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This spring, Presbyterian College’s education department hosted the ninth annual Charles Chadwell Special Education Institute. Fifty educators from across the state attended the two-hour virtual workshop, which featured guest lecturer Beverly Holden Johns, as award-winning learning and behavioral consultant. Holden presented “Why Are Children’s Behaviors So Challenging and What Can We Do?” and discussed stressors

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Presbyterian College has advanced this spring to the First Scholars phase of the First Scholars Network – a prestigious national recognition of the college’s commitment to serve first-generation college students. The Center for First-generation Student Success, an initiative of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators and the Suder Foundation, announced this spring that PC

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Only a few miles down Springdale Drive from where he played baseball for the Blue Hose, Sean McCarthy ’98 celebrated the biggest win of his coaching career. Leading the Clinton High Red Devils to a thrilling 5-4 win Wednesday over Hanahan High for the AAA state championship, McCarthy stood on the field with his triumphant

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Presbyterian College broke ground on a renovation project that will transform its former infirmary into the headquarters for its Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion division.  Last used as a residence hall, Reynolds Hall will soon house the entire division, including offices, and program space for counseling services, the Jacobs Scholars Program for students impacted by

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Presbyterian College celebrated a vibrant new global initiative Thursday by launching its Center for South Korean and East Asian Studies. Before an enthusiastic crowd of community members, faculty, staff, and college trustees, PC welcomed its new partners from South Korea to embark on an innovative language and cultural exchange program for students and professors on

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Presbyterian College presented the Class of 2023 with wisdom, encouragement, and congratulations at the 140th Commencement for the College of Arts and Science on May 13. And more importantly, they received the degrees they worked so hard to earn and the right to call themselves PC alumni. In his last commencement address at PC, president

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Presbyterian College’s Class of 2023 may not have heard what they wanted to hear from this year’s baccalaureate speaker at first – but what they needed to hear was inspirational. The Rev. Joe Evans ’02, the senior pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Marietta, Ga. – whose address was titled, “Leaving Home” – asked graduates

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Twelve new second lieutenants – including three from Presbyterian College – were ushered into the U.S. Army during the Highlander Battalion’s annual commissioning ceremony on May 12. PC president Dr. Matthew vandenBerg reminded the group they are part of a tradition and a calling that few people will know or understand. “Few of us can

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Fifteen graduating education majors officially entered the teaching profession during the annual Teacher Induction Ceremony in Kuhne Auditorium on Friday, May 12. Cinda Ginn, the Thornwell Charter School Teacher of the Year, delivered this year’s address to the soon-to-be-graduates and teachers.  Classroom Heroes Ginn, who began teaching special education in 1999, relayed some of her

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Presbyterian College sophomore Aurelia Santoyo’s trip to the Big Apple this semester was a learning experience. A learning experience for her. And maybe even a learning experience for a corporate giant. Santoyo was invited to a major diversity and inclusion forum hosted by Bank of America’s Enterprise Diversity Talent Acquisition Team at the InterContinental New

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