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Lander University associate professor of music Robert Gardiner describes his tenor saxophone, a Selmer Mark VI made in 1959, as “the envy of other saxophonists. The lacquer is worn off and it looks old but plays great.”

“Ethel’s Daughter,” a hollow, hand-formed, welded steel sculpture by Lander University assistant professor of art Doug McAbee, won an Honorable Mention award last month at the 6th Annual National Outdoor Sculpture Competition at North Charleston’s Riverfront Park.

Lander University student Demario Watts was recently invited to attend this year’s Association of College and University Housing Officers-International (ACUHO-I) STARS College in New Orleans, La.

Fans of Lander University, Clemson University and the University of South Carolina will have the opportunity to show their school spirit while enjoying some creative topiaries at the South Carolina Festival of Flowers’ Topiary & College Team Fan Day.

The new executive director of Greenwood-Lander Performing Arts has come to her job with performing arts experience both on stage and behind the scenes.

Lander University student Ellison Poston won a national ranking at the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) in Lexington, Ky., earlier this month.

Lander University assistant professor of biology Mark J. Pilgrim is the co-author of a research article that recently appeared in a prestigious scholarly journal.

Since 2003, Lander University president Dr. Daniel Ball has hosted a retiree brunch in the spring to give retired faculty and staff members an opportunity to reconnect with former colleagues and co-workers on campus.

Lander University graduate Cassie Biron of Greenwood did a lot of traveling as a member of a military family, and she will soon be on the road again to a new destination as a Peace Corps volunteer. Biron is headed for the Kingdom of Lesotho, a landlocked enclave tucked within the borders of South Africa. It is a poor nation whose per capita income is below the international poverty level. Its inhabitants have a life expectancy of 40 years with an HIV/AIDS rate of more than 23 percent.

When Chris Spellman makes out his weekly grocery list, he thinks in quantities that could probably feed a small town. Spellman is the director of Dining Services at Lander University, which, with a population of over 3,600 students, faculty and staff, could be considered a small town. He said his employees serve as many as 9,000 meals a week or an average of 300,000 meals a year in Lander’s dining hall which is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner seven days a week.