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Four students in Lander University's College of Business and Public Affairs have been selected to receive the Frances P. Harris Scholarship, which is awarded to students majoring in the field of business administration.

Lander University will dedicate its new Jeff May Complex on Montague Avenue on Tuesday, Sept. 20, officially opening the impressive 28-acre recreation, wellness and sports center.

Two Lander University business administration majors have been selected to receive the Business and Administration Freshman Scholarship.

Dubbed "Horns to Slippers," Greenwood-Lander Performing Arts' 65th season begins with a Sept. 27 performance by the world-famous Glenn Miller Orchestra, a 19-member band that features five saxophones, four trumpets and four trombones. Playing carefully selected newer tunes as well as Miller's signature pieces, the orchestra specializes in the big band sound of the World War II era.

Lander University business administration major Shawaunn Middleton, right, of Johns Island, has been selected to receive the Eaton Business Scholarship.

Dr. David Stern, Lander University adjunct professor of low brass, and Daniel Overly, a student at Bob Jones University, will present a recital at Lander on Thursday, Sept. 8, at 8 p.m.

Two Lander University business administration majors have been selected to receive the R. Thornwell Dunlap Jr. Scholarship. The scholarship was established in 1997 in honor of Dunlap, who served as president of The Lander Foundation from 1993-1996. A member of numerous civic, health care and church organizations, Dunlap served as president and CEO of Countybank and chairman of the bank board of directors.

Lander University business administration major Mary Trotter, right, of Saluda, has received the Paul Livingston Baker Scholarship, established in 1998 in memory of Paul Livingston Baker by his wife, 1940 Lander alumna Helen Rodgers Baker, and family.

Lander University will offer a Chinese language course as part of its fall Continuing Education lineup. The instructor will be Chen Xiaohong, a visiting scholar from Shanghai Normal University in China, who is spending the current academic year working in Lander's Student Affairs Office.

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., draws millions of visitors each year who come to pay emotional tributes to the men and women who lost their lives in the Vietnam War. So it is with the four replicas of the Vietnam Wall, which tour the nation, giving citizens who cannot travel to Washington the opportunity to pay their respects.