CONWAY, South Carolina, Sept. 23 -- Coastal Carolina University issued the following news: The Coastal Carolina University Bachelor of Science in public health program has earned re-accreditation from the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH), an independent agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education for public health program accreditation. The CEPH board of councilors recently awarded CCU a maximum seven-year accreditation. The Bachelor of Science in public health program i  more

CLEMSON, South Carolina, Sept. 23 -- Clemson University issued the following news: The Extension Emerging Leadership Initiative (EELI) was created to develop leaders who exemplify professionalism and integrity and inspire others, and as it prepares for its fourth cohort, the proof of its success is in the proverbial pudding. Clemson Extension Assistant Director Deon Legette said one only needs to look at the strides made by EELI graduates and current cohort participants over the past few years  more

CLEMSON, South Carolina, Sept. 23 -- Clemson University issued the following news: As a young boy, Doug Quackenbush dreamed of becoming a jet pilot and having an exciting career in the skies. A fateful car ride conversation between father and son altered that plan and landed him firmly on the ground. His dad wisely suggested that Doug's childhood interests in building models and drawing might possibly bode well for a career in architecture. Even though he wasn't quite sure what that meant, it t  more

CLEMSON, South Carolina, Sept. 19 (TNSres) -- Clemson University issued the following news: Actress Phylicia Rashad will speak at Clemson University's Brooks Center for the Performing Arts Tuesday, October 10, at 7 p.m. Rashad will give a reading from her mother's poem, "Hawk." Tickets for the event are $30 and include an advance copy of "Hawk," which is being published by Clemson University Press and will be available to the general public October 31. Student tickets are $15, and free student  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Sept. 23 -- Richland County issued the following news on Sept. 22, 2023: Richland County Council voted to allocate Community Impact Grant funding to 37 nonprofits during its regular meeting Tuesday, Sept. 19, ahead of an Oct. 1 deadline. Funding totaled $1.785 million and is for the current fiscal year ending June 30, 2024. County staff is notifying grant recipients of their award amounts and requirements. The complete list of recipients can be found here (https://ric  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Sept. 23 -- The South Carolina Department of Commerce posted the following news release on Sept. 22, 2023: Latitude Corp., a contract manufacturer of precision metal manufacturing solutions, today announced plans to expand its U.S. footprint by establishing operations in Clarendon County. The company's $29 million investment, in its first South Carolina facility, will create 200 new jobs. Latitude Corp. started in 1990 as a machine shop in Middleton, Wisconsin. Consis  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Sept. 23 (TNSres) -- The University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health issued the following news: Sandra Irvin and Lauren Riggleman are 2023 recipients of the Students Preparing for Academic-Research Careers (SPARC) Award from the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA). Both students in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders' (COMD) M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology program, they are two of only 13 students nationwide to recei  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: As Nikki Haley rolls out her MAGAnomics agenda today, remember that after putting the wealthy and corporations over working families as governor of South Carolina, Haley is now running on an extreme agenda of gutting Social Security and Medicare and making permanent Donald Trump's tax scam that increased the deficit and gave hundreds of billions in tax breaks to the top one percent. Haley wants to make  more