/dining hall, an Administration Building, and a Business Development Center. Additionally buildings were acquired to house a center, and the Division of Community Development/Center for Excellence. Three apartment complexes have been purchased for student housing, as a part of the colleges community development thrust, more than 50 dilapidated properties in the adjacent community have been renovated. The Benedict College Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987 and it encompasses five buildings constructed between 1895 and 1937, Morgan Hall, Pratt Hall, Duckett Hall, Antisdel Chapel, and Starks Center. Benedict offers 29 degrees from 12 departments, Benedict College is ranked as one of the top producers of African American Physics majors in the United States. In addition to offering education, the college also offers continuing education for those non traditional students. Benedict College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges, the Teacher Education Program is fully approved by the South Carolina Department of Education and the Program in Social Work is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education
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Bob Jones University
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Bob Jones University is a private non-denominational Protestant university in Greenville, South Carolina, United States, known for its conservative cultural and religious positions. It has approximately 2,800 students, and is accredited by the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges, in 2008, the university estimated the number of its graduates at 35,000. The universitys athletic teams, the Bruins, compete in Division II of the National Christian College Athletic Association, children of church members were attending college, only to reject the faith of their parents. While he himself was not a graduate, Jones grew determined to found a college. Bob Jones took no salary from the college and helped support the school with personal savings, both time and place were inauspicious. The Florida land boom had peaked in 1925, and a hurricane in September 1926 further reduced land values, the Great Depression followed hard on its heels. Bob Jones College barely survived bankruptcy and its move to Cleveland, however, Joness move to Cleveland proved extraordinarily advantageous. With the enactment of GI Bill at the end of World War II, when, in 1966, Graham held his only American campaign in Greenville, the university forbade any BJU dormitory student from attending under penalty of expulsion. Enrollment quickly rebounded, and by 1970, there were 3300 students, in 1971, Bob Jones III became president at age 32, though his father, with the title of Chancellor, continued to exercise considerable administrative authority into the late 1990s. Bob Jones III resigned in 2013 for health reasons, and the year, Steve Pettit was named BJUs president. In 2011, the university became a member of the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, in 2013, it replaced the BJ logo that had been used since 1967 with a new shield logo based on the university crest. Although BJU had admitted Asians and other groups from its inception. However, in May of that year, BJU expanded rules against interracial dating, in 1976, the Internal Revenue Service revoked the universitys tax exemption retroactively to December 1,1970 on grounds that it was practicing racial discrimination. The case eventually was heard by the U. S. Supreme Court in 1982, after BJU lost the decision in Bob Jones University v. United States, the university chose to maintain its interracial dating policy and pay a million dollars in back taxes. The year following the Court decision, contributions to the university declined by 13 percent, in the same year, Bob Jones III drew criticism when he reposted a letter on the universitys web page referring to Mormons and Catholics as cults which call themselves Christian. In 2005, Stephen Jones, great-grandson of the founder, became BJUs president on the day that he received his Ph. D. from the school. Bob Jones III then took the title Chancellor, in 2008, the university declared itself profoundly sorry for having allowed institutional policies to remain in place that were racially hurtful. The Bible is clear, said Pettit, We are made of one blood, by February 17,2017, the IRS website had listed the university as a 501 organization
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Charleston Southern University
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Charleston Southern University, founded in 1964 as Baptist College, is an independent comprehensive university located in North Charleston, South Carolina. Affiliated with the South Carolina Baptist Convention, the vision is to be nationally recognized for integrating faith in learning, leading and serving. The university is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges, CSU students can choose from more than 50 undergraduate majors and graduate programs in business, criminal justice, computer science, Christian Studies, graphic design, education and nursing. Each degree program is combined with a liberal arts foundation which is designed to develop problem-solving. The College of Nursing offers a three-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing program that closely with area hospitals. Post-grad they offer a MSN with an emphasis on education, in 2010, the program was expanded to offer a 2-1 Associate degree in Nursing to BSN program with Trident Technical College. The School of Business maintains one of the larger MBA programs in the state of South Carolina, Charleston Southern is located right off Exit 205B on I-26 in North Charleston, South Carolina. It is situated on 300 acres, formerly the site of a rice, beyond the classroom, students can participate in a variety of campus activities including academic clubs, service organizations, intramural athletics and campus ministries. Intramural athletic activities include football, basketball, volleyball, ultimate frisbee. Campus ministries include Campus Crusade for Christ, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Campus Outreach, single students under 21 years of age are encouraged to live on campus. Charleston Southern fields teams in the sports, In 2008. CSU formerly fielded a soccer team
