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 Dr. Brooke Spatta and Jill Mechling plan to make Laurens County Humane Society Shelter a reality Presbyterian College Psychology Professor Brooke Spatta, refers to a Mahatma Gandhi quote when asked about her passion for animal welfare: “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”

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Presbyterian College’s Ryan Real will be seen on millions of screens when home viewers of the daily Jeopardy! game show turn on their televisions Thursday. Real, the assistant director of sports information, taped the show earlier this year in Culver City, California, at Sony Pictures Studios. A fan of the show as a child, Real

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The Presbyterian College Athletics Department announced today that a new lighting system will be installed at Bailey Memorial Stadium for the upcoming 2014 football season. The lights, provided by Musco Lighting, will be paid for by football revenue and game guarantees and will be operational for the opening contest against Bluefield College on September 6. “The

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Laurens School District’s Teacher of the Year, Jennifer Satterwhite told Presbyterian College graduating education majors to enter their classrooms this fall with the word, “Believe,” engrained in their memory. “I want you to remember to be ‘Bold’… take risks and take your students on adventures. This is not easy and may require you to challenge

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> Photos from the weekend Seventy-six students received Doctor of Pharmacy degrees Since its initial concept in 2008, the Presbyterian College School of Pharmacy has flourished in downtown Clinton, employing 45 faculty and staff with a current enrollment of 306. Now, 76 of those students are making history as the first graduating class of PharmD

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Presbyterian College Reserved Officers Training Corps commissioned nine students as second lieutenants during ceremonies May 9. The students, members of the Scottish Highlander Battalion, are graduating seniors at three Upstate colleges – PC, Lander University and Newberry College. Second Lieutenant Daniel Jenkins received the prestigious Wysor Saber Award, presented to the senior Highlander Battalion cadet

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Presbyterian College Arts and Sciences graduates and School of Pharmacy graduates received inspiration on the eve of their commencement from three campus leaders during Baccalaureate Services. The Old Testament lesson was delivered by Dr. Richard Heiser, professor of history. The New Testament was given by Dr. Dean Thompson, the Mary Henry and deSaussure Davis Edmunds

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Presbyterian College held its 2014 commencement exercises beneath the stately oaks on West Plaza as family and friends gathered to see the 281 undergraduates and 76 Doctor of Pharmacy candidates receive their diplomas. President Claude C. Lilly told the graduates, “You and I—undergraduates and pharmacy graduates—stand on the shoulders of individuals like William Plumer Jacobs,

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Pharmacy School Graduates Inaugural Class of PharmD candidates Presbyterian College Professor of the Year Latha Allen Gearheart and Outstanding Senior Lucia Maria Leahy of Charlotte, N.C. will deliver the keynote addresses at the 2014 commencement exercises on Saturday, May 10. This year’s ceremony includes the awarding of doctor of pharmacy degrees to the 76 members

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Education students to begin teaching careers in the fall  Presbyterian College will recognize 20 students during its Department of Education Teacher Induction Ceremony on Friday, May 9 at 1 p.m. in Mabry-Smith-Yonce Center. Among students to be inducted are South Carolina residents Camille Bryson Watts of Mountville, Sara Taylor Morgan of Rock Hill, Brittany Leigh

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