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Presbyterian College will celebrate the life and work of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 15 with service to the community and a powerful message of hope. This year’s national theme is “Shifting the Cultural Climate through the Study and Practice of Kingian Nonviolence.” PC’s Student Volunteer Services begins the day’s events

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by Samantha Hauff This past semester, PC’s chapter of the American Chemical Society-American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ACS-ASBMB) organized and hosted a STEM outreach event for high school students at Thornwell Charter School. “Our mission as an organization is to foster STEM skills, research, and community among students at Presbyterian College and beyond,”

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During her year in the nation’s capital, Carson has contributed to strategic ocean policies and indigenous knowledge guidance – but this isn’t the path she always saw for herself. by Sarah Murphy On more than one occasion this year, Margaret (Maggie) Carson ‘14 has had to pinch herself, and ask, ‘Is this really my life

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One of Presbyterian College’s most beloved former professors has passed away. Associate Professor Emeritus of Mathematics Paul Campbell, who served on the college’s faculty from 1961 to 2007, died on Jan. 1 in Piedmont. He was 87. His remarkable 46-year tenure at PC is remembered not merely for his mathematical acumen and teaching prowess but

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Presbyterian College lost one of its most transformative figures over the holidays at the passing of former professor Dr. Dorothy P. “Dottie” Brandt on Dec. 24 at the age of 91. The Charles A. Dana Professor Emerita of Education joined the PC faculty in 1967 to build the college’s elementary education program. Throughout her 31-year

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Presbyterian College Director of Athletics Dee Nichols has formally introduced the second-ever head coach of the Blue Hose women’s soccer program, announcing the hire of South Carolina native Matt Smith. A former assistant under previous coach Brian Purcell – who retired in October after over three decades as the program’s lone coach – Smith brings

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The Presbyterian College School of Pharmacy is planning to offering a one-of-a-kind online avenue for pharmacy students through its new Accelerated Distance Pathway (ADP). Pending approval by ACPE at its June 2024 meeting, the new pathway will be ready to launch in January 2025. The innovative curriculum will gives students more time – three and

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Daniel Hall has been chosen as the interim vice president for finance and administration at Presbyterian College. Following a nationwide search for the college’s next vice president for finance that concluded this year, PC elected to hire an interim to serve through 2025. Hall, who has more than 30 years of executive experience in corporate

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A class for first-year students at Presbyterian College found new ways to combat and even fix social problems in their communities. The class, taught by PC business professor Karen Mattison, allowed students to develop individual business models to solve issues in their hometowns. Designed only for first-year students, the service entrepreneurship class dovetails the college’s

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This fall, the Presbyterian College Physician Assistant program reached a significant milestone by earning continuing accreditation from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA). ARC-PA is the accrediting agency responsible for establishing standards for PA education and evaluates PA education programs to ensure those standards are met. For graduates, coming from

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