This year’s Outstanding Senior, Patrick Kennedy, is the first to tell you that as a freshman, he had no idea how much he would grow and change during his four years at Presbyterian College. As the son of parents serving as Mission Service Corps volunteers, Patrick learned early in life about the importance of service [...]
In her commencement speech, “Can We Talk? Engaging in the Twenty-First Century,” the 2013 PC Professor of the Year, English professor Dr. Molly McGehee, didn’t talk about what is usually discussed in graduation speeches: what graduates will go out and do in the world or who they might be in the future. Instead, McGehee focused [...]
The Class of 2013, along with family and friends, gathered under the oaks on PC’s West Plaza on May 11 for the 130th Commencement at Presbyterian College. “What a day to celebrate,” Dr. Claude Lilly said in his opening remarks. “It is certainly a milestone and a mile marker in your journey of life.” Lilly, [...]
More than thirty seniors took the oath for graduating educators in PC’s Department of Education teacher induction ceremony on May 10. President Lilly welcomed students, parents, faculty, and supporters to the event and spoke fondly of two teachers who had a major impact on his life. “They cared and inspired me to do my best,” [...]
What do the pop singer Pink and David, who fought Goliath, have in common? Dr. Paul Timothy Roberts, the President-Dean of Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary in Atlanta, Georgia, explained the connection in this year’s baccalaureate address in Belk Auditorium on Friday night in Belk Auditorium. Everyone knows the story of David slaying Goliath, Roberts [...]
PC’s Army ROTC Highlander Battalion held its annual commissioning ceremony in Edmunds Hall on May 10. In addition to the commissioning ceremony, the event included the PC ROTC Hall of Fame induction and presentations of the Wysor Saber Award, the George C. Marshall Award, and the Captain Kimberly Hampton Leadership Award, among others. Yiasha Edwards [...]
Assistant Professor of English Dr. Molly McGehee was one of 20 South Carolina professors honored with the 2013 South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities Excellence in Teaching Award. Since joining the PC faculty in 2008, McGehee has taught a number of English language and literature courses, including Southern Women’s Writing, African American Literature, American Identities, [...]
On Thursday April 18, Presbyterian College Honors Day Symposium kicked off with a message of encouragement and support from President Lilly. “Symposiums were started by the Greeks as a club,” said Dr. Lilly. “Today they focus on research and give students an opportunity to demonstrate what they have taught themselves.” PC’s Honors Day Symposium included [...]
Dr. Jody Lipford, Professor of Economics and Business Administration, delivered the Honors Day keynote address in Edmunds Hall on Thursday afternoon. PC’s Faculty Scholarship Award winner for 2011-2012, Lipford stressed the importance of following your passions during his talk, “Keep Doing Economics.” Lipford recounted his first days in graduate school at Clemson University when his [...]
Presbyterian College inaugurated its 17th President, Dr. Claude C. Lilly, at 2:00 on Friday, April 19, in Belk Auditorium. Presbyterian College’s Chairman of the Board, Patrick Phillips ’71, presided over the ceremony, which opened with PC’s 16th president, Dr. John Griffith, giving the Invocation. Dr. Griffith remarked that true leadership is not about watching and [...]
