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Presbyterian College alumna Jennifer Ainsworth, Horry County Schools’ Teacher of the Year, was named the South Carolina Teacher of the Year on April 23, 2014 during a gala in Columbia. The 1994 PC graduate made history as the first educator to bring that title home for Horry County Schools. Jennifer Ainsworth is a special education

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Two PC graduates from the class of 2012 will start the school year as elementary school teachers, but they will have the opportunity to do more than teaching. According to MenTeach, a non-profit organization that encourages men to enter teaching, they are among the 18.3 percent of middle and elementary school teachers who are men.

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One of Shelly Rowan’s favorite things to do is travel. In May of 2014, she ventured with the Biology Department to Patagonia. The group set out on an 11-day trip that included 5 days of intense backpacking. Shelly reflects: “It was an amazing adventure as we toured different areas of southern Chile in addition to our hikes in

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In summer 2015, Jessie Laverty, an early childhood education major and French minor, spent 4 weeks in Lyon, France, where she studied at the IDRAC International School of Business. One class she took was full immersion in the French language. Another class focused on the similarities and differences between French and American culture. While in

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Jessica Davis, an early childhood education major, went to Kenya and Haiti at the end of her sophomore and junior years, in trips organized by Dr. Perkins, Dean of Religious and Spiritual Life. In summer 2015, Jessica visited Haiti. In Haiti, she toured many schools and organized games for the students. One of the highlights of her

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Education students live by the PC motto, “Dum Vivimus Servimus” or “While We Live, We Serve.” In the summer before her senior year, Shelby Britt, an early childhood education major, went on a mission trip to Accident, Maryland with members of the Cherokee Presbyterian Church, where she was the children’s directory intern. Shelby worked with a group

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Ashlyn Durham, a middle level education major with concentrations in Social Studies and English Language Arts is the co-chair of community service for the PC softball team. In this role, she helps organize community service activities for the team. Last year, the team volunteered at the Children’s Hospital in Greenville, where they organized games and

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Marissa Grodzicki is a senior early childhood education major who has worked at the Thornwell Home for Children since her sophomore year in college. For 2 years, she worked as a tutor in the 4K-5K after school program. This year, she is a PC “big sister” and spends time with her Thornwell “little sister” for at

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Four early childhood majors and one middle level education major presented their capstone research projects over the span of two days. On the first day, Andrea Pelham presented the service learning project she conducted with United Ministries of Clinton, thanks to a grant from the PC Launch Program for Vocation, Leadership, and Service. Jessie Laverty

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On Monday, December 10, 2015, Nick Smrdel, from the Insight Education Group came to PC to train cooperating teachers from Districts 55 and 56 and PC student teachers on using the ADVANCEFeedback video-based observation and feedback system. The PC Education Department was invited to participate in this initiative by the SC State Department of Education

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