USC Aiken IT leader invited to Leading Change Institute
Ernest Pringle vice chancellor of information technology at USC Aiken has been accepted to the Leading Change Institute an intensive week long executive training program for information technology in higher education and libraries. The institute seeks to empower librarians and technologists to address higher education challenges by engaging with speakers who share real world problems and require practical solutions. In fifteen years only two other South Carolina school fellows have been invited.
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Ernest Pringle
USC Aiken
Leading Change Institute
South Carolina
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Community Events Roundup From Laurens Street To Newberry Opera House
Birds and Butterflies hosts a March 14 field trip to Heggie's Rock in Columbia County led by Dr. Walt Kubilius. Aiken offers a historic Saturday tour from 10 am to noon starting at the Visitors Center and Train Museum for 15 dollars. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers plays March 15 at Newberry Opera House with 40 dollar tickets. VITA tax help starts Feb 2 at H Odell Weeks Center with limited hours through April 14. Al-Anon meets Mondays at Trinity UMC Whiskey Road room 18. call 803 642 2898 for details.
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Laurens St. N.W
Heggie’s Rock
Columbia County
Georgia
Walt Kubilius
Newberry Opera House
McKibben St
Newberry
Newberryoperahouse.com
VITA
H. Odell Weeks Activities Center
Whiskey Road
Al-Anon
Trinity United Methodist Church
First Black Leavelle graduate returns for Black History Month
Carolyn Lake Hardy, Leavelle McCampbell Middle School’s first Black graduate in 1966, returns to celebrate Black History Month. She recalls attending Freedman Center and Schofield High before desegregation, later earning a Paine College degree, a 20 year Air Force career, and settling in Aiken with husband Howard.
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Carolyn Lake Hardy
Leavelle McCampbell
Graniteville
Hardy
Freedman Center
Schofield High School
Aiken
South Carolina
Schofield
Leavelle
Tymera Young
Leavelle honors Black History Month program at Leavelle McCampbell
Leavelle McCampbell Middle School held its annual Black History Month program featuring music and student essays. Guest speaker George Brightman addressed diversity in American society. Students highlighted Mae Jemison and James Brown, with performances by the school chorus and other artists.
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Leavelle McCampbell Middle School
George Brightman
Charla Coffin
Chiante Hendricks Wise
Mae Jemison
Jemison
Caitlyn Widener
James Brown
Whitney Houston
Lisa Lopes
Southern Steel Guitar Convention Keeps Classic Sound Alive
Jerry Reece preserves his late father’s event at the Jaycee Building Belvedere with the Southern Steel Guitar Convention featuring a dozen players over a weekend of music. The four yearly gatherings, including February’s jam from 7 to 11 p.m., foster fellowship and a vintage steel guitar experience.
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Jerry Reece
Reece
Jaycee
Belvedere
Southernsteelconvention.com
Wildlife area opens to public Saturdays in March
Aiken County's Crackerneck Wildlife Management Area and Ecological Reserve will be open on the first three Saturdays in March and the final Saturday the 28th for a youth turkey hunt. The 10,600 acre site along the Savannah River near Jackson off SC 125 operates 6 am to 8 pm with sign in at the check station. Maps, access via Brown Road, and activities include scouting and fishing with specific creel limits at Skinface Pond while noting no weapons during this period.
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Aiken County
Crackerneck Wildlife Management
Crackerneck
U.S. Department of Energy
Savannah River
Jackson
SC 125
Brown Road
Skinface Pond
Three Runs
S.C. Department of Natural Resources
Caudeulm
Dnr.sc
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