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Claflin University
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Claflin University is a private, coeducational, liberal arts university located in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States, about 40 miles southeast of Columbia. Founded in 1869 after the American Civil War by northern missionaries for the education of freedmen and their children, it offers bachelors and masters degrees. In 2014, it was ranked as the best liberal arts college in South Carolina by Washington Monthly, Dr. Alonzo Webster, a minister and educator from Vermont and a member of Claflin’s Board of Trustees, secured Claflin’s charter from the state legislature in 1869. The charter forbids discrimination of any sort among faculty, staff and students, making Claflin the first South Carolina university open to all regardless of race. Dr. Webster served as the first president of Claflin and he had gone to South Carolina to teach at the Baker Biblical Institute in Charleston. It was established in 1866 by the S. C, mission Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church for the education of African-American ministers. In 1870 the Baker Biblical Institute merged with Claflin University, in addition, the South Carolina General Assembly on March 12,1872, designated the South Carolina State Agricultural and Mechanical Institute as a part of Claflin University. These provided grants if the state provided for the education of all students. General Assembly passed an act of separation, which severed the State Agricultural and Mechanical Institute from Claflin University and it eventually developed and was named as South Carolina State University. Dr. Alonzo Webster Dr. Edward Cooke Dr. Lewis M. Dunton Dr. Joseph B, Randolph Dr. John J. Seabrook Dr. Hubert V. Manning Dr. Oscar A. Rogers, Jr, Dr. Henry N. Tisdale Dr. Cooke left the presidency of Lawrence College to become the second president of Claflin. In 1879 the first college class was graduated, the Reverend Dr. Dunton, the former vice president and development officer, was Claflin’s third president. A graduate of Syracuse University in New York state, he was a practical educator, under his administration, the law department was set up under the Honorable J. J. Wright, a former Associate Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court. Its graduates were admitted to the South Carolina Bar and he increased Claflin’s property from six to 21 acres and built Tingley Memorial Hall in 1908. During the 1890s, Robert Charles Bates, a Claflin instructor, after Dunton retired, he deeded his personal residence and 6 acres of land to Claflin. Dr. Randolph, Claflin’s fourth president, was the president of Samuel Houston College. As a professional educator, he placed emphasis on a liberal arts education to inspire students intellectually, culturally. Schools for blacks were historically underfunded by white school boards, the college operated classes in the first four elementary grades for training of its own college students in the elementary school teacher education program
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Columbia International University
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Columbia International University is a Christian institution of higher education located in Columbia, South Carolina. CIU is an accredited institution recognized for its emphasis upon spiritual formation, biblical authority. CIU began from modest beginnings in 1923 when it was founded as Columbia Bible School, the original purpose was to provide a two year course of study in biblical studies for local mill workers. By 1927, the decision was made to convert the school into a college, a location in downtown Columbia was established and the first dean of the college was chosen. The school continued to grow and eventually required a new campus, the college was relocated in 1960 to its present facility on Monticello Road. It was during the 1960s that the institution’s longest serving president, Robertson McQuilkin, during this period, the institution also changed its name to Columbia Bible College and Seminary. CIU has five colleges, the College of Arts & Sciences, the College of Counseling, the College of Education, the College of Intercultural Studies, and the Seminary & School of Ministry. Because of the closely knit nature of the institution and the emphasis on Christian education and biblical studies regardless of major, the undergraduate division of CIU is the oldest constituent division of the university. While it offers majors in various disciplines, all students must take several core courses in biblical studies as a part of general education requirements. The Graduate School primarily exists as a complement to the programs available. The main focus of the school is offering courses leading to degrees in education, the Graduate School also offers terminal degrees in education, an Ed. D. and an Ed. S. These advanced degree programs