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Captain Kimberly Hampton Blood Drive Set for Clinton and Greenwood this Friday
Presbyterian College alumna Capt. Kimberly Hampton became known nationally in 2004 when her helicopter was hit by ground fire near Fallujah, Iraq, and she died instantly, becoming the first U.S. female casualty of the current war in Iraq.
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PC keeps campus warm with series of summer camps
Aug. 2, 2006
What most folks call a "summer break" from campus was no recess for many staff members at Presbyterian College, especially those who helped the college host nearly three dozen summer camps and groups.
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Clapper aims for growth in Laurens County following successful run as director of the PC Fund
July 24, 2006
After helping direct the PC Fund to new growth during the past year, Rob Clapper is ready to help grow another industry - Laurens County.
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South Carolina Business Week enjoys 20th year at PC
July 16, 2006
Presbyterian College welcomed 140 high school juniors and seniors to campus this week for a deeper understanding of the free enterprise system courtesy of the 23rd annual South Carolina Business Week.
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PC's Rob and Kerri Clapper promoted to majors
July 12, 2006
Former captains Rob and Kerri Clapper were both promoted to majors in the U.S. Army Wednesday in a ceremony on the Presbyterian College campus.
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PC alumna named moderator of Presbyterian Church (USA)
Joan Gray, a 1973 graduate of PC, an interim minister based in Atlanta, Ga., and the wife of fellow PC graduate and college trustee William Gray, was chosen over three other candidates on the third ballot cast June 15 during the PCUSA's eight-day biennial gathering.
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Business opportunity lures Jeff McNeill from PC
June 6, 2006
For Jeff McNeill, the latest decision in his professional career simply came down to his passion for creating a business that will fill a need in higher education.
Having successfully managed the first stage of an administrative reorganization at Presbyterian College by bringing offices responsible for resource generation -- fundraising, communications, constituent relations, and enrollment management -- under the umbrella of external relations, McNeill announced on Monday that he will undertake a new challenge as a partner in a North Carolina based consulting firm.
"I've fallen in love with Presbyterian College and it's difficult for me to think about not being a part of this family full time, but I had to make a decision," McNeill said. "This is such a high quality place and, if I had it to do over again, I'd have gone to PC (as an undergraduate) back in 1970."
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Department of Student Life staff earns individual accolades
April 28, 2006
Presbyterian College's Department of Student Life has earned some much-deserved national attention after being recognized this spring at the American College Personnel Association's annual awards program in Indianapolis, Ind.
At the state level, director of career services and internships Linda Jameison earned the Walter T. Cox New Professional Award, while dean of student life Telesia Davis was presented with the Programming Award for a Private Institution for last year's Paraprofessional Institute.
Director of residence life and summer programs Beau Seagraves, last year's New Professional Award winner, also was recognized as the 2006-07 president-elect for the S.C. College Personnel Association, while vice president for student life Dr. Bill McDonald was recognized by the group as one of its select Senior Scholars.
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Presbyterian College to hold 2006 commencement exercises on May 6
April 27, 2006
Presbyterian College's Class of 2006 will take center stage this spring as the college celebrates its 123rd commencement Saturday, May 6, on the West Plaza.
The college's traditional outdoor graduation ceremony begins at 10 a.m. and also will feature speeches by Pulaski L. Bealy Smith Professor of Biology Dr. James Wetzel, PC's Professor of the Year, and Outstanding Senior Courtney Bell of Vestavia Hills, Ala.
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PC seniors earn three coveted spots at UGA School of Veterinary Medicine
Shortly after receiving a puppy for her fifth birthday, Rachael Bodiford knew her ultimate education goal would be to earn a spot in veterinary school.
"I had wanted to be either an astronaut or a veterinarian up to that point, and then veterinary work just took over," said Bodiford, a resident of Williston, S.C. "I was the child who wanted to take home every stray dog and cat she saw."
Local professor's essay finds a home in national publication
After his father's death, PC professor of English Terry Barr began working on an essay that would eventually take years to complete. In it, he explored his past and tried to unearth and understand the consequences of being raised in an interfaith home in 1950s Alabama.
"I didn't find out until first or second grade that my father was Jewish," he said.
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Holyer named as new provost at Presbyterian College
April 21, 2006
Presbyterian College has brought to a successful close its search for a provost, announcing today that Dr. Robert Holyer will fill the college's senior academic position.
Holyer, who currently serves as dean of the college and vice president for academic affairs at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Va., will assume his new duties on July 1.
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College awards year-end honors
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Board of Trustees Votes for Blue Hose to begin Division I Process
The Presbyterian College Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to allow the Blue Hose athletics program to begin the process of reclassification from NCAA Division II to Division I (Division I-AA in football).
The official process will begin when PC submits its formal application to the NCAA, which is due June 1.
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PC breaks ground on first phase of science facility expansion
April 4, 2006
As Presbyterian College broke ground Tuesday on the $12 million expansion of Richardson Science Hall, there was a spirit not only of excitement for the future of scientific study and research on campus but also a shared sense of relief.
