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Events 2015-2016
2015 Events
November 13
Career Services Committee Meeting, SCICU
10:30 am - 12 noon
December 3
Development Committee Meeting
SCICU
10:30am - 11:30am
December 4
Legislative Campus Coordinators Meeting
Capital City Club
Columbia
11:30 am - 2:00 pm
2016 Events
January 20
Finance Committee Meeting
SCICU
10:00 am - 11:00 am
January 22
Career Services Committee Meeting
SCICU
10:30 am - 12:00 noon
February 9
Career Connections Job Fair
Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
February 18
Research Symposium
Milliken & Co.,
Spartanburg
8:30 am - 5:00 pm
February 23
Board of Trustees Meeting
Newberry College
March 8
Chief Financial Officers Meeting
SCICU
10 am - 11:30 am
March 10
Teacher Recruitment Fair
Columbia College
March 16
Public Policy Committee Meeting
SCICU
10 am - 11 am
June 13-17
Guidance Counselor Tour of
SCICU Member Colleges
To view more info about these meetings and events,
click here.
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Business Partners:
ABM Building Solutions, LLC Affinity LTC, LLC AlumniSync American Student Assistance Aramark Blackboard, Inc. CapinCrouse LLP Coleman Lew & Associates Craig Gaulden Davis CSI Leasing, Inc. eDocHome.com Elliott Davis Decosimo e2Campus eBridge Business Solutions LLC e-Procurement Services, LLC First American Education Finance (FAEF) Find Great People, LLC Genworth Financial Gillis Specialty Advertising Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd HRP Associates INSITE McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture Myers McRae Exec. Search Pollock Company Professional Insurance & Investment Associates ScholarBuys Sodexo Stalwart Systems Group STEM Premier The Payments Company Total Comfort Solutions UnitedHealthcare Student Verizon Wireless Vulcan Materials Walsh Consulting Group, LLC Wyche Law Firm
Click here to view a full listing of SCICU Business partners...
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SCICU Board Elects Officers, Trustees
COLUMBIA, SC -- Election of new officers and new trustees, along with approval of development goals and the annual budget, highlighted the annual meeting of the SCICU Board of Trustees held on November 10, 2015. Historic flooding and related hazardous weather postponed the original annual meeting scheduled for October 2015.
The Board elected Columbia business leader
Jim Reynolds
to succeed Greenville attorney
Kathy McKinney
as Board chair.
Russell Cook
of Chapin is chair-elect
. Dr. Todd Voss
, president of Southern Wesleyan University (Central, SC), continues to serve as the Board's vice-chair and chair of the Council of Presidents.
Additional information on the 2015-2017 officers may be found here
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Twelve prominent South Carolina business and community leaders were elected to the SCICU Board of Trustees for three-year terms. The Class of 2018 includes Kin Britton (Spartanburg), Holt Chetwood (Columbia), Kevin Glass (Columbia), Ben Green (Columbia), Tyler Hudson (Columbia), Mikee Johnson (Orangeburg), Theo Lane (Greenwood), Ray Lattimore (Greenville), David Parker (Columbia), Jason Richards (Greenville), Natalie Ruggiero (Greenville), and Chuck Sanders (Columbia). Additional information on the Class of 2018 Trustees may be found
here
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The following trustees were relected by the Board for a second three-year term: Michael Allen (Greenville), John Gandy (Myrtle Beach), Debbie Nelson (Greenville), Jim Reynolds (Columbia), Harriett Rucker (Newberry), and Brent Weaver (Lexington).
A complete listing of all the members on the SCICU Board of Trustees can be found here.
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Spartanburg Methodist College Names Scott Cochran As Eighth President
SPARTANBURG, SC -- Dr. Phinnize J. Fisher, Chair of the Board of Trustees of Spartanburg Methodist College, announced November 9, 2015 that W. Scott Cochran has been named by the Board of Trustees as the eighth President of Spartanburg Methodist College.
Dr. Fisher stated that "We have a proud legacy at Spartanburg Methodist College of encouraging students to dream big dreams and we will provide the foundation for students to have those opportunities. Scott Cochran is the perfect critical thinker and visionary leader who will move Spartanburg Methodist College into the future and continue the tradition of challenging students to strive to realize their lifelong dreams. We, the students, faculty, staff and Board of Trustees are excited to give without reservation the eighth presidential reigns to Scott."
