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Senior business major Hayden Sanders from Charlotte, N.C., and foreign exchange student Gabriel März from the University of Applied Science Augsburg in Augsburg, Germany came in 14th place in the Capsim Foundation’s Challenge. The Challenge  consists of more than 400 universities from over 30 countries, with a total of 244 registered teams. This biannual competition

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Presbyterian College raised more than $125,000 from 165 gifts during its Giving Tuesday campaign on Nov. 29. This is the College’s third year participating in Giving Tuesday. Of the gifts, 105 came from alumni and 19 came from new donors, as a result, many of the gifts came from second or third gifts from the

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Presbyterian College recognized the South Carolina State Arbor Day on Dec. 7 by planting a willow oak outside of the Smith administration building. The College has committed to planting 11 willow oaks throughout the month of December. Planting, care, and management of the new trees and current trees comes as a part of the College’s recertification

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This last Monday Chinese Club president, Anna Crosby, and several students from China attended Great Taste of Asia’s Chinese Festival Banquet. The purpose of this event was to showcase the similarities between the importance of food in both American and Chinese holiday culture. As students begin to pack up and go home for Thanksgiving, a

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The estate of Maj. William Putman ’55 has gifted the department of music at Presbyterian College with its third grand piano of the year. The gift is a 1950s-era Steinway Model D, a nine-foot concert grand piano, preferred by performers. “Though already a 60-year-old piano, the instrument is in pristine condition, having been owned, played,

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On Nov. 18, John Franklin Thames, a 1957 alumnus of Presbyterian College passed away in his home. Thames was a member of the Kappa Alpha fraternity and a ROTC graduate. He served as a tank platoon leader as a part of the U.S. Army in Korea from 1958-1959. After serving, Thames returned to his hometown

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Representatives from Agapé Hospice were on the Presbyterian College campus Nov. 18 as a part of their statewide event, “Life Blooms Eternally.” Cindy James, a 1984 PC graduate and director of growth and development at Agapé Hospice explained that the event, which consists of displaying a multitude of umbrellas, is a service for all the

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The long awaited annual Christmas program, taking place Dec. 2-4 in Belk Auditorium, is in the works of perfection at Presbyterian College. Dr. Porter Stokes, professor of music explained that the thought process of the next year’s program begins during the current year’s program. It essentially begins with a format and theme, then connections with

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The Department of Political Science at Presbyterian College will host a panel discussion titled “An Analysis of the 2016 Elections” on Monday, Nov. 21, 2016, at 7 p.m. in Chapman Conference Center in Jacobs Hall. The panel will feature regional political scholars to analyze the candidates’ campaign strategies and the road to the White House for President-elect

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Ashley Roberts, a junior chemistry major and biology minor at Presbyterian College, from Buford, S.C., is completing an internship at Montgomery and Riddle Eyecare, an ophthalmologist’s office in Laurens, S.C. She has chosen to spend about seven hours each week performing various tasks at the office, which include shadowing technicians, and optometrists. However, Roberts particularly enjoys

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