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The Lander University Shade Garden is taking on a more finished look, with the addition of two new benches.

As a high school student weighing career options, Lander University associate professor of health care management Sam Tolbert knew he wanted to enter a field that would allow him to touch as many lives positively as possible.

Lander University's Study Abroad Program passed a milestone early in May when four students traveled to Spain to begin a special study program for education majors. Their participation in the trip raises to more than 100 the number of Lander students to have enrolled in a college or university abroad for a semester or a summer study term since the current program began in the spring of 2005.

Two Lander University faculty members have been selected to fill endowed professorships awarded by The Lander Foundation for 2012-2014.

Greenwood-Lander Performing Arts has finalized the schedule for its 2012-2013 season, an entertainment lineup ranging from bluegrass to Gilbert and Sullivan.

Area residents are invited to join Lander University faculty, staff, students and alumni for Lander Bearcat Topiary Team Fan Day on Thursday, June 7, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Lander University recently honored its cocurricular standouts for the 2011-12 school year, presenting student life awards to the university's top students and student organizations. The awards were announced during Lander's annual Academic and Student Life Awards ceremony.

More than 50 Lander University students were honored recently for their scholastic accomplishments during the 2011-2012 academic year, receiving the top discipline and special awards from the university's four academic colleges. The awards were presented during Lander's annual Academic and Student Life Awards ceremony.

She was born in 1912, a month after the luxury liner Titanic sank in the North Atlantic, but at 100 years of age, she recalls long-ago events, dates and names with clarity and precision that would make people many years her junior envious.

When Lander University student Courtney Priester, of Saluda, begins her senior year in September, she will be taking her fall semester classes in South Korea.