are led by program coordinator Dr. Brian Simmons, author of works on education. Students at the seminary are not required to hold a particular denominational affiliation to attend, students must assent to CIUs doctrinal standard for admission and candidacy for a degree. In addition to two master’s degree programs, the seminary offers a doctoral degree and a certificate of graduate study. As an institution of education, CIU’s primary emphasis is on its academic programs. This is evidenced by the fact there are undergraduate majors relating directly to ministerial skills. A Business & Organizational Leadership major was added in 2012, CIU is also accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the Association for Biblical Higher Education with its next ten year review in 2019. The seminary is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada to award the Master of Divinity, the Master of Arts, CIU also offers online degrees and other degrees that are a hybrid of on-campus and online courses
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Coker College
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Coker College is a private, co-ed four-year liberal arts college located in Hartsville, South Carolina. Coker offers a program that emphasizes a practical application of the liberal arts as well as hands-on and discussion-based learning within. Coker is ranked among the Best Colleges in the South by U. S. News & World Report as well as The Princeton Review. Located in Hartsville, Darlington County, South Carolina, Coker is within two hours of the cultural, financial and recreational resources of Charlotte, Columbia, Charleston, Coker College was founded in 1908, and is fully accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Cokers sports teams, nicknamed the Cobras, compete in NCAA Division II, as a Liberal Arts institution, Coker strives to provide every student with an academic curriculum based upon a liberal arts core, known as the Liberal Arts Studies Program. The LASP is divided into different baskets of knowledge, and the student chooses the available classes from each basket that most interest them, as the students progresses through school, they may select classes to fulfill basket requirements that are in tune with their interests. The classes offered under each basket allow for a host of different options, Coker offers 29 majors and 23 minors of study that will prepare students for careers in any number of industries. The college also offers majors and double majors, self-designated degree programs, specializations. Coker offers summer programs for school students in partnership with Blueprint Summer Programs. In summer 2011, the program begins on June 26 and July 10 with four courses available, Studio Arts & Photography, Creative Writing, Acting, Students live and study on campus and go on field trips to Charleston, Charlotte and other destinations. In addition to student/advisor prepared individualized semester abroad programs, Coker offers faculty-led Spring Interim, Coker also boasts two endowed scholarships to aid students in their quests to study abroad. The Susan Coker Watson Scholarship awards money to rising juniors and seniors hoping to study in a European nation, Coker utilizes a four-year program that emphasizes a practical application of the liberal arts as well as hands-on and discussion-based learning within and beyond the class room. Year 1, Students connect with classmates and explore interests in freshmen seminars, year 2, Students receive the advice they need to choose a major or design one that fits. Year 3, Students discover the world through an internship, study away or abroad. Year 4, Students complete their personalized, well-laid plan to be accepted to the career or degree program of their choice, Coker College began in 1894 as Welsh Neck High School, founded by a local businessman and American Civil War veteran, Major James Lide Coker. In 1908, when South Carolina created a public school system. Davidson Hall and Memorial Hall are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, from the 1920s until just after World War II, it was the only college between Columbia and Charleston accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Coker was once affiliated with the South Carolina Baptist Convention, but has been non-denominational since 1944 and it officially became co-ed in 1969, although men had been attending since the end of World War II
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Converse College
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Converse College is a liberal arts masters university in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States. Converse consists of a womens college as well as co-ed graduate, online. It was established by a group of Spartanburg residents and named after textile pioneer Dexter Edgar Converse, Converse College opened on October 1,1889, with a student body of 168 and 16 faculty members. The college operated as a company with the board of directors composed entirely of residents of Spartanburg. On January 2,1892, fire destroyed the main building. The building was enlarged during its reconstruction, in 1896, the college was incorporated in South Carolina and a self-perpetuating board of trustees was named. In 1964, the college introduced graduate programs, the Converse College Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. It encompasses eight contributing buildings dated between 1891 and 1915 and they are the Main Building, Annex, Twichell Auditorium, Carnegie Library, Cleveland House, Judd Science Hall, Dexter Hall and Towne House. The buildings are representative of the Romanesque Revival, Gothic Revival and it has an undergraduate enrollment of about 800 women who come from throughout the United States. The graduate enrollment of about 550 students is made up of men and women. The Valkyries are a member of the Conference Carolinas, womens sports include basketball, cross country, equestrian, lacrosse, soccer, softball, track and field, golf, tennis, swimming and volleyball. Kimilee Bryant, Broadway actress and Miss South Carolina 1989 Phyllis Harris 82, senior vice president and general counsel of legal administration for Walmart Stores