Mr. Cochran is a graduate of Wofford College and earned an MBA from Duke University. He has extensive experience in both business and higher education. His twenty years in business include roles as a senior executive in the US and internationally with GMAC, UPS Capital, and most recently, Performance Solutions by Milliken, a unit of Milliken & Company.
Mr. Cochran served Wofford College for seven years as Dean of The Space. The Space houses a robust suite of programs including entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, consulting, and leadership, with the focus always being on helping students reach their full potential. Mr. Cochran has also taught finance courses at Wofford College. He is a Liberty Fellow.
In accepting the presidency at Spartanburg Methodist College, Mr. Cochran stated "I am incredibly humbled and honored to serve Spartanburg Methodist College as its eighth president. I look forward to working with an extremely talented group of faculty and staff to create an atmosphere where ideas flourish, students are inspired to dream, and everyone achieves more together."
Spartanburg Methodist College is the only two-year college in South Carolina that combines the benefits of a private school education with the college experience of living on campus. Over 90% of Spartanburg Methodist College graduates transfer to continue their pursuit of a baccalaureate degree.
Please click
here to access additional news from Spartanburg Methodist College.
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SCICU Board Names Russell Cook Chief Integrity Officer
COLUMBIA, SC -- SCICU Board of Trustees Chair Jim Reynolds has named
Russell Cook
as the organization's Chief Integrity Officer. This position was created when the Board adopted a policy for Reporting Improper Conduct in 2010. Mr. Cook, Managing Director of Comporium Ventures in Rock Hill, is the chair-elect of the SCICU Board of Trustees.
According to the policy, the Chief Integrity Officer is a person appointed by the chair of the SCICU Board of Trustees who can assure that there will be a fair and impartial investigation of any allegation of improper conduct and that the outcome of the investigation will be based on the merits. The Chief Integrity Officer reports directly to the Board of Trustees. Copies of the policy are provided annually to members of the Board in conjunction with the filing of individual Conflict of Interest statements.
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2016 Legislative Priorities Adopted
The SCICU Public Policy Committee has adopted a Legislative Strategic Plan for 2016 that includes the six (6) following priorities:
- Support the FY 2016-2017 budget request of the South Carolina Higher Education Tuition Grants Commission for an additional $2.53 million for grants. If funded at the new level, the maximum student award will increase from $3,100 to $3,200.
- Advocate for full funding of Palmetto Fellows, LIFE, HOPE, and Lottery Tuition Assistance scholarships to all eligible students to include both lottery and general fund appropriations.
- Support the budget request of the Commission on Higher Education for an increase of $4.54 million in state general funds for need-based grants. The requested amount is a combination of an annualization of $2.6 million in non-recurring funds appropriated in the previous year and an additional request of approximately $1.94 million to compensate for average tuition and fee increases over the past two years.
- Support CHE's budget request for $1.5 million in additional recurring funds for the Partnership Among South Carolina Academic Libraries (PASCAL). PASCAL was funded at the $2.0 million level prior to the FY 2008-2009 recession. Since that time, PASCAL has received inconsistent funding from surplus unclaimed lottery prize money.
- Work with public colleges and universities to amend the statutory authority of the Commission on Higher Education to allow CHE to serve as the portal agency for SARA (State Reauthorization Reciprocity Agreement), a national agreement that will allow qualified South Carolina higher education institutions to provide on-line courses in other states without applying and paying for individual out-of-state licenses.
- Support the agenda of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in the broad areas of federal student aid funding, regulations, and higher education policy, with particular emphasis on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act.
The 2016 Legislative Strategic Plan and additional information on SCICU's state and federal advocacy efforts can be found at http://www.scicu.org/advocacy. |
Member College News
SCICU posts news and accomplishments of our member institutions on the Member College News section of our website. Here is a selection of news recently featured:
Benedict College President
Please share your news with the SC independent college community by emailing your press releases to
media@scicu.org. Thank you!
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SCICU Business Partners
The following companies have renewed their partnerships with SCICU:
A complete listing of all the Business Partners may be found in the left margin of this newsletter or on our
website.
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News & Notes is published by the South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities, Inc. Please send all comments or questions to SCICU President & CEO Mike LeFever at
mike@scicu.org or 803-799-7122. Mailing address: P.O. Box 12007, Columbia, SC 29211
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