Trinity-Byrnes senior named National Merit Scholarship winner
Cates Grier Saleeby, a senior at Trinity Byrnes Collegiate School, has been named a 2016 National Merit Scholarship Corporation winner and a recipient of one of the prestigious NMSC $2500 scholarships. She is the daughter of Jay and Gailey Saleeby of Florence. In October of 2014, over 1.5 million juniors in some 22,000 high schools took the PSAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which served as an initial screen of program...
Wofford holds Honors Convocation 2016
Wofford College held its annual spring Honors Convocation on Tuesday, May 3. The academic major awards are made by the faculty to seniors recommended by the major departments on the basis of academic achievement, character and intellectual promise. Some of the awards are named in honor of persons who have made significant contributions to the intellectual life of the college. Area students receiving awards were: Isaiah Addison Jr.,...
Bob Jones University names students to President’s List
The following students are among approximately 470 Bob Jones University students named to the President’s List for high academic achievement during the Spring 2016 semester. To qualify for the President’s List, students must earn a 3.75 or higher grade point average for the semester. Brooke Hummel, a Junior Apparel major of Florence Kaitlyn Hummel, a Junior Exercise Science major of Florence Kimberly Windham, a Sophomore...
GSSM Senior Named Semifinalist in U.S. Presidential Scholars Program
The South Carolina Governor’s School for Science & Mathematics (GSSM) is pleased to announce that graduating senior, Hamza Ahmed, has been named a semifinalist in the U.S. Presidential Scholarship Program. Ahmed, son of Javed and Faria Ahmed of Greenville, South Carolina, transferred to GSSM from Southside High School. Ahmed is involved with the GSSM Math Team, actively participates in student council, was the co-president of...
RIT Mechanical Engineering Professor to speak at GSSM’s 27th Commencement Ceremony
The South Carolina Governor’s School for Science & Mathematics (GSSM) is pleased to announce Dr. Margaret Bailey, professor of mechanical engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and the senior faculty associate to the Provost for AdvanceRIT, will serve as the keynote speaker during the School’s 27th commencement ceremony Saturday, May 28, at the DeLoach Center in Hartsville at 11 a.m. “I’m honored to address the...
Wofford College confers degrees to 325 graduates
SPARTANBURG, SC: Wofford College conferred degrees to 325 graduates at the 162nd Commencement Exercises on Sunday, May 15, 2016. Local graduates: Isaiah Addison Jr. received a bachelor of science degree in psychology with a concentration in neuroscience. Addison is from Hartsville. Joseph Christian Taylor Alexander received bachelor of arts degrees in English and French, summa cum laude. Alexander is from Timmonsville. Cole Matthew...