Stephenie Bergen, a student at Columbia International University, is SCICU's new part-time administrative assistant. A native of Carthage, MO, Stephenie graduated summa cum laude from Missouri Southern State University with BA degrees in English Literature & Writing and in Spanish Language.  She has traveled extensively through Latin America and has future goals to live abroad. Stephenie is a candidate for the Master of Arts degree in Global Studies at CIU.

 

At SCICU, Stephenie will be responsible for general administrative support for events, publications, and the website. She succeeds Tess Miller who joined SCICU in July 2011. 

Presidents Betsy Fleming (Converse College), Jairy Hunter (Charleston
Southern  University), and Cleveland Sellers (Voorhees College), along with SCICU President Mike LeFever, recently visited with members of the South

Carolina Congressional delegation to discuss issues such as Pell grants and other campus-based student aid, over-reaching federal regulations, affordability, value, and student debt.

 

The four presidents were part of Advocacy Day sponsored by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities as part of the organization's annual meeting in Washington, DC. Private, non-profit college and university presidents from across the country fanned out over Capitol Hill to educate their states' elected officials on the issues most pertinent to the independent higher education community and to remind members of Congress that independent college and university presidents want to remain engaged on the issues and serve as an on-going resource.

Greenville Business Magazine. He was featured in the section called "In the Lead" which preceded the magazines' annual SC Higher Education Directory. To view the Greenville Business Magazine article online, please click here.  Or Click here to view the article in Greater Columbia Business Monthly.

Since 1964, the Belle W. Baruch Foundation has owned and operated Hobcaw Barony as a center for education and research. Hobcaw Barony is the largest piece of protected property on the east coast of the United States. Between Georgetown and Charleston lie 60 miles of shoreline that is operated either by private, state, or federal organizations for conservation. Both USC and Clemson University maintain laboratories on the property available for use by SCICU member independent colleges and their students. The Baruch Foundation has been a long-time contributor to the SCICU Undergraduate Faculty/Student Research Program, and SCICU Life Trustees W. Hayne Hipp, Hugh C. Lane, Jr., and Minor Mickel Shaw currently serve on the governing board of the foundation.

 

Students or faculty wanting to do field research at Hobcaw Barony may contact SCICU's Brenda Torrence at brenda@scicu.org. 

 

To read the full article, follow this link. 

SCICU features some of its member colleges and universities' news on our website each month. Here are some of the articles we featured this month:

• 26th Annual Black Teleconference to air on ETV stations Sunday, Feb. 24
• SMC basketball team expected to become #1 in NJCAA
• NGU Recieves Largest Gift in School History, helps surpass $25 Million Campaign Goal
• Naval Support Activity Washington promotes first female captain
• Founder of Interfaith Youth Core to receive Sandor Teszler Award

To have your school featured in the "Member College News" section, please send your press releases to Stephenie Bergen at stephenie@scicu.org. 

 
To see all of our Member College News, please click here. 

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