CHARLESTON, South Carolina, May 14 -- Charleston County School District issued the following news release: Students at Murray-LaSaine Montessori School nominated their music teacher, Lindsay Linderman, for the GRAMMY Museum Teacher Educator Award, and she placed in the top 215 quarterfinalists. This prestigious award is given to current educators, from kindergarten through college in both public and private schools, who have made a significant and lasting contribution to the field of music edu  more

CHARLESTON, South Carolina, May 14 -- Charleston Southern University issued the following news on May 13, 2024: By Jan Joslin More than 700 graduates and undergraduates received diplomas at Charleston Southern University's spring commencement ceremonies May 3 and 4. Graduate degrees were conferred Friday, May 3, and undergraduate degrees were conferred Saturday, May 4 on Buccaneer Field. President B. Keith Faulkner, CSU's fourth president and a 1998 alumnus, was the guest speaker at both ce  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, May 14 -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: A junior architecture student at Mississippi State will get a chance to broaden her global perspective with help from a $20,000 Aydelott Travel Award. Yuria J. Sloane of Charleston, South Carolina, plans to travel this summer to Bolivia, Japan, New Zealand and Norway to research the use of architecture as a tool of oppression and liberation for indigenous communities. Her itinerary includes studies of ar  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, May 14 -- Gov. Henry McMaster, R-South Carolina, issued the following news on May 13, 2024: Southern Wall Products, Inc. (Southern Wall Products), a manufacturer of drywall finishing products, today announced it selects Anderson County to establish the company's first South Carolina operation. The $23 million investment will create 28 new jobs. Established in 1981, Southern Wall Products manufactures and sells finishing solutions for the drywall industry under the Ru  more

AIKEN, South Carolina, May 14 -- The University of South Carolina's Aiken Campus issued the following news: SteelGate LLC, an international cybersecurity firm with operations in the Central Savannah River Area, has donated $25,000 to the University of South Carolina Aiken to establish a scholarship for students seeking a career in cybersecurity and computer science. USCA will offer the new SteelGate Cyber Scholarship to degree-seeking students who are majoring in computer science and have a 3.  more