ANDERSON, South Carolina, Sept. 14 (TNSres) -- Anderson University issued the following news release: Dr. Kolawole Olaiya, an associate professor at the Anderson University College of Arts and Sciences, will support professional communication programs at the Federal University of Technology Akure in Nigeria as part of a U.S. Department of State and Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award. Dr. Olayia's focus is twofold: he will teach graduate students at the Federal University of Technology Akure'  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Sept. 15 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news release: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that groups that help crime victims across South Carolina will soon be getting more than $31 million in federal and state grants. The S.C. Public Safety Coordinating Council formally approved the grants earlier this year and the projects begin October 1, 2023. The grants are distributed by the Department of Crime Victim Assis  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Sept. 15 -- Benedict College issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2023: Today, Benedict College announced Dr. Sharron Taylor Burnett as the new Chief Financial Officer (VPFO). Burnett has an impressive record as a distinguished higher education leader. She will assume her new role as the College's new VPFO on September 25, 2023. In this role, she will serve as a senior leader, cabinet member, and a direct report to the president of Benedict College. She will  more

CLEMSON, South Carolina, Sept. 14 (TNSres) -- Clemson University issued the following news: Devi Soman, a student in Clemson University's Planning, Design and the Built Environment Ph.D. program, was recently awarded the Joseph G. Sprague New Investigator Award (NIA) by The Center for Health Design (CHD). "The Joseph G. Sprague New Investigator Award from the Center for Health Design is a highly coveted award in the healthcare design field," explained Anjali Joseph, director of the Center for   more

GREENVILLE, South Carolina, Sept. 14 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2023: Duke Energy today launched a campaign to promote grant opportunities totaling $200,000 to South Carolina organizations that help seniors make needed home repairs and improvements. Duke Energy's Senior Home Repair Program offers qualifying nonprofits the opportunity to apply for grants of up to $25,000 geared toward critical health and safety home improvements that enable senior citizens to   more

CLINTON, South Carolina, Sept. 15 -- Presbyterian College issued the following news: Last summer's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn affirmative action will set civil rights back generations, a law professor said Wednesday at a Constitution Day lecture at Presbyterian College. Kevin Brown, the Mitchell S. Willoughby Distinguished Professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law, did not mince words about the consequences of the court's June 29 decision to end affirmativ  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Sept. 14 -- The South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority issued the following news: The South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority (JEDA) issued $100 million in bonds for Prisma Health to finance the continued expansion of the state's largest healthcare system. The new bonds will finance the acquisition, construction, renovation, and equipping of multispecialty ambulatory care centers, medical office buildings, and acute care hospital facilities. Th  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Sept. 14 (TNSres) -- The University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health issued the following news: Researchers at the Big Data Health Science Center will use their latest grant - a $100K R25 supplement from the National Institutes of Health - to develop a new program for training community members to use data science in their work. The Community Scholar (R25 c-Scholar) Program will provide data science training and mentored, hands-on research experience to  more