The long-awaited, oft-dreamed-of, long-planned improvements for the college's science facility will at last get underway.
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Ometric CEO says ethical choices are not rocket science' during Vance Lecture
April 4, 2006
The chairman and chief executive officer of Columbia's Ometric Corporation told an audience at Presbyterian College Tuesday that ethical decision-making is not so complicated as many might believe. It begins, he said, with remaining true to your own values.
Dr. Walter Alessandrini, Ometric's chairman and CEO and a former South Carolina Entrepreneur of the Year, was the college's third annual Robert M. Vance Lecturer in Business Ethics.
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PC to celebrate Easter season with "A Concert for Holy Week"
April 4, 2006
Presbyterian College's annual celebration of Easter will begin with its annual "A Concert for Holy Week" on April 10.
The PC Choir and Ringers also will help Clinton's First Baptist Church celebrate the recent refurbishment of its pipe organ with the 7 p.m. concert in the church sanctuary.
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Presbyterian College biology professor to accept SCICU teaching award March 29, 2006
Presbyterian College faculty member Dr. James T. Wetzel is among 20 individuals to be honored by South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities, Inc. (SCICU) with an inaugural Excellence in Teaching Award.
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PC cuts ribbon on Clinton downtown bookstore project March 24, 2006
Presbyterian College announced at a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday the beginning of a project that will move the college bookstore to downtown Clinton by the start of the spring semester in 2007.
The $800,000 project at the building on Musgrove Street that once housed a Belk department store is expected to reach completion at year's end, according to PC president Dr. John Griffith.
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Former South Carolina Entrepreneur of the Year to speak at PC's annual Vance Lecture
March 21, 2006
South Carolina's former Entrepreneur of the Year will discuss his role as a leader in the business world during Presbyterian College's annual Robert M. Vance Lecture Series in Business Ethics.
Dr. Walter Alessandrini, chairman and chief executive officer of Ometric Corporation in Columbia, will speak at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 4, in Belk Auditorium.
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New Orleans' famed Preservation Hall Jazz Band to perform at Presbyterian CollegeMarch 15, 2006
The face of New Orleans musical history will make Presbyterian College a stop on its current tour this spring when the Preservation Hall Jazz Band comes to campus later this month.
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band will take stage at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, in PC's Belk Auditorium.
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Russell Series winds down with NPR correspondent Robert Krulwich
March 9, 2006
What should writers know about viewers and listeners when it comes to presenting news and discoveries in the fields of medicine and technology?
During the final installment of the 2005-2006 Russell Program series on Health, Medicine, Technology and the Media, this is a question Robert Krulwich posed and answered. Krulwich's hour-long lecture in the Belk Auditorium was titled "What Science Reporters Know About their Audience (What we say about you when you aren't around)."
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Panel discusses medical research and technology at PC's Arnold Symposium
March 9, 2006
Lively discussion on the present and future of biotechnology was heard Tuesday evening at Presbyterian College's Arnold Symposium on Health, Medicine, Technology and the Media.
The panel discussion was part of the college's two-day Arnold and Lanier Symposiums, which also explored medical and biological technology's affect on society.
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Scientist discusses process and benefits of cloning
March 8, 2006
One of the men responsible for cloning what was once the world's most famous sheep visited Presbyterian College Tuesday to discuss the process used in cloning and its potential benefits and pitfalls.
Dr. Keith Campbell, who is currently a professor in the school of biosciences at the University of Nottingham in England, was the keynote speaker for the college's annual Lanier Symposium on Technology and one of the scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland who cloned Dolly, a Flynn Dorset Lamb, in 1996.
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Health, medicine, technology and the media on tap for Presbyterian College's Arnold and Lanier symposiums
Feb. 24, 2006
Health, medicine and technology -- and how these topics are presented in and affected by the media -- will be at the forefront of Presbyterian College's 21st annual Arnold Symposium and third annual Lanier Symposium, March 7-8.
The 2006 Lanier Symposium on Technology will bring to campus Dr. Keith Campbell, a cell biologist and embryologist who is best known as co-creator of Dolly the cloned Flynn Dorset lamb that ruled both science and mainstream media in 1996 and opened a debate on the ethics of cloning.
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Ainslie demonstrates African roots of American music
Feb. 22, 2006
With a variety of stringed instruments, his own voice, and years of scholarship at his disposal, blues musician Scott Ainslie took the stage at Presbyterian College Tuesday to tell the story of American music's roots in the fertile soil of Africa.
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Bluesman returns to PC for a mid-day performance
Feb. 13, 2006
Blues musician and historian Scott Ainslie makes his return to Presbyterian College this month for a performance and lecture on the African roots of American music.
Ainslie, who has performed twice before on the PC campus, will perform at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21, in Belk Auditorium.