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Erskine College
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Erskine College is a private Christian college in Due West, South Carolina. It offers a liberal arts college and a graduate theological seminary. The college was founded in 1839 by the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, Erskine had led a group of separatists from the Church of Scotland to found an Associate Presbytery. Erskine began to admit women in 1894 and officially became coeducational in 1899, in 1927, it merged with Womens College of Due West, founded in 1859. In 1929, Bryson College closed and merged with Erskine College, in 1999, Rev. John Carson became president of the college. Upon his installation he noted, I do not intend to add anything new, but I do intend to be consistent in making this vision a reality. Erskine College will be, by Gods grace, what it has called to be—a Christian liberal arts college open to all students. Ruble was voted in as the President of Erskine College and Seminary on October 26,2006 and he was inaugurated April 10,2007. In April 2011, David A. Norman was inaugurated into the office of President, on June 1,2013, Dr. Norman resigned, and Dr. N. Bradley Christie was appointed Acting President. On July 18,2014, it was announced that Erskine College and Seminary called Dr. Paul Kooistra, on March 11,2014, a website article on Outsports detailed the coming out of two male players on the colleges volleyball team. On February 27,2015, Erskine College released statement that students are expected to follow the teachings of scripture concerning matters of human sexuality, Erskine College offers Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science. Minors are offered in other fields of study. The college also offers programs in medicine, law, pharmacy. The student to faculty ratio is 12,1, SACSCOC removed all accreditation sanctions and reaffirmed Erskine’s regional accreditation in December 2015. Erksine College teams participate as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Associations Division II, the Flying Feet are a member of the Conference Carolinas. Congressman from South Carolina Ira B. Jones - former South Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice, congressman from Tennessee Charles Bryson Simonton - U. S
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Furman University
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Furman University is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Greenville, South Carolina. Furman is the oldest and most selective institution of higher learning in South Carolina. Founded in 1826, Furman enrolls approximately 2,700 undergraduate students and 200 graduate students, representing 46 states and 53 foreign countries, the school was named for Richard Furman of Charleston, a clergyman considered one of the most important Protestant leaders in the antebellum United States. Furman Academy and Theological Institution was established by the South Carolina Baptist Convention, with 10 students meeting at Edgefield, it held its first classes January 15,1828, but moved to the High Hills of the Santee in 1829 because of financial difficulties. It was not until 1851 that South Carolina Baptists were able to raise the funds for the removal of the school to Greenville. The Furman Institution Faculty Residence serves as a reminder of the early history of Furman University. The first school building from the downtown Greenville campus was transported to the current campus, in 1933, students from the Greenville Womens College began attending classes with Furman students. Shortly thereafter, the two merged to form the present institution. In 1924, Furman was named one of four beneficiaries of the Duke Endowment. Through 2007, Furman has received $110 million from The Endowment, three other colleges — Duke, Davidson and Johnson C. Smith — also receive annual support and special grants from The Endowment. As of the late 1950s, separate but equal laws had continued to allow Furman to not admit African Americans as students, soon after Brown v. Board of Education integrated public schools, some Furman students began to press for change. In 1955, some students wrote short stories and poems in The Echo, in 1956, Furman began construction on its new campus, five miles north of downtown Greenville. Classes on the new campus began in 1958, by 1963, enough faculty were siding with the students over racial segregation that Furmans board of trustees voted for an open admission policy. Joe Vaughn, a graduate of Sterling High School, became Furmans first black undergraduate in February 1965, after the 1991-92 academic year, Furman ended its affiliation with the Southern Baptist Convention and became a private, secular university, while keeping Christo et Doctrinae as the schools motto. Between 1996 and 2003,308 Furman graduates received Ph. D. degrees, David Shi, a historian, author and champion of sustainability, served as the university’s president from 1994 to 2010. Rod Smolla resigned for personal reasons after holding the top post for three years. Carl F. Kohrt held the position on an interim basis, Davis came to Furman from Baylor University in Texas, where she was Executive Vice President and Provost. Furman offers majors and programs in 42 subjects, undergraduates come from 46 states and 53 countries
