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University of South Carolina
(www.sc.edu)
Chartered in 1801 as South
Carolina College, the University of South Carolina was the first institution
of higher learning funded entirely by a state. In the years before the
Civil War, it rapidly achieved a reputation as one of the best colleges
private or public in America.
Its faculty included Francis
Lieber, editor of the Encyclopedia Americana and author of Civil Liberty
and Self Government, the nationally known scientists John and Joseph LeConte,
and chemist William Eller, who produced the first daguerreotype in the
United States. By the 1830s, distinguished alumni almost literally filled
the state General Assembly. James H. Hammond and Wade Hampton were the
most prominent of a parade of future governors, senators, judges, and
generals who graduated during the antebellum period.
With the voluntary enlistment
of all students into the Army of the Confederacy, the College was forced
to close in June of 1862. After re-opening in 1865, the institution went
through six reorganizations and a period of closure, while legislators,
administrators, and faculties reassessed the institution's goals and struggled
to define its mission.
Finally in 1906, at the
beginning of its second century, it was rechartered for the third -- and
last -- time as the University of South Carolina, and charged to be "the
largest and best work in education that time and place and conditions
render possible." In the 20th century, the University has sought
to fulfill this charge and again become one of the truly great universities
in America.
In addition to the Columbia campus, there are two
primarily four-year senior campuses (Aiken and Spartanburg) and five primarily
two-year regional campuses (Beaufort, Lancaster, Salkehatchie, Sumter
and Union). Enrollment on all campuses totals over 35,000. More than 25,000
of these students are on the Columbia campus, 9,000 of whom are graduate
students (1998-99). Additional opportunities for personal and career development
are provided to the citizens of the state through outreach and continuing
education activities.
Columbia
International University http://www.ciu.edu/
7435 Monticello Rd., Columbia,
SC 29203
(803) 754-4100; FAX (803) 786-4209
Multidenominational, biblically-based Christian institution with one of
the leading missionary training programs in the world. CIU is denominationally
unaffiliated with students from many denominations and independent churches.
CIU is the corporate name
for the three schools: Columbia Bible College is the undergraduate division;
Columbia Biblical Seminary & Graduate School of
Missions is the graduate and seminary ministry training division, and
Ben Lippen Schools is the elementary and pre-college division.
Columbia College - Private, four-year,
liberal arts college for women. http://www.columbiacollegesc.edu/
Center For Women Entrepreneurs - Providing
training, education and business opportunities for women entrepeneurs.
http://www.businessforwomen.com/
Benedict College - Historically African-American
liberal arts college. http://www.benedict.edu/
Midlands Technical College http://www.mid.tec.sc.us/
Midlands Technical College Astronomy Club (MTCAC)
- club activities, art, news, support-tools, and more. http://www.mid.tec.sc.us/mtcac/
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