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Winners of USC Sumter Spring Poetry Contest Announced
The University of South Carolina Sumter recently announced the winners of the 2021 USC Sumter Spring Poetry Contest. The competition saw 111 entries from Sumter County middle schools. The winners were announced during a virtual presentation which featu...
Jun 21, 2021, 3:24pm EDT

USC Sumter Students Win Honors at International Business Conference
The University of South Carolina Sumter is proud to announce several students won awards at the Society for Advancement of Management International Collegiate Business Skills Champions in the Associate's Division at the 76th Annual Society for Advancem...
Jun 2, 2021, 8:52am EDT

USC Sumter Hosting Memorial Day Program
The Student Veteran Organization at the University of South Carolina Sumter will host a Memorial Day Program on Thursday, May 27 at 12 pm on the campus of USC Sumter (200 Miller Rd.). As part of the program, there will be a dedication of Memorial Day ...
May 14, 2021, 12:31pm EDT

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