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Dr. William Simmons will visit PC to discuss “Border Security, Drug Cartels, and Migrant Vulnerabilities in the Americas” on Wednesday, Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. The event will take place in Neville Hall. “This will be a wonderful opportunity for the members of the campus and the local community to hear and engage in discussion with

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Music professor Dr. James Buckland will perform rare and unpublished works of nineteenth-century musician Niccolo Paganini on Monday, Nov. 4. “A Paganini Portrait” will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Edmunds Hall. “Paganini is highly regarded as a violinist, but it is less well known that the guitar was his chosen instrument in his private

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International tenor vocalist Hugo Vera will perform the program, “So About Love,” Nov. 14 in Edmunds Hall. A master class, open to the public, will be held at 4:30 p.m. in Wyatt Chapel. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. The master class is free. The concert is free for PC students and faculty with

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Two years ago, Ashley McCollum ’09 was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. The magazine credited McCollum with “positioning BuzzFeed as an internationally recognized brand.”  That same year, McCollum was one of only 18 who walked away with Adweek’s Changing the Game Awards. The award recognizes “the women who are making bold moves

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Francisco Cabán, a widely acclaimed violinist from Puerto Rico, will perform at Presbyterian College on Tuesday, Nov. 12. The concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Edmunds Hall. “Francisco is one of the greatest guest musicians we’ve had in my 13 years at PC,” said Dr. Richard Thomas, associate professor of music and director

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Perrin Tribble, a 2011 graduate of PC, has been named the College’s new director of church relations. She will begin serving in the role on November 11th. “My family and I have been Blue Hose for a long time, and I believe this is an especially exciting time for our school,” Tribble said. “It is

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Saxophonist Matthew Castner, Presbyterian College music faculty, and pianist Claudio Olivera present a program entitled “Duality,” at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 29 in Edmunds Hall. The program will explore the power of contrast and the flexibility of the saxophone. Opening with jazz saxophonist/composer Andy Scott’s “Three Letter Word,” the program also features works by John Fitz

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Lynn Downie, associate director of PC’s Career and Professional Development Office, often offers students an analogy about interning and career readiness. “I talk about how athletes and musicians don’t take the field or the stage until they’ve practiced whatever it is they’re going to do,” Downie says. “Our office affords four years of practice for

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PC recently hosted a reception for the College’s 18 Abney Foundation scholarship recipients. The event, held in Wilkinson Lounge on the PC campus Tuesday, Oct. 8, recognized the foundation’s contributions and its impact on students. Abney scholars spoke with the foundation’s Executive Director Dr. Lisa McWherter and Executive Director Emeritus Carl Edwards and were given

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Tickets are now on sale for the annual Christmas at PC program presented by the Department of Music. This year’s program, “The Gift for All Mankind,” will be held on Dec. 7, at 7 p.m., and Dec. 8, at 3 p.m. in Belk Auditorium. All tickets are $12. Online tickets are on sale at Seat

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