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On Friday, May 13, 2016, Presbyterian College hosted its annual teacher induction ceremony with 20 graduates from the education department taking the oath for graduating educators. In his opening remarks, PC President, Bob Staton spoke directly to the graduating education majors saying, “You assume the duty of inspiring the children who will become our future leaders.”

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On Friday, May 13, 2016, nine cadets in the Highlanders Army ROTC program Presbyterian College, Newberry College, and Lander University were commissioned second lieutenant at Presbyterian College. In addition, retired Col. Jack C. Ziegler, Jr. was inducted into the Presbyterian College ROTC Hall of Fame. “While I have attended this ceremony on several occasions, I

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Presbyterian College hosted its baccalaureate service for its graduating class on Friday, May 13, 2016. “Even as you go your different ways after tomorrow, the relationships you built at PC will last a lifetime,” Presbyterian College President Bob Staton told the graduating class. The class of 2016 was addressed by Rev. Dr. R. Bentley Anderson,

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Presbyterian College held its 133rd commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 14, 2016. At the ceremony, the college granted 184 undergraduate degrees. “Today you’re going to receive a diploma, which although it is a piece of paper, is much more than a piece of paper,” PC President Bob Staton told graduates. “It represents all the time,

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On Friday, May 13, 2016, Presbyterian College School of Pharmacy held its hooding ceremony in Belk Auditorium on the college’s main campus. PCSP presented doctoral hoods and degrees to 71 candidates. In his opening remarks, Presbyterian College President Bob Staton said, “My greatest excitement is about the impact that these graduates will have on the

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Two Presbyterian College students, Will Grismore and Brandon Morrow have received NASA South Carolina Space Grant Consortium Research Awards. The awards were granted through NASA’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research or EPSCoR. Both Grismore and Morrow’s projects will be conducted in the college’s Non-Linear Materials Lab. In it, the students will be studying granular

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Senior early childhood education major Julie Harbin from Rock Hill, S.C. recently had an article accepted for publication in the “International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities.” The article titled “Gender Differences in Rough and Tumble Play Behaviors” is based on Harbin’s capstone research. In the research, Harbin conducted 10 one-hour observations in a kindergarten classroom to determine

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Brittany Beasley, a senior double major in English and Spanish, was recently offered a volunteer position in Colombia, South America by the Young Adult Volunteers Program. She has accepted the position, and she will find out in June where in Colombia and with what program she will be serving throughout the year she spends there.

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Emily McCord, a senior early childhood education major from Asheville, N.C. held a presentation of her capstone project “Incorporating Visual Literacy in a First Grade Classroom: A Picture Dictionary Project” at the Laurens County Library on Thursday, April 28, 2016. McCord explained that she grew passionate about photography in high school because she saw it

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