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Dr. Roy Campbell, professor of history, has a similar daily routine as many families nowadays amid the coronavirus pandemic. His children and his wife gear up for online learning during the school week. The children take courses in their rooms. His wife, a middle-school teacher, has claimed one of the upstairs rooms as her classroom.

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Photo by Nicolasintravel on Unsplash Dr. Austin Shull, professor of biology, is mentioned this week in National Geographic, where he helps provide descriptions of how PCR (or polymerase chain reaction), used in coronavirus testing, works. The article covers how an enzyme discovered in a microbe living in a hot spring in Yellowstone National Park more

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A. “Sandy” Cruickshanks ’70 elected to S.C. Bar Association council  Laurens County attorney A. “Sandy” Cruickshanks, IV has been elected to serve on the Government Law Section Council of the South Carolina Bar Association. The Government Law Section promotes the objects of the South Carolina Bar and promotes the education and professional development of government law

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For the past 17 years, PC students have presented honors research in the spring during the College’s Honors Day Symposium.  Students have often given presentations to standing room only crowds. It wasn’t uncommon to see professors, classmates, parents and other loved ones standing shoulder to shoulder in classrooms in Neville Hall, eagerly listening as students

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As of Monday morning, March 30, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) confirmed three positive cases of COVID-19 in Laurens County. The cases are the first in the county and are among 774 cases DHEC is presently investigating statewide. For more information about COVID-19 and the steps PC is taking to

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Dear Students, Parents, Faculty, and Staff, The world is a different place than it was even a month ago. Over the past few weeks, the leadership team, our COVID-19 working group, and I have met regularly to discuss how to navigate PC through this unprecedented time. As we have evaluated the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, we’ve

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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, students and experts in PC graduate health professions, such as the Physician Assistant Studies Program, are studying the disease, the challenges and opportunities the medical community faces. In the PA Program’s Medical Grand Rounds “COVID-19: The Future Past” presentation this past week, students learned background on COVID-19 and parallels that

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Presbyterian College School of Pharmacy responded quickly when the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) issued an urgent request to academic institutions for personal protective equipment on Friday, March 20.

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PC music student Jared Smiling was in his last year of high school when he released his first album, “Dreamer,” to music streaming platforms. He’d been singing since he was younger and learned the Garageband app in high school. He uses the software to produce music like the 12-song project, which came out in 2018.

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Anxiety related to the coronavirus pandemic affects us all. The Counseling and Wellness office offers these four tips to help you cope with anxiety as you transition to online classes. 1. Stay in the present Focus on today. Don’t worry about tomorrow. If you start to feel anxious, focus on your immediate present: the sights,

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