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A Student’s Perspective on the Central Europe Maymester 2023

Ralph Guerra (’24) was a participating student on the Maymester trip to Central Europe that traveled in May 2023.  Leading the trip were Dr. Stefan Wiecki (History Department) and Dr. Drew Brandel (Psychology Department).  The History Departmental Assistant, Maya Reyes (’24), conducted the interview. Reyes: Where did you travel to and how long? Describe your

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Kevin Nolan ‘00 delivers 2023 Truist Lecture on Free Enterprise

Presbyterian College alumnus Kevin Nolan ’00 shared some of the secrets of his success during the annual Truist Lecture on Free Enterprise this week. Nolan, a former Blue Hose football team member, is the founder and chief executive of several businesses, namely Nolan Transportation Group, a third-party logistics company, and Sope Creek Capital, an investment

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Dr. Jada Suber ’15 earns Ph.D. from University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Dr. Jada Suber ’15 has come a long way from growing up and graduating from college in the same town. This spring, the Presbyterian College alumna successfully defended her doctoral dissertation on inhibitory mechanisms of effector cells in peanut allergy at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and earned her Ph.D. in microbiology and immunology. Now, she

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Senior Interns with Local Police Department

Marley Bickley ’22 Taylor Ward, a senior psychology major from Mission Viejo, California, is spending her final year at PC interning for the Laurens County Police Department in order to gain firsthand experience in law enforcement and learn more about her future career path. “I chose this internship because I am interested in going into

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Sophomore’s NASA Research Could Help Our Understanding of Mars

Marigordon Varner, from Laurens, S.C., will spend the upcoming fall and spring semesters conducting NASA research that could help us further our understanding of Mars. She and physics professor Dr. Eli Owens are researching granular materials like sand, grains and soil. “Granular materials are unique because they can act like any of the three states

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How PC’s Outstanding Senior Changed in Four Years

PC’s Outstanding Senior gives a speech during graduation every year. This year’s Outstanding Senior is Rylee White. You might expect that Rylee talked to the graduation crowd about how she loved PC every second she was a student. But that wasn’t the case. Four Years Ago “Freshman orientation was honestly the worst two days of

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“A Part of Something Bigger than Myself”

Freshman Caitlyn Tompkins knows how stressful it is deciding where to go to college. In this short Q&A, she talks about why she chose PC and why she feels “like being a Blue Hose has made me a part of something bigger than myself.” Why did you choose PC? “I chose PC because of the

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Student Receives NASA Award to Research Magnetic Storms

“Everyone is familiar with changes in the weather on earth, but most don’t realize that there is also weather in space,” said sophomore Grace Wanliss. Wanliss and sophomore Marigordon Varner received research awards from NASA worth $7500 each. The students will conduct research this summer. Grace will research with Dr. James Wanliss, her father and

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