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Limestone College
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Limestone College is a private four-year, coeducational liberal arts college located in Gaffney, South Carolina. Limestone was established in 1845 by Thomas Curtis and his son, William Curtis, distinguished scholars born, Limestone was the first womens college in South Carolina, and one of the first in the nation. Ten buildings on the campus, as well as the Limestone Springs, in the 1960s, Limestone became fully coeducational, and today student enrollment is about 55,45 male, female. It is the third-oldest college in South Carolina, the college has expanded with branch campuses in Yemassee, Greer, Charleston, Kingstree, Graniteville, Florence, and Columbia that offer evening classes. Limestone enrolls approximately 1100 traditional day students, the school primarily serves students from South Carolina and the Eastern seaboard, but with an increasing number of students from all over the world in its evening and Extended Campus programs. 81% of the faculty at Limestone hold the degree in their field. Limestone offers students 38 majors in four different divisions of study, Arts and Letters, Natural Sciences, Social and Behavioral Sciences, there are over twenty student clubs and organizations at Limestone College ranging in academics, religious, leadership, musical, theatre, and special interest affiliations. Students also contribute to The Calciid, the Limestone College yearbook, and The Candelabra, the student literary magazine of poems, essays, short stories, LC also offers an ROTC program for students interested in serving in the military or reserves. In the same episode, we see a crowd of Limestone College students being addressed in auditorium by soon-to-be Texas congresswoman Celia Jones. In her speech, Celia admits that she learned, Limestone College was the first womens college in South Carolina. Official website Limestone Athletics website Campus Map
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Newberry College
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Newberry College is a co-educational, private liberal-arts college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America located on a historic 90-acre campus in Newberry, South Carolina, United States. The college has 1,042 students and a 14,1 student-teacher ratio, the college is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II and the South Atlantic Conference. The school is famous for being on the end of a tilt against Furman University. Newberrys football team won their first South Atlantic Conference Championship in the 2006 season, the team finished with a 10-1 record in the regular season, losing only in their last game ever against their rival, Presbyterian College. The team also won a game in their first ever post season appearance in Division II football. The next month, the NCAA rejected Newberrys appeal, on May 7,2008 Newberrys Athletic Department officially retired the nickname Indians from all of the schools 15 NCAA athletic teams. Effective from that day, Newberry College athletic teams would be known as the Wolves, the music program at Newberry College has a history in vocal and instrumental performance dating back over 100 years, and a jazz band and marching band in existence since 1956. The Newberry College marching band, which has been in existence since that time, is one of the most unusual aspects of Newberry College’s music program. Newberry is one of the smallest colleges in the country with a marching band, also in 1956, Pruitt also hosted the first jazz festival at Newberry College. This jazz festival has become a unique annual tradition at Newberry College. In 1943, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox announced the start of a new training program. The program was designed to supplement the force of commissioned officers in the United States Navy during World War II, Newberry College became one of 131 colleges and universities in the United States chosen to participate in the V-12 program. On July 1,1943, the first 325 cadets arrived on campus, the cadets attended classes for periods of one to six terms of 16 weeks. Work was planned so that each term was the equivalent of a college semester. The Navy handled the discipline of its cadets, directed the physical program, provided military drills. During the 27 months the V-12 Program were a part of the College, on October 31,1945, the V-12 Unit was decommissioned and Newberry College returned to its civilian status. From 1972 until 1976, the United States Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps was established at Newberry, through this program, selected students were commissioned as Second Lieutenants in the USAF and many served distinguished careers in the service of their nation. 777, an Arnold Air Society and an Angel Flight program was active during this period
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North Greenville University
