CONWAY, South Carolina, May 3 -- Coastal Carolina University issued the following news on May 2, 2024: At its meeting today, the Coastal Carolina University board of trustees received an update about a new initiative geared toward eighth grade students. During his report to the board, President Michael T. Benson spoke about the first-ever Teal & Tech Experience, a partnership between CCU and Horry-Georgetown Technical College. This unique daylong event held Tuesday, April 9, introduced more tha  more

GREENVILLE, South Carolina, May 3 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: Duke Energy Progress is seeking to reduce customer bills to account for the cost of fuel used to generate electricity for South Carolina homes and businesses. If approved by the Public Service Commission of South Carolina (PSCSC), the average monthly residential bill would decrease by 4.1% beginning Aug. 1. The total monthly impact of these rate changes for a residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh  more

ANDERSON, South Carolina, May 3 -- Anderson University issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: Singer, songwriter, founding member of Elevation Worship and Anderson University Class of 2004 graduate Chris Brown will receive an honorary doctorate during AU Commencement on Friday, May 3. Winner of multiple GMA Dove Awards, two Billboard Music Awards and a Grammy, Brown is a worship leader at Elevation Church in Charlotte, North Carolina and has written popular contemporary Christian s  more

ROCK HILL, South Carolina, May 3 -- Winthrop University issued the following news: Winthrop University's student body has elected its Council of Student Leaders (CSL) chair and vice chair for the 2024-25 academic year: Sean Pennington (chair) and Victoria Williams (vice chair), who captured almost 70 percent of the vote. "We are so grateful that the Winthrop community trusts us enough to serve as its next campus leaders," Pennington said. "We understand the responsibility that comes with the   more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, May 3 (TNSres) -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University issued the following news: Two juniors in North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University's Journalism and Mass Communication Department, Christen Davis and Steven Matthews Jr., have been selected as inaugural HBCU (historically Black college or university) Science Journalism Fellows at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Davis, an Honors College multimedia major fro  more

AIKEN, South Carolina, May 3 -- The University of South Carolina's Aiken Campus issued the following news: The University of South Carolina Aiken has named its Center for Engaged Teaching and Learning in honor of longtime faculty member and department chair Dr. Edward Callen, who will retire from the university as distinguished professor emeritus in June after nearly 40 years of service. Callen, who joined USCA in 1986 after receiving his doctoral degree in experimental psychology from Northe  more