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USC Sumter Earns 2021-2022 Military Friendly School Designation

The University of South Carolina Sumter announced today that it has earned the 2021-2022 Military Friendly School designation. Institutions earning the Military Friendly School designation were evaluated using both public data sources and responses ...

Mar 16, 2021, 1:10pm EDT

USC Sumter Esports Welcomes Honorary Team Member

There's a new honorary member on the USC Sumter Esports team. His name is Donald Smith and he is five years old. Donald joined the team through the Adopt-A-Child Program, which is part of the Friends of Jaclyn Foundation (FOJ). The FOJ seeks to raise a...

Jan 26, 2021, 1:35pm EST

21st Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dream Walk Goes Virtual

The 21st Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dream Walk is moving to a virtual format this year due to COVID-19. Instead of gathering to walk together as a large group, the organizers ask that participants take a photo of themselves on a walk sometime d...

Jan 11, 2021, 11:30am EST

USC Sumter's Bigger Wednesday Golf Tournament Date Announced

The University of South Carolina Sumter has announced plans for their 27th Annual Bigger Wednesday celebration. This year the event will only include the Golf Tournament, which will be held Friday, November 20. Bigger Wednesday commemorates the Clem...

Oct 30, 2020, 9:53am EDT

USC Sumter's Rowlett Contributes to Book Celebrating 100th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage

Women's right to vote celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. In honor of women's suffrage, the Johns Hopkins University Press recently released "Suffrage at 100 - Women in American Politics since 1920". The press' website describes the book as exp...

Sep 8, 2020, 7:00am EDT

USC Sumter Named #2 Best Community College in South Carolina

The University of South Carolina Sumter is pleased to announce that USC Sumter was named the #2 Best Community College in South Carolina and the #27 Best Community College in America. This is the fourth year in a row that the campus has ranked second i...

Sep 4, 2020, 7:00am EDT

USC Sumter Awarded $1.6 Million To Help Low Income, First Generation, and Students with Disabilities Succeed in College

The U.S. Department of Education announced that the University of South Carolina Sumter will receive a federal Student Support Services (SSS) grant of $ $1,675,500 to help more students succeed in and graduate from college. This is the sixth time that ...

Sep 1, 2020, 8:07am EDT

USC Sumter's Rowlett Contributes to Book Celebrating 100 Years of Women's Suffrage

Aug 25, 2020, 6:00pm EDT

USC Sumter Fall Sports Moved to Spring 2021

The University of South Carolina Sumter announced its fall sports season will be rescheduled in accordance with a recent decision from the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). The Fire Ants fall sports will be moved to spring 2021. ...

Jul 21, 2020, 10:46am EDT

USC Sumter Hosts Women's Soccer ID Camp

The University of South Carolina Sumter's women's soccer team will host a soccer ID camp on Saturday, July 25, 2020, 9 am - 2 pm, at the USC Sumter soccer field located on Theatre Drive in Sumter. "We are looking for women student athletes that have...

Jul 20, 2020, 2:55pm EDT

About University of South Carolina Sumter

USC Sumter is located in the heart of the state, about 45 miles east of the capital of Columbia, South Carolina. It is the only campus is the system that began as a Clemson University campus and then later changed to a University of South Carolina campus. USC Sumter became a University campus in 1973 and today has an enrollment of about 1,000 per academic year. USC Sumter confers two-year associate's degrees and offers baccalaureate degree programs in business administration, elementary education, nursing, early childhood education, organizational leadership and interdisciplinary studies through Palmetto College. Learn more visit http www.uscsumter.edu.