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Morris to discuss 'The Witness of Women in a War-Torn World'
(NOTE: This lecture has been cancelled.)
Feb. 1, 2006
The director of programs at Women for Women International will discuss the effects of armed conflict on females across the globe -- and the steps taken to help them rebuild their lives -- at a lecture at Presbyterian College.
Dr. Patricia Morris will discuss "The Witness of Women in a War-Torn World" at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, in Belk Auditorium. She also will participate in a panel discussion with members of the PC community from 2-3 p.m. that afternoon in Edmunds Hall.
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Riddle returns for 'Women of Valor' Feb. 6
Jan. 31, 2006
A daughter of South Carolina returns to her native state and her alma mater next week for a performance at Presbyterian College.
Amy Riddle, a 2003 alumna of PC who currently performs professionally on the musical theater circuit in the Northeast, will peform "Women of Valor" at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6, in Edmunds Hall.
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Fulbeck shares artistic, personal insights into being Hapa
Jan. 24, 2006
Author, artist, director, and scholar Kip Fulbeck delivered as promised during his lecture Tuesday at Presbyterian College entitled "What Are You? Multiracials Claiming Their Voice Through the Arts."
Utilizing poetry, book excerpts, short films, and slides, Fulbeck -- known as one of the country's leading artists on the subject of mixed race heritage -- introduced the college community to his own personal perspectives on ethnic identity.
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The Princely Players to bring music of struggle and hope to PC
Jan. 23, 2006
The centuries old struggle for freedom by Africans in America, culminating in the Civil Rights Movement and continuing even today, has always been present in the music that was part of the experience. Revealing the power and dignity of the human spirit so evident in the songs of freedom and hope, the Princely Players continue to share an important piece of the American story.
The eight-member ensemble will perform at Presbyterian College at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, in Belk Auditorium.
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VisionIntoArt synthesizes genres into mesmerizing performances
Jan. 23, 2006
Fusing a variety of artistic genres into an alloy of creative expression, VisionIntoArt presents interdisciplinary, thematically unified performances driven by newly commissioned music, dance, film, and the spoken word.
VisionIntoArt will perform at Presbyterian College at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25-26, in the Caldwell Harper Theater.
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Martin Luther King Jr. would still have plenty to say about America, says retired AME bishop
Jan. 18, 2006
Each year as America celebrates the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a common thread often runs throughout -- praise for the man whose courage helped transform a country through his message of peace and justice and curiosity about what he might have to say to the nation today.
So, what would King have to say about America if he were still alive? According to a man who knew him, plenty.
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Artist and author to discuss multiracial heritage and the arts Jan. 24
Jan. 16, 2006
One of the country's leading voices on mixed racial heritage and racial and ethnic classification will speak next week at Presbyterian College.
Kip Fulbeck, professor and chair of art and an affiliate faculty member in the Asian American studies and film studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, will present "What Are You? Multiracials Claiming Their Voice Through the Arts" at an 11 a.m. lecture in Belk Auditorium.
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PC grad says social vaccine' key to combating spread of AIDS
Jan. 12, 2006
The AIDS pandemic has found at least a "social vaccine" in Africa that ought to be replicated and implemented worldwide, a leading epidemiologist and Presbyterian College graduate said this week.
Dr. Rand Stoneburner, a 1971 alumnus of PC, lectured Tuesday on the magnitude and the possible halt the AIDS epidemic, the latter modeled after a program in Uganda aimed at avoiding risky behavior.
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Highlander Battalion holds Winter Awards ceremony
Jan. 12, 2006
The Highlander Battalion honored its best cadets last week at the ROTC unit's Winter Awards ceremony.
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Retired AME Church bishop to address PC at Martin Luther King convocation
Jan. 11, 2006
A contemporary of the country's most beloved civil rights leader will discuss the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at a program at Presbyterian College.
Bishop John Hurst Adams, the retired senior bishop of the Eleventh Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, will address "What would MLK say to America today?" at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17, in Belk Auditorium.
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PC to participate in Greater Laurens Shrink Down
Jan. 9, 2006
Last fall, the Presbyterian College community enjoyed the health perspectives presented by the documentary "Super Size Me" and its maverick director Morgan Spurlock. This spring, the college is joining forces in a countywide venture that should steer participants in the opposite direction.
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PC graduate to discuss worldwide AIDS epidemic
Jan. 6, 2006
One of Presbyterian College's most esteemed graduates returns to his alma mater this month to discuss the AIDS epidemic, particularly in Africa.
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Highlander Battalion team earns second place in Ranger Challenge
 Dec. 2, 2005
Why would a college student -- steadily involved in the crush of classes, student organizations, fraternities, and events -- also decide to take on training for a grueling 30-hour test of military acumen, physical fitness, and mental toughness?
Well, it's quite simple really, said Highlander Battalion cadet Charles Tinsley, a freshman at Presbyterian College and the team's assistant captain.
"'Cause it's hooah.'"
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