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September is National Literacy Month, and today is Read a Book Day.  In honor of these holidays, we asked some of our faculty members for book recommendations to add to your reading list. Some of their recommendations are from their subject areas, and some are their personal favorites. Here are eight books to add to

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Tanisha Jenkins didn’t realize she would be introduced to her life’s work when she was a PC student. Jenkins served as a student assistant in the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs during her freshman and sophomore years at PC in 1998 and 1999. Her work then foreshadowed the work she does now as the director

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Ashley McCollum has been recognized for her tireless and extraordinary work in the digital media and entertainment industry. In 2017, only eight years after graduating from PC, she was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. That same year, McCollum was one of only 18 to receive one of Adweek’s Changing the Game Awards.

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“Serving others is important to me because of how others served me growing up,” said Kelley Perkins Brown ’94, this year’s Dum Vivimus Servimus Award recipient. The honor recognizes an alumnus or alumna who exemplifies the meaning of the College motto, “While We Live, We Serve.” “I spent 10 years at the Thornwell Home and

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“When PC called and told me I was to receive the Alumni Gold P Award, I really didn’t know what to say other than ‘Thank You,’’ Bill Scott ’69 said. The Gold P Award is presented to an alumnus or alumna in recognition of outstanding accomplishments in the chosen profession, which reflect honor upon the

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“I can’t think of an award that I’d rather be presented with,” Murray White ’63 said about receiving the 2019 Thomas Aurelius Stallworth ’55 Alumni Award. “I knew Tom when I was at PC, and we developed a friendship that lasted a lifetime. I always had the highest admiration for him and his family. He

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“Sometimes you meet people in life—just a few– who have a huge impact not because of the amount of time you spend with them, but because of who they are,” said Johnny Walther ’69. “Other than my parents and my wife, I encountered several of them at PC. That’s why I feel like PC is

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Lillis Smith graduated from Winthrop College in 1949 and married a Blue Hose named Jerry Smith ’50 a year later. Her connection to PC began in August of that year and would last a lifetime. While Lillis passed away earlier this year, the College posthumously recognizes her as an honorary alumna. The honor is bestowed

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Barbara Hunter has been a loyal and faithful supporter of PC since marrying Toby Hunter ’59 sixty years ago. This year, the College recognizes her as one of two 2019 Honorary Alumna, an honor bestowed upon someone who did not attend PC, but who has always treated PC like her alma mater and has brought

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The Tish Oney Trio presents “A Nat King Cole Centennial” at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26 in Edmunds Hall. The concert is the first in PC’s 2019-2020 Performance Series. The program will feature hits and well-known songs associated with Cole, a Capitol Records artist and the first African American to host a nationally televised variety show.

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