Lander University News

After spending two years playing basketball at Texas Southern University, Kayla West decided it was time for her to come back home.

A tower attempts to flip an overturned Ford Mustang back over after an crash on Grace Street near the intersection of Laurel Avenue early Wednesday morning.

With the opening of the high school, Cambridge plans to offer new classes focused on the arts.

Beginning in late May, Lander University staff member Ann Butler of Greenwood will study desert and marine ecosystems on the Baja peninsula.

Albert Dukes III had a hard time choosing between chemistry and physics. In the end, he went with chemistry, because it was "more hands-on, and more applicable in terms of benefiting you in life." The nanocrystal research that he is doing at Lander, where he has taught since earning a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University in 2011, is a perfect example ... (more)

University students and their faculty escorts in Shanghai, China, one stop on their current study tour of Lander sister universities in Asia.

The franchise was about to embark on its inaugural season in the United Soccer League's Premier Development League, and was tasked with creating and building a soccer fanbase in Greenwood.

A tower attempts to flip an overturned Ford Mustang back over after an crash on Grace Street near the intersection of Laurel Avenue early Wednesday morning.

Veterans Center officials look Thursday at some of the items donated for a Hall of Heroes veterans museum, which is planned to open later this year.

Lander University women's golfer Teresa Caballer Hernani said she's ready for Thursday's first round of the NCAA Division II championship in Daytona Beach, Fla.

South Carolina Palmetto College Chancellor Susan Elkins announced Thursday that Taylor-Colbert's strong academic leadership experience in a small college setting - coupled with an enthusiasm for the USC Union campus and community - led to her appointment.

Alice Taylor-Colbert has been named dean of the University of South Carolina Union, building on a nearly 30-year career in higher education administration that includes serving as a dean and then associate vice president for academic affairs at Lander University since 2010.

The summer enrichment program is sponsored by a grant from Fuji Photo Film in Greenwood and offers talented students a challenging educational experience with opportunities for fun and a taste of life at Lander.

John Romaine proudly displays one of the two ribbons he won at a recent horse show sponsored by Lander University's Bearcat therapeutic riding program.

"I love sharing what I know about sculpture with my students because I think it's exciting, and my excitement rubs off on them at some point," the Lander University assistant professor of art said.

Commencement exercises will begin at 3 p.m. for industrial and engineering technology, agriculture, health science, and nursing graduates.

Commencement exercises will begin at 3 p.m. for industrial and engineering technology, agriculture, health science, and nursing graduates.

Ball used the occasion to bring them up to date on new university initiatives and plans for the future.

Lander University held a farewell dinner recently for a group of educators from Rajamangala University of Technology Phra Nakhon in Bangkok, Thailand, who left for home after completing a one-month American Language and Cultural Studies institute created by Lander's Office of International Programs.

Students in a special education class at Emerald High School in Greenwood take part in a therapeutic riding exercise on the sensory trail at Lander University's Equestrian Center.