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The institution awards Bachelor, Master, and Doctoral degrees. In the 2016 edition of U. S. News & World Report Best College Rankings, the Department offering the 24-hour concentration determines whether the degree is a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science. Most courses are offered both online and physical classroom formats. NGU was founded in 1892 as a non-government school by private individuals and named North Greenville High School, land for the school was donated by Benjamin F. Neves. It was operated by the North Greenville Baptist Association, and was set up to expand offerings in the mountainous northern portion of Greenville County. The school received a charter in 1904. It was taken over by the Southern Baptist Conventions Home Mission Board a year later, the North Greenville Baptist Association reassumed control of the school in 1929. In 1934, the academy was expanded to include a junior college, in 1949, it was transferred to the South Carolina Baptist Convention, which renamed the school North Greenville Junior College a year later. In 1957, it was accredited as a college. It was renamed simply North Greenville College in 1972, NGC began offering its first junior- and senior-level classes in 1992, in Christian studies and church music and added a teacher education program in 1997. NGU assumed university status in 2006 and began granting masters degrees as well, U. S. News & World Report ranks North Greenville University as #30 among Regional Colleges. In 2009-2011, Forbes list of Americas Best Colleges has included North Greenville University in its annual list of the top 650 public and private colleges nationwide. North Greenville was also listed as the 5th in the nation for best professors according to the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, North Greenville Universitys rules are listed in a document called the Enlightener. The Enlightener outlines the terms of the contract between the student and the institution, students also reside in houses in and around the campus. Alpha Psi Omega Alpha Psi Omega is an American recognition honor society recognizing participants in collegiate theatre, membership is open to those who are active in their college theatre. Most casts/chapters use a point system for determining eligibility of membership, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development—NGU ASCD Chapter. An international Education professional education organization chapter for students interested in matters of education, curriculum, supervision, the chapter was founded in 2006 by Drs. Richard NeSmith and Sheila Marino, and Profs. Mike Butler and Jo Ann Garrett, the chapter is active at the state and regional levels
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Presbyterian College
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Presbyterian College, commonly known as PC, is a four-year, private liberal arts college located in Clinton, South Carolina, United States and affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. The college’s president is Bob Staton, Presbyterians undergraduate and graduate programs emphasize small class sizes, a congenial atmosphere between professors and students, and a commitment to service. PC is also home to Cyrus, the largest bronze statue of a Scotsman in the world, Presbyterian College was founded in 1880 by the Rev. William Plumer Jacobs. He had served as the pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Clinton since 1864, originally called Clinton College, its first class graduated in 1883. In establishing PC, his “tree of knowledge”, Jacobs’ goal was to young people for lives of service to church and society. By the time of Jacobs death in 1917, the college had grown considerably in size and resources, neville Hall, PCs most recognized structure, was constructed in 1907. After weathering the storms of the Great Depression and Second World War and it became fully co-educational in 1965. In 1969, it began admitting African-American students, Presbyterian College is a Carnegie One Liberal Arts College and is fully accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The School of the Liberal Arts confers B. A. and B. S. degrees in 30 courses of study and 9 pre-professional programs including Pre-Law, Pre-Med, Pre-Theology, and Pre-Pharmacy. PC also offers a program in Engineering and minor fields in an additional 13 disciplines such as Africana Studies, Media Studies. The liberal arts program has small class sizes, and has six Carnegie/CASE South Carolina Professor of the Year Award winners. PC is one of two South Carolina colleges or universities with a Confucius Institute, which fosters economic connections and cultural interaction between the US and China, through the Institute, Presbyterian participates in a partnership and exchange program with Guizhou University, located in Guiyang, China. The Confucius Institute sponsors cultural events on PCs campus and offers elementary, intermediate, a 54,000 square-foot facility, its doors opened in the fall of 2010 with an inaugural class of 80 students. The School of Pharmacy was fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education in July 2014, the 2014 edition of U. S. News and World Report regards Presbyterian College as a selective institution that accepted 57. 8% of applicants in the fall of 2012. Of PCs 1,172 undergraduates, 44% are male and 56% are female, students at PC have many options for extracurricular activities. In addition to athletics, Greek life is an important part of campus life and culture. For men, there are seven North-American Interfraternity Conference organizations, Alpha Sigma Phi, Kappa Alpha Order, Pi Kappa Alpha, Pi Kappa Phi, Sigma Nu, Omega Psi Phi, and Theta Chi. For women, there are three National Panhellenic Conference organizations, Alpha Delta Pi, Sigma Sigma Sigma, and Zeta Tau Alpha, there are also many religious ministries, including the Presbyterian Student Association, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and Campus Outreach